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  1. We're getting hull #996 done by CGI next month in Murfreesboro, TN.  We saw hull# 67 on display at the rally and then made our decision.  We're probably going to do our 2019 Silverado as well.  It's just becoming quite a chore waxing them.  The Casita was a lot easier to do 🙂 

    John

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  2. 5 minutes ago, johnwen said:

    AHAAAAA!!!!  After lying around all night I came up with the idea of approaching this problem from another angle 🙂  I took a very bright light, at night, and shone it from the top of the control panel on the front of the refrigerator, inside the trailer, and there it was plain as day as I looked through the upper vent from the outside......it is an improper mating of the fridge and the cabinet, at the top of the unit.  My guess is that the fridge frame is not compressing the combustion seal and there is a gap between the two.  Anyway, at least I can identify the problem with the aid of my flashlight.  Now, to get it fixed will be next!

    John

    I submitted this to OTT

  3. AHAAAAA!!!!  After lying around all night I came up with the idea of approaching this problem from another angle 🙂  I took a very bright light, at night, and shone it from the top of the control panel on the front of the refrigerator, inside the trailer, and there it was plain as day as I looked through the upper vent from the outside......it is an improper mating of the fridge and the cabinet, at the top of the unit.  My guess is that the fridge frame is not compressing the combustion seal and there is a gap between the two.  Anyway, at least I can identify the problem with the aid of my flashlight.  Now, to get it fixed will be next!

    John

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  4. Hi Chukarhunter,

    My circuit board does have the hole you described but the board appears to be set away from the structure so there is a 1/2 in, or so, gap that would allow air behind the circuit board from any angle, not just through the square hole shown in the picture.  If I look 1 inch to the left of the board and 6 inches to the right, I see 1/2 inch wide, vertical mount/support, metal bars.  And to the outside of them there is a 1/2 gap that air could penetrate.  Since these is no way for me to see through that gap, I couldn't guess whether or not air can penetrate from behind there.  

    John

  5. 2 hours ago, Chukarhunter said:

    There have been numerous posts on this forum of the propane detector being too sensitive or going off for unexplained reasons.  It is possible that the combustion air path through the front control panel of the Norcold refrigerator has been the cause of some of these false alarms.  Maybe they are not all false.

    I have attached a PDF file from Norcold.  On page 7 it references a combustion seal that is designed to prevent this problem.  Either the seal is missing, damaged or the OTT cabinet is not cut properly to receive the refrigerator.  I have an appointment with OTT next month to take a look at this.  Hopefully the problem will be resolved.  There is no doubt air moves into the cabin around the control panel on a windy day.  Best of luck 🙂 

    John  

    911746810_Norcoldrefrigerator.pdf

  6. On 2/10/2022 at 12:30 PM, Chukarhunter said:

    Pack any extra weight in the Oliver on the floor or bunk centered over the axles as much as possible.  Move this weight to the pickup when you set up camp.  And don't travel long distances without first emptying the blackwater tank which adds considerable tongue weight.

    This is what we have to do also.  120 lbs worth of stuff gets transferred every time we tow, but it's not so bad.  We have a shell on the back of our Silverado that took 200 or so pounds from our GVWR capacity.  6720 for the Oliver, 680 tongue, 10.1%.  All weights are barely legal, but legal.  We tow great and get 12 MPG with 87 octane or 14.5 MPG with 88 octane (level and no wind).

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  7. Hi Csevel,

    You remind me of me, lol.  I seem to use every tool I own to get a project done.  I might as well empty my tool bag on a blanket next to me, it saves a lot of up and down time 🙂 Hope to see you at the rally, safe travels.

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  8. 2 hours ago, John E Davies said:

    I learned that some Dometic RM2454 fridges have cooling fans located between the upper and lower coils, in an area that is completely inaccessible without removing the unit entirely. Jason in Service told me that they started receiving these units in mid-2017 (mine was delivered in May '17), and that previously there was NO Dometic fan installed. On those units Oliver added their own fan, positioned up high above the upper coils where it was easily reached, and I believe these fans also had an inside On/ Off switch. Yay! Good thinking.

    https://olivertraveltrailers.com/forums/topic/3296-how-to-dometic-refrigerator-cooling-fan-noisy-disconnect-the-power-wire/

    John Davies

    Spokane WA

    Thank you, John 🙂 

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  9. On 3/17/2022 at 4:39 PM, Galway Girl said:

    Just FYI here's my explanation of our Lithionics Upgrade ...may be useful for those reading this thread.

    Thanks for your write-up, GG 🙂 Very helpful to me for whenever I upgrade.

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  10. Frank,

    As I understand it, the 3" diameter pvc pipe just shoves down through a rubber grommet that OTT affixed to the top of the black tank.  Did you have any problems doing that?  This looks like a fix I'll be doing in the near future.  I like it 🙂 I'll try to find you at the rally and see if you still like your fix.  I really want to only have to fix that flange 1 more time.  Does the foam seal on the bottom of the toilet appear to seat properly on the new metal flange?  The original plastic flange has a flat top and your flange looks to have a convex shape to its top.

    Thanks a bunch,

    John

  11. 1 hour ago, routlaw said:

    Also just a quick word about the camera gear sensing that many on this forum have a deep interest in photography to one degree or the other. These photos were taken with either a Nikon Z7 mirrorless, Nikon D810 or my iPhone 13 shooting in RAW and developing in Lightroom then off to Photoshop for final edits. For the iPhone I use either Pro Cam or Halide for the app to capture in RAW, the difference between either of these two and the built in camera is night and day but does require some post production work. Hopefully this will be helpful for those interested.

    Thank you, routlaw, for all the wonderful photos and camera/pp software information.  Are you by chance going to the rally?  Would love to chat with you about photography.

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  12. 58 minutes ago, mossemi said:

    And by now you have figured out that I have the ability to make a long story, longer.  And I am persistent to the point of stupidity!  And I just had a new thought, has the tank moved from its original position and that caused the misalignment?

    Mossemi, thanks for your candor and help.  Are you by chance coming to the rally?

    John

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