Born Free Leap'n Lions RV Club Info & Discussion Forum

Trisha, If you don't want to go thru the expense and hassle of changing out your charger/converter to better 3-stage unit, I have another solution for you that will treat your coach batteries kindly during storage periods. Concerning if you should replace your potentially damaged coach batteries bef...

Trisha, The definition of extended period of time relative to battery charging is unfortunately a variable. But I will try to make sense of it. If your coach has a single-stage Charger/Converter such as the Parallax 7345 and the batteries are already or close to being fully charged from the chassis ...

Actually a E-450 based Born Free has a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 14,050 lbs and a gross combined vehicle weight rating (GCVWR) (total of the motorhome and any load - trailor or toad) pulled behind it of 20,000 lbs. So for example, in my case of a 2002 E-450 V10 BF 26' RSB that weighs a t...

And also to clarify the differences between inverters and charger/converters. A charger/converter is the device (normally a Parallax 7345 supplied by the factory in a Born Free) that has two purposes. This is the device that converts 120 VAC 60 Hz either from shore line power or from your generator ...

Trisha, As indicated earlier, I removed the standard single-stage Parallax 7345 Charger/Converter and replaced it with a Progressive Dynamics PD9160A Charger/Converter and optional Charge Wizard that gives the system 3-stage charging performance. What the 3-stage charger does is initally charge your...

I am really puzzled why a pair of such new deep cycle batteries would show a weak charge in the left bank of both of them. It would be hard to believe that you would have both batteries defective in the same manner. I believe Born Free still has been installing Interstate SRM-27 batteries in their c...

Chris, The front and rear wheel rims on the Fored E-350 and E-450 chassis are all the same wheel, even though they may not look like it. I bought a new Ford rim and a new Firestone Steeltex LT225R/16E tire from my local Firestone dealer about 6 years ago for a total I believe of about $300.00 for a ...

I bought a new spare tire and rim and keep it in the left side storage comparment under the Flexsteel sofa on my 2002 BF 26' RSB unit. It fits well in the front most part of this compartment because it can be moved forward against the front wall of the compartment and really does not protrude back v...

BornFree_n_Now, What you did with three heavy loads on your 4000 watt Onan generator was to trip the 30 amp circuit breaker on the generator itself. Just reset it to get your generator power back again. My experience with two different BF motor homes is that the Onan will run both your A/C and your ...