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I had a noise coming from my PD4060K Power Control Center only when plugged in to shore power, with the charger in storage mode at 13.2 volts and with nothing on in the camper. The charger will normally make a faint hum, but this was a loud noise. The instant anything was switched on the noise would either change pitch or completely quit. KountryKamper listened to it at the rally and told me some things to try but I couldn’t get the noise to stop. I called Progressive Dynamics and told them what was happening and they immediately said that they were aware of the problem and would send me a new converter module. The following picture shows the old and new modules side by side on my work bench. The new larger module fit in the space where the smaller old module had been. This photo shows the edge of the old module that can be seen with the front panel removed from the power center. This photo shows the edge of the new module that can be seen with the front panel removed from the power center. Again, the charger will normally make a faint hum but if you have a loud noise coming from your converter there is a fix available.

Last night I laid a 4 foot straight edge on top of the 3 clips over one of my windows. This picture shows that the 3 clips are not in a line. I think the misalignment of the clips and the vibration of the window shade tends to make that shade want jump off even if the clips are securely fastened.

townesw, Agree with Steve, easy and simple fix. Good work! Mainiac, Here's the spring location in the frame John mentions. Made some drawings while re-threading some of ours. Started a thread about this job, I need to find it again! Spring connected to the cords:

Maniac: You can make the adjustment. Pull the window shade out of the clips. Lay shade frame face down on the bunk. Opposite the shade you want to tighten you will find a small spring in a groove in the frame with nylon strings tied at each end. Working with a small screwdriver and a needle (or something similar) undo the knot at one end of the spring and tighten (shorten) the string. 1/4 inch should be enough. Repeat for the string on the other end of the spring. You will be surprised at how much additional “hold” there will be. Don’t over tighten the strings or they will wear out prematurely. Good luck! John Shkor, SailorsAshore

One more thing then I’ve got to mow the yard. Take your shade off and lay it on a flat surface and see if it lays flat. I just noticed one of mine has a slight warp to it. This might contribute to it popping loose. This is what I have learned about mechanical problems: Think about coming up to a four way stop and meeting 3 other cars. If everyone does what they are supposed to then all is well. But if you and the car on your left or the one on your right pull out at the same time all is not well. Everything is fine unless two things that aren’t supposed to happen at once happen at once. Well this sounded better in my head than it does in writing. Anyway, maybe two small things are happening at the same time to cause the shade to pop loose. Am I making sense?

I found some of my shades loose at some corners. This was early on in our travels. We simply held them close and tapped them firmly with the palm of my hand. You could hear and feel them 'snap' into place. I check them all on occasion and have never found any loose again. I only assume ours were never fully installed at the get go? I was outside the unit the other day and all the shades were open. The person inside was waving and we could not see them. We assume the window tint and reflection were the cause. I don't think anyone could ever see much looking in, especially if any shade was down. We went in and looked out, and you could see everything. From the outside try looking in, you won't see much, unless the lights are on and it's dark out. For us I guess they work best to keep the light out at "nap time"...

Very cool find. It looks safe to me. I wish I had the room to store such a platform, I hang ladders vertically on my RV bay wall: an articulated “ladder bot” Werner for washing, and a big fixed “16 foot reach” Werner platform ladder for the high ceiling. Neither take up any floor space when not being used, and minimal wall space. I did have to rig a block and tackle to allow me to get the big one up there by myself, it is awkwardly long and heavy for my aging muscles.... John Davies Spokane WA

KountryKamper told me to unplug from shore power and turn the refrigerator on DC on the highest setting and pull the batteries down to 12v resting voltage. Took several hours but I got the batteries down. Then he had me plug back in to AC and leave the refrigerator on DC on highest setting. Well that did the trick. With the charger trying to recharge the batteries and the refrigerator on DC the EMS display showed 27 amps and that little fan was blowing like crazy. So this test ruled out the fan. The fan is actually a variable speed fan and will change speed based on (I think) the temperature.

Townesw, Ours was just out of warranty when it failed. They asked if I could hear the fan running, but I never heard the fan run. Don't hear very well anyway after years of riding motorcycles and flying without proper hearing protection. :)

I like that he's washing his wife's trailer. (I mean someone else is washing his wife's trailer)

Bill, it wasn’t the fan running or trying to run. It wasn’t a hum either, more like contacts chattering. I will try to post a video. I can’t post a video. It is too long and I don’t know how to edit it. If someone wants to hear the sound let me know and I will email it to you.

Noise might have been the fan. Replaced ours because of charging problems.

So what’s your decision? I really can’t imagine owning anything less than an Oliver. Oh wait, that’s everything else.

I installed disk brakes on our Oliver over a year ago. It is some work but not beyond doing for someone that has tools and the inclination. So as to not hijack this thread you can read about that venture here. http://olivertraveltrailers.com/topic/mods-of-the-outlaw-oliver/page/3/?wall_post=34117 Follow up on performance after about 25K Miles. No issues whatsoever. Disks are still perfectly smooth x 4. No fluid loss anywhere.