Don’t Bonk Your Head Anymore! Get A Flat Screen TV Or Wear A Helmet!

If I had a dime for every time an RVer hit their head on the TV while entering their coach, I’d be a millionaire! The entry area on most motorhomes is the most dangerous area of the coach. It is here you can slip and fall, skin your knees, break your arms and hips and enjoy the classic Three Stooges “Bonk” on the head rendered by your TV cabinet. Some folks do stuff like this to remind themselves of this lurking danger. Others take a more aggressive tack and remove the old TV and replace it with a newer flat screen model. This allows them to trim the TV cabinet back almost flush with the overhead cabinets. It removes the "overhang" of the TV cabinet and allows your head to move freely through the space previously occupied by your arch nemesis. There is still a lot of room behind your TV cabinet to run wire to hook-up your DVD, Satellite, VCR (am I the only one who still has one of those) video games, head-sets and whatever else you need access for. It's a good idea to also throw in a muffin fan (available at Radio Shack) and an automatic attic fan temperature control (available at most hardware stores) and some extra ventilation holes for good measure (electronic gear does not appreciate heat). There are some aftermarket vendors who will do this for you for a fee (make that a large fee) or you can do it yourself (now you’re talking!). By doing this you’ll save your noggin countless traumatic encounters and you’ll be in a better mood and a more likeable person to boot. Jim

Special thanks to John Culver for showing me his coach and how he modified his TV cabinet. Me, I'm still wearing a helmet.