Monster Murphy Gremlin still at work & more ??s UPDATE
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 9:27 amPoor Magic.
Those of you who followed posts on the Mini KY gtg last week know I experienced several problems with Magic and an extremely unlevel site.
Our last night in KY we were hit with severe storm including high winds. Got a tree which in turn took out pole and electric lines into campground just before dark. Spent long night without power (no power, no CPAP, no sleep). Had to unhook and get out Sunday morning without coffee to make matters even worse but generous help from Linda and Sandy got me on the road. The dump station at Lake Barkley is located in the only low spot and was underwater from all the rain Sat. night so none of us could dump before leaving KY.
I stopped in Clarksville to call Eddie to check on conditions at Ditto. He said in spite of all the rain they were not expecting problem in campground and encouraged me to come on back. It was a really long day as I had to stop a lot trying not to fall asleep. Fortunately the weather was good until I reached Huntsville. Arrived at Ditto in heavy downpour so did not attempt to dump before setting up.
Donna had gone to social event so knew it would be couple hours before she could pick me up. I was so wiped out, just packed up things I needed overnight at first. Had only been there a little over an hour when knock on door - TVA had just ordered campground evacuation quickly as they had to release more water from Guntersville dam. Hastily packed all I could, stacked it on picnic table, got Nicky out and gave them my keys to move Magic. She is still parked on what little high ground is out there - tomorrow will be a full week.
By the time Donna arrived, water has started to come over low spots on roadway into the park (from little creek) and had covered part of the marina parking lot (from TN River). We have since had several more inches of rain locally (15 inches this month) but bigger problem for river is all the rain upstream still coming down.
As a result of KY experience, I have a few more "novice" questions:
Is the generator sensitive to being reasonably level, like fridge?
(I did not try it for fear I'd damage something else - loosing fridge was bad enough)
Other than the propane alarm, what continues to drain house batteries assuming nothing else is turned on?
What is the max number of leveling blocks you would use? Think I've seen some of you use more than the max recommended on box.
Didn't occur to me at the time but assume I should have turned power switch off at post just in case power got restored during the night (I do use a SurgeGuard but would hate to have that expensive box fried).
Any other suggestions of actions I should have taken to better protect RV under the circumstances?
Those of you who followed posts on the Mini KY gtg last week know I experienced several problems with Magic and an extremely unlevel site.
Our last night in KY we were hit with severe storm including high winds. Got a tree which in turn took out pole and electric lines into campground just before dark. Spent long night without power (no power, no CPAP, no sleep). Had to unhook and get out Sunday morning without coffee to make matters even worse but generous help from Linda and Sandy got me on the road. The dump station at Lake Barkley is located in the only low spot and was underwater from all the rain Sat. night so none of us could dump before leaving KY.
I stopped in Clarksville to call Eddie to check on conditions at Ditto. He said in spite of all the rain they were not expecting problem in campground and encouraged me to come on back. It was a really long day as I had to stop a lot trying not to fall asleep. Fortunately the weather was good until I reached Huntsville. Arrived at Ditto in heavy downpour so did not attempt to dump before setting up.
Donna had gone to social event so knew it would be couple hours before she could pick me up. I was so wiped out, just packed up things I needed overnight at first. Had only been there a little over an hour when knock on door - TVA had just ordered campground evacuation quickly as they had to release more water from Guntersville dam. Hastily packed all I could, stacked it on picnic table, got Nicky out and gave them my keys to move Magic. She is still parked on what little high ground is out there - tomorrow will be a full week.
By the time Donna arrived, water has started to come over low spots on roadway into the park (from little creek) and had covered part of the marina parking lot (from TN River). We have since had several more inches of rain locally (15 inches this month) but bigger problem for river is all the rain upstream still coming down.
As a result of KY experience, I have a few more "novice" questions:
Is the generator sensitive to being reasonably level, like fridge?
(I did not try it for fear I'd damage something else - loosing fridge was bad enough)
Other than the propane alarm, what continues to drain house batteries assuming nothing else is turned on?
What is the max number of leveling blocks you would use? Think I've seen some of you use more than the max recommended on box.
Didn't occur to me at the time but assume I should have turned power switch off at post just in case power got restored during the night (I do use a SurgeGuard but would hate to have that expensive box fried).
Any other suggestions of actions I should have taken to better protect RV under the circumstances?
