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It’s very sensible. Without doing this, there is a (small) risk that the smart alternator (alternator{s} for those of us with heavy duty trucks) might be damaged due to constant high output along with any number of related electrical/computerized components. All of us that have made switch to LiFePo’s have done this. For anyone who has not or did not know to, pull the fuse in your truck’s trailer charging system. Another issue (at least with GM trucks) is they don’t have an isolation circuit. If we don’t unplug the trailer at night the truck will spend several hours sucking juice from the trailer batteries in an effort to equalize the two sets. Anyone with a Zamp system that has not added a shunt based monitor will have never noticed the electrons escaping to the North. This may be why your battery's voltage seems lower than expected some mornings. Having solar, I’ve never really seen the need for tow vehicle charging of the trailer batteries.

i agree that you should swap to a MPPT controller but I don’t believe Zamp makes one. All I’ve ever seen from them are PWM’s. We have a Blue Sky system with the IPN-Pro display. It will tell you far more information than you will likely ever need. It has worked flawlessly for us in The Outlaw Oliver for over 8 years.

You’ll find the lowest gas tax in Alaska at 13.77 cents per gallon, followed by Missouri at 17.42 cents per gallon and Mississippi at 18.79 cents per gallon.

You didn't mention it, but can we assume that the solar was working when you picked it up? If yes, then can we further assume that it worked during their recommended shake down stay near the factory? Oliver does not run a multi-day testing of the solar systems they install. They are taken out of the factory and placed in the sun. If the charger comes on and is putting current into the battery, then the solar is deemed "fully tested" and good to go. I really don't know what else I'd expect them to do. John asked if you had a voltmeter and the skills to test the output of the panels. It's not hard and would probably save you a lot of headaches if you do. In my case, when something brand new doesn't work like I think it should, it's usually operator error on my part. If all the connections are good and power is getting to the controller with no joy, then I agree that it is probably a bad controller. Easy fix, pull the old one out, install a new one and go camping. As far and the vinyl graphics are concerned, there is virtually no way to install them without getting some small bubbles of air trapped underneath. A few days in the sun and they will most likely all disappear. If some remain stick them with a needle and express the air out, just like popping a zit. I'm sorry you're having some problems and frustrations, I can promise you that Oliver will fix them to your complete satisfaction. Best of luck...

I agree with you. However, since no salaried Oliver Employee actually owns an Oliver ($80K), I suspect that they had no knowledge of television operation and nobody has ever pointed this out to them. I will speak to the powers that be tomorrow and give them this information.

Greetings, Clare from Hull #050. We have owned two different Oliver's since 2008. You are about to have the time of your life.

Those three Scepter military grade water cans filled with 5 gallons of water each will weigh a total of 138 pounds. Not nearly as much as our generator. We routinely carry two of those and four of the Scepter military fuel cans with us. Although they are in the truck.

Has anyone investigated or formed a plan on how to deal with the seven years of bad luck resulting from the breakage of said mirrors?

These are not distorted, just shot with a wide angle lens or the panographic mode of a smart phone.

Plenty of Diesel in Tupelo and only 2.69/gal. We leave for Lake Guntersville tomorrow.

The absolute most amps you can get from a continuous 1800 watts is 15. It sounds like the generator was overloaded since it shut down. There is not enough amperage to run anything at the same time as the microwave, so make sure nothing else is drawing AC power.

I tried to tell you that 2 inch hole saw was going to be too big.

We have not considered joining since the majority of the HH's seem to be centered around alcohol. I've wondered the same things.

I will paraphrase a statement from an old pilot friend of mine. "The only time you have too much fuel (battery power) is if everything is on fire." I just replaced the four original AGM's that were delivered in our 2014 trailer with three Battle Borns. They're only a total of 300 aH. Get the most you can afford. You'll probably end up boondocking more that you think.

OK, you win.

Desert rodents will chew the insulation off your under-hood wiring at night. Some brands of vehicle are more attractive than others.

I have this information thru 2016.

You guys were asking these questions and were not getting any answers. I took it upon myself to call Rodney Lomax, the sales and service manager. I asked your questions and these were the answers he gave me. Sorry, I was trying to help.

That's not the reason they are not publishing wiring diagrams. It's mainly that they are in a relatively constant state of flux. They change, quite often. One printed and included in the delivery information kit may well be out of date by the time you get it. A current one is available for the asking. As far as photos taken within the factory, I don't think there's any problems. I've taken literally thousands over the past 14 years.

I would suspect...dismal.

All the letter and number punches I own (or have ever seen, for that matter) are square. I can't see this tool as being very useful for holding a square punch and getting every letter/number lined up properly. Unless you're willing to hold them at a 45 degree angle to the plane of the surface.

That may have been a typo or auto-correct at work, but I think it is a more accurate statement. Very good... I really think that the link was never tightened properly OR taken loose and then never re-tightened properly.

Susan you can download the firmware update directly from Xantrex here.

Conservatively, fifty or sixty per dark period. I would find it hard to use a hundred. I'm assuming you mean while boondocking, otherwise it would not matter.