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Hi, June. Welcome to the forum. You have lots of time to learn about the Oliver systems, virtually, through the Oliver University manuals and videos, and I'd encourage you to do so. I'd also encourage you to visit with friends who camp, and/or, rent a camper to learn a bit. Everything is doable, but trying to learn everything, at once, can be daunting. Everyone is a newbie once. Later on, you can help others with your experience, when everything becomes routine.

What a great idea! Thanks for the detailed info.

I'm sorry that stay is limited to one night. That first night, most owners are just figuring out the switches. Most problems don't show up for a day or two or three, until folks actually use all the systems. The new campsites look great! Will dry camping still be available at the old sales office? Great practice, close to the service center, to camp without hookups, for a night or two

Here's a link to @katanapilot thread. My db ratings are there, (scroll down) and some short videos. You can hear me speaking, in a normal voice, well above the background sound of the ac running on high. It is an amazing difference. There's a lot of injected foam in the upper unit. We used a closed cell foam seal, rather than the recommended sealant, for the upper unit. Time will tell if that was best, but no leaks so far, and I thought the foam might give a better seal, and eliminate a bit of the snare drum effect of shroud on fiberglass... The air chute is some kind of fabricky stuff, vs metal, all of which, I'm sure makes a difference. The thing I'm not fond of is the big round air intake on top, no screens. We haven't (yet) added a screen. Imstead, we use a vinyl drawstring cover over the ac when not in use (most of the time, for us.) We have the smaller 9.5k unit, and I think we're the only ones, so far. As such, we don't get heat from ours, only cool. 13.5v unit has a heat pump. Totally ok with us, as we rarely have electricity. (No leaks, even with a foot if rain, in 28 hours last month, in WNC.) If you want any more info, I'll try to answer your questions. Fortunately or unfortunately, we chase the cooler weather, and haven't used the new unit much. Just a week or two in Florida, cleaning up and packing up.

I also think that all the lithium charger companies should allow for a setting for keeping batteries at a different level than 100 per cent, with a soft switch. We have victron on the boat. I haven't looked to see if that's possible,,as we still have lead batteries there. And, the boat is Paul's baby. The trailer is mine. And, we don't have lithium, yet, in either. A limiting soft switch at 50 per cent, or so, for those of us with solar, and (future, maybe, for us) lithium would make so much sense. We go away for months at a time. I'd like to be able to leave critical systems, like propane and smoke alarm and bilge pumps functioning, and let the batteries charge . Not a very difficult thing, imo. Tesla does it in their cars .

Yes, they fit in the same rough opening. We did have to file a couple rough spots in the opening of our 2008. The plastic insert collar that is the first step, and most important, is a very tight fit. The old Dometic didn't require tight tolerances. (Remember, we were replacing 2008 equipment. ) Less than a minute with a file fixed everything. There is a very measurable difference in sound level. I don't have an expensive meter, just a download db meter, but between that, and my own ears, the noise difference is quite huge. I'll look for my old posts.

I too, think it was @NCeagle, now that you've brought up his name . I don't think a dc to dc charger would make a difference, unless you were specifically running your vehicle (connected to the trailer) to charge the batteries in your trailer. I don't have these components, haven't read the manuals or studied schematics. But, that's my (not a user) opinion.

I always encourage owners who can identify and fix their problems themselves, to open a service ticket, anyway. Service and factory do communicate. If they don't know there's a problem, they can't fix it. Any issues. Large or small, need to be added to qc inspection.

I agree. For western owners in windy conditions, particularly, a manual or "delete" option would be really nice. We have used our manual awning almost every day this season, in western North Carolina. We've had a LOT of rain, but not a lot of wind. (We roll it up if it gets gusty.) Honestly, our Fiamma manual was up during much of the 12' rain in 28 hours, last month. We raked it considerably, might have introduced some stretch, but it sure was nice to sit outside on our redneck deck that we built to keep our feet out of the mud. We've been here on our camping property in wnc 4+ months, since April. Dropping the Fiamma manual low allows us to reach the leaves and detritus with an extended carwash soft brush, and clean it out prior to roll up. Can't open the trailer door, but a few minutes is not axbig deal. We're both outside working, with the awning, anyway .

