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Yep, @Corvus is correct. This is the regulator that Oliver has installed in the past, maybe still. (Not a bad item to have a spare of, btw, along with a replacement pigtail.)

This screwdriver. I think it's the perfect utility drawer screwdriver that will cover 90% of your needs - for when you don't want to go dig out the toolbox. Compact, but pops out to a usable length, and has a good selection of quality German bits, which lock in place so they don't fall out. I keep one in the trailer, one in the center console of the truck, and one in the junk drawer at the house.

Interesting to hear and certainly willing to change my mind - but I have to say that sounds like an excessive amount of moisture with temps in the high 60’s and good ventilation. Since you said it rained yesterday, are you certain you don’t have a small leak? Water from the Ollie light will end up under the bed and three years is about when mine needed to be recaulked. That’s how I spotted my leak - just damp under the cushions like condensation.

FWIW, I don't worry about temperature either. I think if you want to wring out every last amp hour out of lithiums, then sure, obsess over temperature - otherwise, avoid extremes and they should be fine. If I lived in southern Arizona and could only keep my trailer in the sun, then I might give some thought to moving the batteries somewhere cooler. Or if I lived in North Dakota and had to dig my trailer out of the snow every spring, then I'd do the same.

I agree with Frank and his extremely large map. Moisture is something you'll have to deal with in any trailer, but I wouldn't say that it's problematic in an Ollie to any degree. My opinion on the mattress pad was and is that condensation is entirely an issue with the optional perforated latex mattress. I think that the perforations give body moisture a direct path to the underside of the mattress, where it can easily condense. We never had a problem with a different mattress, nor with the cushions that we switched to later, and the only people who ever reported a problem had the latex mattresses. So, I'd say that if you get the latex mattress, then definitely get a pad; but if not, then don't worry about it. You can also use a cheap thermarest pad or something similar rather than Oliver's rather pricey option. Unless it's standard now - may be. What we did find, though, is that when I sleep, I'll end up with my back against the side wall at some point, and so I'll get condensation there on the wall - enough to wake up with the sheets wet. I solved that problem by just just sleeping with the back cushions in place and that's plenty of insulation to prevent condensation, and still leaves plenty of width for me to sleep comfortably. That's the extent of any moisture issue that has required more thought from us than just a little ventilation. Also, Oliver has improved the insulation since our trailer was built, so a newer one might not have the same problem. So in general, unless it's just super cold out, we'll have a window cracked and that's been enough that we won't see any condensation except when cooking or showering. And running the max fan on its lowest setting and running the bath fan for a minute after showering easily prevents condensation from those two activities. I don't even think the mirror door fogs up when we shower, so that's pretty good. I'll leave the bath door open and the bath window cracked when we're gone for the day to remove moisture from the shower drying out. I also tend to wipe down the shower with a squeegee and towel after showering, which gets rid of a lot of that. I suspect that Casitas do have condensation, but it's under the carpet so you can pretend it's not there. 😁

I would think that if it detected a problem that it would give a code. Check the wiring for sure, but if I had to guess at this point, I’d say it’s probably the control board, which is a cinch to replace if you could somehow verify that’s the problem. Maybe try cutting the power to the unit by pulling the fuse - that might reboot the control board. Can’t hurt.

If the green light is going off, then it must be losing power; which, I suppose, would account for there being no error code. But why it would lose power so consistently is beyond me. You could try unplugging the remote cable to see if the remote is to blame.

That's the Netgear one that I mentioned above, I think. I haven't used one, but like I said above, the specs look spot on. It looks to me like the only real disadvantage over the Cradlepoint is that for me it would be a little harder to swap the SIM card with my iPad.

I think that if I were doing this today, I'd just get a 5g wifi hotspot, since many of them can be used with an external antenna. The Netgear hotspots that AT&T sells look pretty robust to me. 5G, two external antenna ports, ethernet port, battery powered with USB charging, wifi 6, etc. It's $500, but honestly, it's a better device for what any of us need than my Cradlepoint, and not so much that I'd regret having spent it if something better comes along in a few years. We have an unlimited AT&T account that allows us to add extra devices for just $20/month, and I just use the sim from my iPad when we travel, so essentially we're not paying anything extra for the trailer. So, it's not too bad, discounting the steep base price of course. But it's the best choice for us here since Verizon coverage isn't great. If we were out west, I'd be looking for a Verizon plan - I'm sure they have something similar.

