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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

Susan, all kidding aside, this is what we carry our Honda EU2000i inside of when we take it our SUV. It will also fit in the tongue box. Mossey

Not a thing! I am still happy with my 16 year old Honda 2000i, so I haven’t been looking at availability. But I do know you are very patient. So I do believe you will get your Yamaha generator. My Magic 8-Ball can not be that specific. Mossey

Check the second water pump switch switch in the bath. Still nothing, check the wiring at the switch if you don’t have power at the pump. Mossey

I think it has been established by multiple OTTO's that most any brand of small generator, 2000 watts and above will run the air conditioner in an OTT. The question of whether or not it needs a neutral bonding plug is a different set of conditions based upon the generator you use and the electrical management system of the RV you are trying to power. A really simple solution is use whichever generator you have and plug it into the RV, start the generator and then start the air conditioner. Did the EMS shut down the electricity from the generator and provide an error code. If you did receive an error code, check the EMS manual to determine the problem. If you received an E2 error code and you have a Progressive Industries EMS, I’ll bet a cup of coffee that you didn’t even get to start the air conditioner because the EMS shut down the electric input from the generator before you had a chance to start the air conditioner. The E2 error code is for an open ground and your generator needs a neutral bonding plug or it’s a rare possibility that you have a defective power cord. I just checked my Magic 8-Ball and it said there is something blue in Susan's future.🥶 Mossey

Then I think starting load would equal the in-rush load or as Honda states it Surge load. My test equipment does allow me to see the surge, start or in-rush load, as well running load. The Easy Start stages the start sequence there by limiting the surge, start or in-rush load during the startup process. My 2004 Honda 2000i is rated at 13.3 amps or 1600 watts for a running load and 16.7 amps or 2000 watts for a surge load. At one point in time I did a test, running the Dometic 13,5000 BTU on my generator just to verify my test cable and the AC/DC amp meter. I do not remember to surge or running amperage. I just know it always works when I run the air conditioner on the generator. I am including a link to Micro-Air which explains this much better than I can and I added a picture of a Honda 2200i advertisement with the surge and rated loads. Mossey https://www.microair.net/pages/easystart-installation-faqs www.microair.net/pages/easystart-installation-faqs

My Easy Start was installed at the OTTO's Rally in 2018. MicroAire sent a tech/engineer to the rally do do installs on the spot. I did not test before, during or after the Easy Start installation at the rally. I bought the meter and built the test cable in 2019 after someone posted about having trouble with their Easy Start and while researching their problem via Easy Start documentation I came across the plans for the test cable and then bought the meter. When I have used it, Krunch started the air conditioner while I monitored the meter. I do not remember seeing anything near the range of 50-60 amps. And I’m not familiar with the in-rush feature. This meter was about $30 on Amazon at the time and I just wanted it because I like being able to look at problems myself. Whether I ever fix anything or not is not as important to me as trying. Mossey

I assume you are referring to the Honda 2200i Companion. The pictures I see on Google look like it but I can’t be sure because I can’t physically test that. And it looks like the newest model have cover over the outlets so that’s another variable to consider. The following pictures show my equipment. I use a 50' 12 gauge extension cord plugged into an outdoor 15 amp outlet at home to power my trailer 24/7 365. But I can run the air conditioner with the same extension cord plugged into the Honda 2000i. And I will mention it again, I do have an Easy Start. I recently helped a friend install a Soft Start on his 10 year old SOB trailer and he is using a Yamaha 2200i. Works just fine. The other equipment in the pictures are the neutral ground plug that came with my trailer. A test cable I made out of a male and female 15 amp replacement plugs and a scrap of wire. An AC/DC Amp meter to take load readings from the generator. A 15 to 30 amp conversion plug. Mossey

We purchased a Honda 2000i in 2004 after Hurricane Frances. I think it was Frances, we had 4 hurricanes that year and it was a COVID ago. The 2000i runs our Dometic 13,500 with Easy Start without any problems. How many amps is the Yamaha 2200i rated for peak and running? And how many amps does the 11,000 BTU air conditioner pull when starting and running? I can’t and won’t answer your question whether that is the generator you want, because you have stated many times that the Yamaha is the generator you want and I don’t want to get in the middle of that.😊. I can only address my successes and failures. Mossey

