ScubaRx
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Haiduk, the solo project of Luka Milojica is an unrelenting, hypnotic force that greets listeners with a barrage of death-infused black metal that is prominently displayed on the latest release “Diabolica”, which was released in September last year.
Yeah, not my cup of tea either.
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27 minutes ago, MAG said:
I don't understand this......Our plan is to put a Calmark Cover over the Ollie, to protect it from dust and bird poop. It might be possible for the solar panels to still make power, possibly. But are we talking about where the wires from the panels enter the Blue Sky Controller? Or in the battery compartment? And what is a plastic battery?
I appreciate the help, and the education!
I believe that was supposed to be “plastic bag”. Or just wrap the positive (red) wire’s terminal with electrical tape to prevent it from inadvertently touching something that’s grounded and releasing the white smoke.
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3 hours ago, John Welte said:
I am focusing on safety and trailer protection. There's always the must haves and the wants.
John, I applaud your approach to purchases. I don’t think we’ve yet had the pleasure of actually meeting each other. But those that know me and have seen our truck, probably recognized the tongue in cheek sarcasm of my post. When we meet, you’ll see what I mean.
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2 hours ago, CnC said:
If you close your eyes, you can't see it!
Charlie.
I like that solution. Simple, easy, cheap and quick.
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For everyone posting at this point, please go back and read the entire thread to get you up to speed on what has happened so far.
Definitely do not leave the batteries in the tray.
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51 minutes ago, topgun2 said:
Try to resist buying anything but what you feel is necessary and then add later depending on your style of travel and camping.
Bill
I never buy anything that I don’t absolutely, positively think that I MAY use one of these days.
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46 minutes ago, John E Davies said:
Steve, why did you choose 12 ply tires? That is a head scratcher for me. I have actually considered downsizing to Load D (50 psi max) 15 inch. *For my LE2!* Sorry for the thread drift.
John Davies
Spokane WA
They were the closest thing to the Michelin RIB’s that originally came installed on our Oliver.
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I think what we really need are EV’s pulling travel trailers that are self-powered. If the EV’s were also self-driving, equipped with 360 degree 8K cameras and connected to the internet via satellite uplinks we could preprogram our route into the nav system and just stay home and watch the trip on our phones.
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On 10/3/2022 at 8:49 PM, Ron and Phyllis said:
They told me that they recommended 55-65 psi for " a smoother ride" but that 70 psi would cause no problem. I was setting up my pressure monitoring system. I think I will lower to 60-65 based on my weight tomorrow when I plan to weigh for our trip to Mt Pisgah for the next couple of cold nights.
We towed our 2008 Elite 60-70K miles. We always ran our tires at 80 psi because that’s what Jim Oliver told me to do.
I now know a hell of a lot more about towing. The tires on our Elite II are 12 ply all steel belted and have a maximum tire inflation rating of 95 psi to 110 psi and that would be fine if our Oliver weighed 12,000 pounds. Fortunately, despite the fact that she’s a big ole gal, at “only” about 7000 pounds I can safely run them at 60-65psi, which I do.
Now, that’s for highway use. Only. If you head up something like a rough forest service road or, heaven forbid, decide to drive the 70 miles of washboard into Chaco Canyon or the 27 miles of very bad road out to the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley then please stop and air down. Obviously, you’ll need the ability to re-inflate when you get back to the pavement, so a good compressor and tire gauge is imperative. If you are unable or unwilling to do this, then just don’t go.
Ignore this at your own peril. If you do, you’ll be tightening, repairing and replacing plumbing, electrical and mechanical stuff for a while. And some of this will be before you even get home. I’ll leave it to your imagination to figure out why I mention these things.
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On 10/6/2022 at 6:18 PM, SeaDawg said:
@rideandfly, we keep looking at this, too. We have 2x 105 ah deka/east penn agms in our elite, roughly 130 pounds. A single 100 ah battleborn would give us equivalent usable amp hours, and cut the weight significantly, (29 pounds?)
You would actually cut the weight by almost 100 pounds.
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14 hours ago, topgun2 said:
Maybe the answer is the difference in the distance from the sun (Florida versus Colorado altitude) and/or the difference in atmospheric pressure? 😄
Bill
I think you may be on to something here. Because Mars is half again further from the sun than Earth, may explain why our tires run cooler there.
Seems reasonable…
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21 hours ago, Hokieman said:
I was just passing along BattleBorns Marketing info, I’m not an electrical expert and cannot vouch for their data. Apologies if this was taken otherwise. Perhaps I don’t understand, but I think your comment above is valid if you interpret their performance claim as the rate of charge. I interpret the performance claim of 5x faster refers to the charge efficiency, ie the time to bring a discharged battery up to a full charge. From what I’ve read, for any charge current (amps), a LiFePOH battery can fully charge up to 4x faster time than a comparable capacity AGM. That depends on many factors of course. Is this incorrect? If so, please explain. This detail is a huge benefit to those of us who dry camp and rely on our solar panels to recharge.
Up to around 150 continuous amps, a single 100 amp hour LiFePO4 battery can take all the current you can throw at it. The PD chargers in our Oliver’s put out 45-60 amps depending on how old your trailer is. The limiting factor here is the wire size going from the charger to the batteries. You can’t necessarily just add a higher output charger without considering the wiring too.
The Xantrex 3000 watt inverter/charger has a maximum 150 amp output.
FYI: AGM batteries should not be charged at a rate greater than 25% of their stated battery capacity. The battery capacity is indicated by Ah (amp hour).
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Battle Born's reliable, safe, and non-toxic LiFePO4 batteries last 10x longer than lead acid.
Probably correct, I believe this to be true.
They are 1/5th the weight for the same amount of usable power.
