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Overland, Cool stuff! Will the .35 GPM aerator work with the new faucet? And Amazon has the faucet for for $164,🙈 what a deal. Mossey

You could add a remote display from Progress Industries to your existing surge protector or move the existing display to the battery box or the basement. Mossey

Thanks KWRJRPE! Not sure this is the best topic category to place this suggestion, but since you folks are discussing refrigerators, here goes. I just noticed my 2019 Oliver LE2 (Hull#444) Norcold Refrigerator outside vent door was missing one of the two plastic vent door clamps. I found this on Amazon and suggest folks order a spare or two unless someone has devised a better way to keep the vent door in place. I am happy to report they also work on the Dometic RM2454 vent covers as well. Although I didn’t lose one, I did break one on my upper vent. My refrigerator exhaust fan does not start when I turn it on, so I remove the cover and spin the blade and it starts running. The fan issue is on my list of things to do but the button is replaced. Sherry and Mike and Carol, I guess they don’t make em like they used to. Mossey

This is a variation of the Zarcor shade Mike and I have. Raspy installed it in his LEII. AP Products 015-201512 Slim Shade Upgrading Your Door Window https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MRRNQNP/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_q58GEb5Q778YT Mossey

Thanks beaker and Chuck. The table looks very nice. Mossey

Are you suggesting that I not grease the suspension until I see you at the rally and you can do it for me while also showing me how to do it Bill's way? I have used a creeper to grease the suspension several times and that works fine other than I haven’t figured out how to deflate the creeper wheels while doing the axle limbo.😄. I usually use a roll of paper towels cleaning up the grease that seeped out between the grease gun and the zerk. So I was hoping the LockNLube tip would help. Mossey

Well thanks Ken and Andrew 😮. Now I’m into next weeks allowance. I guess I should buy a bunch of 45° and 90° zerks prior to my spring wheel bearing maintenance. Mossey

Thanks John for helping me spend this weeks allowance. Now I just have to convince my wife that the locking coupler will actually save money with less wasted grease and paper towels for clean up. I've been picking up the Red-N-Tacky at NAPA and I really like it. Mossey

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Congratulations on your "2018 To Do List" catch up.🙂 Mossey

I think I will wait until the problem has been diagnosed and corrected before I condemn or laud Oliver Travel Trailers quality control procedures. After all, this trailer was delivered by a 3rd party to Wyofilm. It is quite possible that everything worked as designed when it left Hohenwald. I do know that the experiences that I have had with hull #193 may or may not apply to hull #609, as OTT makes changes every year in order to create a better travel trailer. For instance, while watching the video of the new 2020 E2 a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that the galley drawers appear to have an internal latch to prevent unintended opening while underway. I can’t confirm this because I haven’t seen it, but the video leads me to believe it. Mossey

Yes, you will be using the regulator on board. Put the Blackstone hose and regulator in storage. Just install the fitting on the grill and leave it there. It’s your call whether you leave it installed or remove it each time you use the grill. It sticks out a bit but should not inhibit storage. Mine points to the back of the grill. I also have the carry bag which also offers some protection. When it's time to use the grill, just connect the male quick connection to the trailer and the female quick connection to the grill. Then turn on both of the shut off handles to the open position and you are ready to light the grill. I can post some pictures if my instructions are not clear. Mossey

This looks workable.

Were you able to complete all of this maintenance in the shade of the new Ollie shed?😄 Thanks for the list. Mossey

The inverter is located under the street side bed and the surge protector is under the rear seat of the dinette. You will have to remove 2 screws to access that area. Yellow arrows point to the inverter and surge protector. The inverter changes DC power to AC power allowing you to run something like a toaster on the battery power of the trailer. The surge protector protects the trailer from incorrect AC voltage coming into the trailer, whether it is to high or to low, from whatever you connect it to. That is why it is the first electrical component on the AC power line in the trailer. There is a great resource for OTT information at the Oliver University. https://olivertraveltrailers.com/oliver-university/ Surge Protector Inverter

