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LEARN HOW TO RUN 2 RV A/Cs ON A 30 AMP CONNECTION
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When to use overdrive in a motorhome?
ANSWER: Hi since you do not tell me whether your motorhome is powered by Gas or Diesel or its make, model or year; I will have to speak in general terms on using overdrive.
Overdrive is basically just another gear in your motorhome's transmission. Overdrive is a large gear in your transmission that when used properly can increase fuel mileage especially on the flat surface and highway driving conditions.
When you have overdrive turned on, your motorhome's transmission will automatically switch to that larger (taller) gear when it can. Because the gear is larger the engine has to use fewer RPMs to keep the motorhome moving down the road and fewer RPMs means less fuel usage.
If you have a newer motorhome you can normally leave the overdrive activated and the transmission will take care of switching back and forth to overdrive when it should. If your motorhome is from the early 90s or older you may want to switch the overdrive off when climbing hills. Because some of these older transmissions sometimes struggle to keep the motorhome in the proper gear for the conditions when climbing hills the motorhome could start lugging or using the higher gear when it shouldn't which is hard on the engine and transmission.
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LEARN HOW TO RUN 2 RV A/Cs ON A 30 AMP CONNECTION
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