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I *think* the thermistor is in the remote itself, just like how many mini-splits do it. And they don't need an internal drain since they use the condensate to help cool the condenser coil through evaporative cooling to increase efficiency.

Yes, Hull 45 came with 225/75R15 tires and the inside width of the cover is 28 5/8. I'm guessing that the mold was changed at some point since @Ronbrinkhas a 225/75R16 tire spare which has a 29.21" diameter.

Mostly my fault since I don't know how to post a playable YouTube link. Easy to miss a text link.

Ouch! Things get worse... Battleborn Battery MELTED?! 🔥🔥New Problem!

It would be nice if all the best features of the Chill Cube and Turbro could be combined into one unit! Love that the Cube has an actual variable speed blower motor instead of a 3 speed like the Turbro. I'm sure it's also quieter due to better internal ductwork located outside of the RV instead of in the inside cover like on the Turbro. Being able to lock in in 50% or 75% power is another biggie. Don't know why they rate the Cube at 18k though when it only puts out 9k-9.5K Btu's. That's a big difference from the 12.5K Btu's that Morton's testing showed on the Turbro. Hope that doesn't become an issue in the desert...

I'll be upgrading to Nev-R-Lube axles at some point this year and will be going with the Alcan 4 leaf spring pack too. Glad to know they give you the extra leaf, though I doubt I'll ever need them.

Yep, the heat works excellent with these units. IMO even better than the AC does. Camping in North Florida at the moment and on the first night we had temps in the 20's and were able to warm up the cabin in minutes We even had to turn the heat down in the middle of the night because it got too warm.

Easiest way I found to fish the walls is by using a long length of ball chain and a magnet. Used this method recently to add a fan switch circuit to my ac unit. Pushed the chain with a small piece of wood from the AC opening until I heard fall over edge of the curve in the roof. Then used a magnet taped to the end of a short piece of romex to retrieve it from above the cabinet. Used this same method a while back to fish a coax between the hulls for a new TV antenna too. Kits like this are available on Amazon and the included flexible magnet would probably work better than a magnet on the end of romex does.

I looked at that one too but really wanted a heat pump. A big plus with the Chill Cube is you can force it to run at 50% capacity if you want.

Nice, though I hope they come in other colors....

Haven't put a lot of effort towards that yet, but did cover the back vents with white tape and the noise dropped quite a bit. Didn't expect it to and was only trying to force more air forward in the cabin. Will probably add some sound deadening inside the plenum at some point to see if that helps further. It's really not too bad now, or maybe I've just gotten used to it? Other mods I've done to it are- I added a 52k ohm resistor onto the thermistor in parallel to trick the unit into thinking that the cabin air is warmer than it actually is. The thermistor was always reading 5 degrees or more than actual which became a problem since the unit only allows the temp to be set as low as 64. On cooler days in the 70's with high humidity it wouldn't run long enough to bring the humidity down, even in dry mode. Since the mod, it works perfectly. I complained to support about this temp differential and they told me it was "normal" since the sensor is reading the air inside the plenum, lol... I asked why they didn't put the thermistor inside the remote like they do with mini split's and all I got was crickets.. Hoping Cielo finally gets my thermostat working, but that's another story... I also added an On/On 4PDT Toggle Switch to control the fan speed circuit. One side to run the fan on low constant whether the unit was powered or not, and the other side of the switch to allow the unit to control fan speed normally. I did this mod since there was no way to keep the fan on constant while in heat mode. It was disturbing my wife's sleep by cycling on and off with the compressor and she wanted the steady sound of the fan. She's now happy, so I am happy! The last mod was to remove the speaker on the circuit board under the inside cover. Every time you make any adjustment to temp, fan, etc it would beep. To make matters worse, it conflicted with my TV remote and beeped whenever I used that too! All in all I'm happy with it now, though I wish I didn't have to do any mods to get there. If it weren't so efficient I might have just sent it back. I'm convinced this unit was designed by two separate set of engineers. One group designing the outside part of the unit and another designing the inside fan control and ducting.

Heck, I'd pull the cover off and inspect it while it's still mounted up top. I've had the cover off of mine and it looks like it wouldn't take long at all to see what's going on inside the evaporator housing. Could be an easy fix.

Oh, man... so sorry to hear this. Thankfully you got a full refund, at least. Sounds like they left something inside the blower wheel or evaporator housing. Might be worth pulling the top off the evaporator housing to see what's going on? Pioneer has a parts diagram with part numbers for their branded unit if it's an easily changed part. Diagram is here- Exploded parts diagram . I think I finally got mine working the way I want but it took more modification than I think most would be willing to do, especially since it will void the warranty. BTW- dealt with some of the same BS through support as you did when I contacted them with some of my concerns.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Clean install. In the planning stages of adding solar/lithium and it's nice to know that 900ah can fit in the battery box.

I remember watching this video a few years back but forgot about them calling out the terminal design. And is it me, or is the bolt on the Battleborn battery that he says is too small and the equivalent of a 6 awg cable look to be the same size used on the Lithionics battery main connections?

After taking a look at their financials, I wouldn't put much hope into that. And just today they had to do a 1 for 10 reverse stock split to get their share price over $1 to maintain their Nasdaq listing. Down 99.7 percent over the past 3 years.

Yeah, I was too in the beginning, but now support isn't returning my calls or emails. I'll give them a few more days to respond and then I'm going to send it back. Can't blame them if they can't get it to work with my AC unit, but at least respond and let me know...

Down from a high of $258.74 in Dec 2022. Ouch!

All things being equal, on the battery closest to the load. Though all things are never equal!

On all my trailers I cut the ground wire and bolt it to the frame not far from the hitch. Makes it easy to test and repair when brake and/or lights issues arise.

I think they continue to call this obviously bad design a "feature" but in the near future start producing batteries with an "new and improved" way of protecting them from thermal runaway. I also think they stop blaming customers who have batteries that fail at the terminals and just replace batteries still under warranty with no questions asked. If not, I don't see how they'd be able to prove that the terminal damage was caused by "misuse" or from just expansion/contraction due to the use of three different metals and a piece of plastic in their design if a class action suit is ever initiated. I think this is the only way they can continue as an entity and save some of the reputation they've built over the years. I also think they'll have to come WAY down on the price going forward to entice people to buy them again after all this bad publicity.

It will be interesting to see if your temp sensor is as far off as mine was. I've had the unit shut off at 70-71 cabin temp because the internal thermistor was reading 64 which is as low as the unit allows you to set it. Usually don't need to go much lower than that anyway, but sometimes I do just to remove excess humidity. To fix this I added a resistor in parallel to the thermistor to trick it into reading a hair lower than actual cabin temp and seems to be working great now. Need it to warm up some and get the Breez Max working to finish testing and adjusting before giving a final opinion on this unit.

Turbro actually is in the Cielo database on their website. Only one remote though and it's the wrong one. You can see the difference in my post a few posts back.

Well, spent about an hour on the phone with tech support and they weren't able to get any of their remote settings to work with my Turbro. They ended up having me send them each remote command through the WIFI connected Breez Max and now will use that info to try and program a new template for the Turbro. They said they should have it done by Tues. Pretty strange since @Treasure Coast Vaultdidn't seem to have any trouble setting his Breez Max up with the seemingly identical Pioneer unit. Told tech support this info and it didn't seem to help any... Maybe not so identical after all? Why didn't I let @jd1923try setting his up first?