John Dorrer
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Isotherm Refrigerator - What are we doing wrong?
John Dorrer replied to DunnYet's topic in Mechanical & Technical Tips
There are 2 issues. First when you open the door, the cold drops out. You learn to know what you need, open, grab, and close,🙃 Fact of life. The small fan will be a benefit in either a compressor fridge or absorbsion fridge. It circulates air in the fridge, and will have "Zero" negative affect. In our truck camper, we built a shade to provide shade over the 2 vents. 2023 LE2 has one (1) vent and the 2024 LE2 has none as it vents to the interior. Earlier models have the absorbsion fridge and 2 vents. Suggest that you add 2 computer fans behind the upper vent screen if you have a LE2 2023 or earlier. Someone will have to assist with how to wire. The fan I installed in our truck camper behind the upper vent, along with the battery operated fan in the fridge made a huge difference. One learns to park to lessen the sum exposure to the curb side of the trailer. A shade over the vents all will help. -
Congrats from Hull #1045, Jolli Olli
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Like a taxi way at the airport, blue and green 🤣
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Sea Biscuit OLLIE HANGAR sign commissioned
John Dorrer replied to Patriot's topic in General Discussion
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The Dyrt Pro ($35/year+/-) Reserve America Recreation.Gov This covers National Parks, BLM Lands, US Forest Service, Corp of Engineers (COE), State Parks, Harvest Host & Boondockers. That pretty much gets us everything we need. Don't forget some real gems get mentioned here and on Oliver Facebook.
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Inexpensive Helpful Modifications
John Dorrer replied to Wandering Sagebrush's topic in Ollie Modifications
My post on Facebook😊 -
We have done 6 weeks 2-3 times and that is about my wife's limit. We are planning a longer trip for August 2025 into Canada and the West coast.
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Heading North for a Couple Weeks...
John Dorrer replied to MAX Burner's topic in Campgrounds & Parks
Yellowstone never gets old.😊 -
The grease tray comes off. You should get the cover. It keeps the griddle clean We also have the carry case and the Blackstone quick connect.
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When you say 2 Romex cables, what are they? I see 3 of these connectors. Where you zip tying around all of the cables of the 3 connectors? Did you put everything back into the junction box or leave them out? We have a 2022 and I want to have a better understanding when I pick up the trailer before our next trip. What type tape did you use? Thanks
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Power Stations - Worthwhile?
John Dorrer replied to Wandering Sagebrush's topic in General Discussion
We have the Goal Zero 400 Lithium Power Pack. It is my home back-up to run my CPAP if there is an outage. I take it on every camping trip. I will use it to power our top loading fridge if we don't have shore power at night, and then recharge while driving. -
Now after reading Steph & Dud's post and fix, I'm surprised Oliver didn't have an immediate answer, since Steph & Dud shared the info on the burnt connector previously. In any event the issue was solved.
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Glad you got it solved. I think getting answers is more likely to come from owners that have experienced this same thing and solved the problem themselves. There is a wealth of knowledge on this site as well as the Facebook site. I can't speak as to why Oliver didn't suggest checking the next batch of connectors down the line. IMO answering electrical questions over the phone might be hard. If you had an electrical issue with your tow vehicle, the dealer would want to see it. This is kinda a mixed bag and in the end fellow owners stepped up and the issue was solved. Thanks again for the update and good news. Was this located on the curb side wheel well?
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First-ever(for us) EscapadeRally -Rock Springs, WY
John Dorrer replied to MAX Burner's topic in Events & Rallies
We front loaded the year. We had several summer Indiana State Parks mid-year last year with temps in the mid to high 90's. Never again. Even with the break, we will be over 100 nights with the Colorado, New Mexico, Texas trip, mid-Sept to the end of October. I sure we will have some warm temps as we wonder through the Texas panhandle in mid-Oct on the way to Inks Lake Rally. Otherwise, we are just chilling. -
First-ever(for us) EscapadeRally -Rock Springs, WY
John Dorrer replied to MAX Burner's topic in Events & Rallies
Parked for the next 2-1/2 months. 96° in Indy today. No longer interested in camping in the heat 🙃 The mountains of Southern Colorado and New Mexico in late September. -
Happy Anniversary. We just celebrated #49 a week ago.
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We Did It! Camping in our Ollie 2 months….
John Dorrer replied to Steve and Mary's topic in Campgrounds & Parks
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The inverter breaker is under the street side bed, at the front (battery box wall). The sequence is as follows: Turn off solar. Trip the inverter breaker, then turn off your Lithium batteries. To turn back on reverse order. You don't want to put loads on the inverter by turning a battery off or on, one at a time with the inverter on. Again, 1. Turn off solar 2. Turn off inverter at breaker 3. Turn off batteries This information was provided by Oliver, and confirmed by Lithonics. Our winter storage needed a conversation with Lithonics.
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Actually, someone with an E-2 and 2 awnings pulled out of a campsite with an awning out and ripped it nearly off. They had to completely remove the awning to be able to leave. This was maybe 2 years ago. So then why didn't it retract.g guess it was already out, so did that prevent the retraction? I will look for the post. B Being an engineering nerd, gives people reasons to dive deeper into an issue. Not all bad
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Bulldog coupler recall for some LE2s
John Dorrer replied to Steph and Dud B's topic in Mechanical & Technical Tips
I think you are correct. The thing I really wondered was what the E-1 got before they started building E-2's. That wouldn't affect this. -
Bulldog coupler recall for some LE2s
John Dorrer replied to Steph and Dud B's topic in Mechanical & Technical Tips
That person didn't clarify whether they had an Elite 1 or 2. Not sure if Oliver was installing 7,000 on Elite 1's also -
Not sure other than he said there was some form of sensor that triggered the awning to close
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Camping Overnight at the Oliver Campground at Hohenwald...
John Dorrer replied to MAX Burner's topic in Submit Your Story
That will be hard to top, more like impossible to top😎 -
UPDATE: Jason followed up and asked if the trailer was still plugged into the 7-pin. Yep. Only here for 2 nights so we kept connected There is a safety thing that results in the awning automatically retracting so you don't drive off with it out The "Fire Drill is over"🙃
