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That warm place?

We hope you had a safe and dry drive northbound yesterday! Cold in Waco today, low 20's tonight - stay warm, brother!

We are excited...

spread on Guntersville...

@rich.dev -- That's exactly where I was going with that quote. (I was only through a half-cup of Joe at the time!).

The Owner's Rally....

Same here. We received our "Halos" from Mopeka a couple years ago and they have kept that typical "paint-rub" & oxidation from happening on the bottom of the propane bottle rack.

Concur, John! Unfortunately, we only bought 3 vents (last spring) -- since then, we've come to the same conclusion you and others have described for addressing the "hot box" in hotter WX conditions. Now that we're on a roll, the 4th return vent will likely find its way into the upper closet door bulkhead sooner than later!

These shelves are known around these parts as falling into the "Happy Wife, Happy Life" category of OTT projects, for sure. D loves these new storage elements!

So, we finally got around to doing exactly what Dave's describing here and what other owners have mentioned in different threads. We've experienced the closet "meat locker" syndrome several times during cold weather trips. We stopped opening the closet door in the morning to keep the arctic blast of cold air from entering the main cabin. Started this project by installing the first of 3 return vents in the closet door bulkhead just below the jam: ABOVE: Measured the height above the floor of the furnace outputs (4.25") so this return vent would match. ABOVE: Cut the bulkhead with the trusty 4" hole-saw. ABOVE: Used the thickness of the cut-off to trim back the excess material on the stock Valterra vent ABOVE: Used a bead of clear silicon to secure return vent to gelcoat. Next, installed a second return vent between the closet and under the sink: ABOVE: View from under the sink ABOVE: View from inside the closet. Placed the return vent between the two lower shelves. Finally, installed the 3rd return vent under D's forward dinette seat into the bathroom bulkhead: ABOVE: View from under the forward dinette seat looking into the bath area ABOVE: View of return vent which was placed as low and as Portside as possible. The Casablanca has fairly decent furnace output flow in the bath and we have yet to modify the forced air ducts (on the "to-do" list) as @jd1923 JD has described in other threads. Our thought is that the return vents will allow for air to better circulate between the closet, under the sink, and under the forward dinette. We're hoping that this new air flow should aid in keeping the closet "meat locker syndrome" at bay. We'll see....

Same here, Dave -- based on your suggestion. We also put it along the bed rails as we were getting sliced by the unfinished fiberglass edge whilst making the beds. Also put it around the spare tire cover to protect it during a wheel change, FYI.

Concur 100%. If boondocking multiple days in overcast WX (sans a GENSET), one can always plug the OTT into the TV and "idle-charge" the battery bank at 30 - 50Amps depending on what type of 12/12 charger is installed. With 740W of solar modules, we have not seen the need to haul the 48# Honda EU2000i much.

It's all yours, Bill -- I'll bring it to the rally.

No need to feel so sad, John! Our 30A Victrons do the job, IMO, for their intended use. On our typical move between locations we target 4 to 5hrs (MAX) road time -- leaving in the mid-morning with, say, a 70% SOC, by the time we're stopped for the day, we're right at 100% in our 300A-Hr Battleborns. The 4/0 cables you and I used for our applications handle the current perfectly. Still thinking we've both got the right 12/12 charger solution for our style of RV'ing (but, there is a bit of "Amp - envy" going on over here!). Now, that said, if our rigs had the larger lithium AHr storage like @jd1923 JD has, the 50A charger would be warranted, concur?