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So is the “fiberglass landing” actually part of the roof construction or is it an additional molded fiberglass piece bonded/glued to the roof? The reason I ask is if it is a separate piece we could purchase it from Oliver and glue it in place to support the air conditioner. If it’s part of the roof on the newer models……well I’d have to use part of a new roof gasket for support. Thanks

Yes, I removed the USB port from under the dinette and moved it to over the bed. One bed had an overhead USB port and the other one didn’t.

Seven years ago I added a master switch for the leveling jacks. I disconnect the power to the jacks whenever the camper is parked. My hope is that with three jacks firmly down it will be much more difficult to steal. Thankfully, as far as I know no one has ever tried my theory.

Unfortunately another rally site will be available on 3-5-25. We are unable to attend the 2025 rally and site E18 will be available this afternoon. The site is currently reserved for 4-23-25 through 5-7-25. You will need to contact the Lake Guntersville Campground office directly.

Yes, I upgraded mine about 6 years ago. The 2017’s came with 5/16 curly cables that were difficult to connect and connected to the tongue with 3/8 bolts and thin fender washers. This setup would have never held in a disconnected trailer situation. I used 3/8 grade 70 chains and equivalent hooks. The chain is attached to the trailer tongue with 1/2 inch grade 8 bolts. I don’t think this arrangement will fail. Years ago I did some research into trailer safety chains for a monthly newsletter that I was doing for an antique farm equipment collectors club. Basically, you are legally responsible for your trailer including if it becomes disconnected from your tow vehicle and causes property damage and/or injury or death. Some folks say that if there is an accident that they would rather have the trailer break free and not be close to their tow vehicle. This is completely wrong.

I forgot to mention the reasons that prompted my basement exploration. The floor had collapsed and upon inspection I found that the floor supports were only held in place by a few screws that only were about 1/4 inch into the side supports. I was also getting propane exhaust fumes into the trailer when the water heater was running. Anyway, in checking out the collapsed floor and the carbon monoxide issue I discovered the air leaks and lack of insulation.

I’ve had a similar issue since the camper was new. A couple of years ago I removed the aluminum Z shaped panel that closes off the rear of the trailer. This panel is located deep inside the rear bumper and the sewer drain passes through it. Mine was not sealed at all and the rubber seal around the sewer line was loose. To do a thorough job of sealing the panel you’ll need to go into the basement area as well. In doing this I also found a large area in the basement area with no insulation, especially the aluminum panel had no insulation. I used butyl tape caulk all around the aluminum panel and a long piece of angle aluminum to stabilize the raw fiberglass edge around the upper edge and stainless screws/self locking nuts through the fiberglass and the panel. The wooden dowel/screwdriver/vise grip pliers was used to hold the screws in place while I tightened the nylock nut from the outside. I also added insulation everywhere I could. Just a suggestion.

The Amazon remote that you show is exactly like the one that came with my trailer. The useless tiny Furrion remote also came with the trailer. I thought that both remotes came standard with the trailer?

Mike, why don’t you just use some of the leftover orange shag carpet from your Chevy van project? 🤣

Here is the Blue Sky settings as given to me by the Battle Born folks four years ago. I have shared these settings with Steve and others over the past few years and Steve is correct about the IPN Pro set up but once you have been through it, it’s pretty easy. I think it took all of about five minutes to program these settings. The settings are also good no matter what lithium battery brand you choose. Several years ago Battle Born seemed to be the best choice but today there are several brands that are of high quality.

The assembly in the right side of the photo sort of looks like a fuse. The main cable looks like it is attached to the upper end of the shunt then from the lower end of the shunt crosses over to the lower end of the fuse/junction block, through the fuse/junction block and out into the world. Maybe?

Except for the fact that the best way to ge loctite to release is to apply heat. The heat of a normally operating engine for example is not enough but say a propane torch or propane gas stove is I’d imagine is ample enough heat to release the loctite.

Just curious, why would I want to run the air conditioning wide open then immediately run the heat wide open? If I did that with my home heat pump/air conditioner I think that the same thing would happen. I don’t think that I remember that the air conditioner was run then the heat pump. I can understand now why a huge amount of humidity is cycled into the trailer. Maybe that explains why the Atmos unit cooled down the trailer and reduced the humidity even though the fan was running continuously, it was allowed to run a normal air conditioning cycle. Thanks for the explanation, much appreciated.

