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Here is the original owners report on that trailer. ****************************** Cold weather performance has been excellent. As you can see here, this is what a beautiful spring morning in PA looks like today: Being the cheapskate that I am, I'd prefer not to gobble up my propane using the furnace if I can get away with it. So I've been just running the overhead heat strip and my ceramic cube heater instead. Luckily, I brought the cube heater to use in the space in between the hulls, as I thought that if I ran the overhead, that the floor would get cold. Well, it didn't work out that way. I just set the cube under the dinette and blow out down the hallway. Here you see the temps I'm getting on electric alone: Sensor 1 is the outside temp. #2 is in the bathroom. #3 is the space between the hulls and #4 is the cabin temperature there by the door where the display is mounted. Quite comfortable and not so cold under the floor. If I run the gas furnace, then the intra-hull temp is generally around 10 degrees less than the cabin. So far, I've haven't noticed any sweating inside or condensation buildup in between the hulls ************************ Full disclosure - this trailer has 12v tank heaters and 120v tank heaters, I've never used either. The trailer also has what Ron described as an artic package, this being an extra insulation package...

I can attest to the boondocking capabilities of our 2017 Elite ll, we took delivery of ours in may and have traveled about 6,000 miles so far, and on every trip we have stayed at friends homes at least part of the time, without hookups of any sort. This revelation prompted one of my friends to comment that we're "seeing America one driveway at a time"!!!!!

Short answer to the first part, yes. It doesn't matter if it's 15 or 30 amps ac shore power or generator, 15 amps won't run everything (i.e. Air conditioner) but the charge wizard part of the converter will charge and maintain your batteries. The second part if I understand your question correctly is yes you can over charge your batteries if you hook up your generator directly to your batteries, I have a 2000 watt Honda inverter generator and it has dc output but it's not regulated, and it will overcharge your batteries.

Jason Essary sent me the picture below this morning (thanks to Jason!). It shows the Oliver factory 2017 model installation. Bill

Looks like we were typing at the same time :) We've been in hull #200 basically from February until the end of last winter and right now, we're in it just at the snow line at home in Alta, California. We bought the Truma for the winter mode because it just keeps the hot waterline above 37° but with the Suburban water heater, though it doesn't have a winter mode, you just leave it on with the tank full and that coupled with the heater is what keeps the basement warm enough to not worry about it down to 10°s for us so far. If it's going to be below that, I will be turning the Truma on for the night and that will keep the water heater at 118° and that coupled with the heater should be good to 0° but only time will tell :) Reed

+1 28° for a couple hours in the morning isn't going to freeze the pipes but what was the outside air temp, what time of day was it? Still with a tank full of water there isn't an issue above 10°, I haven't been below 10° in this trailer yet, but still it really depends on the average temp outside. Ours works fine in all seasons boondocking or not but when the temps really drop, I fill the tank and disconnect from outside water lines. They have heated RV hoses but I just haven't needed them myself. It sounds like a trip to the desert is in your forecast :) Reed Reed

When coming home we found a great spot to boondock off hwy299 at a Trinity River access location. There were no signs saying, no overnight camping, so we pulled in and had a nice quiet evening alone by the river... Deep in the canyon there was no cell service, so we spent another nice evening enjoying the beautiful area and having a great time. With no cell phone access, this place wasn't listed that we know of in the rvparky apps but what a wonderful find. I was hearing a ticking sound that I thought was coming from the wheels, so I retorqued them all again to 90lbs and the ticking was still there... It turned out to be Karen's new sign slapping the wall in the kitchen... Lol. Still though a couple of the nuts had backed off a touch and took an eighth of a turn, so it was time anyway. We never had these problems with the old steel rims back in the day but you do need to check these new aluminum rims and be sure not to over torque them because you can damage them. 90 foot pounds is standard for the newer rims and I noticed on the Oliver web site that is says for stage 3 use 120ftlbs... But you need to go by the torque specks for the rims and the owners manual says 90ftlbs which is where I set both the truck and the trailer. Reed

Here is a great one that I learned from the Marine Industry: Viking Composite LP Tanks 22 Pounds each. Half the weight of steel tanks and they do not rust. Plus they are see-thru so you always can visually inspect your propane levels. Does require you to install an RV mount tray in place of the standard mount since these tanks have a flat bottom. Tanks were $149 each on Amazon and RV Mount is $40 direct from Viking Cylinder web store.