Let us know what type of batteries you have in your rig! (And how you’re liking them?) ⬇️

Ask a friend at the campground if you can hook your truck up to their 5th wheel. That can help you determine whether it is the truck or the RV.

I appreciate you guys documenting your struggles in the RV life and how you over come them!

You guys are hilarious. Don’t mean to laugh at your troubles. It’s like a Vacation movie.

Propane tip: have two propane tanks and when the first one runs out, go get it refilled. You will always have at least one full tank.

As 60 yro full timers , it’s so nice to see positive people working through a sometimes negative world.

We use Tractor Supply for our propane refills. They have an app so when you get to the store you pull up the app search for the store you’re at, press a couple of buttons and they come out to you. You can pay at the pump even. We use Enduro lithium batteries, two 12volt 300amp hour batteries. Bought them on a Black Friday sale I think for $1100.00 each. I enjoy your channel!

We love your videos. Your problem solving skills are great. Keep up the great work. We are planning to go full time in 6 months.

We are using 4 Battle Born's 100AH, they are coming 4 years old and to date we haven't had an issue with them.

As you stated, it all part of RV life and even those supposedly name brand/top $ RV’s come with all sorts of issues - indicative of quality process (or lack thereof) in the RV industry. An ex RV salesman once told me that whenever you buy an RV from a dealer, have an agreement with dealer before you sign to allow you to spend one afternoon and night on their lot before you take the RV away and test every light, faucet, switch, ac, heater, outside shower. Every appliance in the RV - bake cookies in the oven, make a potato in the microwave, freeze ice cubes etc - everything. Then in the morning give them a punch list to fix before you drive off.

I like watching you two shit always hit the fan you never get a break

Not sure if you are on the Facebook Brinkley owners group but your symptoms match what many others report with truck behavior with the trailer brake failure. Trailer likely caused the fuse to blow. We had ours replaced by a Lippert mobile tech a few weeks ago, all is well. Good luck! We look forward to your next video, hopefully you get to make your way out of CO!

Hang in there guys! You're living the dream remember! RV life is just like this but the breaks in-between builds awesome memories that last a lifetime. This is your adventurous life. Keep Christ in the center and press on!😀👍

Your leak is probably from your sun roof drain. There is a little tube that drains into the fender that get clogged up a lot

You guys are GREAT love your positive attitude! No whining from you 2 😂 You should design t- shirts along those lines 💙

Sundays are bad on I70 because everyone is coming back down the mountains from their weekend plans. Friday nights going in and Sundays coming back down are the worst times. Sorry you guys are having so much trouble but thank you for sharing all of your adventures. Looks like you are in Loveland? Love that town :)

Victoria My wife puts a small pillow in our microwave every time we move, Craig if they check your truck with a trailer tester and it is ok then you need to check the trailer wiring at the wheels been there with my Ram .The bed room air is the same thing with ours and ours is a year 16 we just run it on high at nights when we go to bed. good luck with the problems we been camping off and on for 45 years and i can right a book on problems so crap happens. So just enjoy while you can safe travels OH and Colorado is the best place love up there

I laughed when you said “ Like the youngsters like to say” 😂😂😂😂😂 This whole time I’ve been wondering have these two kids can afford a unit like the Brinkley. Props to all your skills in fixing the multitude of problems that you are having with your brand new rig.

We wound up going with a 24v 200 Ah Li Time battery and it been great. Almost 5,000kwh in one battery. We went 24v because we heard so many people like you guys say after installing the 12v system they wish they went 24v. We have pretty much the same Victron set up, no solar yet but it’s a work in progress.

You probably need to get the water that blew your fuse originally out of that fuse box. I would use some kind of compressed air.

We have had issues with our main AC in our Brinkley. It was so weird. Got power from both ends of electric wire, but no AC. Brinkley hooked us up with a mobile tech and covered the cost. Because it was a Friday late afternoon, the tech ran a direct wire from our AC to the electric pedestal outside the Rv. He then came back the following Monday and had to run a power cord thru the vent ducts to the breaker box. Now our AC is freezing over as well. Has only did it once. U guys rock. We have to replace the brakes and hubs on our truck due to the brakes not working on the Rv. This was before the recall. Still waiting on parts to get that done. Good luck, and safe travels. We have Lion energy safari UT 1300 for batteries. So far no problems. We have 2 at 105amps.

If you haven’t, I would recommend you strap the batteries down. They won’t like bouncing around . As far as your air conditioning, check to make sure they are draining the water that is in the box. If they don’t drain, they will ice up. I still think the wires between the batteries are to small. You need 4 Ott gauge. If your wires are getting hot , they could melt the battery post . Not good .

