Geronimo John
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1 hour ago, Ollie Ollie in Free said:
Thank you for the advice, as well as the signature suggestion. I will look into the recalibration procedure, and (if I have done this correctly) my new signature should display below. (I borrowed your format - seemed to work well. I even figured out how to add that cool map, with a little help from a forum post.)
Suggest increasing the font of the signature block. Most of our ROF's (Retired Ole Farts) eyes are not good enough to read it. Or, you can keep us in the dark and laugh often about it! LOL
But DO take notice of Ole vs. OLD..... For us ROF's, here is your really cool rig:
TV: 2008 F-350 Crew Cab, 6.4L diesel, 4WD, custom flatbed with storage boxes, Line-X underbody coating OLLIE: 2022 OE1 Hull 885, Lithium batteries (260AH), 230W solar panels, 2000W Pro inverter, Dometic AC w/Easy Start, Truma Tankless Comfort water heater
For sure you'll NOT need to be reviewing the Anderson posts.
GJ
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On 7/21/2022 at 9:55 AM, csevel said:
I for one, love sitting under a short-set awning in the rain. I usually have stuff on a table outside the door and I don't like the idea of having water streaming down between the awning and the side of the camper.
Ditto! Also to cast some shade on the Refer area when I can't park the curb side to the northish direction.
Can both the existing seal and the J "gutter guard" be used at the same time? Belts and suspenders.
GJ
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On 8/3/2022 at 4:34 AM, Rivernerd said:
I prefer Wago lever nuts over wire nuts. I am pleased to see Oliver using them.
Wow. Is OTT using Wago's extensively in the new trailers or was this just a one-off use? If yes, this is an important question.
I have used WAGO's a bit on some connections that I'll likely be getting into. For example service to the pump and installation of a second load transfer switch to the A/C. But I am hesitant to do so for high vibration applications. Specifically such as the Houghton Relay Mod for their fan.
QUESTIONS:
For high vibration applications that are a PITA to get to, would you use WAGO or Wire Nuts? (Both of which would need good strain relief of course),
What connections are used in aircraft?
GJ
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53 minutes ago, Ollie Ollie in Free said:
Thanks. I think that is the process I will adopt for the future (in addition to the rolling drainage suggested by mossemi).
OK, I'll fess up....
About half the time I forget to drain over night and end up having Ollie pee on the highway........
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Over time, the accuracy of the SOC will drift. So, it must be "recalibrated to reality" occasionally. For mine, I do so every two weeks of use when I equalize my litho's. At that time when the voltage hits my target, after resting the litho's, if the SOC is not showing 100% I manually reset it.
How you go about doing that is system dependent. Your system documentation should address this procedure.
GJ
PS: Note the total lack of system specific info in my post. Without your info in the signature block that's all we can do. Kindly look at several examples and add to yours as a courtesy to those of us willing and able to help you. Thank you. GJ
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Thanks Bill.
I really suggest that OTT consider upgrading the bathroom vanity area as MaxBurner documented last year. With a little bit of engineering, the cabinet space could be provided without much cost and with great benefit to future owners!
Art: Would be worth sending in your Mod info to OTT in the form of a Service Ticket. That way it for sure will be discussed and consided by their Leadership Team. I'll be packing a door this summer! 🙂
GJ
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In Feburary I was in Columbia flying paragliders. At our hotel they had one of these setups on the counter for about 20 guests to use. Daily we each used about 1.5 liters. Frankly I could not believe the amount of water it put out every day. This little pump works like a charm.
GJ
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On 3/19/2024 at 5:10 PM, jd1923 said:
I'm a combustion engine guy, more than most, but solar & LiFePO4 have obsoleted the generator for RVing (or TTing)!
I can agree that litho's and solar have SIGNIFICANTLY reduced the need for generators for the vast majority of OTT owners. But for true boondockers, especially winter boondocking camping, not so.
GJ
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Wow, new Ollies have insulate water lines. Also, a lot more stuff in the way of the Bathroom Vanity door mod. 😞
Is the shape of the door "teardrop" or is that just camera parallax?
GJ
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On 3/15/2024 at 5:41 AM, 2008RN said:
I replaced the original Monroe shocks this winter (3 were shot with 8,000 miles on the Oli) with Bulldog HD shocks
Please share with us the Bulldog shock info and assessment after you get some miles on them.
GJ
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I always travel with water in the tank. Too many times stuff happens and I find we end up needing it. (Pants find a greasy Anderson ball, wife wants to stay an extra day, dirty hands from flat tire, emergency mess that needs cleaning, grand kiddo's find mud pit to play in, etc.)
You are correct it is a painfully slow process to drain the fresh water tank. It should not be that slooooow. I postulate that I have poly shavings blocking the outlet. As deep as the drain valve is buried, I have not even considered trying to remove them from the tank, valve and discharge line without flooding the hull in the process.
So, for draining the tank, I do it overnight before winterization the next day.
GJ
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Decalcification of your entire system should be done typically every four years. The hot water side will typically calcify faster than the cold.
Is there a flow difference between your hot water flow vs. cold water flow to the bathroom?
GJ
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4 hours ago, Geronimo John said:
Interesting. I have not ever heard of filtering drinking water to a toilet. The previous owner must have had some really really nasty water that broke the toilet. Or maybe their pets like filtered drinking water.
JD: Most of that was a joke. 🙂
11 minutes ago, jd1923 said:So many of the issues we see are the result of purchasing, agreed 100%. But engineering does not end with design, it is full life cycle, and finishes with Total Customer Satisfaction (Motorola TCS). As a design engineer, my project is not finished until I have 1000 customers providing feedback, and we work the next months, or year towards improvement! GB you @Lisa Rae!
