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Exactly, regardless of code, wire nuts are for Residential use within junction boxes. Automobiles, trucks and trailers, anything DOT approved for highway use should use crimp connectors, or terminals with eyelet connectors screwed to a bus, relay or switch. Don't use anything else, including all the fancy cr@p you'll find, like WAGO or any other lever connectors. I toss them out when they come with an installation kit. You don't want a set screw holding stranded wire. You don't solder automotive connections either. Solder is for electronics only, it can crack with vibration. Only basic crimps will absorb vibration without harm.

I don't think the Chill Cube has an OFF setting for the compressor, always ON at low. Not certain of this, but 61F was achieved at a set temp of 72 overnight. The Follow Me feature was OFF. I turned it ON for day two, but it clouded up and highs dropped from 95F on Sunday to 78F on Monday! Testing is over until our summer heat comes. LOVE the low power consumption and the regress to whisper-level sounds once the cabin gets cool! 😎 We took a 5-week trip to Minnesota and back last June. Didn't think we would get so much heat in states like the Dakotas and Wyoming on our return, let alone travels through Kansas and Iowa in getting there. About 10 stays of the 35-day trip were miserable, because of running the Dometic A/C. To watch TV and to get asleep, I used my noise-cancelling headphones which I had from my days of business travel. In the past, they were used to reduce airplane engine noise, now a quite similar noise in that of the P2 A/C! If we had the Chill Cube installed a year ago, there would have been no complaints of hot weather on or trip, for sure! Those on the fence, scrap your P2 for anything else, though my wife Chris and I certainly recommend this product! She slept like a baby all night as it got quietly colder! 😎

Got a quote from Alcan, here's some answers to questions I had So Oliver is being cautious and going 4 leaf

Makes sense to me thus the comment earlier regarding using crimp connectors at the final stage

I hope you all recognize this was tongue-in-cheek.

I only deploy my regular Girard awning when I am at the trailer on calm days. I certainly wouldn’t leave the awning deployed all day while the trailer is unattended, especially at the cost of the solar awning. I see this as the biggest limitation to the usefulness of the solar awning.

Of course, one on each side so you can generate power from sunup to sundown. Expensive power. I can't imagine that such a device will be trouble free over the years but maybe I am not up to date on the film technology.

Loctite??? Just Kidding!!!😂

I believe twist on wire nuts are not approved for RVs because vibrations can loosen them.

And - ALL of the expense in doing this work came out of the pocket of Oliver - not Truma. Bill

I had high hopes that the Chill Cube would do a better job than most with temp control since it had the "follow me" thermostat feature built into the remote. The crazy low wattage draw of these invertor compressor units makes it a lot easier to put up with minor issues like this though!

Same here... and ditto for Craig & Mikes fix. B~Out

There is no "integrated generator" as such that comes with the trailer. Jason is referring to an owner supplied generator that has been modified so as to be able to be integrated into the control system of their new EcoFlow control panel. Everything in the coach can be controlled from the touch screen as I understand it.

Truma did not do any work. All the work was preformed by Oliver guys. And they were able to have one fixed and up and running in under 30 minutes.

The 960 watt Girard awning is $8224.15, but that is a 5% saving over its MRSP of $8657.00. I'd get two just to have enough.

That is correct...

Everything that runs on 12 volt still works just like it always did. To achieve this, the 48 volt system has been infused with magic, elves and possibly Elvis.

