Frank C

It’s removable for cleaning the window tracks and weep holes. It’s easily pushed back into place.

And it’s a DPDT (double pole double throw) switch, so it doesn’t matter which set of 3 inline terminals you use. Either set of 3 will work. The other unused set of 3 inline terminals will just serve no function since the switch is only switching one load (the pump).

This pic may help to add to what bhncb posted. Black wire to the middle terminal of one set of terminals. And the gray to the outer end terminals. Both of my gray wires have a red stripe. The spiral wrap is something I added to clean up the wiring a bit.

If it was stuck in Clean/De-Calcify mode that would be indicated on the control panel inside the trailer with the LED blinking slowly, even if you turned the knob back to the normal mode, and you’d have to do the procedure that Rivernerd mentioned. If the LED on the interior control panel is illuminated solid when in the Normal or ECO mode and not blinking any error code pattern that means the Truma controller thinks everything is ok so the problem may be elsewhere. Double check all your water valves under the bed to make sure they are all in the correct normal position. Does the lack of hot water issue happen both when hooked to city water and when using the fresh tank & pump? You mentioned that you are winterizing also. Did you bypass the Truma as required when you winterized? This is very important! And since you have an older Ollie it may be overdue for a decalcification.

Happy New Year to all and happy trails & safe travels in 2023!

Thanks for posting the follow up article. It’s pretty clear that the truck was overloaded, even though the owner thinks otherwise. The owner was using the wrong payload numbers for his specific truck. He was going by the absolute max payload number advertised (regular cab, gas engine 2 wheel drive, base model) and not using his actual payload number for his crew cab diesel 4x4. I’m glad the article pointed that out, but that owner still seems either unable or unwilling to accept the math. I’d love to see the owner post a picture of his door jamb payload label on his truck. That one simple picture would speak volumes. This also makes it pretty clear that the manufacturers don’t use a huge safety factor multiplier in designing for their payload ratings. The limit is the limit!

Like John, I’m also a big fan of Redline CV-2 grease, and I use that for my annual Ollie wheel bearing maintenance. But with the jacks, considering the pain in the a** it is to clean out all of the old grease from the gear drive mechanism, plus the very limited running time that the jacks actually operate (only a couple of minutes total run time per year for the jacks, compared to wheel bearings that see many many hours of high speed, high temperature and high load), I just used the grease recommended for the jacks (packed well) since mixing different types of grease isn’t recommended.

The jack manual says to use Mobilith 460.

Merry Christmas to all!

It was pretty ridiculous early this morning. There were so many spam posts coming in continuously that it was hard to find any of the real user posts! The moderators did a great job of putting an end to it and removing those posts.

It’s not related to your computer. It’s the moderators on the forum that quickly remove spam posts. But this morning it was a very different type of spam/fake user/bot posts. This forum was getting bombarded this morning by HUNDREDS of spam posts about bogus airline ticket reservations from fake user accounts. The moderators quickly removed all those posts and have temporarily blocked any new users from joining until a better security solution is found to prevent fake bot user accounts.

You can try to ban him, but….

This site is getting overrun by bots/SPAM! Is it time to block any more new user ID creation & sign ups until a better new member verification system can be put in place?

Doesn’t your Oliver have a Hull # plaque inside the entry door?

The Host is not limited to one RV. HH usually limits a member to a stay of one night at a location (sometimes longer with host permission), but the host is not limited to one RV per night. HH locations list the number of sites & size of sites in their details on the HH website and app, usually more than one site available. We’ve been at many HH overnight stays with multiple RVs at the same location for the night. HH is so popular now that it’s actually been very rare that we are ever the only RV at a location when we stay. Here’s an example of one recent host we used. They list 15 spots available. And there were 8 other RVs there the night we stayed (the distillery had a Halloween costume party that night 🎃 ). We all had a very nice time gathered around the fire ring that the distillery provided. Fortunately they had a lot of nice level ground for so many RVs at once. So once you get to 10 or 15 spots, isn’t that a campground? 🙂

No surprise here. It’s the same as registering any other vehicle here in PA. Have to pay sales tax, title fee, plate fee, etc at time of title registration. And PA also requires annual safety inspection of the trailer.

Double check all the valves under the bed to make sure they are all in the winterizing position, and make sure at least one faucet is open.

And it happens to others too.

Yeah, the max spec for a gas RAM seems like it should be enough. The diesel loses quite a bit of max payload but should still be sufficient. Can’t tell from the photo if that’s a diesel RAM or not. Like you said, it would be interesting to see the specific ratings for their truck. It’s a fairly new truck (2020) so you would assume it’s not a frame corrosion issue. But wow that is still a really heavy camper! That’s like parking an Elite II in the pickup bed!

Wow! 😳. They said they weren’t overloaded because they have a RAM 3500 one-ton truck but that Eagle 1165 truck camper spec sheet lists a dry weight of 4,917 pounds!!! Add a full fresh tank (66 gallons!) and camping gear, food, etc and the total load would get close to 6,000 lbs.

Here’s a pic of the hypervent pieces around the outside of the mattress. I pulled them up for the photo. Normally they tuck fully behind the mattress and are not visible.

The rear window has a sliding pane that opens, same as the side windows. The entire rear window swings out for emergency exit.

You may not want to push your new custom mattress dimensions to the absolute maximum. If you’re ordering the optional hypervent mat from Oliver for ventilation under the mattresses to prevent condensation & mildew, there are also sections of the hypervent mat that go between the outer sides of the mattress and the fiberglass wall of the trailer. You have to leave some room for those sections of the hypervent mat, ~1”. That’s why the mattress dimensions Oliver shows are slightly smaller than the absolute max space available.

On our Ollie, that cable in the attic comes directly from the external “satellite” port on the outer hull. It is for connecting an external portable satellite antenna to a satellite receiver that you would locate in the attic. The external “cable” port on the outer hull goes directly to the TV. The switch you mentioned that other owners have is part of the optional TV antenna package that Oliver offers as an extra cost upgrade. If you didn’t get the optional TV antenna package you won’t have that switch.