If I'm reading this, and the other posts, about it correctly, "off" actually means that circuit is nonfunctional. "Auto on" would mean the charger would only kick in when it sensed charging capability from a vehicle. Which would never happen with a travel trailer. I could be way off base, but that's how I read it. It's totally beyond me why there isn't a software switch, besides this. And a setting for adjusting charge level, as in tesla batteries. This is a #vanlife kind of thing, and a great workaround. Trying to remember which member found it. Please step up, take a bow, and add a link?

I agree, wholeheartedly. I called today to schedule an appointment for our new atv side by side. Months out. The mechanic is going to call me to see if we can fix the squeak, ourselves. Response from Oliver has been far and above what I've seen on sob forums that I follow. I don't know how they do it. Loyal folks, for sure .

When we were installing our smaller unit, I remember seeing something like a temp probe, that we pushed away from the big, fabricky air chute. When we get to run ours longer, we'll see what it does. If it starts to do really short cycles in hot summer weather, I'll pull the interior shroud and see if we can push it further away from air circulation. Sorry now that I didn't take more photos. But, I was a bit busy...

I agree. And, if we can, could we keep this thread more about rear cameras? Thanks in advance.

Looks great, with your low profile fan, too. I'm curious about the relatively short cycles. We haven't experienced this, but we have a smaller unit, and smaller trailer. I'd like to see a wider range in temp with the thermostat setup. We haven't been able to use our Houghton, much.

Hi, Ralph A, and welcome to the forum. There's only one Legacy II for sale in classifieds at the moment. Now that you are a member, you can see the ads, so you may want to follow that forum for new ads. Good luck.

Indeed. We were very careful to remove the vents ourselves, and keep them at home, when we had the dual pane windows removed and repaired this year. I have no idea why maxxair doesn't make them anymore. They're so nice in the rain. I can keep two sliders open about 1/4, and still circulate air. I think @csevel kept hers when she sold her Casita, and I certainly would, too! Once in a great while, new/old stock used to pop up on eBay. Haven't seen them in a long time.

@Overland has 640 watts on his roof. Oliver did this install back when they did more customization. I don't know if they had to move any of the rooftop equipment , but I'm sure he'll know. Others have added the narrow 80 watt zamp panels to the system themselves, and upped their fixed wattage. We doubled our wattage on our trailer by swapping out our 2 x 100 watt panels for slightly larger 200 watt panels in our sidemount system. So, it is possible, even with the limited rooftop real estate, to increase solar production. Your trailer may look like a landing strip from above, and you'll probably get some shading from the ac and vents at various times of the day, but it will up the production.

You might want to study this thread. Minnesotaoli does very thoughtful, careful mods:

Welcome! Chris and Cheri are not only really nice people, but super smart, and honest in their many online reports. They came to our house to see their first Oliver. We had a lot of fun that day because they are so interesting and knowledgeable people. They drove a path for many improvements, in the early Oliver days. Our original pv system used their components, studied and vetted by them. I know they've moved on, after three or four years of living and working in their Oliver, to the bus, boat, and van, but their research benefitted all of us.

Take off the grates and cover the spreaders with good paper towels. Mop it up. If I had one handy, I'd take a wet/dry shop vac to it. How much water are we discussing?

I didn't pick one up, but should have. Sure beats big needles, a punch, and a leather palm. If they still have any next trip, I will. Would be handy on the boat, too.

And, it's pretty, too!

Beautiful photos! As you know, Muncho Lake is one of my very favorite places. Glad you stopped. So sorry about the black flies. We usually are there in spring.

Here's my old thread. There are many others.

I'd admit that light rain may be a bigger issue with surface tension. That's where the inobtrusive gutters keep you very dry. Or, pipe cleaners...