INTRO

Eric- Today, we will discuss RV toilets, joint problems, and simple solutions. Then, we'll go RVing without guilt and enjoy the RV live section of the podcast. And now, we'll make our next stop in Wyoming's National Elk Range. And then, of course, we've got to talk about RV envy.

Today, we will discuss your RV's Hughes 30—and 50-amp power inlets. Stay tuned if you need to know what that is—they're pretty cool. This is Erik Stark with TheSmartRVer Podcast, which delivers the smarts you need to enjoy the freedom of the RV lifestyle without the fear of breaking down less talk everything RV.

Today is episode 159. Let's jump into it.

So we have Alexis back for another show, at least one more. That could have sounded better.

Alexis- Yeah. Geez.

Eric- All right. So we have Alexis back in the studio, ready to go on with this show and many more. So that is a better introduction, way more positive.

Alexis- All right, there we go.

Eric- So she's like the Wheel of Fortune, Vanna.

Alexis- Oh, yeah. Yeah. Pat and Vanna.

Eric- Yep. All right, so before we dig into some of this stuff, I want to review a few little things that have hit the radar. Some of you have newer RVs with Suburban stoves, and some are Suburban ranges, and they have lights like little night lights.

You hit the switch, which might be red or blue. They're pretty cool, you know, kind of worthless, but they're cool. Yeah. Now, the red light, in case you don't know, it ranges with the red light. You can go to the Suburbans website and check your serial number. There's a recall on those.

Alexis- Really?

Eric- So, when things are cooking, they're afraid things might drip down and burn out or short out the circuit board.

The solution is simple. You cut the wires at the circuit board and switch, turn on the light, and then cap them off. Yeah, there's an accurate high-end recall. There needs to be a replacement board. There's no solution other than that. They don't give you any money back because you paid for a stove with lights.

And that's not that big of a thing. You know, that's a do-it-yourself thing. I wouldn't even go to Suburban. I want to go to a dealership. Getting that and the recall done will take longer than just doing it yourself.

It is a five minute thing. Even if you do a crummy job, it's a five minute thing. Now, that's just the red light. Now, what's interesting about these suburban stoves is if you lean against them, the knobs are just right. It doesn't take a lot to turn these knobs. Oh, and so you can lean into the range or touch a knob just so and turn the propane on.

And it will start, you know, propane coming out of the range. Now, you would think you'd catch that. Still, supposedly, at least one RV has blown up because the person hit that went outside didn't realize that the RV was filling up with propane, that, you know, a light, something happened, water heater came on, the refrigerator went on, ignited the propane, poof, there goes the RV.

Like that movie. Gone in 60 seconds. Could you imagine? You know, you walk out of your RV, shut the door, sit outside, and you're having an adult beverage and Kaboom!! There goes your RV so wrong, and the lightning strikes you anyway.

Alexis- All right, you’re getting carried away here.

Eric- So, my RV has that same range, and I tested that.

And, yeah, you could quickly turn that, hit that knob, and turn it on and not know. So, if you have one of those, make sure everybody in your family knows about it and check it occasionally just to make sure. If you're in the RV, you will start smelling the propane.

You might get sick or something. You'd hate to be in there if it fills up and blows up, right? That would be a disaster. So make sure you know that because it is that simple. You can just bump it, and it'll go on. It's not a natural solid system, and those knobs are big for, you know, everybody with arthritis and stuff, can turn them easy.

They made this too easy; they must remember they were working with propane. Perhaps they thought it was soda or something. I don't know.

Alexis- Oh, geez.

Eric—So, anyway, that's a different deal. That's suburban, you know. Their website has the recall there if you haven't already received notice from the manufacturer of your RV; now, another exciting thing.

Yeah, you know, Suburban, I'm not bashing them. I like Suburban products. They just have had a bad one here, which is rare. I will discuss the Heartland RV I bought from Bish's RV here. I'm going to put a picture on this. I'm going to make a YouTube video on this. I’ll do a “short” because this just shows how little these companies care about what they build.

