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Tech & Travel Tips: February 2011

February 1, 2011
Tech & Travel Tips: February 2011
It is possible to make the thermostat display on certain Dometic Duo-Therm thermostats brighter by removing the blue filters on the light bulbs.

Brighter Thermostat Display

Is your thermostat display too dim? You can make the display nearly twice as bright by removing the blue filters on the light bulbs. (This applies only to Dometic Duo-Therm Comfort Control Center five-button thermostats #310 9228 0001 “” white; and #310 9228 019 “” black.) Here’s how:

Unclip the thermostat from the holder “” top or bottom center “” and find the two small, black, round bulb holders. Remove the bulb assembly by inserting a small blade screwdriver into the center slot of the assembly and twist 1/8-turn counterclockwise. Lift the bulb assembly out and gently remove the tiny blue filter from the bulb. Reassemble and return the thermostat cover to its holder. The brightness of the display will be sharply improved.

Bill Hendrix, F761S, Erie, Colorado


Plastic stack bins add usable storage space to an RV closet.Closet Storage

Rather than lose considerable space in my clothes closet, I put in two plastic stack bins that fit under the shirts, jackets, blouses, and other clothing items that do not hang low. I left the bins on their rollers to allow the bottom drawers to clear the closet door track. These stack bins can be purchased at most mass merchandise stores.

Susan Lowe, F147205, Port Orange, Florida


Readers are invited to share their favorite tips for making the motorhome lifestyle more enjoyable. We welcome any ideas you have found that save time, money, or effort. Please submit diagrams, hand-drawn sketches, or photographs to help illustrate your idea. Also, please use a separate sheet of paper, or separate e-mail, for each tip submitted. For each tip chosen for publication in Family Motor Coaching magazine, you will receive $25. Unfortunately, we can’t acknowledge or return unused tips. Mail your tips to: “Tech and Travel Tips,” FMC Magazine, 8291 Clough Pike, Cincinnati, OH 45244; techtips@fmca.com. FMC reserves the right to edit tips and to use published tips in other formats. Although all material is screened, no attempt has been made to test these ideas, and Family Motor Coaching assumes no responsibility, direct or consequential, for their use.

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