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Unless Oliver plumbing has changed, the black tank adjoins grey. No Black separation from grey, hence no/never choice for fresh. Don't even think about it, imo.

@SolitaryPine Paul: Congrad's on your purchase and welcome to the forum. Hopefully you have the Anderson No Sway Hitch System. When the chains are adjusted correctly, it will trahsfer some of the load back to the front wheels to provide better handling.

Hello Steve Contrary to your post above, everything I've read indicates the part number for Bulldog replacements of the Monroe 555001 is HD1213-0656, not HD1214-0656. I put the specs for each as well as the Monroe OEM 555001 in the image below. The specs on the left are for the HD1214-0656 and the right frame is the 1214. If you compare it with the OEM Monroes (the bottom frame), the 1213 shocks line up much more closely than the 1214. My question is: is this just a simple mistake or is there a reason you were recommending the Bulldog HD1214-0656? I ask because I am about to change mine out on my 2018 LE2 (#344) and want a robust replacement.

Sure does. 😀

Nice idea. Maybe someone artistic will step up. I like ot! We never have kept up with nights, just miles. 160k plus, and we've slowed down a lot since covid/2020. And infant grand baby, who limits my travel, but brings me daily joy, this year! We've already traveled so many places with our Oliver, and foreign camping with rented equipment. None of them compare to the smile I get every morning from my grandson.

I am no longer apologizing for our Florida weather. We are setting new records, all along the i 10 belt, and so very cold (to us) in Tampa Bay. When the wind is cold and moist, we are kind of like the iguanas. Immobilized. Looking forward to a few nice days, soon. We've been through a hot summer, hurricanes, and crazy cold, now. It will pass.

Hi, Paul, Welcome

Thanks guys! And SeaDawg, the Defender's been really strong with the towing. I bought the Ollie from a guy in a mountain town, so I had to go up and over a pass on my first pull to bring her home. No issues at all. The 8,201 lbs of towing capacity, air suspension, and plenty of torque from the turbo inline 6 seem to be a good combo for this size trailer in CO. I'm a little worried about the short wheelbase and sway since I have the short 2 door version of the Defender, but with the electronic sway control and proper loading hopefully I'll be okay.

Welcome! Wishing you many miles of smiles. When smiles turn upside down with a trouble, we are here to help. Great looking rig. How is your towing experience, so far?

Paul, welcome! Nice looking setup. There’s great camping in Colorado! Mike

Paul, Welcome! There is a very knowledgeable group of folks here that can help with your questions. Beautiful rig! Please post photos of your Ollie adventures, too. Best Regards, Bill

Gotta go with the circumstances!

Thanks Bill, yes I've been doing my best to read all the manuals, watch all the official youtube videos, and peruse the forums and other resources on the site including the University. Definitely a steep learning curve but I'm getting there!

@rich.dev Yeah the voltage is pretty far off also. 12.90 vs 13.62, so I don't think it's that issue.

Thank you. I saw that and I suppose it's possible that the previous owner damaged the BMS of one or more of the batteries by not doing that reboot sequence correctly. Unfortunately, the TSB doesn't really tell me what the symptoms of that damage would be, and the batteries otherwise appear to be functioning normally.

We have been trying to connect the tv so that we could hear it through the sound system to no avail. Checked you tube and owners manual. Seems simple but we cannot make it work. Thoughts?

Paul - Welcome to the Family! And really glad that you decided to come off the "Guest" list and become a full member of the Forum. Be safe out there and let us know if we can help you in any way. Bill p.s. if you have not already taken a serious dive into the Oliver University, this would be a good time (during the Winter months) to do so.

@SolitaryPine looks like your batteries are wired correctly. I have 2 x 320ah batteries in our 2023 Oliver and have seen the same thing you have on the phone app. I read following on the Lihtionics website: The SoC is a ‘metered reading’ from an electronic Hall Effect Shunt and is a count-down meter that is most accurate on its first cycle after calibration* but becomes less accurate over time. It simply counts amps-in and amps-out but some losses will occur. Being a metered value, it does not actually measure state of charge “real time” but instead “calculates” or estimates state of charge. -Explanation: *every two weeks, a full charge cycle in which the battery reaches 14.4 volts is required to trigger a recalibration of the internal Hall Effect Sensor shunt. When the battery exceeds 14.2 volts during charging, the SoC re-sets to 100%. (In order to fully charge a lithium ion battery, the DC loads may need to be reduced so the charge current exceeds the discharge current to allow a full battery charge.) -Why does the meter “drift” and lose accuracy over time? When a consumer is micro-cycling a battery via a series of multiple discharge cycles and has partial charge cycles from solar or alternator charging, the SoC meter loses accuracy, called “sensor drift” over a two week time period. This is also called ‘short charging’ as the battery never fills and the SoC meter does not reach recalibration voltages of 14.2(12 Volt Battery, 28.4 (24V), 53.25 (48.0) or 56.8 (51V) batteriesrespectively. I think as long as the voltages are the same your batteries are fine.

