Galway Girl

The larger batteries 2 instead of 3) are also within a UL Approved aluminum case.

We’ve been traveling for 2 years now and this is the first time for us…a full size , 2 axle tiny home. Not sure how it fit through the entry gate at the start of the loop. (Height restriction) We’re at Lake Pleasant Regional County Park (Nw of Pheonix) A bigger truck pulled through the campground and dropped off a tiny home…then left. The owners showed up soon after in a car and are setting up. Quite a nice view for them out back.

I added the TST transmitter to the power head of the front jack. I leave mine on all the time as the draw is very low. ( Others may choose to add a switch to the back side of the case. For the + power to the transmitter it’s easy to tap a fuse line into the black + wire between the raise/lower toggle switch and light switch. Negative connects to any of the the metal case hex head screws. We use a cover on the jack head so I don’t worry about water incursion. Just for good measure I sealed the wire going through the case with 3m 4200 black sealant.

Most boat parts/supply shops carry the material. You can also find it on Amazon. Marine Board HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) Marine Board is known under many different monikers, such as Marine Grade HDPE, Sea Board, Star Board, Marine Plywood, and Marine Lumber. Despite having numerous names, all forms of Marine Board are made of specially treated high density polyethylene, or HDPE.

I’m turning in a service ticket on this issue of short cycling and extreme temps in belly.

The data shown is from our twin bed model.

Old thread but new data for chewing on: I installed a sensor hanging next to the water pump under the curb side bed and one at the furnace thermostat. The data below is taken across a full day while outside night temps are in the low 30f range and we set the furnace to heat living space to 62F at night. I set a threshold at 100F for the water pump belly sensor and you see the time between 12am and 8am that belly temps hit > 100F as the heater cycles on and off while maintaining 58-62f in the cabin. (Thermostat sensor). I’m curious if this is normal for that the space under the bed is 40F hotter than the main cabin? Craig

N Rim CG closing water and seasons operation on Sunday. In 30’s at night and 55 today. 75% of food and ice cream! Store is almost bare.

I carry a spare pump as they do sometimes fail. I have it stored in a case and setup so it can be used to fill fresh water through the fill port. (An alternative to using the house pump.) Project here: https://4-ever-hitched.com/ggs-blog/f/transfer-pump-project Craig - Hull 505

Welcome to the forum. My wife and I retired a couple years back and bought an Oliver. We created a blog to help our family see various campgrounds, trip logs and provide tips for them and other Oliver owners. Here’s the link to Galway Girls (Hull 505) Blog: https://4-ever-hitched.com At the top and bottom of the blog are links an Amazon "Oliver Outfitters Guide". That guide is a list that’s been made for great Oliver gear along with comments from Oliver owners that describe how it fits or works in and Oliver. Oliver Outfitters Guide on Amazon Craig & Rose Hull 505 - Galway Girl

Our original hoses from Oliver cracked after a year , and we bought much better quality thicker walled Rhino flex replacement hoses. Listed them in the Oliver Outfitters Guide on Amazon https://4-ever-hitched.com

Here you go…a 2023 trip to Alaska. https://4-ever-hitched.com/alaska-2023 If you have specific questions, we will reply. Sent from the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.

Zamp connector compatible solar panel suitcase build here: https://4-ever-hitched.com/ggs-blog/f/here-comes-the-sun

Fuses can partially blow under load and then not be fully open. Between fuse and ground should be ~12v. Try replacing the pump fuse in your panel with a fresh one as a first step.

I assume the shaft snapped due to our letting the pedal snap back every so often. I’m no longer doing that with the new one. The slow close lid can be ordered separately on Amazon or from various trailer parts stores. The 310 series of toilets includes the model 311 which was what we replaced. The Oliver Outfitters Guide has both the lid and the whole toilet listed now. Oliver Outfitters Guide

Here’s the part that broke on our Dometic 311 toilet, and the repair process. Foot Flush lever - broken center shaft. No Dometic repairable parts. Note, we could still manually reach down and flush the toilet as temporary work around. 10 steps in the repair 1) ordered a new Dometic model 311 toilet with slow close heavy duty lid. Opened and inspected new fixture to assure all parts are there and no damage. Dometic Model: 311 Mfg#: 302311681 Amazon $261.00 Note: It comes with new seal already installed on bottom of toilet and new T bolts, nuts and plastic covers. 2) Turn off water valve behind toilet & flush toilet and inspect no water in bowl or clinging items down drain. Remove water supply line on bottom/back of toilet. 3) pop off plastic caps from mounting bolts on both sides of the toilet with flat blade screw driver. 4) use 7/16 wrench to remove the 2 toilet mounting bolts. 5) pull toilet straight up then pivot back out of bathroom. 6) on the mounting ring, remove existing t slot bolts and clean mounting ring and seal mating surface. If mounting flange has no cracks or breaks, then continue. (If you have cracks you can buy a steel toilet flange repair ring that mounts on top of the existing plastic body.) 7) insert new T slot bolts into flange so they are parallel to the front of the shower pan. ( 3 and 9 o’clock) 😎 Lower new toilet down over mounting bolts. The toilet will not be fully down on surface until you tighten the bolts. 9) use 7/16” wrench to tighten bolts alternating from one side then the other to compress the seal. Don’t over tighten either side, just slowly tighten until the toilet is flush with floor all around the base. 10) hook up water and test flush checking for any leaks around toilet base or water lines. This took me 30 minutes. The RV Park in Moab we were at let me ditch the old toilet in the shipping box in their dumpster. We are back to foot flushing. As an added benefit, our new toilet has a very substantial slow close lid.

Welcome from Everett Wa Hull 505

Stepped on our Dometic 311 flush valve and it popped off. Upon inspection the flush mechanism can be worked by hand (eew) but it sheared the center pivot shaft. Dometic said…no part for that…so I have a new toilet on order to be delivered to our RV park while we are in Moab this week. I’ll paste in pix of the repair later on this thread. Anyone else had that flush (step on) mechanism shear off?

Be careful if a shutdown happens it can close National Parks Oct 1. We are heading to mighty 5 in Utah soon and the Utah Governor stated yesterday that Utah plans to keep their NP’s open by paying the operating costs from Utahs budget. 90% of Utahs campgrounds are Federal Parks and many communities rely on camping public to survive.

Ditto: We had a call to Truma at one point and their first question was if we had an outside shower. Same issue fixed Truma as well. Hot and cold shower valves must be off or hot and cold water mix and the heater will run and only produce lukewarm water.

Lee, I just sent you an email. we’re in Colorado now moving to Utah for the mighty 5 next week. Maybe we could sync up. Craig Short Hull 505

You either have a 2000 watt or 3000watt inverter. The wiring diagrams are different. Which do you have? The microwave may be on a separate circuit from the other outlets which share one common gfci outlet. I concur that gfci plugs could fail, or a loose ground.

I found 2 on each side on our 2019 EII

I mounted our TST transmitter on the side of the front jack case. Been working well for 4 years.

I’ve added the sensors I use to the list here: Oliver Outfitters Guide on Amazon They can be attached in various places using a zip tie in the corner hole. I’ll be adding one outside near my propatanks next.