It's still not hot enough for A/C performance testing. But it was 95F late Sunday afternoon in Phoenix. The Furrion Chill cube cooled the interior in minutes, the huge fan with sweep on, flowing air the full length of the Oliver. When we got in bed the system had geared down on its own, now consuming only 18A DC, 18Ah per hour overnight. The original Dometic Penguin II running at full consumed 150A! The campsite had hook-ups but I don't plug in unless we need to. The fan was running so slowly it had a light hum and a random swishing sound. We turn the sweep motion off when laying in bed so the air blows forward. With the TV on, the Chill Cube cannot be heard at all! 😎 During the night, I'm not a white noise person, preferring silence, but the light random sound it makes is truly perfect to sleep by! The thermostat first set at 68, 69, 70. later 72, The interior went from 82 to 74 in 40 min. There is a thermostat issue. Regardless of set temp, the cabin temp based on Ruuvi readings kept decreasing far below the set temp. I woke at 7 AM and cabin temp was a very COLD 61F! Reached for the remote, powered it down and rolled over. Of course it cools down at night in the desert, so little need for cooling. The A/C system seems to have a low point where it sits and keeps cooling slightly, the compressor never turning off. It seems many of these new A/C models have thermostat issues. Not too worried on this. First time in our lives that an RV A/C unit was enjoyable to run overnight, and by day, on inverter using so little power!

Doing a search I only found this thread which sputtered out .. One of the few things I’m disappointed in with the Oliver is the outdoor shower (the other being the Bluetooth speaker). It’s annoying to use and is limited as just a basic shower head. On our last big trip, out in Arizona at a carwash giving the car and Ollie a bath I had an Airstream couple ahead of me with a neat and useful mod. They had replaced the outside shower with an plug in style unit they used to wash the trailer. So you could plug in (via water hose quick connects or the like) a garden hose, a shower head or whatever. Also our storage lot doesn’t have water. I can bring 10g of pressurized on my truck, but a full 30+ gallon tank onboard would be useful. If I could just get to the water … I’d like to modify the Oliver as little as possible. Ideally not drilling holes Wouldn’t mind getting rid of the old shower and putting a new one in the same spot, probably the best solution. Has to have quick disconnects and can add new attachments, so the fittings should be standard Would like some kind of high end or marine solution ideally One option is this Empire RV faucet from eTrailer Cons, would need a case to be set back far enough. Also kind of typical plastic solution. But works otherwise Another solution I like better is this - could have separate hot/cold or just cold. I don’t see needing a hot line. Cons, it’s just ABS plastic. No temp connection, but which might be OK Now for marine application are washdown connections Here’s one, nice stainless with easy twist. No temp control but I can attach my favorite garden hose quick connects Again needs a deeply recessed box to contain this. Any other ideas?

When our daughter was going to NAU in Flagstaff we made the drive from Sierra Vista up through Tucson on I-10 picking up I-17 in Phoenix. We’ve been up and down that freeway many times but not since the new construction was finished. Sounds like an improvement!

I believe the electrical code is that live feeds have to terminate in a grounded electrical box. I think just a simple twist connector cap is fine, as long as it’s in a box and not flapping in the breeze. RV/automotive code might be different, if there is one.

Yes...those flex lanes are great. Went that route about a month ago :)

I agree, also don't like the idea of hot wires laying around, capped off or not. Having a cold snap tonight (24º) got to run a heater out there so it might be a day or so before I can take the wires out from the panel though. Just finished winterizing. The fuse is front and center once you open the door from the outside very easy to get to, also a piece of cake to empty what little water there is in the WH. Way easier than dealing with the Suburban IMO.

Where's Ollie? She's back home after a couple trips down to the Phoenix Valley lately. I used to hate the drive, especially towing, the section of I-17 that drops 2000 ft through Black Canyon City AZ. Steep and winding, narrow lanes, rough pothole ridden, sections without shoulders, always construction present, and when there's an accident, you're waiting long without an alternate. When northbound, climbing elevation, note the sign to turn off your A/C when it's hot out. With a 10% climb, there were always cars overheated, parked on the shoulder. After 2+ years of major construction, the first 40 miles heading north on I-17 is now the greatest road is Arizona. It is now a 6-lane divided highway the whole way with new Flex Lanes in the steepest section. The lanes are now full Interstate width with oversized shoulders all the way. I used to often take an extra half hour to drive up the back route, Hwy 89 through Yarnell. Today, we flew up the mountain, towing 65+ MPH the hole way home! It's the main route from Phoenix to Prescott, the Verde Valley, Sedona, up to I-40 at Flagstaff and of course the Grand Canyon. Check it out on your next trip to Arizona! 😎

Me too... I'm also interested in the price of that solar awning as well.