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Smeeky - 21 May 2005 16:12 GMT

Hi all, first of all I'm new at this and I hope you can help me in answering
some of my questions about our newly acquired Starcraft pop up.

When I went to check the battery I found the connections were not attached
and I'm not sure of the correct sequence. I have three connectors; one red
(positive?), one white (negative?) and one green (unsure). Can someone tell
me the correct connections to the battery?

Also I find I have a small leak in drain from the sink--while not easy to
get at I think with a little contortions I can reach it. The pipe is PVC
and it appears the leak is where two pipes join. Any recommendations on the
best way plug the leak--I really don't want to take the piping apart and
re-do?

Thanks in advance--I'm sure I will have more questions as we get going with
this.

Smeeky

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Rich256 - 21 May 2005 20:08 GMT

> Hi all, first of all I'm new at this and I hope you can help me in answering
> some of my questions about our newly acquired Starcraft pop up.
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> (positive?), one white (negative?) and one green (unsure). Can someone tell
> me the correct connections to the battery?

You are most likely correct on the red and white. The green could be a lot
of things. Do you have electric brakes? Is there a break away switch on
the tongue? Does the green wired go there? If so it would connect to the
battery positive.

> Also I find I have a small leak in drain from the sink--while not easy to
> get at I think with a little contortions I can reach it. The pipe is PVC
> and it appears the leak is where two pipes join. Any recommendations on the
> best way plug the leak--I really don't want to take the piping apart and
> re-do?

Probably a crack in the pipe. I would buy some flexible high pressure 1/2
inch tubing, cut out the cracked area and use clamps to fasten in the
tubing.

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Ferg - 26 May 2005 06:01 GMT

> > When I went to check the battery I found the connections were not attached
> > and I'm not sure of the correct sequence. I have three connectors; one
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> the tongue? Does the green wired go there? If so it would connect to the
> battery positive.

I have a Starcraft and it has three wires but they are of different
colors. I have two that go to the positive and one that goes to the
negative. One of the positive has a 20 amp fuse and the other has a 30
amp fuse. The reason they are usually disconnected is that if you keep
the battery connected to the inverter the alarm will go off when the
battery is low. I think this is the same alarm used to detect gas
leaks. I usually just pull the fuses rather than disconnecting from
the battery. When I forget, the alarm will go off after being parked
for a couple of weeks. The neighbors don't especially like that noise
when they have to wait for me to get hom.

Hope this helps!

Ernie
Missouri

> > Also I find I have a small leak in drain from the sink--while not easy to
> > get at I think with a little contortions I can reach it. The pipe is PVC
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> inch tubing, cut out the cracked area and use clamps to fasten in the
> tubing.

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Smeeky - 28 May 2005 13:02 GMT

Thanks, with fuse explanation I think we have the same type of connections.

>> > When I went to check the battery I found the connections were not
>> > attached
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>> inch tubing, cut out the cracked area and use clamps to fasten in the
>> tubing.

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