You two make me laugh! We had both our ac go out in Florida on a brand new c class so frustrating! Great video.

Your windshield is a possibility but have seen many sunroof drains plugged due to leaves etc. there are 4 drains normally 2 that run down windshield pillar and if clogged or disconnected will cause that issue of water in the cab.

When Air Conditioning freezes and you see ice. Most times it is a dirty filter or fan is not working. If both of those are ok it is probably low on Freon. Unless an air conditioner has a leak it should NEVER need Freon.

The fuse you replaced is a Cartridge Style Fuse and is sold at most auto parts stores such as O'Reilly or AutoZone, etc

Craig should be a truck driver. swing it wide and be aware of your surroundings. He does a pretty good job besides one episode he was blind siding into a spot haha

Thanks for the battery tips. Safe travels.

Great video as always. Thank you both for sharing the good and the frustrating times as well. Love your great attitude!

My wife and I really enjoy your videos we look forward to them every week,,keep up the great work.😊

I went with three 100 AH SOK batteries. The had good reviews, half the price and 10 year warranty. Bought them from Current Connected. Hope you get your other issues resolved.

A mini split a/c would solve your problems. It's what many people use with solar down here around Yuma because they are so efficient that they can run then in the night. And there are some that you can install yourself.

Hey guys... 2 comments... You need hand held radios.... With all the problems there's only one that stood out in my mind that was really bad... Craig I am so sorry about a cold shower... That is just wrong in so many ways...lol😂... You guys are great... Take it back to the dealership ... Park it sideways in the driveway....😂... Thanks for the video... Stay safe....J&A

I keep watching your subscriber numbers climb. Keep it up! Enjoying all your videos. Can’t believe the problems with your Brinkley. Dang.

Always carry a small hand saw in your tool kit to trim that one out of place tree branch.

3:00 you got this 🎉🎉❤

Does your truck have a sunroof? If so, the drain tube from the sunroof goes down the A-pillar, and that hose has probably popped out of the drain hole that comes out by the fender, and is draining into your driver’s floor board. Take the pillar trim off by the windshield and the lower trim off by the left lower side by the e brake. You can probably see the tube going down through there. It is probably out of position and draining inside the truck instead of outside. Try that. It happens a lot. I repair car and see it a lot. Hopefully that works. Good luck! Great channel

Mountain to Denver traffic is always on Sundays Just Sundays unless there’s a accident Denver to mountains Friday traffic It’s been that way forever You went to Leadville!!! My town! Propane dealers suck here but we have a rv dump station!

It sounds like you've got a wiring problem in the thermostat. When I changed out ours, the colors didn't match on the new one and had to do my best assumption which were suppose to do what and didn't quite get it right causing the exact same action of yours. The trailer wiring problem could be dirt/needing cleaning of the contacts on the plug and the recepticle on the truck. Get yourself some "CONTACT CLEANER" from home depot or any kind of store like that and clean them up real well. Just spray inside the plug and the cord end. Wipe it down. It worked for me. Good luck guys. Would love to catch up on the road one day......

My husband had a short in a trailer's wiring he was pulling with his Ram 3500. It kept blowing fuses and giving him error messages in the truck but it was the trailer's wiring issue. It could very well be an issue with your RV hitch wiring. Love watching you guys!! Hang in there!!

I had installed a mini split air conditions in our class A 40 ft five years ago. I installed the condenser unit into one of my storage bays. Has worked perfectly since. Heat and AC . Uses much less power and produces a lot more cold air than the overhead AC did that came with the coach. Cost was at $3800.00 . I installed the Mini split myself. It wasn't hard to do. I used Mr. Cool systems so I wouldn't have to charge the system. Comes ready with freon installed. This AC will freeze you out in the Texas hot days from hell. What a difference. The Battle born batteries are well named. Since we bought them we have battled to keep them working. I have had to send back three out of five batteries. When the warrantee goes out Im out of battle born. I wasn't thinking and should have done my homework. Live and learn.

🎉🎉 over coming challenges - you both are doing very well at problem solving together

One more thought. Just saw you install the new batteries. Might need “hold down” device to keep them from “bouncing” out of the wooden pieces you put on the floor. Just a thought.

Hey guys. I’m a certified RV tech and I have replaced 3 AC’s this summer that were less than a year old. Warranty replacement. Don’t give up. Not Brinkley’s problem. Now the brakes…?

