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Thank you for your service! Mossey

This video is of the B52, B1 and B2 bombers that flew over RayJay before the Buccaneers Super Bowl 55 victory. And if you add all of B's up you get 55. Somebody had their thinking caps on when they put the fly over together. Watch the left side of the picture for the B1 and B2. They were blocked by the trees. The B52 flew right over the house. Mossey 20210207_182926.mp4

I have said this before and I will say it again, camping under a tarp, in a tent or any sort of a RV is a participation sport. So be prepared to get involved. I bought a 6 month old Oliver, so I didn’t get an orientation at the factory. And the Oliver is my first RV. Although we did rent a 24' class C in Alaska for 3 weeks in 1999. So I really was a newbie and I still am. The little I do know about RV's is what I have learned here on the Oliver forum and other forums that I sometimes visit as well as the things I have learned myself playing in my OTT. I have been called an "Oliver Fan Boy" before on this forum, so continue reading with that knowledge! I do have some experience analyzing problems I have come across in life and I usually begin with the question, what did I do wrong. As an example, I found the front EZ Flex shackle on the street side flipped while setting my jack pads at a new campsite. When I first looked at it, I didn’t know what was wrong, I just knew it was different than the rear shackle and I really wasn’t sure which shackle was in the correct position. So I looked at the curbside shackles and determined that it was the only 1 that was different. So I began thinking about how it happened and how long it had been in that condition and quickly determined that it was a mystery that I probably couldn’t answer. It was more important that I figure out how to get it back in it’s proper position. While traveling the next day, I remembered hitting a very large bump crossing the Mississippi River the day before while heading to the campsite where I first discovered the problem and I now believe that is when the shackle must have flipped. Can I prove that? No, the best I can do is guess. Before retirement, I worked in the wireless telephone business for 30 years. The company provided cell phones as well as more sophisticated equipment for me to test the network. When air time cost 54 cents per minute and you dropped a call in my territory it was my job to figure out why. This involved tracking down the call records and recreating the problem and then verifying it was a repeatable issue while drive testing the area and then making a plan to correct it. And you would be amazed at how many of those dropped calls involved deals that lost million dollar. Fast forward to unlimited calling plans and I now had tools that allowed me to look at a map with all of the problem calls that happened in a given area by the minute, hour or day. The bottom line was that I, as an employee was given the tools to test the network just like my customers did and it was pretty effective. Now my question is: How many Oliver employees actually own an Ollie? My guess is not many! They may own SOB of RV, but I doubt many of the men and women building, servicing and selling the Ollie's we own, could afford to own an Ollie themselves. That doesn’t mean that they lack pride in the jobs they do, they just may not have the user experience that we OTTO's have. Their expertise is in building and servicing OTT's and I don’t think that always translates to experience skills. And most front line employees work from a script and really don’t have any practical experience concerning the the product they are helping you with. They all learn as they work in a particular job and then they move up to a different job and the process begins again. There is an acronym for that, OJT. I know that's how it worked for me in my work experience. I do agree with topgun2 concerning air down your tires at pickup instead of going to Walmart. After all, you just might teach somebody with less experience than yourself, something new. And even if it’s not a teaching moment it may provoke conversation around the break room about the crazy guy that only wanted 50 psi in his tires and that might spark change. I will add that I generally air my tires up to 50 to 52 psi. But I didn’t start there, my tires were closer to 80 psi the first time I checked them. My experiences RVing are just that, mine. They may or may not apply to your circumstances. Mossey

And for people who like books instead of PDF's and soft books, Will also has a book about Solar Power that is a great resource and it is available on Amazon. And like SeaDawg, his forum is another resource I use regularly. These are links to his forum and website for additional solar information. https://diysolarforum.com/members/will-prowse.1/ https://www.mobile-solarpower.com/ Mossey

Nan, I sent you an email from the RV Trader ad to try helping with this issue. Is the picture in the add of your trailer? You might try calling them to discuss your issue. The picture below has some phone numbers for RV Trader. Mossey

Yes, the frame needs to be removed to be able to insert the anchors into the window frame. See the original post to see the pictures of the anchor location. Mossey

This is the link to the solar tracking company you are asking about. Mossey

This post about bed choice began last year and has some additional comments. Mossey

You have to put the yellow ball into the Bulldog coupler and then close the coupler just like you were hooking up the truck. After you have locked the collar and padlock you already have installed, you can put the U-shaped part of the lock into the yellow portion. It should look like the picture when complete. Mossey

I have never seen or looked for the 24 hour break-in instructions in print on paper or a soft copy. It was a comment made while discussing the intermittent problem I was experiencing. Mossey

So I will ask this question: Do you think most MaxxFan failures are water/moisture related or is it an electrical supply issue? I know from the reading I have done on RV forums, most of the blame is placed on moisture. And as far as I know, MaxxFan has done nothing to change people’s opinion on that theory. A true test of the voltage question will be when new fans are installed with a voltage regulator from the start. And we will see where the data on fan failures lead our thoughts. By the way, within my support email chain, MaxxFan stated that the fan bearing break in procedure was to run the fan at 100% for 24 hours when the motor is placed into service. How many of us did that? I did with my new motor, but I didn’t with the original. My OTT was used so I really don’t know if it was broken in properly or not. Mossey

