On Saturday, I was appointed Web Master by my friends at the OTT. We had an objective of making the web site available to all our members on whatever device or browser they had. I also wanted to improve the look and feel. I got back home from our weekend RV outing just after noon and by Saturday evening I had mocked up a new web site and had it up and running.
I sent an email to a few of the members and asked them to have a look and let me know what they thought. I got almost immediate responses and the comments were terrific. This allowed me to make the necessary corrections and prepare to go live. By Wednesday, we had a new web address - ottrv.org.
and the old site was taken down.
I really like the new site - have a look: Ontario Trillium Travellers new site.
My thanks go out to all of you who evaluated the site and helped me make corrections and to improve the look and feel. Also, to the great folks at Squarespace for a great development platform and great pricing.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
New House Batteries
One of the nice things about being a member of the Ontario Trillium Travelers (OTT) is that you have lots of people to help do the hard stuff.
I can't remember the last time I replaced the house batteries in the motorhome. The batteries are Deep Cycle RV Marine batteries that require the owner to check the levels on a regular basis and fill them with water if they are low. I have to admit that I have never done that and probably never will.
After doing a little research, I found that I could get maintenance free batteries for only $125 more each and I need three. As well they weight 71 lbs each so there is no way I am going to use my back to install them. That's where Gerald came in, offering to accompany me to Canadian Tire to pick them up and to help install them.
Dirty old batteries had to be removed and returned for a "core" refund. Bettyann first had to take a picture to make sure we connected the new ones that same way.
After a backing up the car to the compartment Gerald and I proceeded to detach the terminals and the equipment that held the batteries in the slide tray. Together, removed the old batteries and placed the new batteries into the tray and locked them down. We connected the cables. TIME FOR A SMOKE TEST. Here is where the picture that Bettyann took earlier came in. When the inverter went black, we re-examined the wiring and found an extra cable that was not connected. Was it connected before???
Zoom in on the back terminal of the picture and sure enough it was connected before. After Gerald reconnected it (more then a few sparks flew) and after Maurice took a first few shocks - Bingo everything works.
I can't remember the last time I replaced the house batteries in the motorhome. The batteries are Deep Cycle RV Marine batteries that require the owner to check the levels on a regular basis and fill them with water if they are low. I have to admit that I have never done that and probably never will.After doing a little research, I found that I could get maintenance free batteries for only $125 more each and I need three. As well they weight 71 lbs each so there is no way I am going to use my back to install them. That's where Gerald came in, offering to accompany me to Canadian Tire to pick them up and to help install them.
Dirty old batteries had to be removed and returned for a "core" refund. Bettyann first had to take a picture to make sure we connected the new ones that same way.
After a backing up the car to the compartment Gerald and I proceeded to detach the terminals and the equipment that held the batteries in the slide tray. Together, removed the old batteries and placed the new batteries into the tray and locked them down. We connected the cables. TIME FOR A SMOKE TEST. Here is where the picture that Bettyann took earlier came in. When the inverter went black, we re-examined the wiring and found an extra cable that was not connected. Was it connected before???Zoom in on the back terminal of the picture and sure enough it was connected before. After Gerald reconnected it (more then a few sparks flew) and after Maurice took a first few shocks - Bingo everything works.
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