Yeah, and this is just the beginning. I'm taking notes now. But then the RV is not level. We'll get to that another episode. But the back of the trailer is interesting because I was putting logos on it for TheSmartRVer Podcast and Highway 93 RV's little advertising.

And so, you know, someone's helping me. We center the logo from side to side, but it's not centered underneath the camera. The clearance lights are the logo they put up there for the brand of the RV. Yeah. By the way, it's a heartland North Trail. Did I say that?

Alexis- Yeah, Heartland North Trail.

Eric- Yeah. Okay, I said it. By the way, Bish's RV, the place that tells you you'll buy a pile of junk before you walk out the door; they're right. You set it up as we center this, but it's not centered on anything else. So, it will look bizarre if it's not centered on the most precise light.

So we had to put it off center about four inches to make it look centered. Yeah, and then you start looking at it. Clearance lights are on. Let's say the right rear is your face and right on. The far right is closer to the side of the RV than the far left by about three or four inches. Then you look at the taillights, and they're off. They're not aligned. So either they lost their tool for drilling holes and marks and things, or the needle in their arm filled with heroin got in their way. Yeah. Mark And I don't know. Yeah, but it shows how little these companies care because I'm sure it's every RV.

So I drew, took a picture of it, and then lined it out in Adobe Illustrator to see how to show it. It's amazing. This picture will eventually be in this episode; it will happen now, but it will be on YouTube. So look out for that. And I'll mention that in the next episode because I want you guys to see this.

Yeah, this is ridiculous. So that's why I say you shouldn't buy a new RV. Now, I went into this, my eyes wide open, kill some people. Why did you buy a new RV? Eric? You know, you're always talking about it, right? Because it is just like you have to do it, it doesn't matter. Like when someone asks, “Why did you climb that mountain?”

Well, because it's there, you know why the chicken crosses the road, to get to the other side, whatever. And so, just remember that when you buy a new RV, don't have any expectations other than that it's an RV and will probably roll down the road. Yeah, exactly. Probably, like, yeah, no, I mean, it goes on and on. I came across it the other day.

The lifespan of an RV is ten years, according to this one website. Now, that's not accurate. It's like, where did they even get that number? They got it somewhere from someone in the RV industry now, huh? You know.

Alexis- Yeah.

Eric- It allows more in ten years. Like, you know, if we get 11 hours floating too. Good. Yeah. But anyway, so that's just one little thing.

ENJOY THE RV LIFESTYLE

Eric- You know, it's annoying, but it's comical. Yeah. All right, so let's move on. Let's get into something a little more fun. Let's enjoy RV life, and we will talk about RV without guilt. Oh, what's fun and delight? This is fine for me. Yeah, that might be fun. So, Alexis has compiled a five-point list.

So Alexis explained RV to us without guilt.

Alexis- Well, do you have a family? Do you hate them?

Eric- Yes, and yes, but RV and leave them behind now. I'm just kidding. No, but that's what can happen sometimes. Either you bought an RV, you have this plan, you said this is what you're going to do every year, or you're getting even more involved.

You're always on the road, maybe working remotely, and you can have family jealousy there.

Alexis- Yeah. They're either jealous you're not coming to see them, or they're adults. It’s all because they're not doing what you're doing.

Eric- We want to discuss it because you should feel differently. That's right. You have to do your own thing; communicating with your family is an excellent way to alleviate this. If they're feeling like you're leaving them behind, just keep in touch with them.

Tell them what you're doing. Just keep them in the loop. You know, that's what will fix it. Otherwise, you know, cut them out of your life. I know, but you can visit them, too. I mean, especially if they're in the U.S. and you're traveling around, there's nothing wrong with making a trip to see them.

