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Hi John, This post will help you: https://olivertraveltrailers.com/topic/maintenance-website-migration/ The migration took place very early in the morning 3-4 am. The above post explains the rest. Thank you for understanding!

Looks like they put the wrong label on your PDC door, one for an Elite I maybe? The last two 20 Amps are for 12V/USB outlets. #6 is for the dinette outlets above the LP/CO detector and #7 is for the curb-side night stand (twin bed model). That second 7.5 (#5) feeds the basement light.

Mike: I will definitely contact Anderson about this issue, once we get home. On the road now and comms sometimes difficult. I have always gotten great customer support from Andersen and expect a satisfactory outcome. Best regards, John Shkor, SailorsAshore

Finished the install today. I have to say AmSolar may not be the cheapest but they sure put together a nice package that includes all the little things and have great customer service that includes a great wealth of information on their website. I was so happy to see 467 watts flowing into the batteries via the color screen and the online VRM portal. Now if only I could power up the AC without gen/shore power. I have a pretty nice Samlex hybrid inverter/charger/transfer switch that has been in a box for a couple of years now. I thought about trying to install it but will probably just wait and use Victron's version so everything plays nice and then the last big cost factor... Lithium. Solar is so much fun!!!

We have the Dometic RM2454 fridge in our Ollie, and we have found that it can take a long time to get it to the correct temperature when it is warm hot. If I bring the trailer home from the storage place and start up the fridge, after 24 hours the fridge is only in the 50's or low 60's. It can take another night to reach the correct temp. This procedure can be a problem. For this trip, I was getting the trailer on Monday, and we wanted to depart today, a Tuesday. Yesterday I started the fridge on propane at 7 AM and brought the trailer home. Yesterday it was close to 100. At 5 PM, the fridge was in only in the low 70's. And then I had an idea. We have a bunch of blue ice containers in our freezer at home, and I moved them all to the trailer fridge. In four hours the fridge was in the mid 40's. This morning the fridge was at 36°F. It seems so obvious, but hindsight is always 20-20.

Wish I could, and hopefully someone can. It seems like Oliver has changed the fuse configuration often, and at least on mine the fuses don’t match the label anyway. My advice is to just pull them and see what goes out. I’d guess that one of them goes to a sub panel somewhere, since you don’t have fuses for the stereo, tv, etc. Mine has a 12 volt breaker panel in the attic and there’s a fuse for it - but I’d heard that Oliver no longer does that? Also I see you have a 20A fuse for the dinette 12v outlet but don’t you also have an outlet over the kitchen counter? Maybe that’s the other one. Do you have a composting toilet, and if so, why do you have a 7.5A fuse going to it? 5A is the max and I think 2A is recommended. Oliver used to put 1A fuses in there, lol.

As a non Anderson user, I have to say that I’ve been totally bewildered by the number of Anderson related topics lately. Is there anyone who actually likes these things? Anyone want to get together to design a WD hitch that not only works with Ollies but also, well, works?

Wow! You sure have been busy. Once again a very nice installation. You should’ve let us know you were going down this rabbit hole, I would have bought some Victron and Zamp stock. Mike

To my fellow Andersen users: I am a fan of the Andersen WD hitch, and believes it provides both safety and ease of towing to a number of us. But I also believe there is a design defect in the new model, one with a simple fix, and can't understand why Andersen hasn't yet taken care of it. I too like to raise the hitch assembly with the trailer tongue jack to put slack in the tension chains and enable easy installation or removal of the whale tail. And occasionally the ball shaft will "pop up" in its cone, pinching the pin if the whale tale is installed, or preventing the pin from going in if not. Then I have a real problem. I regard Andersen's semi-obvious advice to "don't lift the tow vehicle too much" as a bit silly, as none of us can tell beforehand when the ball shaft is going to lift up. We are engaging in what has become an operationally accepted practice, and the design should be such that the pop up/pinching problem should not occur. As I understand the hitch instructions it is the "cir-clip" on the underside of the ball shaft that is supposed to keep the ball shaft from coming out. The cir-clip in its groove is strong enough to keep the hitch from coming out even when we use the tongue jack to lift up the hitch assembly to generate slack in the chains. However, when the ball shaft does pop up, the cir-clip is forced to the bottom of its groove, and then the top of the whale tail collar (or retaining lugs on one variant) is pinched against the cir-clip with real force. The groove on the shaft of my unit is about twice as wide as the thickness of the cir-clip, allowing it to be pushed down when the ball shaft pops up. The problem as I see it is that Andersen is manufacturing the new model system with too little clearance between the top of the whale tail and the groove for the cir-clip. The fix as I see it would be to have an additional 1-2 mm clearance between the groove for the cir-clip and the top of the whale tail when mounted. Either relocate the hole for the mounting pin a bit lower on the shaft, or reduce the height of the whale tail collar slightly to provide more clearance. Then it wouldn't pinch even when the ball shaft has popped up in its cone. Andersen should recognize the problem for what it is, and fix it. I have admired Andersen's efforts over time to perfect their design, and would like to see them fix this current problem some users are experiencing. Hopefully they will. John Shkor, SailorsAshore

I think these days any modern truck is going to be good for ten years or more.

Looks good. And you'll really start to appreciate the color control once you have the multiplus.

It should come off easier in this hot Texas weather.

Finished a 940 mile round trip yesterday with another 470 mile towing day through the TN/NC mountains on I40. Experimented with different speeds checking fuel economy. Got 250 miles out of one tank using 15.7 gallons out of a 21.1 gallon tank. Speeds around 55 to 60MPH yielding 15.9MPG on that tank. Tested one tank at about 60 to 65MPH and it yielded 14.6MPG. On the previous leg of the trip the fuel economy was 15.1MPG @ about 62 to 63MPH. Overall round trip fuel economy was 15.1MPG. The Timbren rear suspension enhancements reduced rear end sag and bounce. Downside of this modification while on rough roads, ride is stiff while towing. We have towed the Ollie with the Fronty about 2000 miles so far.