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Looks that way from what I can tell, and those 48V Houghton's on paper don't look very efficient either. I think the 120v inverter units that we each have would use less power even after the loss of running through an inverter.

Yes, the fan upgrade is imperative! I turn ours on whenever camped with sun on that entrance wall. Our old absorption fridge now works great (not so before the fans), it even keeps ice cream hard! 😎 OMG, the Beech Lane spec does state, "**The fans are about 1-1.5" thick!" How many engineers did it take to specify that?! 🤣 I'm working on Oliver suspension maintenance today, so thought I would measure for you! I measure 1 1/8" thick for the assembly, but in each corner are Allen screws and at that point they're 1 3/8".The Beech Lane dual-fan assembly fit nicely inside the top-vent cavity, but our hull is older and we have the Dometic fridge. Perhaps you also have the Norcold unit, so copy what Geoff did above. Not sure why he went with a bottom vent installation as most of us mounted the upper vent as an exhaust. Anybody need the Beech Lane product? Amazon has "Like New" right now for a very good price of $56! Best wishes, JD

I hope you all recognize this was tongue-in-cheek. Yep, but come to think of it... How nice it would be to have 2300A of solar available! Plus, you'd have have redundancy if (when?) one of them failed. Now we need a gray water storage carpet to put under the solar awning. And camp chairs that also hold fresh water. We could boondock forever!

No thank you. Never wanted a Jackery, like independent parts to replace if/when needed. They only running the A/C on 48V? That's what fuses are for. 🤣 I power only one jack fuse at a time, a best practice.

Start with three each for the jacks. Or make every owner sign a waiver that they will not operate more than one jack at a time.... LOL One for all the electronic outlets

Oliver is adamant about maintaining their 7000 pound GVWR. The 4 leaf spring pack is now the weakest link and achieves their goal.

I just got some Bulldog Shocks From O’reilly,s (just need two). There were going to be about $78 with tax and shipping,because they had to special order them.. I asked for my veterans discount, no good on spec.orders…He said let me try this.. Got the price down to $58 out the door… the shocks were $31 each normally..I was pleasantly surprised.and the parts come in 2 days instead of a week.. Now that is customer satisfaction!!

The way I understood it, the inverter all the 12 volt stuff was built into the battery itself. Like a giant Jackery.

I was just looking at the threads for mounting fans for the fridge. I was favoring the vertical mounting position. I did some measurements from the back of the wall ( fiberglass support) where the top of the fans would be mounted to the back of the top plastic cover. I got about 1" +/- 1/16" The beach lane fans sawy they are between 1" to 1.5" . That is quite a variance. Did any of you has to cut /grind down the fiberglass support to get the fans to fit? How much clearance do you need on the top? Still out on the road, heading home in a 1/2 weeks. Just trying to plan ahead. of time Since I have had the trailer the fridge it has had problems with temps above 90 degree. I just can't keep up. We are heading out in the heat of the summer for our next trip and thought this would be a great upgrade.

Yes, you'd have a DC-DC 48/12 converter! Add one of these for every 30A required in 12VDC circuits! 😎 https://www.invertersupply.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=24883&msclkid=43c410b584c71378f430794e07bd6059&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=invertersupply - shopping&utm_term=4584894771909782/

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.