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Had a tricky time finding grommets that fit the hole for our burner bases on our Dometic PI 8022 2 burner in our Hull 505 EII Added them to the outfitters guide here: Oliver Outfitters Guide Cheers, Craig & Rose Hull 505

I have the same setup. The factory had set the low voltage cutoff to 11.1, but their documentation specifies 12.1. I assumed it was an error and bumped to 12.1. Previously I could run two appliances simultaneously but now only one. I’m guessing that 11.1 might be stressing the battery Your LBCO was 11.5? That’s odd. At any rate I’m not sure that’s your problem, sounds like a different error condition. Also I recommend calling Xantrex customer support directly, they’re GREAT. 1-800-670-0707 The guy I talked to knew exactly my problem and finished my sentence for me. Then proceeded to tell me some hilarious stories 😅

The UVC purification faucet comes with a 120VAC/12VDC adapter that plugs in to the faucet. It doesn't come with a separate 12VDC cable. You can either buy a DC5521 connector or you could cut it off from the 12VDC side of the supplied power adapter. Apparently Blutech doesn't think the unit needs to have an On/Off switch even though it draws a small current when on standby. I didn't take pictures during the installation, and now everything is hidden from view. Since we don't have a second awning, I installed a power switch where the streetside awning switch would normally go. I tapped into the refrigerator 12VDC power supply, which is already on a 30 amp fuse, and added an inline 3 amp fuse for the UVC. The wire connections are simple, but routing them like I did requires removal and replacement of the microwave oven. Our cartridge water filters and softener are mounted in our TV, a Sprinter van. Winters are mild in San Antonio. I don't bother with the pink stuff, which shouldn't be used with the filtration system. I use compressed air to clear water from the lines of both the TV filters and the Oliver. If we're expecting unusually cold weather, it's easy enough to remove the softener and filters from the TV. At the time I installed it, Blutech only offered the UVC filter as a faucet. Now they have an inline filter as well as some packages that include a UVC filter with their cartridge filters. I think their inline filter would be hard to fit under the kitchen sink, but it wouldn't require cutting a hole in the countertop. I like the dedicated faucet with UVC filter since it only runs for drinking water, so the 2000 hour UV LED should last longer than if all the kitchen cold water is run through it. Steve

Yes the Diamondback is nice. we had one on the Tundra as well.

Made it down to the beach. The difference in towing was night and day. Literally no comparison. It’s almost like the Oliver wasn’t behind us. Exceeded my expectations.

