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  1. Side by side comparison of the 120 lumen LED and the Halogen bulbs. We think that the halogen light is more of a spot beam and the leds light is more of a wide area light and brighter, though using much less energy. Betty thinks the led light is a easier light to work in the kitchen with. Because our Summer workcamper job will be for several months at a site with no electricity, I wanted to test the lights side by side when the battery was down somewhat, like at the end of a day, before the solar panels had a chance to restore the charge in them. Here is a link to the video, click to play: Like DCKiefer, we just love them. We also will replace the most frequently used bulbs, which for us is the sink and the small dinette areas, four bulbs. This will result in a daily savings of about thirty four watts. Not bad for just replacing four bulbs ! Tumbleweed did this and passed on to us a extra halogen bulb that he had left over, for us to carry as a spare in the event of a burnt out or damaged bulb, we make the same offer to fellow Ollie owners. If you would like to have a spare bulb for an emergency replacement, send a PM and i'll mail it out to you. We will have five to give out, counting the one from Chuck. Future replacements as they go bad, will be LEDs.
  2. We used the product that DriDek makes. Here's a pix:
  3. Thanks Sherry, we used the industrial strength though the scanner is so light that regular strength may well have served the porpouse. The first try wasn't succcessful however. I applied the velcro on a cool day and hung the scanner immediately. It came off quickly, and it was time to rethink how I was doing it. Attempt #2 was a success and went as follows: Cleaned both the scanner's back and the Oliver's wall with 91% alcohol. Applied the velcro, rolling the surface to massage the adhesive side onto the contact surface. Let both sides sit for twenty four hours before hanging the scanner on the wall. ( Lets the chemical process of adhesion complete. The warmer day was no doubt a factor in the adhesion process. ) After seeing that the scanner stayed on the wall for forty eight hours, I tried the same process on the rough textured surface inside of one of the cabinets. Same result. It worked well even though the 400 watt inverter was much heavier than the scanner. I have another small inverter that I may hang somewhere in a handy place also.
  4. Not yet. I am buying the LEDs one at a time at the lowest possible price. So far, just one at $13.99 . I messaged them about combining shipping and they won't. I have won another that will arrive in a couple of days. I will try the reading lightwhen it arrives.
  5. Bought one to try out. $13.99 delivered to the house by USPS. Liked it, bought another today. eBay rocks !
  6. We have small portable FRS walkie talkies that recieve NOAA weather broadcasts. That is good, but there are times when we might need to monitor police, fire, forest service, ambulance, airlife, TV network news, ect.. We have a scanner that picks up that stuff, but it was a table model and we all know how limited we are on table space. A couple of strips of the 3M adhesive velcro and it now looks like this: To replace the internal memory's backup battery, we just slide a butter knife between the velcro and it releases.
  7. A webinar presented by Yamaha's Colin Iwasa compares Yamaha to Honda point by point. It is a quite revealing look at the cost, performance and longlivity. Click the link, enter a name, ect. then enter the pass code which is: 55218 The main focus is on the 2000 watt generators which is where many molded fiberglass Rv'ers want to be at for maximum efficiency. Here is a copy of the email I recieved, the clickable link and passcode are in it: > We've been busy getting our new generator for market. I think you'll like it. Yamaha is pleased to introduce our light weight, quiet and powerful EF2000iS generator. Click on the link to view a 15 minute model introduction with slides and narration. Passcode: 55218 https://cc.callinfo.com/play?id=o6bt8xu0
  8. Man, oh man ! You guy had way too much fun, sashayin' all over Florida ! We are envious !
  9. WOooHOoo ! JBM, it is only 300 miles to Kirby Arkansas to Corsicana Texas ! Ya' jest' gotta' make it to the jug fishin' blow out at Lake Greeson ! I know that Richland-Chambers Lake is known for it's striper/bass fishing, but, is there any chance that you might be one of them Texas Jug fishermen ?
  10. The first of the Arkansas Geocachers Association pathtags arrived in the mail today ! Here is a look: We will be dropping some of these along with our own pathtag, a Oliver owners endorsement coin, in Colorado this Summer as we cache our way around the state.
  11. This Summer while camping at the south edge of the Rocky Mountain's San Juan Wilderness, on our time off, we will prowl. We will look for old homesteads, sawmill sets, wagon and haul roads as well as settlers trails. We will be camped at Trujillo Meadows campground which is high enough and far enough into the wilderness that there is no electricity. Jeep trails sometimes are difficult, but the old settler's trails can be the worst, with very few clues remaining as to their existence. We installed a Garvin Industries Wilderness Expedition Rack to help get all of our plunder out there to the campsite. Once there and unloaded we need to use the rack to continue to carry such necessary things as a High Lift Jack, a Shovel and an Axe. Extra fuel will be on the Trail rack over the Spare Tire. These items didn't need to take up valuable space on the Expedition Rack during the trips out to Colorado and back. Compacting their installation was in order, and here is how we decided to do it: (Click photo for a better view.) ... Suggestions for ways to further compact our recovery gear, you know, those nyrlon straps and so forth, will be appreciated.