Some engineers are fortunate to have the time and resources for long term project improvement efforts. Sadly, the vast majority of the engineers do not. Hopefully as we return the US economy back to that of actually making what we use, the time and resources will be available for them to do so.
I believe that OTT has invested in this forum in a way as part of their quality improvement efforts. This forum and our Service Tickets are many thousands of opportunities for them to do so. And every one of the items sent their way is in fact looked at and the vast majority are resolved. I also am aware that their Quality Team is active on several of the issues we have seen in this forum discussed. So when we have a problem, those service tickets, and this forum are gold mines for their Quality efforts.
That said, I could not resist the opportunity for levity with the pets, toilets and filtered drinking water crack. PS: I love dogs. Cats and Alligators not so much.
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39 minutes ago, jd1923 said:
Pressure cannot build up in that line, since the fresh tank is vented via an overflow. Just the reason why it takes long to fill the tank
Likely they had an experience where an owner was filling the tank at a VERY high water pressure and flow rate. So much so that the vent line, which is quite substantial, could not handle the flow and the tank failed. Not all engineers are stupid, and OTT does things for a reason. We may not know the reason it, but they know it from experience. Yep for sure.
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7 hours ago, mossemi said:
Note 2: The black fitting behind the toilet is a filter, not a pressure regulator.
Interesting. I have not ever heard of filtering drinking water to a toilet. The previous owner must have had some really really nasty water that broke the toilet. Or maybe their pets like filtered drinking water.
GJ
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On 3/18/2024 at 8:59 AM, Dennis and Melissa said:
6’2” + ollie2 wet bath is NOT luxury.
Not if you were a tent camper for 67 years. It is pure pleasure!
PS: I'm 6'3 225 and love our wet bath!
🙂
GJ
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4 hours ago, rideandfly said:
As I recall, Oliver has been sent a link to this thread. Given the gravity of the error, it would be appropriate customer care, in my judgment, for Oliver to provide an answer to this question.
I also recommend that all Elite II owners with 2" couplers verify that their Bulldog couplers are rated for 7K lbs.
I reached out to Mike at Oliver Servce about this thread last week.
GJ
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Magnesium for sure.
GJ
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5 minutes ago, Tom and Doreen said:
I don't honestly know how the ram 1500 air system works but on my truck I can select "manual" mode to prevent the air suspension from auto-correcting. The other method is to turn the ignition off thereby deactivating the air pump.
Safety John says when hooking up, the TV should be off, in park, and with emergency brake set.
GJ
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The Anderson has about a 10 time learning curve. Once you figure it out, its easy. Here are some suggestions:
First don't mess with the chain lengths or their attachment points unless you are a professional installer or super experienced in the process. Doing so will surely cause grief.
So, for Hooking up the Anderson tips I have found useful:
- Always have both side tires chalked. Ollie going for a down hill ride by itself will be costly. And could be deadly.
- Save yourself grief and strive to only hook up and unhook with Ollie and TV being very straight. You figure that one out soon enough.
- Loosen your chain nuts full loose is a starter step. Like FULL LOOSE with half the threads of the nut showing.
- If you have air bags, to a point, the higher you raise the TV, the looser the chains get. Raise up, couple up, hook up whale plate, then lower to runnng height, then tighten the nuts.
- Having some lubricant on the whale plate and locking pins greatly eases install.
- I use a can of spray lithium grease on mine. Have a rag or paper towels handy.
- If you find stranage stains on your leg or pants .... you know where they came from.
GJ
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On 5/7/2023 at 3:30 PM, SeaDawg said:
I really like Honda (and Yamaha) longevity.
However, the Yamaha has a smaller motor and will not run some A/C units with or without an EZ start as a result... despite being a 2000 watt inverter. Both the Honda 2000 EU and 2200 EU inverters will.
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We have used these for the last six years. They last us about three years.
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23 hours ago, topgun2 said:
Or - do as I do - I use both if possible.😉
So long as you use at least one (Preferably more) boards on top of wood blocks sort of works. Sort of due to the rough surface of the jack skid plate on the softer board. For other blocks with anti-ski surfaces it is not a reliable slip plane.
Here's how I believe the slip interfaces react: (Top To Bottom)
- The rough jack steel base on top of a board on your block is not reliablek as stated above.
- Your one really good slip plane is the board bottom surface to the block top surface if it is smooth. If not, it is a gamble.
- The block to dirt slip plane is also not reliable. In softer grounds it gets pushed into the dirt a bit. On paving, the hard bumps of the paving resist the block from moving. So, as above, this one also is not a reliable slip plane..
So with a block on a single board setup, you have one slip plane of variable reliability.
However with three or more boards you have at least 2 reliable slip planes:
- The jack steel base to the top of board. As above this one does not count.
- Next you have at least two really good slip planes between the three smooth boards.
- As above, the board to dirt slip plane is not reliable and does not count.
Having at least two good slip planes is very effective. However, if I had already purchased the blocks, I would at least carry three boards to get one effective slip plane. More if I wanted two slip planes per jack...belts and suspenders.
GJ
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On 3/16/2024 at 5:21 AM, rideadeuce said:
Hey guys, I think I may have just figured out why this happened. If I am thinking about this correctly, looks like to me the wrong coupler was installed from the factory. 5k instead of the 7k coupler. Maybe one from the Elite I got put into the Elite II pile, they look identical, except for the notorious gusset. Just noticed this when I was looking it over again.
On 3/16/2024 at 5:29 AM, Rivernerd said:It appears to me that Oliver owes you reimbursement for your replacement coupler. I recommend you submit a service ticket. Oliver has acted responsibly when advised of manufacturing errors in the past
wow. Yep to both! Glad we got that figured out!
GJ
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120v wiring failure & good news on fridge outlet
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