The fan problem I ran into was with the fan in auto mode and running at 80%. I noticed the fan running slower than I thought it should be, so I ignored it. And then I noticed it again and again, so now it was on "my when I get around to it list". I can honestly say that my fan voltage problem was not theoretical, but maybe it was a coincidence. And I can’t say it is a lithium charge setting either. What I can say is that I didn’t have a fan problem before replacing my PDI DC charger with the lithium charger and I did have the problem a couple of months later. I will also confess that I did not reinstall the original PDI charger and re-conduct the voltage test I did for PDI's technical support team. I will say that I am not very good at design or theory, but I am pretty good at fixing things that are broken. So once I have fixed something, I move on. And a voltage regulator fixed my problem. I don’t need to know why it was broken, it’s good enough for me that it isn’t anymore. I didn’t associate the PDI charger and my fan issue until JD created this post. And then Mike and mountianoliver the voltage regulator to the conversation. And I said "duh". I am plugged into a 120 AC circuit at home 24/7 so my battery cutoff switch is usually in the off position. So my running 12v supply is the PDI charger. Which is making some weird humming sounds these days, but that is a different subject or maybe not. And now that I have made a long story longer, Mossey Below is part of the email conversation I had with PDI, with the voltage readings I took at the output of the control board to the fan motor. From: Mike Mossey Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 9:44 AM To: RVP Support <rvpsupport@airxcel.com> Subject: Re: New form entry is submitted - 9-14-2020 Time Voltage at the 2 pin connector to the motor 2:20 PM 13.8 3:00 13.6 4:10 13.3 5:10 13.2 6:10 13.5 7:10 13.3 8:10 13.3 9-15-2020 7:20 AM 14.2 8:30 14.1 fan seems to be running slower 10:30 14.1 RVP Support <rvpsupport@airxcel.com> Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 11:41 AM To: Mike Mossey Anytime the voltage exceeds the 13.6 threshold it can trigger the unit to shut down or do things it is not designed to do. The voltage is above that a lot of the time. Can we get a voltage regulator inline to keep it around 12.8? Mike Dickey Technical Assistance Coordinator RV PRODUCTS, a division of Airxcel, Inc. 3050 North St. Francis Wichita, KS, 67219 Office: 316.832.4357 Fax: 316.832.3417 www.airxcel.com

Amazon has lots of choices in fixed and adjustable voltage regulators if I remember correctly. Mossey

Last August my MaxxFan started running at various speeds. It would start out running fine and then slow down after several hours. MaxxFan support help me conduct some testing and one of the things they noticed was the high voltage on the fan circuit. I installed a similar or same voltage regulator when I replaced the motor in September. I placed my voltage regulator in the attic after the fan breaker. And of course this happened after I installed the Battle Born batteries and the PDI lithium charger. It kinda like an 18 year old rebuilding a perfectly good motor to go faster and the rear end or transmission fails under the strain. And I think it reinforces my appreciation for the products Oliver Travel Trailers produce. When I as an owner decides to change any portion of the product they engineered and built, I can expect it to change something I didn’t anticipate. I think the best we can do is to continue to share our experiments, learn from our failures and celebrate our improvements. Mossey

Excellent! Just wait until Ray and Susan see your 1UP rack and mount. Mossey

Very nice install! Thank you for the detailed report and pictures. Mossey

I have heard some reasonable ideas on the issue of fuses, circuit breakers and the way OTT installed the Fastway equipment. So I thought I would look for some installation instructions and this is what I found. It looks like all opinions aside, OTT is installing the product just as the manufacturer instructed. And I’m good with that. Mossey

I’ll check mine tomorrow and let you know what I find. Mossey

If you have the 8 screws out from the vents, then I think the 2 screws inside the filter area do need to be removed. You circled 1 of them in green. Mossey This picture is from the link Townesw provided.

I know the bolt in the red circle holds down the roof unit. I think, because I don’t remember, the screw in the green circle holds the control portion of the inside cover in place. To remove 90% of the inside cover, open the curb and street side vents completely and 2 screws will be visible in each opening. Now that you know where to look, open the front and rear vents completely and look on the hinge side of the opening and you should see 2 screws in each opening, but they are much harder to see. Use a long #2 Phillips screwdriver with a round barrel because you will be rubbing on plastic and a square barrel will hinder your efforts. Mossey

That’s an EZE Gutter that a lot of OTTO's have installed closer to the windows. The gutters needed to be installed higher with the window shades. Mossey

This picture shows one of the awnings that Bruce and Cheryl made for LE2 136 that Bill is referring to. As you may be able to see, the were made from PVC pipe and fittings. The head rail and feet, picture below, are marine products. Cheryl traveled with a sewing machine, so of course she made the shades. As I remember, they removed everything except the head rail and feet for travel. They were/are full timers from North Carolina and wintered in Florida. The last time I saw them was at the 2018 Rally where Bruce received an award from Oliver for his contributions to helping solve the fresh water tank capacity issues. Mossey

I would suggest that you never fly wind art or a flag of any kind while having an antenna deployed on your mast. The antenna itself will create enough deflection in the mast to affect the cellular performance. MiMo technology would certainly help, but why add to your problem with a moving antenna. And if you are in a cellular signal challenged area, you may not have the benefit of the latest cellular base station equipment suppling your signal. Mossey

When I first saw the title of this post, I thought I’m not taking this bait, it screamed trouble to me. It’s kind of like the old Oscar Meyer Wiener commercial when the kids sang "my dog's better than your dog". And it also reminded me of the advice my father gave me "never resist the opportunity to keep you mouth shut". But when it turned funny; I couldn’t help myself. When I bought my Oliver, the previous owner didn’t call it a wet bath, he called it the bidet option and it made sense to me, after all I had never used a bidet. Full disclosure: at our sticks and bricks house, the last one in the shower, gets to clean the shower. Same thing in the Ollie. And somehow that is always me. No big deal, unless I make it one. And if you really want to know how that works out, just let me know. Mossey

Thank you for your words of caution. Your warning based on your job experiences are certainly more valuable than the information on the package the candle came in. Sometimes, all we need is a reminder. Mossey