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@mossemi And thank you Sir for your help. Bill

I'd like to install a Mini Split A/C at home. Looking for my technical friends here who have researched models or installed one in your home. Our home, built in 1980, is still on the original HVAC system (with a few repairs I've made). It's a combined unit up on stilts, attached to one end of our long 4100 SF home. The other end of the home doesn't get much airflow and neither do the bedrooms. I'd like to install a dual-head mini split, one head in our bedroom and the other in my office where I train via Zoom in the afternoons. Both rooms get hot in the summer and it's a waste cooling the entire home low enough to cool these two small rooms (only 180 SF each). It would be OK if cool air flowed out in the hallway too to give the old system some help. Likely the smallest dual unit at 9,000 + 9,000 BTU is enough, or maybe 12 + 12. I see brands that are familiar like Tosot, Turbro and Pioneer, since they make RV units. I also see Senville, Cooper & Hunter, Daiken, Della and others. Any brand preference? I see Senville has good reviews with a 5/10 yr warranty. I'd like to buy from an HVAC distributor vs. Amazon, but each time I find a link the $2K dual unit on Amazon goes for over $3K elsewhere! Definitely need a dual head unit and the 2 rooms are side-by-side on one exterior wall which should make for a tidy installation. Time to drill into our home instead of the Oliver! 🤣 115V would be a close run. I could tap into a bedroom outlet which only has a nightstand lamp on the circuit. For 230V I can add a breaker and run wire from the garage along the soffit. Thinking 230V is more efficient, but not sure. Is R32 the best refrigerant or another kind? Lots of Qs! Any installation or use experience out there? Thanks

Steph and Dud, This works great for us. We are coming to the end our initial voyage . We needed to keep reminding each other where/when in the days ahead. We tend to not think about calendars so much when traveling and sometimes we don’t even know where we will stay the next night. I put up a similar white board using command strips on the closet door of our 2026 LE1. Hull #1687. Good use of that space and we quit asking each other what’s next. Lamar😁

@Townesw The hatch looks very nice and you will love the easy access. Thank you for the step by step procedure. It will help someone else in the future! Mossey

The recent posts about adding lights to the rear and tongue reminded me to share this. There had also been a few previous posts about the bright exterior lights, and some mentioned adding dimmers. We've added these dimmers to ours. From what I've read, Oliver has changed the way the exterior lights are switched over the years so this modification may not work for everyone. On our 2022 LE2, the four Porch lights on both sides of the trailer are on a single switch, as are the lower Courtesy lights. The Porch lights are quite bright, which can be very annoying, especially to neighbors on the streetside. Though we can just use the awning light if we need to keep the streetside dark, sometimes we like less intense lighting. These dimmers replace the rockers in the original control panel. It's an easy modification, but requires enlarging the rocker hole slightly. We also added a dimmer to the Main Cabin lights. (Note: the blue light ring in the picture doesn't indicate whether the light is on/off, it's always on or off depending on a separate setting.) Steve

Regardless of usage, there is a wattage spec listed on electrical appliances sold in the USA. Pretty sure it's code, so that electricians know how to size wiring and fuses/breakers. Also, part of RV solar planning is to add up the wattage of each appliance and to estimate how many hours per day of usage, and so forth. We use the induction cooktop that @Ollie-Haus made us aware of in an older post. My wife likes it so much that after she was using at home too often, I purchased a 2nd one for the Oliver only (I like our Oliver always ready to go, fully equipped). It's rated at 1800W which is listed on the Amazon title and on the product label underneath. Wattage spec should also be listed in product literature and user manuals. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KSNTSVR/?th=1 I do not get this statement either, "the stove itself." How can an appliance possibly know what it's wired to, or know whether you're on inverter or shore power? We run our induction cooktop often at the full #10 setting, for example to boil water for pasta. Everything always on our Victron Multiplus II, no problem. 😎

As I said, from page 2

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Interesting. That corresponds pretty well with our WeighSafe hitch, which usually reports a tongue weight around 550# with a full loadout, including full fresh water and empty grey/black tanks. Our closet floor is mostly tools.

Making the popcorn now...

I called Parts earlier this week and got the $350 number (just for the front logo) and they only had one color that did not match my sides. Ngl, I'll head back to the vinyl shop tomorrow -- probably tow over there -- and ask them what it would cost to repro the entire OEM set. I will then compare the number to an actual wrap. I cannot imagine the latter being competitive but if its within 20% I might just do a wrap. Would certainly be unique as an EII. For cars, wraps are usually a wash at-best for resale but we shall see. It's kinda crazy that this has run this long. You can literally run a hand-held scanner over the surface, import that into any decent photo editor, and then convert to vector graphics with just a bit of work.