I have four 200 amp hour lossigy batteries in my motorhome and I love them. And there is no reason you cannot mix brands of lithium batteries when they all run on the same voltage. I have a friend that has battle born batteries and Lossigy Batteries in his travel trailer and has no issues at all. They all have their own BMS and you just want to have them fully charged along with the rest of your bank when you add them.

I would think twice before buying a Brinkley now.

I've had the crimped sun roof drain as well. Usually a pretty simple fix. Also, instead of drop in batteries, check out server rack batteries. a 5kwh 12v server rack battery (about 4 drop in 100 amp hour batteries) that are UL listed are around $1500 to $2000. Look for ones that have built in breakers and fire suppression. Way less wiring and better built. SOK batteries are good, We are using an EG4 for our house backup and it has been great for 6 months. It gets cycled every day for peak shaving. All the best.

Been there kids done that. You still have each other.

Love the look of the Brinkley and some of the cool features but looks like they've still got a few bugs to work out of them!

Thank you for the Will Prouse plug! Talk about a great KZfaq channel!

You need to learn about the electrical adapter for the propane water heater to get hot water. We have 1

Simply love you guys!! So sorry you're having so many issues with your new home , yikes!! I'd be sending it back already!!

Love Craig’s explanation, he’s hilarious 😀😀

For Pete's sake....I kept waiting for you to remove your cap, throw it on the ground, and say dang nag it! You guys have so much patience. Much blessings sent to ya'all getting all of your issues fixed. Safe travels, and I look forward to your next video. God's speed 🙏

The fuse you purchased at the dealership isn't really a specific fuse to just your truck. Although it's fairly new to auto part stores which in turn makes them pricey. I've found them on Amazon and purchased a bulk package of them for my truck. I have six different trailers I pull on a fairly regular basis and have found two particular trailers are causing that unique fuse to pop. I've determined that these two particular trailers have a intermittent short in the wiring. One trailer had the intermittent short was located where the trailer wiring was connected in the main junction box ,the remaining trailer is still a mystery short I haven't located yet. Just a little tip that I used was ... I increased the fuse size up to the next higher level (from 20A to 25A) to help me locate the short and the fuses held out a little longer. I hope this helps.....

We have a Brinkley and laugh every time we hear your loud door! 😂😂😂

Safelite just redid my brothers front window in his brand new truck, did not seal it and just had to pay 15k to fix the wiring in the truck from the rain.

New batteries called dragonfly they are green cost around 1800 each same company from battleborn I ran 1 battery from indiana to Washington with half power at night running my refrigerator and lights heater etc

We had a Ram and has same issues with. Brakes. It was the trsiler. Bad magnet. Not the truck.

Craig, you are FUNNY: they say they don’t put ice makers in Brinklies.

You are using far fewer barroom words than I did in the 20 years of full timing! However it is a house on wheels and it almost is a constant troubleshooting game or preventative maintenance. . We started taking 2 to 3 months to assess our rigs and evaluate our next trip. One thing we did that helped us take breaks was to volunteer at either state or national parks every once in awhile. Now that isn’t to say that made things any easier, because you have to research the spots for space and issues with the park. There are lots of you tubers that have good information about volunteering. I really enjoy your good attitude and humor though it all. It brings back memories. Thanks

wow, SOK is right here waiting for you. lol

I’ve owned RVs since the 80s. The only time I’ve seen one freeze up like that was when the freeze sensor had fallen out of the evaporator core. Yours sensor in place, so likely a bad sensor. As for your other A/C, cheap or not, it should never freeze more than the bottom few inches, no matter the settings. This holds true for ducted and non ducted units. Look closely at the 7 pin plug from your trailer. Those pins are a terrible design, and it the contacts get slightly bent, or misaligned, they won’t make good contact. You mentioned the problem was intermittent at one point, which makes it a likely source of the issue. Can usually visually inspect the pins, and tweak them with a small screwdriver.