So, it talks about embracing quality over quantity. We might not be able to spend a ton of time, but we will improve the quality of our time. And the third point was focusing on yourself. It sounds flip-woo with self-care and personal growth, but that's what we're discussing. And then cultivating a supportive community, we know we've talked about this a lot before, about RV memberships and clubs, social media groups getting in contact with them, maybe getting ideas, how they deal with this and then having perspective on the whole matter.

You don't want to feel that guilt. You just want to appreciate what you get to do and enjoy it the most you can. Yeah, you know, this is typical of me. It would just be a good family anyway. If you practice these sayings, it will improve the quality of the family.

Alexis- True. We're not talking about young children here when they get into their teen years; they know more than you do.

Eric- They don't want to go on these trips because they want to go to a party while you're gone.

Alexis—Yeah, you know, that's different. However, sharing the experience might make them want to do it.

Eric- But I can see that where sometimes someone might be talking about how they travel all the time, and you get tired of hearing it because hearing about it because it's just almost bragging is narcissist, you know?

Alexis- Yeah, exactly.

Eric- But if you share it with some experiences, you'd appreciate this. Bring them a trinket from time to time, from wherever you go. It's thoughtful stuff, and, as it says here, embrace quality over quantity. So when you are with them, ensure you have a good time. Spend time with this person. Do they have to write exact things out so it makes sense?

It's just good family practice. You know what? That's nice. You see, I don't have this problem.

Alexis- Are you feeling guilty now?

Eric—Not at all. Not about our families. My family is spread out. My brothers are all that are left. And we don't have any friends either.

See, life's easy for me. We got a cat. When we come home, we always bring a gift, a magnet for his refrigerator, or something. So now, really, it makes sense, though, because some people can feel left out. Family members in, you know, an RV—you might have a small RV that's only for two people.

Maybe you and your spouse. Yeah, now you can’t invite somebody, but sometimes people don't understand that.

Alexis- Yeah, exactly.

Eric- They just won’t fit in the RV. You could say, "Hey, call me. Such a place is only a few hours away. Suppose you guys want to come out one day for the day. Yeah, we could plan these activities and involve them that way, you know? Exactly. They don't necessarily have to sleep in the RV to have that experience, but they can go out more.

It's a weird one, anyway. Yeah. You know, you guys are smart out there. You know what to do with your family and how to deal with them. But we're just throwing out some ideas, and these points will be on the website, TheSmartRVer.com. Understand? Okay, that was it for Enjoying the RV life, so now let's go to Staying on the Road.

STAYING ON THE ROAD

Let's just go there since I already said it. Now, let's talk RV toilets. Man, that's exciting. So, the common problems you had with your toilet, the simple solutions, you know, toilets are kind of this thing that you like to keep out of sight, out of mind right now because, well, we all know, the only time a toilet is clean is when it's brand new.

Yeah, they can touch it anywhere. You could lick it. And it would be sanitary. Once it's installed, then that is a whole different beast. Now, it's just a nasty toilet. Yeah. So, every RV or every RV has a toilet. Almost everyone does, whether it is built into a shower or separate. You know, you in these little class B motor homes sometimes have these little bathrooms a step above a jail cell bathroom.

But is there another toilet? It's not stainless steel like in an excellent-quality prison. But how do you know that? So I've heard. Oh, okay. So today, after you subscribe to our YouTube channel ad to get this plug-in, do yourself a favor, check your toilet, and see what model number it is or the name of the model name.

And write down in your log or your journal that you're keeping all these records in any way. Hopefully, because I've been talking, I've talked about that. After you do that, go to Dometic or Thetford's website. And those are pretty much the only two toilet brands around in the U.S. Download the parts list and anything else you want to download for that toilet, or you're on any might, you're on in there and download that too, But download the parts list here.

Remember, though, to subscribe to our YouTube channel first. It's not related to us but just subscribe there now. We'll get back to that in a little bit. Anyway, so do that. Then you have it, and that information is at your fingertips. But there's going to be more. You can look at that parts list and decide that this toilet already had this in this break.