  12. This topic comes up pretty often on various forums. It is a topic that is more and more on the minds of Americans, so, I thought it might be of intrest to some here. It is a paste from another forum, the offroadcampingclub.com forums. > rwblue said: I may be moving to a hurricane zone. I would like this vehicle to be my BugOutVehicle. So I would like to be able to pile a whole lot of stuff in there quickly and get on the road out of there. > Good observation. We pull a 17' fiberglass Oliver travel trailer with a Jeep Wrangler and view that setup as our "BUGOUT/ESCAPE" machine. Though hurricanes get much attention because of their violence, there are many other reasons to bug out. Here in America's heartland, some that come to mind are floods, ice storms and tornados. In other areas of America, Fire, mudslides and earthquake may well cause RV owners to bugout. Yet to be mentioned is civil unrest, which occours mainly in, but not limited to, densely populated areas. Once any of the above mentioned disasters happen, the utilities are usually disrupted, imposing at the very least, discomfort, and in many cases can be life threatening. By the time most folks figgure out that is time to bugout, utilities are nonexistent, food stocks are depleted and the roads are clogged with refugees and evacuees. Refueling your vehicle may not be possible, filling your RV's water tank may not be possible. To maintain a sustainable comfort level for yourself and family usually means relocation. Should you choose to remain in place, any resources that you have, will attract to you, those that want them. For example, the smell of cooking, the sound of a generator, showing a light after dark, ect.. In other words, staying may mean more than not having Natural gas, water, electricity, ect.. So, the roads are clogged and you need out. How are you going to do that ? Conventional transport modes, you know, Trains, planes and automobiles just ain't gona' cut it in later stages of a disaster evacuation. Should your tow vehicle be a high ground clearance four wheel drive and your RV a small manuverable travel trailer with high ground clearance, other bugout options are there. The first one that comes to mind are the massive urban drainage controll ditches that are concrete. For example, the LA River. Then there are those right of ways for high tension powerlines, natural gas and other utilities. When a US highway is rerouted, the pavement usually remains but the bridges, the high cost to maintain item, are removed. Many times leaving a dry wash or shallow creek that a 4x4 can cross readily. For us it is about planning ahead and leaving early in a high ground clearance bugout setup. Many electronic navagation systems have the option to show rivers, powerlines and other infrastructure rights of ways. They could be your quickest way out of a life threatening situation. Think ahead, plan ahead, and, drive the alternate route if possible.
  13. It caught my eye also. I think he mentioned a shelf in the propane tank area. Maybe thats it. Good ideas in this post !
  14. I popped the lense out of one of the reading lights and it seems to be the same bulb as the halogen G4 bulb that is in the puck lights that are under the cabinets. Can anyone confirm this ? And, has anyone converted the reading lights over to LED ?
  15. As we are preparing for our second Spring time of camping in our Oliver, we discovered that our inline water filter, ( you know one of those that hooks to the water faucet in the campground ), was letting very little water through. We could probably squeeze out another year with it, but who wants trouble while out on the road ? Betty picked up another filter at wally world. They had went up nearly 20% ! Wow, how about one of those price roll backs ! It had been quite sometime since the last install, ( November 0f 2007 ),so I read the instructions. This is a straight forward install with little chance of making a mistake. It went well, as was expected. There was only one slight difference from our last install. After the first hook up, as we flushed the filter with water for the first time, we noted that the water that came out was black. That was to be expected since the filter had charcoal in it. But this filter may have been transported further and may have been subject to more vibration that created more charcoal dust. The stream of water was black for aproximately 35 seconds, which was about twice as long as any of these filters we have used before. It cleared up and was apparently normal in all other ways. But it made me wonder, as I placed todays date on the filter for future replacement tracking, will my new higher priced filter have a shorter life ? Has anyone on here had a similar and longer black water experience ? Or have you experienced a shorter filter life span ?
  16. Cleaned, Replaced mantles and burnt them in, on our Northstar Coleman lanterns, yepper, we a' gettin' ready !
  17. Great pix ! Thanks Phil. Looks like you guys picked a good place !
  18. Cumbres pass, the nearest paved road, has a snow depth gauge that can be checked online. Just checked it. He, he. Cumbres Pass snow level. Down 4.4" to 91.1." Holey toledo ! Will it be all gone by May ?
  19. Could you list the manufacturer's name, Part number and source of supply please ? EbAY maybe ?
  20. Found : GEOGOOBERS Pathtag ! It was later in the day and we were slowing down somewhat. I drove past the road to the cemetary and had to back up. GPS signal weak because of heavy cloud cover and drizzling rain. The cache container was a lock and lock of a medium size, hidden in a clever place. Upon examining the cache contents I found a shiney pathtag. When I let out a loud WOOHOO ! The wimps that had stayed in the Jeep where it was dry, came out in the rain to see what I had found. Thanks GEOGOOBERS for releasing your pathtag into the wild at the "BURY ME IN BLISS' Cache ! Sadly I had already dropped all of the mountainborn pathtags that I had with me. A pathtag in the wild ! It's a very cool thing ! Click to enlarge photo.
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