We run 4 Battle Born 100ah with built in heaters and so far so good. Glad you got through to them though, I called a couple times with questions and no response for the past 2 weeks. We just got back from a weekend like your video! Pulled into a camp ground and about ripped our spare tire off our bumper, top power vent fan stopped working (in a brand new camper), Tornado watches and warnings and torrential rain for 3-4 hours straight and rear window started leaking...the fun never ends. This may something you've done but I cleaned out our A/C's coils and evaporators with the spray foam cleaner. We were camping several weeks ago and it was in the 80"s and kind of humid and our A/C's ran all weekend, literally and one started icing over I think (I heard what I think were little chunks if ice falling). When I took the roof covers off the coils weren't even close to being bad and straightened a handful of fins that probably got bent over during install and this weekend we were using both A/C's in high 80's direct sun and very high humidity, at one point it was 100% humidity and it was actually cold in our rv and actually turned it up a few degrees (when it's this hot out we usually keep it at 72-73 and had to turn it up to 75). We always have our fans on high while the A/C's are going, I think it helps keep the rig at a more consistent temp and the a/c's seem to run less. I know your rig is new but I bet we have less than 2k miles on ours and again our a/c coils weren't even all that dirty but after cleaning them I could see just how dirty they were and maybe a happy coincidence but this trip out it was hotter, more humid and our a/c's worked great. Great channel, just subbed. At some point everything will be either fixed or replaced right lol.

When my Dakota had trailer break issues, it was a relay...

You need to get to the Black Hills inSouth Dakota. Just be sure to avoid the Sturgis area during bike week if you want to avoid crowds.

So a trailer brake works by sending varying voltage to brakes as needed. The way to test is find the brake pin from the truck 7 way /pin receptacle and the ground pin and use a volt meter to watch the voltage change as someone depresses the brake pedal or better yet use the manual trailer brake lever...if no voltage then wiring issue or controller issue. You can find 7 way plug wiring diagrams online to find the needed pins to make contact with your volt meter...blue wire for the brake line and black for the ground...simple check....

Another great video! Love your positive attitude!

Great Vid, Love how you all seem like a open book and are real unlike so many other on here. Tell you what though seems like so many have issues with new rv's no matter the brand and have to work out the kinks.. Don't think ill be buying a new one anytime soon.

Ron and I use the walkies to back up and move the trailer around, that way we don’t have to use the phones. Too often the service is too low for calls too.

Appreciate your honest battery thoughts. Once you explore and identify the brake issue it would be interesting to know what is was., Sorry to bring it up.... Good luck and I hope it is something simple and cheap to address. Take care.

I have a camera system that covers all around my Boxtruck Overlander conversion ...also one that is up on the front of the box so I can see low trees.

206ah Sok batteries.. $1029 and they are in metal cases... I love mine.. I have 3 of them for 618ah and they're not much bigger than your battleborne. Good luck guys

I love your channel. You tell the truth about RV life. It is not all rainbows and butterflies. There is always some issue that you have to deal with. We are just finishing up a 3 month trip and we are down one air conditioner. Every long trip that we take there is always something that has to be fixed. Air conditioning issues in the summer are not fun. I would have been at a hotel.

Hahahahaha!!! OMG!!! The “intermittently” edit killed me!!!! 😅😅😅 Nice work kids! Craig, would love to pick your brain on how you mounted the Battle Born batteries in your front compartment. We have two 100ah that our dealer shoehorned into the battery box. I need to fix that before it screws up one of those batteries.

If you have an RV lock on your Brinkley, when you want to lock it, you should just have to hold the lock key down for about 2 seconds and it will lock. I mention that, because it appeared when Victoria was leaving, she punched in a code. Just hold lock. 🙂

Battle born are good if they are free as a sponsor gift, but there are so many lithium manufacturers making lithium batteries that are just as good for much less. I just threw in a ecoflow delta pro with extra battery and loving it way more than installing all the junk in a system like most people do. I just added the panels, ran the line to the unit, wired it to the transfer switch and it was done. 3600w inverter, 1400w of panels, monitoring from the app, 7200wh of capacity. But did not have to install charge controller(s), battery banks with wiring them together, shunts, etc.

I use a pool noodle crammed between the glass plate and the top of the microwave to hold it in place.

Search the tubes about rv ac freezing up. It's the way they install the units.

Great editing job 👏 👌 You guys are too funny considering the Neverending problems you have. Good luck!

i-70 loads up west on fridays and unloads on sunday... sux as its always packed during the day

Your guys are killin me. I would love to consider investing in RVin, but the problems with the rigs are ubiquitous. Not just your channel, but all of them! How do they get away with selling this crap.

I have Lifeblue batteries( 2 totalling 300 AH) since 2018 with no problems. I really love them.