This could be broken three times, but that's only broken once. You might say, "I want to get some of those parts." Here are the part numbers. Now, depending on the list, you also know these websites only update some of these things all the time. In part, numbers change, but you can go by that part number. It's the starting point.

Yes. Like I said, four numbers don't ever change. They might discontinue some, but it's replaced with something. That single part now is part of a kit, so it's not like it goes away. Thetford's excellent about Dominic’s. Another story. Hmm. You can get these parts and have them on hand, making life easier sometimes.

Now, I prefer to carry tons and tons of parts with you, and you travel because where does it end? Some parts, like a water valve, can get ruined, but it's pretty safe. Put it in a bag, and keep it someplace cool. You know, it's not getting all beat up. You see, you don't want to dry out, and you're probably going be good to go for years with it in the bag because, you know, some of these parts sit in RV stores for years, and they pull them out of a bag and use them and everything's fine.

Yeah. So now, let's get into some of the problems you will face with an RV toilet. These are going to be based on questions we get asked. Water leaks are a big thing of one kind. So, you know, I have a leaking toilet.

Well, what does that mean? Is it leaking water when you flush it? Is the water coming out at the toilet's base all over the floor, or is it leaking out of the back when you flush it or all the time? So when you flush the toilet, if the water leaks out on the floor, more than likely, the seal between the toilet and the floor flange is leaking.

Yeah, so you'd have to replace that. And if the water is dirty, it is. You can't tell sometimes, but water comes out on the floor when you flush it. More likely, it's that floor seal. Now, the valves on toilets are either on the side or in the back, depending on the brand of the bathroom, the model, and so forth.

So if it's leaking fresh water out of the back of the side when you flush it like the valve opens up in the cracks on the opposite side of the valve, then that valve is terrible, and you would replace it. It's pretty straightforward. It takes some time to get on your hands and knees with a flashlight, looking to see what's happening.

I see that because you can't go to a store and say, "My toilet is leaking water. Where's the leaking that? "The guy asked you, "And you say, "I don't know. "So you want him to help you fix it, but you're not helping him to help you fix it, right? You know. So you have to help them.

So look. Yeah. And it could be a constant drip out of the back of the water valve. It's not the valve itself—it's the water line going to it. So it might just need a seal. Or maybe that fitting is terrible. This morning, I just got a text message from Bob with pictures of a water line going to the toilet.

It's one of these plastic fittings with the crimp, the bar on it with the crimp. And these fittings are just horrible. They're white. They break all the time. I hate when we work on our re here, and they seal fittings because at least one will break. It's just normal there. A pain could be the fitting or the seal.

So, determine if it's a seal or just replace the fitting and be done with it. Put a new one on, and you're good to go. That's leaking freshwater. You must understand or look to see where it's leaking out front of the toilet. When you flush it, the base is not the front but the back of the toilet, the side.

And you can you can do this. This is easy stuff. And most of the time, it's the water valve. 90% of the time. Yeah. Yeah. Sometimes, the water line goes to, and it might drip occasionally. Sometimes it's tightening up. The waterline fixes it. Right, Ryan? You know, you got to keep an eye on that.

Make sure you don't fix it for another week. Yeah, exactly. Sometimes, they loosened up a bit or weren't that tight. And that seal compresses just a little bit more as you're traveling. It forms a little leak, so it's not always in the world. So, sometimes, it's pretty basic. And these water valves, like on Dometic 300 series toilets, they're easy to replace because it's just one screw that holds it in one water line.

Earl, Two airlines, one going to the vacuum breaker and the inlet. But they're straightforward to do yourself. Now, some of the Thetford toilets, you have to take them out, but they're still accessible. It's just a couple screws and a water line, you know, just takes a little bit longer. But they're not that difficult. So these are do-it-yourself repairs.

Yeah, don't be imitated. Yeah, I'd say everything on our RV toilet is pretty simple. Now, the other thing people might run into is the water keeping running after the paddle has been depressed. So you press the paddle, let go, and the water keeps running. That would be a water valve gone wrong, like Dometic 310.

