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Good product and now I take them off to service as I lost one during a recent refill. John

We lost one of ours and didn't realize until we saw the rust ring. Ordered 1 and will keep an eye out for future loss..

How long did your Briteways last? We have them in our 2022. So far, so good. We have the Zamp solar controller. We'll be switching to lithiums when we have to. John

Thanks, Ron :)

Any particular brand?

I want to put a future Victron MPPT controller underneath the twin bed and am exploring options to eliminate the Zamp connector as it seems flimsy and loose to me, with the added reverse polarity connection for my non-Zamp portable solar panel. The Zamp SAE connection seems to pull loose quite often. I'm not bent on using the Powerpole, mostly exploring options for the moment. Right now I'll be going from an XT-60 connection on the solar panel to MC4 for 20 ft cabling to the Zamp to the Victron to the original battery wires from the Oliver that go to the external Zamp connector. I don't much care for the difficulty in disconnecting MC4 connections...this is for a portable solar panel. Right now I need to determine if the Victron can just connect directly to the 2 wires going from the Oliver to the Zamp connector. As you can see from the photos, those 2 input wires go to a block the splits to destinations unknown to me. I put this question to OTT service to see what they have to say. I'm probably barking up the wrong tree with this, making things too complicated, but want to consider opportunities to simplify things with the Victron installation. John

That's what I thought as well. I'm not rushing into anything at the moment :)

Hello, I have hull 996 (2022 Oliver Elite 2) and had OTT install an external Zamp connector to use a portable solar panel. Currently I use a Renogy 100w portable panel, through a reversing connector installed on the Zamp connector. All works ok but I'd like to replace the OTT supplied Zamp connector with an Anderson Powerpole connector. If I can work up the courage to cut a hole in the side of my Oliver . My question is this: can I simply remove the Zamp connector and use the wiring as installed by OTT and connect to the Anderson...red to positive and black to negative? My confusion comes from the fact that Zamp uses an unique polarity scheme and I don't know if OTT wired the trailer for that circuit differently. Can I just count on the trailers red to be positive and black to be negative? I plan to simply cut off the 2 wires going to the Zamp connector and connect red to red, black to black, to the Anderson. The 2 wires lead to a bundle that connect to other wires as shown in my attached photos. I'm hoping I can simply use those 2 wires from the Zamp to connect to the Anderson. Kind Regards, John

7months now and still good :)

I did not pursue the quest for a different brand... Sorry, I should have responded sooner. At the time I was interested in rerouting the hoses to relieve the tight bends when I encountered my problem. I ended up with everything as I received from Oliver.

Good to know...thanks :) John

Very true...we started out with many trips to the CAT scales before leaving on this year's trip. As full timers we carry everything we own with us and we have a topper on our truck bed. We found we have to transfer 150 lbs (3 tool bags and 2 buckets of liquids) from the truck to the trailer every time we move on to our next destination and transfer it back when we reach our campsite. A slight PITN, but necessary. That puts us at 6800 lbs on the trailer for travel and reduces the truck weight to 6770 lbs (our GVWR is 6800 for the truck) with 10% tongue weight, full propane tanks, full tank of gas in the truck, and fridge/supplies stocked up. So pretty much if we want to add anything, we have to get rid of something. On a better note, I think we've lost 20 lbs each from all of our hiking :) so a trim down on things we can get rid of in a couple of weeks when we get back to SC and we may be able to add that battery/solar powered portable refrigerator or maybe a second awning for our Oliver. All part of this wonderful deal :) John

Nice "Halloween" touch to the Oliver Logo

How thick?

Bill, How do you like the "this stuff"? Does it stick as you'd like it to? Any quieting from basement noises will be appreciated. John

Dude! THE BEARD!!! I'm envious :) I don't remember seeing any of that at the rally... Glad ya'll are having wonderful adventures. We'll be back to SC at the end of the month. Somewhere between 21 and 22 thousand miles on the rig by then (big smile)! Happy Trails, John

U guys are livin the life :)

We hope to be there...if we can leave on time from SC :) John

Thanks...I really like your setup. I've been looking for a way to move my Renogy controller from the 100w panel to a place close to my trailer batteries, and the portable, waterproof case seems a good portable solution John

About 4 yrs but still behaves as if new. Yes, it charges to 100% on a/c and approx 70% on solar. Haven't decided on replacement.

TY, John

4 x 6 volt Bright Way Group 220ah AGMs for 440 ah capacity.

I don't know, Bill. I've not decided on the panels yet. Originally I was trying to take advantage of Amazon's price breaks today but have decided to not make any rash decisions, as I want to make the best possible decision with this. My OMMO solar battery will not complete its charge as I think it has its own controller internally and when charging it I've been using Renogy's controller also and I think that's what's preventing a full charge.....but then again, I really don't have a clue. I think 2 controllers are creating the problem with completing the charge.

Thanks, Bill

As in the "AGM" mode as selected on the new panel's controller? Ultimately I'll want to use the new 200w panel to also charge a portable power station, as in a Jackery, etc.