Jim says:
In yesterday’s Blog entry I ranted and raved about the U.S. Postal Service. and it was well deserved.
When I went to the Pensacola Post Office on Friday in search of my package and it wasn’t there…Sandy (who would be the only employee working there on Saturday), volunteered to call me if it came in. She did call and it did come in. Hallelujah!
Sandy – A service orientated postal employee.
The Priority Mail package that took five days from St. Louis, Missouri to Pensacola, Florida, a distance of 734 miles. I think it must have traveled by Mule-Express!
Back to the motorhome…time to install this puppy dog. Its function is to take the 20 volts created by the solar panel and reduce it to 14.1 volts so the coach batteries do not boil. Once the batteries are fully charged it shuts off the current flow. When I use the batteries for a function like watching TV, the controller once again allows the current to flow into the batteries until they reach full charge.
Not a very complicated device…just have to be sure to get the wires in the right connection.
It took about one-half hour to install properly. The reason it malfunctioned was because the original installer did not properly secure the wires to something stable. While bouncing down the road the wires jiggled around and broke the connector off of the circuit board. I’ve got the wires secured now and hopefully I’ll not have to deal with this issue again.
Installation complete…functioning properly.
Sandy retires in one year, two months and two weeks and wants to go RVing! Happy Trails, Sandy!
Thanks, Sandy for going out of your way to assist me!
Thanks to American Legion Post #240 in Pensacola, Florida for allowing me to park in their lot for the last 13 days while I took care of this matter.
I’ll be back on the road again soon.
All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2010
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