It has a little plunger you can push with your finger, which might be sticky and don't come out. You know it, or it comes out very, very slowly. It might return over three hours, and the water might stop running. So you just replace the valve. You know, I wouldn't even try to fix it.

Replace it because if you fix it, it's probably giving me a temporary fix, and I'll be back on to do this thing again unless it's one of these situations where you're out somewhere. You must fix it just to get by through the weekend. That's where becoming this great do-it-yourself or intelligent RV air is handy.

Yes. And you don't have to ruin a trip for something so silly. Exactly. Yeah. Because it will happen. Exactly. Yeah. Everything happens a lot once you leave the house. So, you know, that's one thing. The water can keep running. Generally, the water valve. Sometimes, it can be the paddle mechanism, depending on the toilet. Some thetfords have older ones, especially springs, levers, and stuff, and the springs can get sticky and stretched out.

And that might be it. But, if you push up the paddle and the water keeps running, the valve is not something else. So that's another area where there are problems with toilets, with simple fixes. So now the other one that this is fairly new because toilets have changed, that the paddle doesn't do anything when you press it.

Now, Thetford has their style of light toilets, which I don't know how to describe. It's a little cylinder with a little knob on it. Yeah, it sticks out. It breaks off quite often. And then the paddle just flops back and forth. It won't do anything. It's part of what they call a water valve, even though you're not hooking up water to it.

But the water, it works. The water valve. So that's a simple fix. So that's on a Thetford-style toilet. So if that happens, it's not the end of the world. Now, if you have a Dometic 300 series toilet and your paddle doesn't do anything or falls off, your day's ruined, you have to buy a new toilet. Yeah. Yup.

So, Dometic made this toilet with only three replacement parts for the base. Seal the ball valve, the water valve, and the vacuum breaker. That's it. If the panel breaks, you have to buy a new toilet. And that sucks because the paddles do break. So, if you have a Dometic 300 series, treat that pedal gently.

Suppose you have kids who don't want to use the toilet; yeah, all right with rules. So that's the other area. And remember, Dometic and Thetford are two different brands. Thetford of the parable of the is it, or at least their 300 series. Now, Dometic bought Sealand and the older clan toilets. They're excellent toilets, but they don't have that same problem.

They have a paddle. But the way it works is different. It's all water valve-related. There is a spring in the cartridge, but anyway, if you have a sealant toilet, you know, because you have a good toilet in your heart, ever repair it when you do repair it is costly. The other parts are costly. That was before the automatic bottom.

Then, after the automatic bottom—well, we all know the story—everything went up. Okay. Another common problem would be that the ball doesn't hold water. So you want to keep water in the ball. You know that will keep the sewer smells out of the RV. So that's a trap, like a sink trap. So it's the ball that becomes the trap.

So the water is leaking out. That seal is getting dried out, possibly worn out. So it's up to you to make your own decision. But I would say that Thetford makes a product called Seal toilet seal lubricant, which works well. I've taken toilets that have sat for six months in Arizona, in the desert, with no water, and brought them back to life. It works great.

So, if you're at that point, you can use that if you're out on a trip or don't want to buy it. You can put a little Vaseline around the seal, which softens it and sometimes makes it work just fine. You know, you only want to replace these sealed if you have to because some of you have to take the toilet apart, and that's a hassle.

Yeah. The Dometic 300 series is out, which is nice. You're putting your hand smugly and unseen down their side. Who knows what you're going to come back with? Make sure you're wearing gloves, and stop there. So the toilet bowl is not holding water. The biggest thing about that is that it will just be sewer gas.

You want to fix it, but it's not the world's end. Yeah, I mean, if you're really in a bind and you say, "You know, we'll just do without the toilet," but the smell is coming in, you know, if you're not going to use the toilet, you just shut the valve, but you might have some water.

