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According to the television manual,
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Looks good and now you’ll be easy to find if I ever get the the northwest.
Happy Flag Day ??
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A wiring diagram for what?
Your profile is blank, so I can not provide any support without knowing which model Oliver you have or want and which year it was or will be produced.
If you would like to research it yourself, go to following link and find your trailers manual. The diagrams are in the back of the manual.
http://olivertraveltrailers.com/oliver-university/
Mike
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This is the breaker panel in the attic that I am referring to in my earlier post. I’m not sure which fuse panel you are referring to.[attachment file=174791]
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You’re not using the air fresheners that have the new boat smell are you??. Just kidding. We had a hard time with the factory new smell also. Our trailer is parked alongside the house so if it’s not raining it’s open. One thing that seems to help us is vacuuming up any fiberglass dust I come across whenever I am below decks messing around with electric and plumbing. I have also wiped down most all of the walls, floors and equipment below decks with wet rags. All of our efforts have been beneficial as the smell is really not noticeable any longer. Good luck.
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Excellent, you found your problem.
I checked your profile before I asked which model and year because my method of troubleshooting is to start from the beginning and there are year to year changes in each models manual as the company improves their products.
So I went to my 2017 LEII and turned on every 12v DC light, inside and outside which included the outside courtesy lights. I then went to the attic breaker panel and turned of the last breaker on the left, labeled Cabin Lights. All of the lights went off including the outside courtesy lights. So I now know that all lights are controlled by a single breaker and if I remember that, I’ll know when I begin troubleshooting in the future that if a single light or set of lights are not working, it’s not a power problem coming from the breaker.
For my future reference, I went to my printed manual and made a note that the cabin light breaker controls all of the 12v DC lights
Mike
Edit: The basement light fixture is not powered by the cabin light breaker in the attic.
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Let’s start with which model and year your Oliver is and then we can start troubleshooting.
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Then it’s time to start coloring your signature map?
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So obviously you all are on your way. Safe travels! And I guess you both are now 20/20?
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Mike, our trailer was the first one built and we were just making it up as we went. It has the standard water heater. I requested a drain in the hot line and it was apparently not something they regularly did on subsequent builds. It was only this past fall that I discovered it would do what Overland has described. I’ve not studied the plumbing diagram enough to know why it drains with this valve open and the pump on. I think it may have something to do with elves or maybe Elvis.
The drain is located on the floor of the outer shell right beside the cold water drain.
As as far as the tank draining slowly, think about draining 30-something gallons of water through a hole the size of a pencil.
Well, don’t leave either of those valves open by accident on your way north or you might become the star of Ice Road Truckers.
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I would suggest putting a temporary cigarette lighter plug on the transmitter power wires and use that for testing. Maybe try the camera in the back window or run the cable from the camera to the transmitter through the window. I am not familiar with the camera, but based on JD's install it seems to have an extension cable that can be used to mount the transmitter further away from the camera and closer to the display/receiver in the tow vehicle. I would also suggest putting the switch and transmitter in the area of the main lighting switch panel just inside the door if the transmitter did not work in the attic area. Oliver mounts their camera switch there and the wiring is already there. It's also easier to route the extension cable on the curb side, as you don’t have the pantry to deal with.
Keep us posted.
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This is the pipe cleaner that I use because my father-in-law smoked a pipe and Krunch found them in her mother's sewing machine cabinet, so they were cheap.
As others have posted, there is a variety of products that will wick water from the window tracks through the weep slots and I am sure there are others items we haven’t thought of yet. But I will say that although the Ream-N-Klein pipe cleaners do rust after months of use, their ability to stay in place while on the road at highway speeds is amazing. We put new cleaners in place for our trip to the rally and when we got home after 2100 miles, they were all still in place. They have been so dependable that we don’t even think about them anymore.
You can test the effectiveness of any wicking product whenever you wash your Ollie.
Good luck and happy wicking,
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lol, just saw that your post was 2 years old.
But the instructions for moving the television to the center of the attic was still applicable to my trailer.
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I moved my television to the center mount location in March for many of the same reasons mentioned in this post. I used Mike and Carol's suggestion of a door knob protector to cover the old wiring hole into the attic. I did not like the looks of the door knob protector because the mounting tape was too thick and it left a noticeable gap between the protector and the fiberglass. So I went back to Amazon and bought a 2" white plastic hole plug that worked perfectly. The only problem is it came in a bag of 25. So I have 24 left. If you want to do this mod or already have and need a hole cover, just let me know via PM and include your address. I drop one in mail for you.
Now what's on tv?
And that’s not a tow vehicle?