Correct as written, but a lithium battery will still weigh 1/2 of what a similarly sized lead acid will weigh.
They charge 5x faster.They CAN charge 5x faster IF you have a charger that can put out 5x the amps of what you currently have.
require zero maintenance.
NOTHING requires ZERO maintenance.
and are backed by an industry-leading 10 year warranty.
True…
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On 7/20/2022 at 12:02 PM, snakeriveridaho said:
I totally agree. OTT needs to put a good 2 inch receiver on and then tell the trailer buyers the limitations. A 1.25 hitch is ridiculous.
This is how the current situation got started. Years ago, Oliver’s sales manager asked me to come up with a design for a bike rack. I did and they built a good 2” rack that could handle any two bikes. They informed all buyers of the rack its weight limitations and even had a sticker stating that information proudly displayed on each rack.
Oliver built a bunch of these units with my design but ultimately changed it to the current rack first with a 2” receiver then moving down to a 1-1/4” receiver due to “the incident.”
Much like the general population, there are a few owners that don’t necessarily read and follow directions. One owner didn’t. He bought one of the racks with the 2” receiver and, although I don’t know exactly what happened, I can imagine him installing one of those flat racks you see hanging off the tail end of a vehicle. He probably loaded a cooler of ice and beer on one end and a plastic tote of whatever beside it, put a coupe of bungees around it and called it good.
Somewhere along his way everything proceeds to turn to shite. He complains to Oliver that his expensive rack didn’t meet his expectations, they wonder how it failed if it hadn’t been overloaded, he swears it couldn’t have been, one thing leads to another and here we are…
I’ll be happy to share my design with anyone. Although I don’t carry bikes on it, I’ve used it on the rear of our Hull #050 many times carrying upwards of 200 pounds. I’ve never had an issue with it.
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The Haunted Campground
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26 minutes ago, Mike and Carol said:
There’s another camping humor thread that has some of the same funnies. Should we merge them?
Good idea!
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On 9/14/2022 at 6:51 PM, bbrault said:
I want to thank everyone for your contribution.
Sales confirmed that a Honda 2200i would be able to operate the new Truma AC however, not a 1600W/2000 peak generator.
Sales hinted that the 2000W inverter will probably won’t work on the Truma AC.
That’s a real bummer because the 3000W isn’t available on the Legacy I. I was hoping to be able to run it for 45-60 minutes, enough to cool it down and cut the humidity without using the generator.
So this is disappointing.Actually, if you ran the A/C for an hour off your batteries you'll pull out more than 100 amp hours. Realize those amps have to be replaced somehow. Solar would take most of a good sunny day at lower latitudes (think Southern Arizona rather than Northern New York) to do it. Running the generator is much faster but likely would still take a couple of hours. Why not just run the generator for an hour to power the A/C and get everything cooled down and call it done.
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Welcome to the most exclusive club in the world, the Oliver Owners!
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1 hour ago, John Welte said:
What's the hourly rate?
$100 or $150 per hour.
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37 minutes ago, John Welte said:
"Have you considered asking Service if they will do the entire trailer BEFORE delivery if you send them a 16 ounce bottle of Rejex? That would certainly be simpler."
Great idea John. I will ask about that. Thanks for your suggestion.
I couldn’t afford their hourly rate.
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9 minutes ago, Frank C said:
For future reference if you ever need to change that fuse, here’s a pic of the fuse holders for the three jacks (the three yellow inline fuse holders). Located under the access hatch under street side (driver’s side) bed on our 2019 Elite II. I can’t guarantee that yours will be in exactly the same place since I’m starting to think that no two Olivers are built exactly the same, especially in the early years 😂.
Frank, I was just thinking about that fact last night and I believe you are correct. I seriously doubt there are any two Oliver's that are EXACTLY alike. And I guarantee that none of the first 100 or so are anything like each other.
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2 hours ago, Avalo said:
I am a new Oliver owner. In the replacement fuse box provided at delivery, there is a single AC fuse in the box … all the rest are blade fuses. I am wanting to get a few extras of this fuse, but am having trouble reading the rating stamped on it. It looks like 30 amps, 32 volts … so would I be correct in assuming this is a 30 amp/32 volt slow-blow buss fuse? Thanks in advance for any clarification.
You are correct in that this is a 30 amp slow blow fuse. It goes into the jack circuits and is common to every Oliver made so far. My advice is to order a few more, you'll eventually need them. These might not look exactly like what you pictured but they are the same and will work just fine. I'd shop around, you'll probably be able to find less expensive ones, possibly at a local auto parts store.
As @dewdev suggested above, please add all your pertinent information about your Oliver and your Tow Vehicle to your signature. Since Oliver has made numerous changes in components and options over the years, when posting related to these, please list your Oliver’s year and model, and the brand of the component you have questions about. It will make the group’s responses much more informed.
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3 hours ago, Katjo said:
We are preparing for our last trip of the season then it will be time to put our Ollie into hibernation for the Winter😢!
When do you winterize?Oh my Goodness. We are planning on leaving on our FIRST trip of the season this coming Saturday.
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Hurricanes don’t sneak up on people. Drive away from it as soon as you know it’s headed toward where you are.
Tornadoes do sneak up on you. Stay weather alert during an outbreak and prepare to take shelter in a sturdy building. Don’t forget to take essentials with you, ID, money, meds, pets. Don’t leave a vehicle and seek shelter in an underpass. Despite the fact it sounds like a good idea, it likely won’t end well for you.
Sheltering in an underpass probably would be a good idea for hail. Dime size hail should not be an issue.
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looking for wheel parts info
in Mechanical & Technical Tips
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I just replaced mine, you’ll need four for an Elite II.
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