O2R - Thank you so much for giving us the conclusion of your Service story. I am so happy that things worked out for you. I am often perplexed by the stories I hear in which what happens seems to be at the entire opposite end of the scale. I'm simply not sure what's the cause of this seemingly drastic difference between quick through responses that , "Oliver went above and beyond on this one" and the owners that report complete dissatisfaction with virtually anything done by anyone working at Oliver. Perhaps your story and how you handled the situation can serve as a "road map" for others to travel. Bill

My Bosch induction at home doesn’t. The burners have a boost setting but you can’t use them simultaneously. This is normal for induction ranges. It’s normal for most electrical appliances too and houses. Try running all your house lines at absolute full bore and see how fast you start tripping breakers. IIRC the national code specifies 80% continuous and non simultaneous use. Which is why total breaker ratings can add up to more than the panel can technically handle (200A typically). But you guys are still thinking in gas terms, electrical doesn’t work that way. But it doesn’t matter, induction is faster and more efficient than gas so you don’t need full simultaneous use. To answer your question specifically I don’t know as I’d have to have the circuit or block diagram of the cooktop to answer, or maybe they talk about it in the manual. Moot point as it’s pretty obvious. Another take, this is just the same as why I can’t use AC, wave and cooktop simultaneously. Making electrical support full simultaneous use is too expensive and not necessary.

Below is the reply that I received an hour ago from Jason: "That's a tough one for me specifically as I have no idea about any of this or where to even find those graphics. Have you tried reaching out to technical support or service?" Bill p.s. I expect that it will take a bit of time before hearing back from Matt Duncan - as mentioned above - he only checks in with Oliver related subjects on an occasional basis.

Yes, though every Oliver is packed differently! We always have a full FWT. The bottom of our closet is also wall-to-wall drinking water, wine, soft drinks. Very full pantry and Fridge. Back cabinets full of clothes, Attic rather Full, try to keep the rear basement light. Not sure if you have D52 axles and Alcans, but that’s a bit of weight too that is exactly centered! The 580 Lb tongue weight was one measurement taken on the same scale. You can add 600 lbs to the trailer and if centered add little to tongue weight. Tongue weight is light on the Oliver. Reason for WDH on half-ton trucks. Should be 10-15% of trailer weight.

Not really though. I'm looking for the large front one. And maybe I just do all of them while I'm refreshing front. It's funny ... when I put my spec in I asked Sales about having no graphics -- this was back in '19 -- and never got a response. At delivery date I had black and silver. Had I been plain ole egg I had planned to take it to a local wrap place. I was going to go FDE and maybe tiger stripe. I guess I was just ahead of my time. :D ****...maybe I should do that now. ;)

UPDATE: As you can see from my first post, we experienced the issue captured in the video late on Saturday the 30th. After reading the information provided above, and doing a little more research, I called and opened a ticket using the forum link to the ticketing system, called Oliver customer support and left a voicemail, and lastly I sent the video in an email to support@olivertraveltrailers.com with a copy to one of the leadership team. Sunday AM: I received an email from Oliver asking for the model and serial number of the Truma, which I promptly sent. Monday AM (8:30ish) : I called customer support at Oliver and I barely got out my name when the tech said, "oh yes, you were the first topic at our team meeting this morning. You should expect a call from someone on the leadership team to help resolve this." An hour or so later, sure enough, I received a call, and the ball was rolling. A full explanation of the plan to get us back up and running with hot water was laid out. (Note: My Aquago was not in the range of serial numbers that were part of the recall, but the plan we were executing assumed that it was. More on that later.) I was in Pennsylvania the day the issue occurred. I was in Buffalo NY headed to Rochester, when I received the first call on Monday. Oliver gave me several options for where I could have the burner swapped out, and we chose an RV facility in Rochester since we planned to be there for 3 days. Oliver next day aired the part, worked with the RV store to schedule the repair, and the work was completed Wednesday, and we were on our way - WITH hot water. 🙂 For the record, my AquaGo is under warranty. Whether or not the issue is the same one addressed with the recall, I don't know. I will let Oliver and Truma work that out, but it appears to be a different issue. Bottom line, Oliver went above and beyond on this one. There was one individual who was in the driver's seat at Oliver, and she will have a thank-you card and a small gift on the way as soon as we get to a stop where we can make that happen. We are grateful for the response and count ourselves lucky to be part of the Oliver family. Bob P.S. It probably helped to provide a video of a fireball on the side of the trailer. 🙂 Nevertheless, good job, Oliver.

Ha! Ha! You beat me to it again. Well this should be interesting. Mike Sokol is doing his own testing, and doing a number of different tests. He just got 2 old Battleborn's to test them.

I sent a message to Meridian Products regarding the difference between ASI 335 and ASI 335WS. This was the response that I received: (And I apologize for the change in the font size) “…The 335 and the 335 Window Seal are the same base technology, the difference is the window seal label. In addition the Window is listed with AMMA for Window Installation.” I suspect that the “AMMA” that they refer to is actually “AAMA” , the American Architectural Manufacturers Association. Bill

@jd1923 It is interesting that our tongue weights are the same but your total trailer weight is 600 lbs more than mine. Bill

Your answer is on page 2 of this thread.

Both Jason and Matt have been sent PM's in this regard. Bill

How many watts is the cooktop rated? The rating should assume full ON.

If only half of degreed EEs had your practical knowledge… Excellent work Geoff! Appreciate your design philosophy too! 😎

Yah. I figured as much. Figured it doesn't hurt to offer. Back to #1, if folks are interested I can approach my local guy about working out a vector graphics from pictures. There's design time involved with that. However, if he knew that there were a number of people queued up on that then maybe he would waive or just roll it into price of orders etc. Y'all can let me know. Thx.