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I did find out though that if you have the Truma you can do the same trick that you can if you had the extra hot water line drain like Steve and I do. Just open the Truma drain and turn on the pump, and it will pump all the water out the Truma. You may be able to do the same trick with the standard water heater.
Your statement about an extra hot water drain line made me go look at the plumbing schematics and search for a hot water drain line. It doesn’t look like there is a drain on the hot water side at all, let alone an extra one. I understand the drain function of the hot water heater, but I thought that was a winterizing, filter cleaning or descaling function. Is this something the Truma rep at the Rally suggested?
What is the purpose of the extra hot water line drain that you and Steve have and where is the valve and drain?
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By the way, the replacement aerator may work with the stock faucet, but I’m embarrassed to say that somehow I’ve lost mine* so I can’t check.
*Along with the sink. How do you lose a sink?
I was researching your aerator mod and found this on the Delta Faucets website.
<b>Delta Faucet
· 6 months ago
Thank you for your question, Danny! </b>
<b>The RP80524 Essa wand does not have a removable aerator and the wand itself is not meant to be disassembled. The face of the wand has soft, rubber Touch-Clean spray holes which allow you to easily wipe away calcium and lime build-up with the touch of a finger. If you suspect a mineral buildup inside, you can unscrew the wand from the hose and pour a 50/50 solution of white vinegar inside, otherwise a new wand would be needed.</b>
<b>Best regards</b>
This is the model faucet I have in #193. So it appears that this mod is not doable without changing the faucet as well. Dang it! And the list keeps on growing.
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Choctaw Lake in Tombigbee National Forest of Mississippi
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Excellent solution! As one who has struggled with 3 different bike racks on my Ollie, your version is unique and well executed. Thanks for sharing.
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On that same subject, how long should the 12 volt light bulbs last. I have the one in the bathroom storage completely out and the one on the street side storage next to the pantry emitting a very low light. Not totally out. All others are fine
My cabinet lights are LED and have a white plastic cover surrounding a plastic lens. The white cover hides 3 mounting screws. I can not find any manufacturer info without taking the screws out and dropping the fixture. It looks to have about 8 LED chip lights looking through the lens. Usually this lights have 40,000 to 50,000 hour life expectancy and I doubt you are anywhere close to that. You could get more info by removing the lens and finding the manufacturer and looking up the light.
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I sent you a PM a few days ago. Are you still having PM trouble?
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Anyone experiencing flickering lights? Mine do this periodically and at first I thought that there was a defective switch. All of the lights flicker on occasion both inside and outside lights. I have noticed this both during the day and at night and either on shore power or not and either with the battery charger breaker on or off.
I have not seen this problem. I assume you are referring to just the 12v DC lighting and excluding the running lights. If it happens under different power options, I would start troubleshooting on the ground or negative side. And since it affects all lighting, it should be a main ground connection. You can move on to the positive side of the circuit after verifying the negative side is good.
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I couldn’t decide where to mount my fan, so I put it on a piece of oak I had and we move it around a needed.
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Yellow is Oliver’s ground wire throughout the trailer for the 12v circuit. The hot wires change colors by circuit. The confusion happens when Oliver wiring meets an appliance manufacturers wiring. All of the lights in my Oliver that I have messed with have black and white wires. I don’t remember for sure, but I bet black fixture wire is the hot input and the white is ground. I think there should be some slack in wiring near the fan that you could pull out until you reached the butt connection.
I am confused by your description of the pantry portal being by the door. The pantry I am referring to is the tall cabinet on the street side between the bed or couch and the dinette. On the bed side of the pantry is a cabinet and it has a portal to get to the wiring for the radio and solar charge controller. Other circuits run through there as well and there may be a connection for the Max Fan. Oliver uses flat 3 and 4 way connectors and if the is one there, it would have 3 black wires. One would be the supply/hot wire from the breaker panel in the attic. The other 2 would go to the fans. So by my way of thinking the supply/hot wire is getting to that connector because the bath fan works. If the problem is in the supply/hot wiring, it should be that connector or the butt splice near the fan itself. All of that should hold true for the ground side as well.
My LEII hull# is 193 and it is a 2017. What is your hull number? Oliver does not make process changes willy nilly, so the hull numbers can help us help you by finding hull numbers close to yours and things are similar.
Keep us updated and I’ll respond as my connectivity allows.
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Location of fuse for the outside courtesy lights?
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Glad the manual gave you some guidance. There is a lot of information in the Oliver University for your research, be sure to explore.
Since you do not have a build scheduled yet, a trip to the factory would be a great informational venture if you haven’t already done so. You would be able to see the inner/outer and upper/lower hulls as the plumbing and electrical work was completed before the hulls were put together so if you did decide on the 50 amp project, you would be better prepared.