You could take Vaseline and seal it off for the tank. Just put a layer around that seal on the waste valve. Yeah. There you go to close it off temporarily, and then the Vaseline won't hurt anything. You just wipe it out once you're ready to fix it. Right. So don't use silicone in crazy like that.

Just use Vaseline. If you had grease like a wheelbarrow in Greece, it'd work, too. Yeah, it's dirtier and nastier, but it's still work. Work. Then, there's the occasional time when water might come out of the vacuum breaker. Now, Thetford had a toilet. I don't know if it was the Magic Starlight Galaxy or something. These vacuum breakers leaked all the time.

Yeah. You always had 100 in stock. They leaked everywhere. Those days are kind of gone. They've got vacuum breakers figured out now. They don't leak it nearly as often. They're problem-free. They're not even worth it for stores or stock anymore. You know, one seal and one, and that's it. Now, with that being said, I did a video on this, and I talked about how the Dometic 300 series Toilet can use the same water valve as the Lippert Flomax.

That valve comes with a vacuum breaker. I have one sitting here right on the table. Yeah. So, if you want to replace the vacuum breaker, rather than buying that Dometic 300 series valve for 70, 80, 90, or 100 bucks, you can get the Lippert one or the Flomax one for 30 bucks or less.

You can throw that in. I want it just extra time. One more thing: You can either just put the valve in or hang on to it. It's free. Hey there, you know? Yeah, you're not paying for it. So that's the everyday problem with RV toilets and the standard solution. So these things aren't scary.

So you guys don't have to worry about fixing that piece of cake. It's right up your alley, man. This is the do-it-yourself thing. Toilets are just kind of nasty. We know you guys keep it nice and clean, so we won't worry about it. All right. So now we'll talk about YouTube for a split second here.

Our last call out for this got several hundred new subscribers, which is awesome, but we want to get to 10,000 by the end of the year. 10,000 kind of puts us on the map. First off, you know, we don't advertise on the show per se. We have no income from it other than $0.50 a month from YouTube and $0.25 a month from something else.

We don't get many, so that'll help us. We don't want to have a good channel that people appreciate. So, the more subscribers we get, the more worthwhile it will be to keep going with these great videos. So tell your friends you are subscribed to and share it with everybody. Even if you don't like us, just subscribe anyway. If done, you know you can't do any worse than that.

And if you have friends, just tell them to subscribe. Subscribe in their name and their email. Just get their email and sign up for them. You know, I'll do whatever it takes. We just need 10,000 subscribers by the end of the year. That's all we ask. We don't ask for much. All right. So, to pay you back for that, let's go to the next stop.

NEXT STOP

Their elk population was dwindling. So thus, the National Elk Refuge became, you know, a refuge for elk, bison, bighorn sheep, wolves, and many birds. So it's not just elk, but that's the main thing. So it's fantastic. Yeah, it's just beautiful. You can drive there; you can see the elk. It's just an incredible place.

The Teton Ranges are in the back, and you can't beat that. Oh, they're so cool. So when you go there, you can learn about their conservation efforts and maybe learn how you can help with that. It's just a very worthwhile cause for these animals. There are many cool things you can experience and lots of activities.

Even during the winter, there are guided sleigh rides, which are cool. That's super fun. If you've ever gone up in this area, too, they do it here. So you get that intimate experience with the wildlife and see them up close. Yeah, you can take photos of them. There are a lot of birdwatching opportunities, and, as we discussed, everything around you is so beautiful.

So you really can always travel here. It's just there's so much to see, so much to do, so much to learn. It's a very cool place. Yeah. It's their education in these places, but you must remember much of it. Yeah, it is interesting at the time. Yeah. You see a little more reason or the reasons why there is exactly.

They built a lot of these parks. We had a lot to do with it, you know. Yeah. So it's an interesting thing, and that makes me think of someplace we went to this last weekend, and we're going to talk about this in the next episode. Alexis, can you make a note? Because I'll forget. Yeah, I will. All right, so Whitehall, Montana.

