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This column updates articles that have ap
peared in the magazine. We believe it i!
necessary to sha re these new discoverie!
with you .
New Information
on Battery
Service Man ual
THESE MAJOR RV MANUFACTURERS
HAVE THIS UNIQUE
SAFETY FEATURE IN COMMON...
W e'v e re ce ive d sev e ral lette rs from
read ers w h o tri ed to o bt ain co p ies o f
th e " Batt ery Service Manua l" m entioned
at th e end of o ur Jun e '73 arti cl e on RV
batt ery mainte nance. In e ac h ca se th e
le tt e r w as re turn e d mark ed "A ddress
U nkn own. " And for good reason . .. the
or igina l A ss ociation o f A merican Bat ­
t ery M anufac t ure rs m e nt ion ed in th e
art ic le h as c hanged it s name and m o v ed .
Bu t w e track ed 'e m down.
To ob tain a copy of th e " Batt ery Se rv­
ice Man u al ," se nd $2 t o Batt ery Cou n ci l
I nt e rnational, In c., 130"1 M ur c h i son
D ri ve, Burlingame , Cal i fornia 940"10. And
w e hope th ey don ' t m ove again.
These t rendsetters have
chosen t o offer t he most unique
safety innovation in t he RV
in du st r y
th e Automatic
Stabilizati on Control Syst em (ASCS) - on t heir 1974 t ravel
trail ers.
ASCS is a three-un it system that in stantaneously
corrects sudden sway prob lems by registe ring, ta bul ating and
reacting to the sway . In a sp lit-second, you automatically
have t he necessary brake pressure to keep bot h vehicle and
t railer moving smooth ly and saf ely.
Th e A SCS is completely auto mat ic . . . it has no
moving parts. And it's fu lly gu aran teed f or the life of the
own er!
So stop in at your loca l RV dealer. See if the trailers on
his lot offer A SCS . .. f or y ou r own and y our f am il y 's safety .
For furt her inform ati on, write or ca ll Target Industri es.
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WHEELS AF IELD
MORE O N LOW VOL TAGE. Ke n Fe r­
moyl e's " V iewpoint" co lu mn in t he Oc ­
tober '73 issu e of Wh eels Afield cov e red
th e in creasi ng p robl e m s RVe rs ar e fa c ing
du e to flu c tuating lin e v o lt ag e w h en
th ey are pl ugged int o electr ic hookups
at campground s. Judg in g fr o m res pon se
t o the co lu mn , th e prob le m appar e n t ly
is eve n more w id espread than we su s­
pect ed.
More proof that thi s p robl em is t ru e
cam e rece ntly wh en Ferm o yl e att e nd ed
a w ee k - l on g Air Co n ditioning/H e at in g
Se rv ic e Tr ain in g Cou rse at Winn e ba go
Ind u stri es i n Fo res t Cit y , Iowa. Th e in ­
stru c tors and se rv ice tec hn icia ns att e nd­
in g agr eed that improper lin e vo lt age ­
u suall y too lit tl e - ha s becom e a ma jor
cau se of damage to RV applia nces.
T h e y a l so ag r eed t h at Fermo y l e 's
sugges ti on th at RV owner s in ves t in an
inexpe nsive AC voltm e te r ($4 to $12)
w as a good on e. Ge nerally speaking, i f
th e m eter show s lin e vo ltage of under
105 vol t s, it's wi se not to try to op erat e
a rooftop l W -vol t air condit io n er. It
may st ar t w ith j u st 90 or 100 volt s, but it
w on ' t work e fficiently and w i ll be dam­
aged to som e exte nt. It might not fail
imm ediat e ly, but wi ll ev ent u ally aft e r
enough of thi s tr eatment. Oth er appl i­
ances w i II be affec t ed , too.
lu st b e fo re press tim e w e h eard from
Ess ex Int e rnational , mak e r of Stan c or
Tran sform ers, about th e fir m 's new VC - II
Vol t age Cor r ec t or. I t a ut omati c al l y
boo st s lin e vo ltag e by "12 p erce nt whe n
it drops be low 105 v o lt s, and is rat e d at
"15 amp s. We p lan to te st on e and will
report on it as soon as po ss ibl e, if it
seem s to b e a solution.
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