Well I had an interested 19 day trip to Yosemite, Arches, Canyonlands and dinosaur monument National Parks. I had 4 different failures. I hadn't used my truck in a month before the trip and I have an alarm system in the truck the uses a lot of energy communicating with me and the factory and it drew the batteries in the truck way down. I tried starting the truck a few days before the trip and the batteries were dead. I recharged the batteries and they settled down to 12.6 volts after the charge instead of 12.8v. Just for safety sake I took a 660 Amp jumper battery along, but never had a problem again with the truck batteries the whole trip. Now the AGM batteries in the Oli are just over 6 years old. I haven't had any problems with them, in fact last year we are out for more than 60 day total boon docking on them over half the time and they did great. This trip out they failed the first night at 3AM with an alarm going off after using 34 Amp/hours. I was down to 10.4 volts from a full charge.. I was using a CPAP and the furnace was on set at 57 degrees. I isolated and checked all 4 batteries. Their volts were within 0.1 volts total so it wasn't one battery taking them all down, they are all just tired. I was planning the Epoch upgrade next year, but Oli forced my hand. Luckily I packed the jumper battery and hooked it into the system at night and recharged during the day. We went down to 11.9 volts in the morning heating the olive oil back up to 65 degree to take the chill off. No more alarms going off. I figured that the jumper was 5 years old and was the price of a good lead acid battery. So if I fried the jumper on the trip it was not a big loss. The jumper battery is still running good and holding a charge. Here is the jumper batter hooked into the system. That took care of the first failure. I had been using the heated truck mirror at Yosemite. The last day at Yosemite they blew a fuse and I didn't realize it until we were a 200 miles away from the park and my auxiliary diesel tank pump wouldn't work (same fuse). We got to our destination with a 1/8 in the main tank. I shotgunned the problem after blowing a couple of fuses and found it was the mirror heaters. I disconnect the heaters from the circuit and then we could pump fuel from the auxiliary tank. I will find the short this winter when I have the time to disassemble the dash and doors to trace it down. That night we pulled in and my wife tells me the Fridge would not work on gas. O' no what next. It was late that night and we had hook ups that night, so I waited until morning. When I looked in the compartment everything was very dusty. So I start by physically cleaning out the lower compartment. with a windex and paper towels. After everything dried, I reset all the spade connector in the compartment. Next I took the shield off around the burner and wipe off around the burner and then used canned air to blow out the burner from the air intake holes then the outside of the burner and the rest of the compartment. I tested it out and the first 2 clicks I heard the 2 relays into the electric box click, then the gas solenoid click the flame started on the first click of the ignitor. Nice full blue flame and no flickering or yellw/orange colors. Wow was I happy! OK 3 failures, I'm done now for the trip. Right! Well not quite I had one more minor failure; I bought these white/Blue LED lights for the interior lighting, and one failed the next to the last day of the trip. It stayed on with the blue light. The only way to turn it off was turn off the main switch controlling all the lights. I am now planning a couple weeks of maintenance and upgrades to the trailer and truck. Planning on attacking the Colorado Rockies this summer during the hottest time of the year with lots of long hard climbs and some boon docking . I ordered battery wire and lugs to make cables and i'm going to order Epochs on Monday. I will do a fan upgrade to the fridge, repack axle bearing and check brakes, again. We still have the original brakes with 23K miles on the Oli , just want to make sure every thing is working correctly and checking wear on drums and shoes. Will also fix a few small items on the Oliver. I also have regular maintenance on the truck and the boost is down little on the turbo, and oil temp is up little. So I am taking the truck in to get the turbo boots checked for leaks and the oil heat exchanger replaced on the old Ford 7.3 engine. I know all of this info does really belong in this thread, but I did want to start a new thread about thing that happen. This is the first real major failures since I bought the Oli besides the window tracks overflowing with water.

Perhaps THAT is just one of the reasons that Oliver has also upgraded the cooktop. Bill

It’s mainly the height for me. Completely agree with the benefit of a narrow body. My truck doesn’t have a towing mirror option but these work just fine. I’m 6’4, my son is 6’5+, the bed length was a major concern sight unseen. But oddly it’s not at all a problem. The bed is super comfortable and I have enough room, I never think about it. Well occasionally I’ll scootch down the bed a bit and notice my feet are hitting, but that’s an easy recenter. Can’t figure it, this isn’t suppose to work 🤷‍♂️

I have a 2020 with the V8 and have never had any problems with power or going down grades. I do all my towing in "S" and "Tow Haul" modes which makes a big difference, as does having the larger drums with the 5.2k axles. Getting the trailer controller dialed in correctly makes a big difference, too... When it comes to braking, you don't have the larger margin of safety that 3/4 ton trucks do so everything has to be dialed in. I'm with you on a diesel option and would buy one the second it hit the market. Not a fan of *any* of the modern big 3 diesel options and wouldn't even consider one.

@mossemi @NCeagle and others: Those of you that have done this modification, how did you caulk the side behind the hinge? I’ve got 2 layers of butyl tape on the vertical sides to offset the curvature of the cabinet. I can caulk 3 sides but not the side behind the hinge. Bill

Ours has two sizes of grommets, double the trouble!

