Storing electrical cord and water house in Ventura

[Serge06]

Has anyone figured out a system to store the cord and the hose? In mu Ventura the cord does not fit in the outside compartment unless all coils are perfectly sized and lined up, like new. If storing inside the camper It is not convenient to plug in the cord each time especially at night.

The same applies to the hose, it would be nice if it was permanently screwed into the fresh water intake and coiled in the same compartment, but there is no bottom in that compartment. I am thinking of installing some kind of clams on the inside of that swinging lid for the house to be coiled and stored. Any ideas....?

[Bris]

Has anyone figured out a system to store the cord and the hose? In mu Ventura the cord does not fit in the outside compartment unless all coils are perfectly sized and lined up, like new. If storing inside the camper It is not convenient to plug in the cord each time especially at night.

The same applies to the hose, it would be nice if it was permanently screwed into the fresh water intake and coiled in the same compartment, but there is no bottom in that compartment. I am thinking of installing some kind of clams on the inside of that swinging lid for the house to be coiled and stored. Any ideas....?



Yes I have solve both proplem Hope you still has the Ventura!

[Old Crows]

There's no good way to store the water hose.

I leave the shore power cord plugged in (it is too hard to plug it in and lock it in place every day). I "figure eight" the cord into the storage compartment. I use some "cable cuffs" to keep the loops together and from falling out the gap between the lid and the bottom tray. Yes, Murphy struck once and a loop of cable fell out of the bin and it snaked along beside the van for a good ways. Minor repairable damage to the power cord.

I store the white hose in the rear compartment under the rear seat. I drain it being careful not to drag the ends on the ground. Tightly coiled with it's ends joined it will fit on top of th plastic bin holding misc. water supply couplers, minor spare bits, etc.. I have a filter and pressure reducer that I drain and stow with the hose. When traveling I cap the ends of the filter with those "blue cap thingies" from camping world. I leave it open when stored so the filter dries out.

I saw no way to put a floor under the LP tank capable of storing more than a match box. Not cost effective.

[Serge06]

Thanks for your reply,
We just finished a 6,000 mile trip and managed to keep the cord in its compartment by simply only removing the minimum of cord coils when plugging in, while keeping the rest of the cord in the compartment.

We are storing the water house inside the bath behind the toilet as it was too much trouble to access the rear due to our bike rack.

The only other issue we noticed is that AC is not keeping up with cooling the interior beyond 80 degrees when temps outside are 95 and above. We were told that by design the Coleman AC was designed to keep a 20 degree spread at best. Does everyone have a similar experience?

[Old Crows]

If you are south of the Mason Dixon line you will have trouble cooling with the standard 9200 BTU Coleman. A 20 degree drop below ambient is about the best you can get ... on a very good day! Search the site for several threads on Ventura cooling. If I had to start over fixing mine.... And I didn't live or plan traveling to the SW in summer ... I'd start by putting a heat/IR resistant film on all windows (including the windshield and doors) as the biggest heat gain is through the glass. Try that first... You may squeak by.... Changing to a Mach III PS A/C (drop in/plug/play most likely) will give you 13500 BTU with less power consumption than the OEM set up. Also, there's more air flow with the PS unit ... a plus! These were the two changes that made the van made the van livable here in Texas and the SW.

[Old Crows]

Where are you located?

[Serge06]

We are traveling mostly in SW. While passing through Las Vegas the AC and fridge for that matter were completely useless in 107 degree weather--thank god we are not planning on going there again.

[Serge06]

IChanging to a Mach III PS A/C (drop in/plug/play most likely) will give you 13500 BTU with less power consumption than the OEM set up. Also, there's more air flow with the PS unit ... a plus! These were the two changes that made the van made the van livable here in Texas and the SW.

How is the noise level of your Mach III? We had a different camper before with a Carrier AC unit and the AC was so loud that we could not sleep. At lease Coleman is quiet.

[docman5]

I added a piece of thin plywood to the bottom of my electric cord housing. This keeps the cord from possibly coming through the small slit and dragging the ground. It never did come out but I didn't want to take the chance. As others have said, I figure 8 the cord when putting it back in and only take out the amount I need. I can now put the cord back in fairly quickly.

I have no solution to the water hose question. I looked again at it just the other day and am wondering about putting on an elbow on to the inlet so as to make hooking up easier. Has anyone tried this?