John, I never said that I was a non believer! I just asked the question hoping that the issue could be explained clearly. I’m not on either side of the issue.

I’ll say yes. My trailer is outside 24/7/365 and has been since being purchased in 2017. I have washed/waxed it at least twice a year over the years and gradually the shine had disappeared. When I’d do a thorough job, it would take me four days. No telling how many times I’d move the ladder or how many times I would climb up and down it. One of the last times I washed/waxed it I fell off of the ladder, hit the rear bumper and ladder on the way down to my asphalt driveway. I was lucky enough not to break anything. Since having the trailer coated it is much easier to wash and a quick spritz of the CGI magic elixir and it shines better than new. More important than the shine is the long term protection of the gelcoat. Additionally, as everyone else has said, is the fact that the CGI guys are the finest group of guys that you’ll ever meet.

Ronbrink, thanks for showing/demonstrating your great installation of the Atmos air conditioner! I have a question though, not so much for you as it is for the Houghton second generation folks. The major issue with the second generation Houghton is that the evaporator fan (inside fan) runs continuously and supposedly raises the inside humidity level. Yet the Atmos unit (at least in Texas) operates the same and significantly reduced the humidity in the camper with a fairly significant amount of condensate running off of the camper roof. What am I missing? What’s different?

John, I just used a ratchet and a short section of pipe (cheater) and got it really tight. They are not a critical item so just get them tight. When at home I have several different Williams hook wrenches that should hook into the groove to hold the center tube from turning. I’ll get them properly tightened then. For now I just wanted to make sure that they’d stay tight until we get home.

We pulled into a campground for the night in Ft. Stockton Texas, I started to unhitch and noticed that the front jack foot was loose. I tightened it and checked the other two. The rear ones were tight. I checked them all right after we purchased our trailer in 2017 and haven’t thought about them since. Probably something to check periodically and will add some blue loctite to each bolt. Probably not good to lose one, at least I’d hate to run over one.

Okay, that’s our definitive answer. Anytime someone is evasive in answering a direct question it only means one thing and one thing only. They are not proud of where their product is made and that means china! Okay, TruRide is off my list. I can buy less expensive china made springs most anywhere. The cheap ones I bought with u bolts, nuts, and bronze bushings are for emergency roadside replacement just to get me home. When I can go to Colorado I’ll get the USA made springs and not need the emergency spares. Those will go in the yard sale pile. Less junk to haul around.

99.999% probability that they are of chinese origin with steel from a ‘59 Buick. So on the bright side they may in fact be made of mostly USA steel. 🤪

Sorry I can’t directly help with your issue but my Dometic fridge would not run reliably on propane either. The Oliver folks tried everything and replaced everything, even replacing the fridge with a new one and it still wouldn’t run reliably on propane. I’m sure they thought that I was doing something wrong but many friends saw the issues while boondocking. I finally just replaced it with a compressor fridge. Best decision ever, five years and zero issues. Seems like a lot of mainstream brands are switching over to compressor type fridges now that lithium batteries and solar power are more mainstream as well. And, hope with the help of other Norcold owners you can get to the bottom of this issue.

We’re sort of finishing up our late summer/fall four month western trip. We’re at Lost Dutchman State Park enjoying the 110 degree weather! There’s another Oliver here as well but we haven’t seen the owners yet. While on this trip we’ve seen Olivers at our Monument Valley campground and at our Grand Canyon south rim campground but unfortunately never were able to make contact with either one. We also met up with a fairly new Oliver owner while we were at Dead Horse Ranch State Park in Cottonwood and had a very enjoyable day with them. Not too many years ago we could be on one of our four month trips and never see another Oliver trailer. Now we see at least one on every trip. Great to see more Olivers on the road. Looking forward to meeting a bunch more in Texas in a couple of weeks. Safe travels everyone!

Okay got it! Not a telephone type wire/connectors. Mine must be the only one that was wired using telephone type wire and connectors.

So, for clarity, your thermostat wiring is a three wire cable not a telephone type cable with a telephone type plug on each end.

Ronbrink, do you have a little bit better view of the overall area/location/description of where the old Dometic control box is placed in the new ac unit? The close ups are great but I’m not understanding the location. Also, does your factory installed thermostat have individual wires or like mine, does it use a telephone type wire? Thanks