Steve Morris

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We have quite a bit of chlorine taste at the home tap. So all of our drinking water goes through a 3 gallon Berkey filter. I know that's not a purifier, but it at least tastes good. When travelling, we use the Berkey to fill eight 1-gallon square water bottles, as found at Wal~Mart. We bought them once, and have refilled them dozens of times. The square jugs fit nicely on the floor of the closet, next to a crate where we keep the Keurig and a counter-top pitcher. (Actually, a Brita pitcher, but without the filter, which we found *added* a nasty taste.) Eight gallons lasts us a long weekend. For extended stays where we will have access to water, I can refill using my home-made filter system. I just use the output hose to refill the gallon jugs. Or if no potable water is available, I can use my Lifesaver Jerrycan water purification system. https://lifesaverusa.co This is what we used when camping in the square drop before we got the Oliver.

Don already answered, but yep, I did what he did but without the cigarette lighter portion. I used 12G wire, because I have a 100' spool.

Negative wire on the bus bar, and positive on an empty spot in the fuse box with a 10A fuse.

That’s what I ended up doing. I made up a wiring harness with the switch and cable to run to the fuse box, and fed it through the switch hole. Then connected to the POE injector mounted just beside where the wires came through. It worked well for me.

In addition to the induction cooktop change, it was also noted that the cooktop orientation will be changed back to left/right instead of front/back. I don't know if induction cooktops have a cover like the propane version, but it was nice having the cover protect the bedding from any splatter. Also having the cooktop oriented front/back gave more prep space between it and the sink. I hope the induction cooktop is an option, and propane is still available. Especially for buyers not getting the big lithium packages. We don't have any pots or pans in the trailer or at home that would function on an induction cooktop other than a porcelain dutch oven and the few cast iron skillets I still use. I wouldn't want to have to buy all new cookware.

This is the fuse for the CO2 detector. I needed to find it in the middle of the night at Camp Oliver the day we took delivery of Curiosity! 😵‍💫

In a different view, the flexible reading lights are different, with the switch on the base.

Thanks Mike! After seeing your setup at Lake Guntersville, I ordered and installed the same unit, although I used the adaptor kit you had recommended and simply tucked the wires away under the camera. Unfortunately, my experience was not as good as yours. I had frequent loss of signal, and terrible signal delay. To the point that a car would sometimes be beside me before it showed up as behind me on the display. But this only happened at highway speeds. It worked great when stationary or backing into a campsite. I thought it might be engine interference, so I put the truck in low gear at low speeds to get the RPMs up, but it still worked great then, too. Haloview Customer Service was useless in resolvingtheproblem. Looking at reviews online, this is a common complaint. So I'm now back to the original Furrion camera. It's not great, but it at least works for me. If anyone wants a Haloview MC7108 for a truck camper or backup camera for a car that didn't come with one, I'll sell you mine for $100 plus shipping. Cost new in June was $200.

That's why I changed to a POE cable to the Mini, as several others here have done. Here in eastern US, trees are everywhere, and I might need to get the Mini 50-150 feet away to connect. But instead of Starlink's router, I've connected it to my Peplink cellular router, so the cell connection can kick in whenever there's a Starlink dropout.

I already had. Nothing there. Maybe because I’ve never used pause since activating my account.

Hmm, I did not receive an email from Starlink concerning anything about pausing my account. 🤷‍♂️

It is a nice addition to my system, and has an inbuilt angled surface for easy alignment. But the subscription fee is $23.86/month! 🤣 I have a tripod adaptor for any of my several tripods, and I'm waiting to see what Flagpole Buddy's Labor Day sale is going to be.

@dhaig Thanks again for the tips. I received all of the POE bits, so mocked it up in the garage. Makita battery powering POE box -> thru-hull port -> 50’ Cat 6 shielded cable-> waterproof junction-> Splitter -> Starlink Mini. I really appreciate the idea of adding the short cable from the splitter that will make assembly easier. Once installed there will be a Cat6 cable from the POE box to my cellular router, and will be connected like you did utilizing the new switch in the basement. Works like a charm! Thank you, and everyone who contributed before!

Thanks, Mike. Yes, the Pepwave system is on all the time. But if that's causing interference, I would think it would also occur stationary and with the Furrion system. The Furrion has been reinstalled, with a new dash mount instead of the window suction cup mount. I might see if the 7" compatible display is available so I can see it without glasses.