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An update. I drilled the hole to 1/8" and hammered in the 1/8" roll pin sourced from the local hardware store (we are fortunate to have a reasonably well-equipped HW store nearby). The OEM roll pin was a little bit smaller in diameter, possibly a metric size (3 mm = 0.118"). That in turn suggests the latch was made overseas, like a lot of stuff these days. Sometimes the best fix is the simplest fix. Thanks for the support and encouragement! Tim

During our stay at Davis Mountains SP our friends from Ruidoso called inviting us back, an offer we could not refuse! Decided to visit Silver City NM another time. This time we backed into their driveway and had two nights in a king bed. Did a day trip to Capitan NM and the Smokey Bear Park/Museum.” Pickleball in the mornings and Tuesday nights playing Crokinole at Downshift Brewing Co.

As per Jason ("I would just make sure the inverter is off and the shore power is disconnected. When you connect the wires make sure the breaker itself is tripped. Once all connections are good you can reset and verify it is working properly.") I installed/replaced the Optifuse breaker. After a few test discharge/recharges all appears to be working correctly...finally! I also worked with Xantrex and Lithionics call reps and made some small adjustments to the controls via the apps. Jason also added "We no longer use them (Optfuse breakers) as the system was changed in the '23 models with busbars and an ANL fuse & cutoff." Thanks for all the prior input & thoughts.

These are metric screws that come up from underneath to hold down the burner cap. “the bolts used to secure the burner caps are common M3x24mm socket head screws. Most RV appliances are going to have metric (screw, nut, and bolt) fasteners, to be compatible with the non-USA market. If you are going to ream/drill-out thru the burner cap and put in bolts... I would stay small, less than say 1/8-3/16"... At that point I would probably go with a small 'round-not-slotted-head', a slotted head is just one more place for food to catch and be difficult to keep clean. My problem was, with all the shaking (Campbell Hwy, roads to Mayo, Keno & Tuk) on our AK trip 'on roads less travelled', the threads on the underside of the burner cap had pulled/stripped away. Also not thinking "hey, could they be metric not SAE". So I caused some issue by trying to fit SAE into Metric. My Very Bad!!! If you have the D21 (ours was installed in mid-2020) and you remove it, and do not see blue Loctite on the screws, at that point, I would get some 'Blue', loosen up the screws just a bit and add a drop of Blue, retighten, and call it Preventative Maintenance time well spent. I am not sure when Dometic started adding the Blue Loctite to those screws. it was done sometime between 2020 & their 2023 email reply. This is not thread-drift, but I believe the root cause for a lot of our appliance & trailer problems were Blown Shocks, which I did not check before heading 'Off-to-Alaska'. That said, after we replaced shocks & leaf-springs, "yah we broke some of them too". This years R/T to Alaska was rather uneventful with regards to 'shaky-trailer-syndrome...'. We did had an issue with the 'Highpoint Convection Microwave' coming loose from the front panel, but fixed it (interesting screw choice in there) and we were good. However, getting it re-seated in the very back took quite a while. Thanks to all for the comments and feed-back. Gawd I love this forum. B~Out,

AND - not only was the repair less expensive but you also kept additional stuff out of the landfill! Good job! Bill

Looks like I misunderstood the context of this post. If I was to replace the breaker alone, I would install an ANL or Class-T fuse. Breakers are lower cost, China made, of inferior quality in protecting shorts and abnormal current flow in BOTH directions (breakers only protect overload in the wired direction). I suggest either of these with Blue Sea or like quality holders. Have an extra on hand though you will not likely need it! https://a.co/d/bLRPs8I https://a.co/d/aCyHIKv

One of my friends has a big emeril oven. I used it, in his kitchen, when we evacuated for Milton. Nice oven! Before the power went out, I made meals for a few days that could be reheated in the microwave, in a few minutes, via generator. Worked out great.

On our madden voyage with the Emeril Air Fryer/oven (and so many other mods). We’ve baked potatoes, made toast for breakfast, cooked veggies, reheat leftovers! This oven has a dozen settings. Last 2 days in NM it’s been WINDY, up to 40 MPH! So tonight, at Rockhound NM SP, we are truly baptizing the oven! Set at 350F bake for 50 minutes, we’re having pork tenderloin with Au’ Gratin potatoes. First time for meat fats in this oven, though we cook whole chickens in our larger home model and could here as well. Oliver camping is NOT roughing it, not hot dogs and Smores by the campfire!

Charly looks very content. A good traveler.

Yes. Same as your situation, Oliver sent me a new one under warranty for our 2022 Elite II. The center breaker in the attached photo is the new one I installed. I turned off the solar switch in the overhead compartment above the street side bed, ensured that shore power was disconnected, then turned off all of the batteries using the on/off switch on each battery. Wear a headlamp, and keep a long-handled magnet handy in case you drop one of the screws that mount the breaker to the white HDPE block. They can be hard to find down in the belly of the trailer! Don't ask me how I know....

I did the same couple years ago, easy one-hand operation and full hose flow to boot!

Great confirmation with your test results, should be comforting news to other Truma owners! For whatever it’s worth, my former Dometic Penguin ll (11,000 BTU) would not run on the 2200W genny until a Micro Air Easy Start was self-installed; upon further modification I was also able to operate it with the Xantrex 2000, as well. I have since replaced the noisey DPll with a Dreiha Atmos 4.4 (15,000 and 12,000 BTU cooling and heating, respectively) and consider it a much cheaper alternative to the Truma if cost is an issue to some. As with the Dometic, the Atmos equipped with a SoftStartRV runs great with said genny and inverter. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Was very surprised by Alpine. A beautiful college town in the SW corner of Texas! Should have stopped there but had a few stops this day, lunch in Marfa, and finally made camp at Davis Mountain SP. Present day Marfa seemed a little out of place. The locals looked like they were mostly from South Austin getting away from city life! Charley is a good traveler and happy camper. Has his own bench seat with pillow. Mama’s boy, but he loves Dad too!

Generally, I'd agree, especially as I'm cargo capacity limited. However, we're spending two months in Florida this winter, and will be plugged in most places we stay. So saving propane by using free electricity for seven weeks is appealing to me.

As if they knew we were talking about heating, Long Long Honeymoon just released THIS Video that contains some additional ideas. Bill

I was really surprised on the trip over to get an average of 13.5 mpg from Clear Lake to Austin (with some city traffic), then 12.2 on rest of the trip to Inks Lake SP doing hills. That's better mileage than the 5.3L in the Silverado, especially since more power and being a heavier vehicle. Liking the upgrade!

Excellent choice. We towed a 26' travel trailer coast to coast across the US with our son, dog, and cat using a full size Ford van as the tow vehicle back in 2005. It was a great travel vehicle and yours has the same 6.0 engine we have in our truck now. Plenty of power for an Oliver it's been a solid engine for us.

I throw a greeting out to whoever I saw this morning up in the texas panhandle headed north. I was on my last day of the return trip from alaska back to san antonio. This trip I've seen my first 2 "wild" Ollie's. One out on the Homer spit a couple months ago and the one today. Sorry I didn't get a chance to say hi I think it was hull 747 or 757 I don't recall but we tent camped for a night on the spit just to say we did but the wind was so brutal that night we were hunkered down.