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Welcome, from hull #12, 2008. Hoping for you that you live yours as much as we've loved ours. 17 years is a long and fun run . Enjoy every minute.

Where there is a will, there is always a way. We all do what we can to make our trailers take more time to deal with, and hope they'll go on to an easier target. Imo

Not a cat owner, but i have to say that little kitty is adorable! Our dogs have traveled with us from early puppyhood. Best to break them in early, I think. Liv was an international traveler. And great on planes, and in the truck. Taz has been traveling, plane and truck, since 8 weeks. He doesn't really love planes anymore, but he sure loves camping!

So, do you climb up and deploy the starlink mini each time you use it?

Your old 110/12v probably actually operated on 12v, just stepped down converted power. You'll likely never notice the difference.

My eyelids must be thin, according to my husband. I'm another one who blocks out little lights at night. Fortunately, very few in a 2008.

So very happy for you! Happy motoring!

Wow! Looks like a "vintage" Elite like our 2008. Did you ever get to meet the owners?

Mary, @Roadlotus, I think you've had a tough year, and hoping all is now well. Thank you for your candid response. Its not easy when combining work, camping, and life.

Yup. Years ago, it was easier. My 2005 Silverado has a fuse. Messed us up early on (2008) as I recall.

If he's charging off ac power, but not solar, it's likely an issue with the solar charge controller. Or, solar wiring. We live off solar, home, and trailer, and boat. If batteries accept charge from ac, it's something in the solar panel wiring system, or charge controller.

This is not factory, imo. And may very well be at least a part of your issue, if not the entire issue.

Most things that "go wrong" in my 17 year experience can be handled by me and my husband, or a local rv tech. That said, every 3 to 5 years, we head to hohenwald. Mostly because we want to see the progress the factory has made, and reconnect with friends there. Oliver was always very good at helping remote locations with our few issues.

I get the hesitancy on Oliver's part. A few people have asked me about dc units in the past year, and I've been hesitant, too. 12v requires much bigger wire, and not being able to "see" the available interstitial space gives me pause What do you not like about your freshjet? You were the Pioneer, here, and I think a lot of folks would like to hear your impressions after a few years.

My experience with electric brakes is, they mostly work. We did have an issue back in 2008 or 9. Mostly going down mountain," nc " would pop up on the tekonsha. Certainly, unsettling. Turned out to be a loose ground wire . Couldn't blame anyone but us, as we drove /drive a lot of rough paths. No problem since. Same Tekonsha. Moved it from 2004 Volvo to 2005 Chevy to 2008 dodge ram. Guessing we are driving more "vintage" vehicles than you are. They are actually pretty simple mechanisms, all things considered. Since your brakes appear to work properly with the Airstream connected, you likely have a bad connection somewhere in your Oliver. Please keep us posted on what the mobile tech discovers.

Welcome from #12. Happy travels!

Yup

@jd1923, you're not likely to ever get full rated power from solar panels. The ratings are determined under standard testing conditions, carefully controlled, to have some sort of industry benchmark. Any honest panel reseller will tell you you are likely lucky to get 60 to 75 per cent of that rating, in real world conditions, even less if you park in the shade, or place portable panels where they may get shade. Why? Temperature affects production. The hotter the temperature, the less power produced. Pollution/smog. Clouds. Dirt on the panels themselves. Even partial shading of a few cells of a panel may severely reduce its output. When we built our house, we "oversized" the system a bit, with the help of our honest installer/privider. So in ten years, we've not had a power bill, other than the base grid connection fees. Those additional panels are long ago paid for. And my fuel cost for the ev is zero, when I charge at home. We don't have enough rooftop on an Elite to oversize a system, so some of us need and want portable systems when we are camped for a period of time, for the additional charging capability without having to set up a generator. Everyone has a different camping style and different needs. Glad the dc to dc charger is working well for your camping style.

Nan, if CGI did your coating, I'd contact them on best practices. My guess would be cleaning ONLY the area where the tape will be used, with something like isopropyl alcohol, to remove the coating. (We had to do that to remove years of wax when we applied ours, years ago. )

In the 4' wide x 6' long truckbed, with the tailgate down. Properly strapped and secured, I'd hope. Interestingly enough, many of the cybertrucks I see are driven by contractors or trades. Maybe for the battery power, or the attention. Idk. I see 2 or 3 cybertrucks every day, and as many rivians. The rivian is definitely more "trucklike."

Beautiful work, @Snackchaser!

Did you order zamp portable panels? "Zoup" a typo? Zamp panels are set for the wiring. Every other brand I've seen is reversed polarity. An adapter will take care of that issue. Oh, I see zoupw on Amazon. Check the polarity.

Norcold was bought out by Dometic a number of years ago, so parts may indeed be an issue. What problem do you have with the current norcold? We swapped our original 2008 norcold for a dometic. Then, we swapped the dometic for a 12v danfoss/secop TF130, truckfridge, years ago, when the dometic failed. The truckfridge was half the price of the marine brands, because it doesn't require coast guard certs. So, galvanized instead of stainless, in some spots. Black front only. No swapping swing on the door. Otherwise, exactly the same as the much higher priced marine cert model, and hey, the land yacht doesn't (actually) float. It has worked great for us. Compressor Refrigerators in 2016 Oliver LEII - Ollie Modifications - Oliver Owner Forums https://share.google/jDmOB9WE4rTDU9GFp

I think i may have camped in that same site. Love Fort DeSoto. An oasis, in a very congested county. It's a favorite for us, too. Tough to get a res in the winter season, though, unless you plan a long time ahead. (Not our long suit. Lol.)

At least a few have done it, with the original door. Please add your hull # and infinity to your signature.