Paul, You can also look at the the technical bulletin located here and try that. Roger

Thanks Roger. Mine are off by well over 10%. Here's screenshots I took of the SOC of all three batteries yesterday. They were much closer together a few days ago.

Paul, your battery wiring looks identical to mine. I have not paid attention to the discharge / recharge rate of my batteries so I cannot comment on that. I have noticed that the charge state of my batteries is generally not the same all the time and one battery in particular sometimes will show a lower charge state (by 5 to 10%) than the other batteries when I am boondocking. The wiring of the batteries is parallel which means that the voltage stays at 12 volts while increasing the capacity in this case to 390 Ah. I am keeping a better eye on my batteries that in the past and will chart their discharge rate and status during my next trip to see what they are doing. You have me curious.

I like the idea of badges. They probably need more granular steps than just those 3 (every 250?). I am still in the early phase but dreaming of the day I can start racking them up faster.

Hi, about 3 weeks ago I purchased a used 2022 LE2 with the Lithium Pro package. I've searched for the answer to this question here and in other places, and have a suspicion, but I thought I'd ask the experts here before I start making expirimental changes just in case someone can tell me for sure what is wrong. The issue I'm having is that the three lithium batteries, which appear to be in good condition, do not charge and discharge together simultaneously. So, if I'm using a load, one battery might report that it is dispensing 20 amps, and the other 5A and the third might be 1A. Eventually they will all become discharged. The same is true in reverse, when they are charging, one will receive more amps than the others and reach full charge first. My suspicion is that the wiring of the batteries is not correct, from what I've learned from watching YouTube videos about RV lithium battery set ups. My understanding is that the batteries are supposed to be wiried in parallel, with diagonal take offs. There appear to be four different take offs in my setup (I haven't figured out what each one is yet, but I'm guessing one is for connection to the Xantrex Inverter/Charger and one is for the battery pad heater, but I'm haven't figured out what the third and fourth are). It looks like the pad heater is the one that is not connected properly. However, I find it odd that the problem exists whether the heater is on or off. Note that I don't believe the previous owner changed anything (the marks on the cables and terminals would indicate that also), so it was almost certainly set up this way at the factory. I've attached a photo of the cable connections to the batteries, and I would be happy to make another post with photos of the Xantrex settings or the Lithionics battery app information if anyone would like to see that. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide! Paul

I think most owners with the Dometic A/C would agree that’s it’s a tiny bit loud. (I suppose if you’re deaf it wouldn’t bother you at all - just your neighbors.) That, and I’ve read that at least two other owners have had issues with the bolts holding the fan motor backing out and causing significant problems. I had that issue myself. Luckily, I didn’t mind crawling on the roof to fix it myself. Others had to get professional help. The design and assembly shows a lack of care and proper engineering to an item that should be expected to regularly be exposed to a fair amount of vibration. As it’s built, this A/C should be -expected- to have problems. If I have to deal with the same problem again (before I replace it entirely) I’ll replace the substandard hardware with something more akin to what the factory SHOULD have used in the first place. Pretty sure I’m not the first one to have to replace the hinges on the Dometic fridge freezer door. Likely also why they’re a popular item on Amazon. Otherwise, I think it’s a great fridge - super freezer. Toilet seal leaked from day one. Wouldn’t keep water in the bowl. Tried the usual seal conditioners with no improvement. Replaced the seal with a new factory one. Worked for a few weeks, then same problem. Had a cheapo Thetford toilet in previous MHs - never had an issue with them. If your unit is 8 years older than ours - it’s highly likely that the components and workmanship were frankly - better. There’s really no such thing as “exactly the same equipment” build nearly a decade apart. Corners are cut, cheaper suppliers of parts and subassemblies are substituted, production processes are streamlined, workforces change, pandemics occur - and often - once-reliable items carrying the same model number are redesigned into something wholly different. (I believe there’s a phrase… oh yeah “they don’t make ‘em like they used to”.) Ask owners of White Mountain ice cream freezers. The ones made 20 or 30 years ago are bulletproof. The ones made 5 years ago will fail before you can make a second batch of butter pecan. We treat our equipment very gently - so it’s not as if we’re abusing our stuff into early failure. That said, I AM fairly demanding of stuff I pay a lot of money for. I EXPECT it to work properly and not fail quickly under normal operating conditions. OTOH - in those ‘less than three years’ - we’ve camped in 30 states and two provinces in Canada. We’ve crossed the continental divide four times. We use our Oliver for pretty much three months solid on each of the three vacations we’ve been on, and put 78,000 miles on our first tow vehicle during those three years. So it’s possible we’ve just use our trailer more than most folks. As for your lack of problems from any of your Dometic appliances - I’m happy for you! Really! It’s not like I -enjoy- having to diagnose, troubleshoot, or seek out other’s experiences to keep things working. I AM lucky to have a fair degree of mechanical aptitude, experience, and the tools to make most of my own repairs.

Hi, new to the community, having bought hull #1165, a 2022 LE2, on January 2nd! I've gained lots of pre-purchase info browsing these forums as a guest and would like to start off with a thank you! I appreciate everyone's help so much! Paul