And it ties in with a lot of what we talk about, going to all these different places and little towns and stuff. But this place is unique because one person made the difference in whether Whitehall would stand out to us. So we'll talk about that in our next episode. 160. So now that brings us to RV envy, and Will said it was the show's end.

RV ENVY

But I knew something was missing. So we're talking about the Hughes Safe View Power Inlet, which is on the side of your RV. For those with newer RVs that have the twist lock plugged up, it is plugged into the side of your RV, but older ones don't have that. They just go into a little compartment.

Yep. So the twist locks are cool. So you have a power inlet. Typically, you know, they don't last forever. You have to replace it sooner or later. Yeah. And after taking mine out to put it in the Hughes, wow. Ring them, take them out, and see how crummy of a job they did. Installing that, you know, is pretty darn bad.

Yeah, so that'll be another episode, but the Hughes power is remarkable because not only is it nice-looking, but it's got a stainless steel cover on the left-hand side of the cover; it has a GLD or something like that. Okay, when it's all green, the power at the park or your house is all good.

There were no issues like at my house when I installed it. I have a set of outlets that I know aren't grounded properly, and I plugged into that, and the jig popped right up. Red flashing, rad danger, danger. Will Robinson: Yeah. And so I plugged into another outlet that I knew was right, and it disappeared. It also has some white LED lights on.

The back of it is on the side. It's described as glowing at night, where it lights up a little bit when you're plugged in. So, you see it more at night than you would during the day. But the green or the red is visible. Okay. So we went to this park in Cardwell, Montana, and plugged in.

Everything went green. That was interesting, though. It didn't pick up on this, but the throw-up outlet at the park was terrible because we left. One of the prongs on my surge protector changed colors because it was getting hot, and the cord was hot. So that outlet was loose, and I knew a plug was in it, and I wanted to see what would happen to see if there was a burn-up.

I could have plugged into the 50-amp outlet and reduced down, but I just wanted to do this to see what would happen. Yeah, yeah. We didn't tell you about the park. There are a bunch of kids in the office. They're not going to care. They don't know, but, you know, and you're plugged in. You could tell there's something wrong there, so be aware of that.

That's a whole different thing. But be aware of that when you plug it in. If it's not right, it starts sparking. When you're plugging in, you've got problems. Yeah, but this uses the power inlet the safe. You had to think of the name dipping 30 and 15, but there are 100 bucks; basically, they're super cool. So, if you have to replace your power inlet, it's the way to go if you want to do it.

So when you plug into a park, you can see what you're getting. It doesn't mean the park will fix the problem, but at least you know where you're at. You might decide, You know what, I'm not going to stay here, or I'm going to ask for another spot or, you know, try something out. And it gives you a little idea, especially if you don't have a surge protector or a Hughes auto former power booster.

At least you have a clue what's happening, you know, and now all parks are going to fix it. Most of them deny it. Oh, no, everything's good, you know. Yeah, check them out. They will be on our Web site. Sun problem after e-comm on the home page. They're there. And it's just another great product that, you know, your neighbors will be envious when they see that thing was pretty darn cool, man.

Where did you get that? All right. So now, again, just a reminder. Check out our YouTube channel and subscribe. We're coming to the show's end, or at least now we are. So, our next episode is going to be episode 106. So why do power cord ends and adapters melt or burn? Gee, what do you think this subject came for?

We will discuss more than just my adapter getting it all changed. We will discuss the woes consumers go through dealing with these problems and how many people don't understand what's causing them. And that's really what's important: knowing what's causing it. So we had a great show today. We covered many ground, went to many places, and learned a lot.

Eric- I feel more thoughtful; how about you, Alexis?

Alexis- I do.

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Eric- But once you got a tattoo on her forehead, the smarter beer. Yeah, I did. All right, everybody, this is Eric Stark with TheSmartRver Podcast. It's been great hanging out at the stove. I need to see how the road is connected to TheSmartRVer.com.