Welcome back our visionaries. Yes. Today's subject. We're gonna talk about RV beginner mistakes and tips
But what we're gonna do since there's so many of them. We're gonna handpick
Ten of them puppies out of there and we're gonna share those with you today
Sound good
And really you don't have to be an RV beginner to make these not that we would know shall we get to it
that's a list we're gonna start off with number one, that would be
probably the most important thing is having a checklist a
Checklist is very important for when you're tearing down or setting up
So what we have done is created a checklist on our iPhone. We use the Notes app and just
Created a checklist and it gives you a little check option where you can check everything off
that is done that is done and that is done and
Of course take them back off
Michelle
I'm in here starting number two
On the list
Turn off your propane before you start driving
We have a switch right up here that we can do that
If you don't have a switch you can just turn it off at the valve
We also have the water heater switch up here that we turn off at the same time
We do this as a precautionary measure
So that there are no chances that an explosion could occur while we're driving
If you have an RV fridge that would also use propane and turn off your propane
The RV fridge should stay cold for quite a long time if you have wet cell batteries
You have batteries that you have to keep filled with water on a monthly basis
one of the biggest mistakes our viewers sometimes make is not keeping those filled and it diminishes the life of the batteries you
Need to make sure you keep these maintained on a monthly basis. What I do is I put a reminder on our phone and
Not only that but I also make it the first of the month because I have found that
You have it in the middle of the month
Then you're you're more likely to forget what day that is if you have it on the first of the month
Not only do you get the reminder on your phone?
But once you know us first of the month it automatically sets off a bill that oh, yeah, it's time to fill up the batteries
Another mistake with the batteries since we're here
Never use tap water in your batteries
Why because the minerals inside that tap water?
Will diminish the batteries and increase the rate in which they sell discharged
Always use distilled water, but sometimes I'll use the whole gallon, but it's harder to hold a steady
I'll take an empty water bottle and office four of them fit in there and prints it all out
I don't like to have any tap water whatsoever in the batteries
And then I feel a little bottle up with water and I look inside the batteries
You'll see the cells at the bottom when you look inside
They need to be filled about a half inch above those cells
You little wall in here without plastic ball goes down at the bottom of that wall
Basically can just feel that water up to that wall, and you should be good
Go around each of your batteries and do the same
Sometimes I'll just leave that little bottle right there with cap seal time
On to the next
Know your RV height and enter your RV measurements and a trucker GPS app so that you can avoid areas not to drive it
Be sure to account for anything on your roof
our next tip and a newbie mistake is
After your grey tank is finished to be sure you close it
if you're taking off and you just
Emptied your grey tank if you left that open and forgot to close that and you put your cap on
when you get to your next place and you have been
Using your water all about time from your pump
Then when you go to your next site and you go to hook up your hose
You pull the cap off and all that gunk is going to be coming back on half you don't walk back
Our next tip while we're here
Do not cheap out on your sewer hose
You do not want to hook your sewer hose up somewhere and have a cheap hose that has holes
Forming in it and all of a sudden you get that stuff
Spewing all over you
deal
And speaking of you
Always always wear your disposable gloves when handling your cereal power and plug adapters
Always have extra plug adapters
You may get somewhere and you think you had a reservation for a 50 amp service?
You get there when you find out. The only thing that's available is 30 amp. Be sure to have your adapters
Next tip always always keep up on your RV maintenance
Whether it's Class A Class C Class B this wheel travel trailer, whatever it may be
Keep up on the maintenance of your RV in
Always always always
There's the end
Check your fluids. Sure. You are where you need to be. I?
Almost forgot not only do you want to make sure you have a good sewer hose?
You also want to have an extension. It really stinks
No pun intended if you ever get somewhere and you don't have a long enough sewer hose to make it to the drain
Since we're talking about extensions also be sure you have an extension for your power cords as well
You hate to get somewhere and you don't have enough length in your cord to make it to your power
Then you find yourself running somewhere. Try and find an extension cord
For this type cord may not be so easy to find especially if it's a Sunday. Do you have steps that retract on your RV?
Don't make the mistake of leaving them out. It could take them off
When you shut your door and your steps are still out that's not good make sure you turn your switch on
This is what you want
Now we're good to go
The next and one of the biggest newbie mistakes is if you have the TV antennas that you crank up and down
You can take those antennas right off if you forget to wind it back down. So what do you do?
We take our handy dandy little reminder
fasten it to a twisty tie tie it to the steering wheel like so
But being butter flew and once I take this workstation off of the steering wheel before we leave then we're gonna see that little reminder
Hanging there and it's gonna stand out like a sore thumb
So then we know that that antenna is still up and it reminds us to put it down
Then we take that little reminder once we put it down put it back on the antenna
Tied around the knob on the antenna handle and then once we drive and go to the next Park, we see it
Hang in there and that reminds us that we haven't put our TV antenna back up yet
so then take that twist of tie off once we
Put it back on the steering wheel and it stays there. However long you're gonna be staying there
It just stays on the steering wheel out of the way
but yet you're gonna see it plain as day once this workstation is off you
ate those cold frigid nights
Hate to use your propane and your propane tank
That's your on electrical power
Get a couple of these even one we use one and it keeps us from having to use our propane instead
We use the electric from the campgrounds that we're at why use your own propane, right?
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