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15 hours ago, SeaDawg said:
We have the little door. ($12), but your setup looks a little different. Maybe the recpro hatch?
Sadly, as Steve said, there are only 50 of us to worry about it. It's a very nice feature. It does, however, take up a lot of space under the front little dinette, and adds the weight of the cord far forward.
Looks like that RecPro hatch would work well but I'm trying to keep most things as original as I can.
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5 minutes ago, SeaDawg said:
One of our friends made a cool stopper from wood. (He's a real craftsman.
I was going to go with a wood stopper myself until I realized a PVC cap would be a perfect fit.
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I don't know how many older Ollie's there are out there with the retractable power cord, but if you have one, this simple mod should help prevent any small rodents from gaining entry through the opening while the cord is in use. There is a mesh installed from the factory that somewhat fills the space around the cable, but as you can see in the pics it's really not a tight enough fit to prevent mice from squeezing by and it seems highly "chewable" too.
It's just a 3" PVC cap with a slot cut with a Dremel that fits tight against the cable without really putting any pressure against it.The O ring on the Ollie side fits snug to the inside of the PVC cap to hold it firmly, though I'll probably add a set screw or two to secure it further. It sure beats the sock filled with steel wool that I've been using up until now...
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2 hours ago, ScubaRx said:
The step brackets on the older frames are attached in a different place and mounting a current set of steps may involve some creativity. @CRM, I have an extra set of double steps that came off a trailer just a few hull numbers from yours that might bolt right up. We’d need to measure to make sure.
That would be awesome if they would fit! Let me know what measurements you need and I'll get them to you ASAP.
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1 hour ago, John E Davies said:
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John Davies
Spokane WA
I bet there's a good chance that they're still "A" batteries taken from stock and their just testing the market to see how many sell at the reduced price. I worked for a company one time long ago that pulled a stunt like that.
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3 minutes ago, dhaig said:
Our ELII is a 2022 model. I do not know if the size of the upper vent opening has varied over model years.
My 2010 has the same size vent, but I don't have the depth available near the top of the opening to be able to fit the 5.5 fans.
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20 minutes ago, Ray Kimsey said:
I have a set of 3.5 inch fans where I did a very similar install. My question is how were you able to secure the 5.5 inch fans? I would like to use the larger fans, but cannot figure out a way to do it. I secured the smaller fans to the upper vent cover, but the larger ones seem to prevent me from closing the cover. Maybe you could post a close up picture of how they are mounted. I can't tell from the first picture. Thank you!
I tried installing 5.5 fans on mine too but it was impossible to make them fit. Maybe differing clearances based on year of hull and fridge model?
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56 minutes ago, topgun2 said:
From what I'm presently seeing - it looks like FLA is getting hammered.
Thank goodness this storm is moving quickly which "should" lessen the destruction.
Note that GA is already getting hit too.
Hopefully all of the Family is safe.
Bill
We got lucky here in South Tampa. Some flooding but it could have been much, much worse. Had at least 6 vehicles suck water into their engines trying to drive down my street, but luckily my house and driveway are several feet above the roadway and my truck and Ollie stayed high and dry. Why they kept coming when they could plainly see other cars were already stuck I'll never know... 2 hours later it was bone dry.
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Nice work, and I'm sure you'll see a performance bump with the addition of fans.. I also added a couple of them recently, and with the arrival of Idalia I finally got to see how the fridge performed with them of the course of several days. Not too bad for a 13 year old fridge considering it's been running in 90+ deg temps during the day. IMO, these fans should be standard equipment on absorption fridges.
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20 minutes ago, SeaDawg said:
@CRM, as you likely know, we'll be on the surge side of the storm, this time.
Take care.
Same to you!
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2 hours ago, topgun2 said:
Good luck to all of you located in Florida, Georgia and South/North Carolina.
Please be safe!
Bill
Thanks! We're loading up the Ollie right now just in case we need to make a quick getaway! We live a stones throw from Tampa Bay so the odds of that hsppening are fairly high..
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I use 3M light polish with wax to remove the black streaks. Doesn't do as good a job protecting as their straight wax does but protects good enough to get me to the next whole Ollie waxing. I will try the scrubbing bubbles on the window weather stripping, though.. The only way I've been able to remove mold from them so far is to soak overnight in a bleach/water solution.
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27 minutes ago, New2Oliver said:
New Coke.
Remington arms.
Bud Light.
Oliver trailers.
Given Oliver's history of quality and service I think it's pretty ridiculous to make those comparisons even before any details are known. They've earned that much.
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Personally, I would go the option #3 route.
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1 hour ago, Stevietkd said:
Newbie here- so new, I don't have my Ollie yet, but based on research I'm sold on this brand. I recently bought a 2006 LX470 with a GVWR of 6500 lbs. Wondering if I can tow an Elite II by keeping payload to 1000 lbs, or if I should just go with the smaller Elite. Thanks for your advice.
You'll either need to upgrade your TV or go with an LE1. The 4.7 is a million mile motor but it doesn't have the power to tow an LE2 in the mountains.
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2 hours ago, SeaDawg said:
They still promptly answer questions on my 2008. Wonderful service.
Same here, they have always respond promptly to my questions. The only issue I've had is that I can't get a replacement VIN decal which has incorrect capacity numbers on it from them. They said it would be illegal for them to do so since the original Oliver Corp ceased to exist after the shutdown. Totally understandable, but still frustrating...