We're FTers who boondock most of the time, and we just had two things break at once too, so we know what it's like have things break at the most inopportune time. After 4 years of bouncing down the road, the wires on our solar controller's terminals vibrated loose, got hot and fried the wire ends, melting the terminals. Then, a day later, the starter motor on our 23 yr. old Motorhome's generator failed, leaving us with no way to recharge our batteries. This occurred while we were boonbocking in the wilds of Wyoming, nera the Grand Tetons, with no cell phone or Wi-Fi service available. It took us 10 days to get a replacement, leaving us living off the remaining charge in our batteries for 8 days. Fortunately, last winter we replaced our old pair of GC-2 golf cart batteries that lived in the space under the steps of our motorhome with lithiums. If we went with Battleborns, or other pre-made LiFePo-4 batteries, we could only fit 2 -100ah batteries in this space, so we decided to build our own LiFePo-4 battery out of 8, 280ah prismatic cells, giving us a 560ah 12v battery. It's like having 5 1/2, 100ah Battleborn batteries like you have. We chose a Heltec 350amp BMS, to start the onboard generator in our motorhome, along with a 5a active balancer to keep all the cells synched up. So we slowly depleted our batteries for 8 days. Of course, we reduced our battery usage to the necessities of lights, fridge, fans, etc. and rationing our TV and computer time to 2 hrs. a day, to stretch our power till the replacement solar controller arrived (the first one got lost in shipping and we needed to order a second one.) However, at the end of our 8-day ordeal, we still had 39% of our battery capacity remaining. Needless to say, we were impressed! We built our 12v battery with grade "A" LiFePo-4 prismatic cells having a 6,000-cycle manufacturer projected life at 100% DOD. This means that if we cycled them 100% every single day, 365 days a year, they would last over 16 years! So, they're obviously going to wear out from age before they wear out from cycling. It only cost us $1,500 to build this 560ah battery, including the high amp BMS and active balancer - much less than Battleborns or even other "B" grade commercially assembled batteries would have cost. They fit perfectly under the steps of our motorhome where our old pair of golf cart batteries used to reside, saving 35lbs while having over 5 times the energy storage packed into this tiny space. We insulated the battery compartment, cut a 1" hole in our step risers and installed a tiny computer CPU fan to keep this space at close to room temperature, so we don't have to worry about the BMS shutting down charging if they get too cold - or their life reduced from getting too hot. We've found Lithiums charge much faster than our old lead acid batteries did and are typically full before 1:00 after an evening of heavy use. It took our 620-watt solar array only 3 days to recharge them to 100% after we got them up and running again - using them normally at the same time. This 560ah battery assembly, including our 620w liftable solar array, wiring, breakers, a new Progressive Dynamics 80a Li compatible converter/charger, a 1,000w Renogy PSW inverter to run our TV, PC, ice maker, electric blanket, etc. (our 5,500w generator powers ACs and microwave), an Epever 50a MPPT charge controller for our solar panels and a Lnex battery monitor/shunt only cost us around $3,500 as we did the entire installation ourselves. BTW, Eternabond tape will quickly and easily fix that small tear in your roof.

I am FULL ON terrified of the first time I have to just "pull into a field" and hope to get out without jackknifing the rig or crushing my truck cab or even worse. So far we've been lucky enough to get nice full hookup spots that aren't too hard to get into... but I know the day is coming as we get out there in that dusty part of the country!

I’m on a 48 volt system w/ Victron components and EG4, LifePower 4 batteries. 10 yr. Warranty as well. So far so good….

A/C freezing up lots of times is because of low freon.

I guess a washer dryer combo is next.

I always thought I wanted to live the RV lifestyle. Thank you for all your videos, I'm going to vacation at the airbnb's. I definitely don't have the patience to do what you do. I look forward to you videos each week :)

There's a baffle that is supposed to be between inlet and outlet.

DH says, unplug your battery and your truck computer system should reboot. He also said make sure you do your tug test for the trailer brakes regardless of what your dash is telling you.

Y'all are amazing!

You have warm incoming air mixing with your cooled air inside your ac inlet, its not sealed properly, also with the fuses, i found a mixed pack at carquest that had the fuse i needed inside it

next week? heck I want to see more tomorrow LOL

RAM and fuses. I was able to buy some off Amazon. I’ve gone through a few 20amp fuses and keep them in stock.

I like you team , because you can successfully manage all situations.

I put SOK $$ Lithium Batteries (10 year warranty ) in my GD 5th a year and a half ago check into these. They have a very good BMS.. they will follow me if and when I change RVs... Jon A

The leak in your truck could be coming from the drain tube’s from your sun roof being plugged . My dad just had the same issue with his ram.

Thanks you two .. love from Canada 🇨🇦

I plan on going with a big 410 Ah batteries when I add lithium. Around 1500 to 1700 dollars each.