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Got an electrical problem? Call Tony! Don’t call me cause people are shocked when they find out how little I know about electricity. 🤣 That was my comment. Here’s my criticism, that was too much rain. And here’s my concern, I hope that old converter keeps working for many more years. 👍👍🤠

Nice work. That bugger is very old. Keep up the good work see ya on the next one.

Wow. I thought the converter was mine until I saw the glass fuses. I'm in a 1982 24 foot motorhome. I have a BW3230 that still runs, but it has a separate fuse panel with automotive style fuses. The Fuse panel is on the outside of the coach by the shore power cord along with the circuit breaker panel.

Great job.

Hard to believe you hadn't seen one of these old converters yet. They are good until they aren't good anymore. Thanks for the shoutout.

Wowza! Great video Tony! Thank you for sharing!

Do you have a video of you installing the additional vent?

If that were my camper I would upgrade the panel and converter.

Great job Tony, that’s back when things were made in America and made to last.

Great work. That sure was an old converter. Thanks Don

I would definitely recommend they replace that converter. Could be a fire hazard. Those old transformer style converters were great but they’re old. Great job by the way!

What kind of Amp draw did you have on the 3 DC circuits ? Are the fuse to big or to small for the draw, but it looks like the new lights are LED’s Maybe an independent converter and a fuse block for the 3 if the converter needs replacement or goes out. 😊

Sounds like you’re talking over a river that’s a lot of rain

Great work, You can only fix junk so much. Don

I marvel at the engineering and design of those upper and lower plates but what a waste if the working and moving parts are made of inferior materials that can't withstand the environment they'll be subjected to. Demand of the component supplier to produce the spur gear, track, cable, etc. out of quality materials that can last! If they can't or won't, drop them from being supplier or scrap the bed lift feature altogether. Not a good sign on a brand new unit! I'd be leary of it coming down on me as I drive the interstate at 60 mph. What happens in the field away from knowledgiable techs as yourself, when the bed refuses to lift, pinning the seats in prone position and you need to vacate the campsite/parking space? Thanks for the video, the efforts and tenacity needed to address the issue, but mostly the exposure of this design and now we know of at least one potenial serious problem associated with this feature.

Schwintek, cables and wires that can get caught in all that. I don't see one thing that could go wrong with that. Geez !!!!

Great work!

Nice video Tony. Those Schwintecs are a nightmare.

One of the reasons why we sold our Class A and bought a fiberglass trailer with no slides. I’m definitely not a fan of this lift system.

That was a pain I’m sure , but good job !

What a pain! I wonder if the belt drive systems are the same. Vibration alone would cause those teeth to break. Thanks for sharing Tony! Great video!

That looked like a pain. I think i will not be purchasing one of them.

Oh great, another application for Schwintek.😅

Dam another pain in the butt by Schwintec (sp) I just don’t know about these things. I do feel a RV tech needs a lot of hands on experience before taking on any repairs to them. There was a lot of stuff there ya just don’t get from a manual 😊

Sounds like hell. All these lifts leave a lot to be desired that’s for sure.

Thanks for taking the time to explore this Brinkley. Appears to be a very competently engineered+designed+manufactured unit that pleases on day 1 of ownership.

Wow, much more going on than I realized. Thanks for sharing.

Great thinking. Be an RV Tech they said-it will be fun they said. I hope the customer paid for all the time. It’s hard to charge for that, but you can’t work for free.

Great job. I have a 2004 bounder, so for so good. Thanks Don

Great video Tony! Thanks for sharing!

Good idea.

Great job. My Fleetwood is also over 20 years old. I had to replace the front unit last year but the rear unit is at least 15 years old is still kicking. Thank you for the great video.

I like to use wire piercing probes on my test leads.

Nice rig

That’s a lot easier than how I was doing it. Thank you for sharing.

Arctic Fox and outdoors Rv have shock absorbers on their rvs as standard equipment.

Great job Tony and Jason.

Enjoyed watching !

"They're not as narrow as they used to be... kind of like me... when I put a belt on... you can see my swelling... cause I'm fat. - Anyway" 🤣🤣

Great review. I particularly liked the update and the tweaks. I just installed these on a 2008 Cardinal 5th wheel with 4-5/8" louvered vents. Big difference. I have a total of six vents and a dual AC system feeding the same dual trunk lines. It looks like I can use one AC now, as I have better air flow though most of the system. I used a digital thermometer to gauge temps through the rig, did not have the air flow meter. The furthest location from the main AC unit is generally 1-3 degrees cooler that other areas. Since the air velocity is the least at this location, I just leave the dump valve on the second AC open. I will likely tweak further. I took my time while enlarging the new holes from 4-5/8 to 5-1/4 so I have a snug fit (thanks for showing that in your install). For now I have not screwed any of the new vents in place. i will complete when I can't tweak further. Again, great vid. BTW, the folks at RV Airflow systems called me before sending the vents to confirm the size and wanted to know if I measured. I confirmed that I was planning to enlarge the vent openings and mentioned your review.

Thats a great tip. Don

Excellent video. Simple but if you don't know the trick I am sure that can be frustrating to do!

I need to get some plastic scrapers. Looking good Tony.

Easy peasy!

Need to get a camera man so ya’ll can see exactly what I was doing. Or grow a third arm lol😂

Like butter!

great job you two. Thanks Don

Nice job guys keep up the great work

Interesting solution. I was afraid the way the box was looking that it would slow the air flow down. Customer is King though, if he likes it, you did good. Congrats!