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I have a couple of the JBL Charge 3's for awhile now and love them. Great sound, you can link up an unlimited amount of them, and they can also be used as a battery bank to charge phones and other devices.
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3 hours ago, GSMBear said:
As an owner of the Houghton A3400, I'm not in agreement that the unit is grossly oversized for the pickup bed camper in the Joslyn Journey's video. That's a fairly large pickup camper and it has two slide outs. Their initial video is about the humidity problem and my experience shows this is solved by cycling the fan with the compressor. Shorter cycles can occur from oversized units reducing the amount of time for humidity to be removed from the air. But again, my experience shows the lion's share of the humidity problem is from the factory design of continuous cabin air flow over the wet fins allowing humidity to be reabsorbed and cycled back into the cabin. With the wiring/relay modification that I have done, I now have cabin humidity readings comparable to the interior of my home on the same property.
It's been a while, so I don't remember the actual numbers, but I do remember that the cubic feet of space in their camper was much less than an LE2 and that is was also a fully foam insulated 4 season camper. The big giveaway that their issue (IMHO) is caused by an oversized unit was that it always short cycled at night, even on low fan. Shutting the fan down in between cycles would more than likely help some, but if they're short cycling and never getting the humidity down to begin with I don't see how it could ever solve the problem in their truck camper.
I'm far more interested in learning how this Houghton performs in a low temp / high humidity environment in an LE2 for use as a possible replacement of our Coleman 9.2k unit down the road. Our Coleman, which for now works perfectly, is pushing 15 years old and I really like the idea of switching to a heatpump to eliminate the use of the the propane heater when power is available.
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@SeaDawg Did you upgrade to the two step steps, or did yours come that way? Our Hull 45 came with a single step only and was wondering if it's a simple upgrade or if they attach in a different manor requiring fabrication?
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11 hours ago, Geronimo John said:
Ok, now that I have my Houghton 3400 heat pump installed and have run it in 106 degrees full sun on our OE2, I can respond with a professional M.E. opinion: The 13.5 KBTU Houghton 3400 is NOT oversized for hot running conditions. I would not recommend a 11,000 BTU unit for an OE2 if you go to hot places,
Secondly, again in my opinion the humidity problem is certainly caused by re-evaporation of humidity on the coils after the compressor is shut down. Frankly this is a bad design element of Houghton units for USA use where humidity issurs are common. But for the dry Aussie Land it makes sense.
As such, I am doubling down on my long-ago suggestion of adding a relay tied to the fan low speed and compressor as a trigger to shut off the fan when it auto cycles to low speed while on auto. This suggestion is exactly what another AS owner posted last month on their web site and one of our owners posted on ours.
I took a deep dive into that video and the relay part is relatively easy. But one also has to know how to relocate the room air relay from the supply air duct to the ambient area. Detailed info on this must be known before just adding the relay.
GJ
I was specifically talking about the original video in this thread where the unit was installed in an pickup bed camper. The Houghton is grossly oversized for their application.
Edit: Also, testing at lower temps with high humidity will be a truer test to see if the unit is oversized or not. I'd really like to know how this Houghton performs (post fan mod) in an E2 under these conditions as I'd like to upgrade to a heat pump myself if and when my Coleman finally gives up.
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I looked over every weld that I could see before purchasing my Ollie, but just went out again to recheck them all after seeing this post. Glad it was an easy fix.
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Very nice and clean install! I was thinking of a similar setup to replace the terrible original equipment 24" LED Jensen I had, but the cheapskate in me decide to use a spare TV I had laying around instead.. Mounted a rail system so my 34" TV would sit behind the front face of the attic when folded up but then still be able to slide all the way back to the window when in the down position. Was thinking about a permanent mount back by the window like you have but didn't want to block the emergency exit. With the thinness of your monitor it doesn't look like you'll have that issue in the folded up position.. If I could find a similar monitor with a tuner I might be swayed into stealing your design!
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7 minutes ago, jd1923 said:
CRM, does your added fan have an integrated thermostat? This is a smart upgrade, given the Dometic fridge gets that hot. Is it always hot when running the fridge, or hotter when running on LP? Amazon item? Let us know if you have a part # or source. Thanks
Yes, it has a controller and a temp sensor wire built in, though I leave it set to OFF while not in use since the fan will run on low speed once the temp is over 70f. I almost always run the fridge on AC but it seems to extract about the same amount of heat no matter what power source the fridge is using.
Here's the model. Might be able to find it cheaper elsewhere since it's gone up around $30 from this seller since I purchased it. It's designed to attach to the grill itself but I couldn't get that method to work with the amount of space I was dealing with. Just used parts of the kit and mounted it to the vent frame instead.
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5 minutes ago, mossemi said:
It was on hull 193. Mine is located high and in back of the refrigerator. It is accessible through the upper exterior refrigerator vent. The power switch is on the main panel in the foyer. And in a pinch you can remove the upper vent panel for some convection cooling.
Mossey
No factory fan on hull 45 but I added a double fan with auto controller to the upper vent opening. Amazed at how much heat it removes when set to high speed.
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Holy Crap - P**p Pyramids
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I use one of these to backflush the tanks and then use the Pine-Sol and Calgon solution mentioned in the article after each use. No issues so far and never have any funky odors.