Alberta and Randy

We recently purchased a 2015 LE2 and I don't believe, best I Can see, that this fresh water tank mod has been performed yet. Before I reach out to Oliver Service per Matt's invitation, can someone look at the photos I'm going to attach, and confirm? I've watched the videos and read the descriptions... I'm almost certain we need this done. There is no access on the top of the tank that I can see. Thanks! Alberta

@drfaux I'm following up on this thread from summer 2021. We also have a 2015 LE2 with window gaskets that look like what you show in your bathroom picture. Having a devils time trying to figure out what is a suitable replacement. The previous owner had replaced the window gaskets with a size that was maybe too small and then tried to retrofit another gasket on top. We wanted to replace all the window gaskets with an appropriately sized and shaped gasket. Did you find something that works? Much appreciated whatever you have learned or tried! Alberta

We got the AGM batteries charged up at a local battery store and were told they were in good shape. We had flipped the 30 amp breaker to off, thinking that would cut any power that needed to be off while reinstalling the batteries. We did not know where the master off/on for the solar panels was located, as it was not in the overhead shelf side wall like I've seen in photos from others. While cleaning several days later I found the solar on/off switch under the street side bed, so I now know where that is located. It was still on while we had reinstalled the batteries, and thankfully nothing happened (arcing, twitching, etc.). We got our Casita sold and now have the Oliver sitting in our driveway, plugged in to the wall. The charge controller came back on and I can cycle thru 5 or 6 different items so that seems to be okay. I did notice that the charge in/charge out view did not have any number registering for the "in" part, and it was a sunny day so that caused me to think that a number should be registering if the solar is putting in a charge (it was a sunny day too). The "out" was registering 0.4 and that sounded normal compared to what some of you have mentioned is your normal phantom charges. I still need to educate/convince myself the solar is working and make sure I thoroughly understand what the charge controller is telling me. The manuals only help me so much so I will be doing some searches on the FB page and Forum for descriptions as well as some videos. Thanks again everyone for all the contributions! We are closer than farther away to trucking. Alberta

I've read all ya'lls most recent comments (huge benefit and thank you!!) and stayed up reading manuals last night. I believe you nailed it with the Blue Sky charge controller being frozen, therefore it was not doing its job. The backlit greet light has always been on anytime I went to check on the trailer and anytime I pressed on the Next button the screen never changed from what is shown in my attached picture. I thought that very odd but regretfully I did not follow up to educate myself as to why. Pulling the batteries caused a reboot and (fingers crossed) hopefully BlueSky will come back on working correctly. Thank you again for all the contributions and comments. I am going to plug away at my education and work on getting these batteries healthy and reinstalled. Hopefully have good news to report later. Alberta

All of these comments have been extremely useful and educational. First off, after getting my first cup of coffee this morning and starting to read the feedback, we immediately jumped in the car and went to the Oliver to verify/address whether the 4/0 positive cable end was touching anything metal. Well it kinda was I guess because it was laying on the bottom of the metal battery tray. We put pool noodles on both the positive and negative ends of the 4/0 wires, thankful we didn't get shocked touching the trailer and nothing appears to be amiss. Thank you Steph and Dud B for that comment and the math. I realize a 6 volt battery is probably full at about 6.7 then. ScubaRx thank you for the comment on upgrading the connector wires for the "in series" batteries, that was a gold nugget and we will be changing those out. Dewdev - we will have to learn our new to us trailer in order to know where any electrical draws could be coming from during the winter storage. We don't have a composting toilet but will look for other consumers. My lingering concern is why wasn't the solar panels able to keep up with the amount of phantom electrical consumption that ScubaRx mentions. I don't think the past month has been mostly cloudy but I wasn't keeping track (now I realize I better). And the winter sun is at a lower angle so the angle to the panels will reduce their production. But I'm still left wondering if something else might be going on. I had the stray thought could I use the voltmeter on the positive & negative wires in the battery box to see what they read, as I'm presuming that would reflect the amount of charge coming from the solar panel. Huge education ahead.

2015 LE II, Hull #67, 4 AGM Interstate batteries/6volt (fairly new), roof solar package 300+ watt, 2000watt inverter We are the new owners, just took possession about 4 weeks ago, drove it home and put in a storage lot till we can clear the driveway to bring home. Previous owner said they used the solar to keep the batteries charged during the winter months. When we bought the trailer the battery readout was I believe 13.2. First of this week I went to the storage lot and checked the battery readout again and it was 12.2. I am not aware of anything being on that would drain the battery - but then I am totally new to Oliver, lacking knowledge and experience. We had a day of sunshine and then some cloudy/rainy/snowy weather this week. I went back to the storage lot to check the battery readout and it read 12.1. I kinda freaked, not wanting to damage the AGM batteries due to ignorance, and we decided to pull the batteries out of the trailer, take them home and put them on a charger. We took several pictures of the connections before disconnecting and removing the batteries (Not sure if that didn't cause a problem because if I was supposed to turn anything off before disconnecting the batteries, I didn't). At home, I tested the batteries with a multimeter and got a 6.09 or 6.1 readout on all four...which I'm thinking should be a "full" battery? Now, I don't know what's causing the drain on the batteries, if indeed there is one, or if the panel readout of 12.2 is correct? Or why the solar isn't keeping the batteries charged. If anyone can offer some troubleshooting guidance we would greatly appreciate it. I've done a bunch of reading on this forum but nothing has helped me to understand what we might need to check and am uncertain how to proceed. I have not done a deep dive into the owners manual yet, that's next I guess. I included a couple of pictures to hopefully help with my descriptions.