The ones I’ve seen have a regular bolt and washer. Originally, they were accessible from the upper cabinets but that was before Oliver added the cabinet liners. Maybe it’s possible to get the liners out or drop the front down, but I’ve never tried so don’t know how.

I’m curious about the humidity requirements, given that it’s a sealed battery. I think in the southeast, the only way you’d meet those is to bring the batteries inside, or air condition your garage.

No, but the extra generator would cost much more than the soft start kit, and infinitely more trouble to haul around.

I'd be careful not to apply Battleborn recommendations to any other brand though, since they use a different type of lithium battery than most others. And either because of that, or for some other reason, they have always been much less picky when it comes to battery maintenance, whether it's temps, charging profile, storage recommendations, etc.

This popped into my watch list since I subscribe to Victron's channel. I know that there are quite a few boat people on the forum and this is just one of those drop dead gorgeous boats that you dream about. Just need that spare $10 million. If I had it, this is exactly the sort of boat I'd want.

Well. it's as tedious as you might think. Basically just using brush tool and crevice tool on the end of the vacuum hose. A brush tool definitely works better since the dust sticks well to whatever it attaches to. Most of the cleaning I did with dust cloths, though, just wherever I could reach. Since I've done a lot of modifications, I've had things like plumbing and air ducts out, which makes cleaning up underneath and around things much easier. Still some places I can't get to, and never will.

I've researched, but never found a good answer, on the question of how much hot temps in storage affect lithiums vs hot temps while in use. Victron lists a max storage temp some 70° higher than the max operating temp for their batteries, so I do assume that the storage temperature is less damaging, at least to some degree.

Thanks. Both of my awnings are slightly wonky, but maybe only ¼" or so. It would be great to be able to make them perfect, but also maybe not worth the trouble.

Sounds like a great project. One thing you'll need to figure out is how to attach the end of the table to the wall, but that shouldn't be too difficult.

Oliver's table is also 1.75" at the lip, so visually, you'll be fine. The lip though is about 1.25" to the underside of the table, so yours will sit slightly higher. The existing leg is 30" from the floor to the top of the mounting plate, so you'll just need to decide if 31.75" is too high for you or not. I don't recall, but you might be able to cut the leg down. At least I think the top of the leg is just cut at whatever height and then friction fits into the top mounting plate. There's about an inch of space between the top of the table and the bottom of the silver trim, so I think you're ok there as well. Should look nice.

I moved all my stickers to the trash can, which is where they look the best. I agree with the others about the trim and window - whatever it is that Oliver is trying to do there needs to be rethought.

I just did the configurator on Carefree's website for a replacement awning in the same fabric I have, and it came out to $592.00. I wonder if they're basically interchangeable. I mean, I think all you're buying is the fabric, and Carefree lets you specify the width to the inch, and I guess the length is what it is. If it's a bit short, then your awning doesn't extend quite as far, and if it's a bit long, then you just don't roll it out all the way.

I'm curious how difficult it was to pull the fabric straight. Were there any fasteners holding it in place, or do you just grab a corner and pull?

I've always read that bug zappers don't work well with mosquitos. But I do wonder if a small USB charged one (here's an even smaller one than above), might work to quickly eliminate the little gnats that sometimes invade the trailer; i.e., instead of trying to hunt them all down with a paper towel, just set up the zapper, turn the lights out, and let it do it's thing. I’d think that for outside gnats, so long as the light was brighter than your phone, then it would work. That, or attract twice as many of them. 🦟🦟🦟 Have you tried using the yellower night mode on the phone to see if that makes a difference? For mosquitos, the only thing I've seen (apart from bug spray) that seems to get reliably good reviews is the Thermacell products. Never tried one myself, though.

I’ve only run mine in reverse to see what it does. Like you guys, I’d much rather have it pull a nice breeze through the windows.

What about placing a filter over the max fan and running it in reverse to push air out of a cracked window?