If you go to the blue bar at the top of your browser (where the search function is), next to “Forums” is “Activity”, if you click that then on the bar just underneath on the far right you will see “Staff”. Click that and you’ll see the moderators and the administrators. Mike

We have a Clearsource Ultra water filter and Blu Tech water softener mounted in our TV. We rarely connect the trailer directly to city water and instead fill its fresh tank with filtered and softened water. We've been wanting to add a UV water filter for drinking water, but until recently haven't found one that uses 12v power that we liked. Blu Tech recently introduced their UVC Purification Faucet and it's just what we were looking for. UV water filters haven't been discussed very much on this forum, and since this is a new product there's not much information about it on the internet. We decided to go for it anyway. This YouTube video review was posted earlier today, about a week after we bought one. You may ask, why do we want a UV filter? It makes sense for us because we don't want to carry around disposable bottles of drinking water. We want to be confident that our filtered and softened tap water is safe for drinking. Since our "pure" water sits in a reservoir for a week or longer, even if unlikely, microbial contamination is still possible. The UV filter is our final defense against pathogens. The install in our Oliver was very easy. It does require drilling a hole in the countertop, but the Blu Tech UVC faucet looks like it belongs there. The kit came with a 120 volt AC adapter that supplies the UVC faucet with 12 volts DC at 2 amps. We don't always run the inverter and we're not always on shore power. For our install we ditched the AC adapter and purchased a DC5521 connector so we could wire directly to a 12 volt circuit. The Norcold refrigerator is on a 20 amp fuse, so we tapped into its power supply and added a 3 amp fuse at the splice. Blu Tech doesn't supply a separate DC5521 connector for direct wiring, and we didn't want to cut it off from the supplied ac adapter in case we need to send it back. Besides the DC connector, we also had to purchase the parts to tie it into our freshwater line. The faucet requires 1/4 inch PEX. We inserted a threaded t-connector with a 1/4 inch PEX fitting in-between the existing cold water PEX to braided stainless faucet fitting under the sink. After installation I saw that the counterweight for the kitchen faucet hose bumped against the new t-connector. We used zip ties to hold the water lines away from the counterweight when it goes up/down. So far so good. A blue light glows at the faucet base when the water is running. The style of the faucet is a close match to the original.

Got my tire pressure monitors installed today at a family run local shop, here’s how the pros do it. Just outside the picture are two stands on either side, not touching the trailer but ‘just in case’ as he said Pretty awesome having all this info now

Geoff, Nice looking job! Our Ollie came with a Furrion DV 1200 unit. The DVD player and remote control operates erratically. Will look at iRV units to replace our old Furrion unit. Thanks for posting!

John, my setup is pretty simple. I run a hose from the camp water outlet to a simple Culligan filter or Camco blue filter, then a short hose to connect to a small water softener, then into the city water port. On Amazon: Water Softener Mike

Thanks Geoff, we have been carrying a non-op "Dometic Type 9500E (120 VAC) Power Cassette Awning model 202(LL)(CC).003(#)", around for about 3 1/2 tears hoping to find a service center on a trip, that would have a replacement motor. I will reach out to them as well. B~Out,

Thanks; I'll call 'em.

The stabilizers are one of the best features of the Oliver in my opinion , they make tire changing and general maintenance so much easier and safer. I had a flat while traveling last fall and I got the tire changed very quickly and safely. The stabilizers were invaluable when doing the Alcan spring pack update. Combine the stabilizers with being connected to the tow vehicle and with a backup jack, "belt and suspenders" as @DanielBoondock says, and that makes for a very stable platform.

Turns out my receiver is 2.5” not 3” I went with a BW tow and stow with a 5” drop. I am very impressed with the quality of this hitch.

That looks like a great solution! We also fill our fresh tank with softened water but don’t use it for drinking. I carry a small water softener and a Culligan filter to use at the campsite when we use city water. For drinking, we usually carry large plastic bottles from Costco. They get dumped straight into the Berkey before we drink it. The additional concern for us is the large amount of micro and nano plastics that are found in bottled water. Berkey told me their charcoal filters get most of the plastics and that their new ceramic filters are tested for and are very effective against the plastics. Plastics are being found in arterial blockages, the brain, tumors and organs. Bottled water is especially high. Mike

I had up graded all my touch lights with the 7.3" over the kitchen and the 4.75" for the beds and table lighting. I had 22 days on the flight and I had one of the 7.3 lights over the kitchen fail. I touched the light to turn it off and it would not turn off. I only had 22 travel days on these lights. I wasn't real happy. I will replace the it again with the same thing only because we light the low light of the blue. If it happens again , I will try another solution.