FYI, Your 1500 w space heater is using about 12.5 Amps. 150' of 10 AWG wire = a line loss of 3.75v. So if you started with 120v at the house, you are down to 116.25v at the trailer.- 12 AWG = a loss of 5.96v = 114.04v. 14 AWG = a loss of 9.47v = 110.53v. 16 AWG = a loss of 15.05v = 104.95v which is .95v above the low voltage cutoff of the Progressive Industries Surge Protector. If you reach the low voltage cutoff point, you would lose all AC to the trailer because the surge protector would shut down. So the long answer is your extension cord is too long and probably too small. By the way, in the 3rd entry of this post, John E Davies shows a picture of the remote display of the Progressive Industries Surge Protector. It may be located under the street side bed. It will show the voltage coming into the trailer in the scrolling display. John's picture shows the amp reading so keep watching and it will show the voltage reading so you’ll know what that value is. And don’t return the GFCI tester, put in your Ollie tool box because you’ll use it again. Mossey

Adding to Mark's post of useful RV tools: I found this picture that DavidS shared some time back of an electrical gauge and a GFCI tester as well as a 30 to 15 amp adapter. I keep the electrical gauge plugged in under the curbside bed all of the time just as a reference for my AC power. You can use it to test pedestal power or anything you plug your Ollie into or to testany of the outlets in the trailer. I have the other tools Mark posted as well and like most handy people, I have used a radio or a 2 wire test light to confirm the presence of AC power, but that was before I could afford an Ollie. Invest in the test equipment suitable for your needs and capabilities. It my save your life. And don’t forget about YouTube, it’s a great resource for information you don’t know or may have forgotten. Mossey

I just went through this exercise over the last 5 months, as I had 1 bad T105 battery due to my laziness and it's not usually smart to replace 1 out of 4 batteries. AGM replacements were over $1300 for 4, so I went to 2 BB's and theoretically gave up 25 Ah. That lead to my charger replacement. Then I found out that my inverter would not run my microwave any longer. It ran small items but crashed with the microwave load. So I explored all inverter options and looked hard at the Victron Phoenix inverter, but it was nearly as much as the MultiPlus 2000w. If I knew I needed an inverter and a charger, the Victron MultiPlus would have made sense, but the PD upgrade went in with the batteries. So I talked myself out of the Victron options and bought another Xantrex Prowatt 2000w inverter for $350. To your point about OTT's upgrading to the Victron options, there is only about a $500 difference in street prices, between the 2000w Xantrex Freedom XC and a 2000w Victron MultiPlus. Which brings us back to woulda, coulda, shoulda. And the good news is, Tom Brady is coming to Tampa!👍👍👍

Overland, I agree with your analysis and that’s why I chose the $18 dongle mod based on PD's recommendation. When I tried to install it, my charger did not have the necessary port to plug the dongle into. Back to square one, so I traded in my dongle on a lithium charger module. But going back to Janis's lithium questions, it looks like she is getting a 2020 Ollie with the new Xantrex inverter/charger/ transfer switch that supports lithium charging according to the specs I read and that agrees with the information she got from Oliver. So she would not need to upgrade the PD equipment if the Xantrex equipment was installed to its full capabilities. But it does seem that she may have 2 charging modules with 1 in the Xantrex and another in the PD Inteli-Power Mighty Mini. Update on my Victron BMV-712 installation. The picture is of my temporary install from last spring and it has worked well enough that it will stay there until I need that space for something else.

PD's lithium charger module, PD4045LICSV, for the Inteli-Power 4000 series Mighty Mini is $148 at Leisure Time Distributing. PD also offers a Charge Wizard dongle that allows manual boost mode charging and its $18. This only works on late model Mighty Mini's. The new Oliver inverter option is also a lithium charger. It is also a transfer switch. Mossey

According to the OTT website, the 2020 inverter is a Xantrex Freedom XC 2000 which is Lithium friendly. Mossey

I have been following DJM's original post and I had several questions from the start. 1. Which model Oliver are we talking about? 2. What is the hull number? 3. When was it produced? 4. Where is the GFCI located? 5. Who was the original owner? 6. Is there an inverter in the Trailer? 7. Do you have a microwave and does it work? So I checked the DJM's profile and it did not answer any of these questions. So I have stayed silent because I do not have any useful advice based on the fact that all I know is that 2 different space heaters trip the GFCI and DJM bought a used Ollie. All of which leaves too much guess work. And I apologize in advance if any of my questions are in anyway inappropriate! Mossey

This is my Victron 712 install under the dinette seat and I use the Victron Connect app.

Let me know if you have any questions after you receive the hose and connector. You will need a roll of yellow Teflon tape. It is specifically for gas fittings and you can find it at Home Depot or Lowe’s and maybe an Ace hardware store.