Our New THOR Keeps Letting Us Down
Bari and I went ‘Buddy Camping’ last weekend with Allison and David Cranmer. We went to Cedar Key. We had several “FIRSTS” on this trip. This is the first time we’ve towed a car behind our RV using a tow dolly. It was an uneventful drive, and the little KIA Soul went on and off the dolly easily. I had greased the wheel bearings and inflated the tires to the proper pressure before leaving. All in all, it worked great. The next “FIRST” was a buzzing sound, like an electrical hum coming from under the starboard bunk in the rear of the RV. I disassembled the bed and found the Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) humming like a kazoo player on amphetamines. I tapped the box and the humming subsided. We had dinner and then made ready for bed. The buzzing came back and I figured it needed a bit more ‘tapping’, so I opened up the compartment under the bed and hit it again. The sound didn’t change, so I grabbed one of the input wires and gave it a shake. The AC immediately shut off and I knew we wer