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trekhard

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  • Do you own an Oliver Travel Trailer, other travel trailer or none?
    I own an Oliver Travel Trailer
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    823
  • Year
    2021
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    Oliver
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    Legacy Elite II
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    Standard Floor Plan

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  1. John do you have any idea what the problem was- is there a safety issue etc? Is it indicative of the Transfer Relay going bad as I'm reading on other RV forums?
  2. ps- I'm not sure how to reply to just one person.... or how to select a quote directly. Thanks Chukarhunter. I think the door was the reason we couldn't get cool!!
  3. Thanks everybody. I didn't see replies so just now looking back at my post. I think what happened is that we were loading the trailer while trying to cool it and that just didn't allow for cooling at all. When the door stays closed, we finally had cooling!!!
  4. 2021 E2 390 AH 3000 W Inverter I arrived to a full-service camping facility late afternoon. I was plugged into 30A shorepower. Around midnight- so about 6 hours after plugging in, I heard a pop/boom and then my inverter (which had been off) remote bluetooth turned on and the inverter made the charging sound. This cycle repeated itself about 3-4 times every 5 minutes before I got up and looked. I went outside and unplugged the vehicle. The next day- I plugged back in. It didn't happen right away, but it happened again that night and I got up and looked under the dinette seat. I could hear the popping coming from the Transfer Relay switch (I think I am not 100% sure). I looked at the built-in surge protector codes. It said error code 0, but I did notice the energy coming through was not consistent, it varied around 5 points. Additional info: 1) I believe I may have been the first to use this power system but I'm not 100% sure. The host asked another camper if they had an issue and they didn't. It was a new state park. There had been lightning that night and the host said lightning did seem to affect the power in the area. I had my own surge protector plugged in at the post. Questions: Was it my camper or their power? Was there a safety issue/possible fire issue? What makes the transfer switch pop? Do I need service? Is there a protection mechanism built into the camper that if shore power turns off the inverter will turn on? Or was it just that the power went off, then came back on and I was hearing the charging of the batteries (not the inverter)? It was that whiny machiney cooling off fan sound. It has been a few weeks since this happened so I don't remember all the details, but I could have sworn the inverter turned itself on when the power was shut down/popped. Is there some sort of protection built it where it can do that? Maybe I misidentified the charger turning on as the whole inverter turning on.
  5. We will have to do this. After an hour was still hot in the trailer, yet cold air was coming out of it so we thought it was working, but we just don’t have the trailer experience to know…It was cold under the AC but not too cold. And once it was turned off was hot again.
  6. So I've done research and know that the A/C CAN only get down about 20 degrees from outside temp. Questions: how long should this take??? At pickup last year, we were really late getting out of orientation, overheating, and newbies. it took us a longtime to set up camp, in and out of the camper door. Not only as newbies, but Oliver hadn't yet set up the cushions (anti-humidity batting was still in bags) and we had a lot to do.... We never cooled off. It was sooooooo hot and we didn't get good sleep. Hit the road, next night next to a brewery where we couldn't plug in. The battery seemed to drop off very fast and we only ran the A/C one hour before turning it off so we had some power. NO sleep, terribly hot and sweaty. It took another day on the road before the solar charged up the battery, and then we were home. Since then, all of our camping has been plugged in, but we didn't need the A/C. I am quite worried since we have our dog with us and will be boondocking. Does our A/C work? I don't know. It felt cold coming out but just didn't cool off the camper. How long should it take to cool off in hot temps? Does it really work? I went in an expensive camper with a mini-split and it was cold and quiet.
  7. 2021 E2 King Bed 26" covers the width of the hall perfectly, does not rise up the sides but keeps dirt out of the side. 9' covers from the bathroom to just under the bed perfectly. we ordered another 2' section for the entryway. That overlaps the hallway carpet about 2". https://www.amazon.com/stores/ORFA+HOME/page/3F7EE630-F809-4166-A6EC-D683ED706BB7?ref_=ast_bln
  8. 2021 E2, Lithium 3000W Someone posted (on FB I think) saying they were able to charge their batteries through their Calmark cover. We installed our batteries from their winter sleep a couple of weeks ago and the batteries were at 84%. We went back today (calmark cover is still on) and the batteries are at the same level. The only thing I know for sure is on is the fan to the composting toilet. 1) Should our batteries be charging through our Calmark cover 2) If so, what is possibly keeping them from charging up? Thanks.
  9. We just received the middle one by Design. It's another "you get what you pay for". Cheapish. The plastic that the unit hangs from doesn't look the best. I would rather have a nice OXO countertop but we need the space.
  10. Pat Maundrell, can you explain what you mean by the "feel of the front axle"? We have a 2014 f150 3.5 Eco with Tow package. What we feel is slight porpoising. Is that normal? Roads here in CO are very bumpy and just falling apart.
  11. Yes, we found that our fire alarm had not been activated at delivery, luckily i happened to see the little protective tape that keeps the batteries separated sticking out!
  12. Hi Sherry, I used to be an ornithologist (biologist who studies birds), and one of my jobs was sage grouse. We had multiple tasks. One of the tasks was just finding, trapping, aging, putting on backpacks that monitored movements. Because we were in a remote location in western CO, we had to live in a low-quality travel trailer that was towed to state-owned property very high up in the mountains. We basically lived on the side of a mountain just above aspen trees. Then we would take ATVS out to do our jobs, riding 45 mph around to get wherever we needed to get, racing the afternoon thunderstorms. As the states don't have much $, especially when it comes to biology, we lived in trailers that didn't work (and only get hired for 6 months at a time that way we stayed temp with no benefits). They would give us a battery and gas, but the only thing that worked was gas for cooking food. We had to bring our own water. It was really cold, I mean really cold. I wore the 7 layers of clothes and was still freezing. I had the clearest skin I ever had because my skin was exposed to the air for literally 5 minutes in a day when I changed my clothes as fast as possible because it was so cold. So essentially I lived in a hard-sided tent. It was hard work. Great to be outside.
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