Can you clarify a couple of questions to help eliminate some of the points of failure? Which speakers are you using when the audio drops? There are front and rear speakers in my 2017 LE2 wired to the Jensen stereo and I can select either pair or both. My tv and stereo both have DVD players which will display video on the tv. Which one are you having success with? Do the tv speakers work ok? Do the speakers sound good or bad with the radio? Was the HDMI cable one of the cables that you replaced? Mossey

I used the ZF Electronics SRJ24A3HBBNN rocker switches with my porch light swap. They require a 0.787 inch hole and worked perfectly for the job I was doing. The switches push out pretty easily from the backside. Mine have been in service for nearly 2 years with limited usage. I only use the lights for quick trips out with the dogs at night or to grab something out of the truck and very rarely leave the lights on for extended periods. At the price point of about $1.25, I am sure they are all manufactured off shore, no matter where you buy them. Mossey

Sorry JD for the false alarm. I thought they had some round rocker switches with an illuminated dot but I don’t see them now. There are lots of them on Amazon. Mossey

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I have not seen a statement on the Battle Born website referring to the BMV-7XX having the ability to monitor individual batteries in the same string. Although I have seen statements about the ability of the BMV-7XX to monitor a second or starter battery. I would like to use the BMV as you reference, but I can’t find that information. Can you share the location of that information? Mossey

JD, we don’t have any bumps in the eastern US that compare to your roads, but mine did hold a partially filled 16.9 ounce water bottle while hitting a bump crossing the Mississippi River that flipped a shackle on my easy flex. How long would 8 ounce of vinegar last you if you just used it to spritz your NH? Mossey

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You didn’t mention it, so I guess Santa Paul didn’t figure it out yet. 🤔 Mossey

mlb3820 sold his Oliver in March of 2019 and hasn’t posted since and the website he linked to is dead. If you are looking for a timely response you might ask someone else your questions. Mossey

I do have 3 BB's in parallel and I knew that they didn’t support individual cell reporting, so I was looking for a solution to a single battery going bad and reporting it. You made me grab a meter a go test my batteries. Guess what I found, all 3 BB's read 13.09v. The Victron site mentions midpoint readings in series connected banks, but I couldn’t find any diagrams of midpoint testing for parallel banks. So I had to ask, because sometimes when I put my thinking cap on, I put it on backwards.☹️ Thanks for pointing out my mistake.👐👐. Now I can move onto figuring out how to get the vaccine out faster.

My 4/0 negative battery cable insulation was rubbed flat where my cable gland had failed. I tried to reuse the original gland, but every time I opened and closed the battery tray the gland nut would pop off. So I ordered and install a new gland and the same thing happened again. I finally came to the conclusion that the nylon threads were not holding up to the flex of the 4/0 cable. So I ordered the one below. And let me caution you, it takes three hands and persistence to replace those glands if needed. If you do replace the gland, just remove the small glands since you have already removed the 6 AWG cables. That will simplify the replacement. Mossey

So JD's screenshot of the individual cell voltages of one Victron battery caused me to put my thinking cap on. And I was wondering about midpoint battery monitoring with the Victron BMV. Right now I am using a temperature sensor instead of monitoring the midpoint of the battery string and I was trying to figure out the best place to monitor a battery string with 3 - 12v batteries and also continue to monitor the battery temperature. When I get my MPPT CC installed, I believe the temp sensor will communicate through the BMV with Smart Networking to the CC and optimize the battery charging. But the questions I am now trying to find the answer to is, since I don’t see how I can monitor both temperature and midpoint voltage from the BMV, could I add an Smart Battery Sense to provide voltage and temperature to the CC and wire the midpoint monitor to the BMV? And the second part of the question is, would this midpoint monitoring have provided an alarm or an alert to notify or prevent Jeff’s battery failure. Mossey

Is that picture you posted of your equipment or is it a stock photo from the internet? I only have the BMV-712 on air at this time, but I have fired up my new MPPT CC for testing which gives me 2 different Victron products to choose from within the VictronConnect app. So from my limited experience I believe the VictronConnect app screen shot you posted would be visible from the Victron Battery and not from the BMV. I do not believe that the Battle Born batteries provide individual cell voltage readings through the VictronConnect app. At least I have never seen BB cell voltages in the VictronConnect app. Maybe someone can correct my thinking. Mossey