Tom and Doreen

I don't have an RV specific GPS but I have been in areas where there was no cellular service, the on-board truck navigation ( based on cellular ), Google maps, and Apple Maps would not work as a result. I'm glad that I had my old Garmin GPS. I would imagine that an RV specific GPS would be helpful. I know that maps can be downloaded and used off-line but I never seem to be able to remember to do that.

Last year's trip, stopping at Penobscot Narrows Bridge, this seemed like perfect product placement. 😀

The fact that Truma has changed the design would seem to indicate that they know that they have a problem. What is certainly true is that Truma does not have the capability to address the numbers associated with this recall so they're denying repsonsibility and pushing it off on others, in my opinion. Additionally, if a burner assembly is designed with eight tabs why would they choose to only crimp two?

That's a good question, I've never encountered a situation that called for its use, the 13/16 socket. I'm sure someone on this forum knows.

F55, Tom & Doreen, CT, #1321

Oliver provides two sockets, 3/4 and 13/16. Wheel lugs require 3/4.

We recently bought a BougeRV CRD45 48QT 12 Volt Dual Zone Car Refrigerator : CRD45 We've used it recently for a trip from CT to FL and it worked great. It has two individually controlled compartments, each one can be either refrigerator or freezer ( you can make both sides the same if you want). The temperature control was good and it has a fast cooldown mode and an economy mode. We've only used it for one trip so far but so far we're impressed. The unit runs on AC or DC and you can also purchase a battery for it as well ( so you can use it as a portable cooler ).

It turns out that there is ONE person in the country that handles appointments for the service centers, and if she's at a show or other event you won't hear from her for weeks. That was the case for us as we were traveling to FL over the winter and had a problem with our water heater. She finally called back two weeks later and I was told that the service center couldn't see us for another three weeks. We ended up going with a " Truma certified mobile tech" and that experience was less than ideal. Our Truma service support was horrible but that's a long story for another time.

No registration is required. I've only seen one bar increase in signal strength if I put your phone very close to the internal antenna, sometimes that helps but generally not much. The gain on the tiny external antenna on top of the trailer is pretty poor which is largely to blame. A physically larger external antenna with a higher gain would be helpful but not worth the expense / effort in my opinion. If I don't have a decent cell signal I use StarLink.

Very interesting, thanks! Here's a link to the procedure: Anderson maintenance.

True. I believe the installation does have a fuse already so a circuit breaker seemed redundant.

A switch would aid in troubleshooting / isolating the circuit / wiring should something go wrong but as you know these are beefy components / connections and limited space can be problematic. I would imagine that having the engine off and the fuse removed would accomplish the same thing should you need to isolate the circuit / wiring. In honesty I've been thinking about doing a similar installation but as yet have not so I'm sure there are others here who have more knowledge / experience than me in this area.

That's a really clean installation, great work! One word of caution though is that manual disconnecting / connecting with an active load applied can cause contact pitting and heating of the contacts in breakers of this type. A heavy duty marine spec. switch with larger contact areas would also fit the bill since the circuit breaker is redundant in this application.

If your batteries are low your charger will draw a larger amount of current which will likely exceed a standard residential outlets current capability. You can adjust the settings in your inverter / charger to lower the charger current. This will require a longer time to recharge your batteries.

It was great to meet you too, and yes it was at the dump station! Hopefully we'll see you at the National Rally!?

It was nice to meet you at the Texas Rally! You've come up with some really clever ideas, nice work! The crane is impressive as well!

John, nice work! That's quite a challenging project, hats off to you, looks great!

We pull the fuse, open the refriderator door and then flip the freezer door open. The freezer door prevents the refrigerator door from closing completely. Just be careful to not bump into the door when working inside the trailer.

They would sell really well here in CT because people here already drive like they have no windshield!

Thank you, Steve!

Thanks Mike & Carol. We’re currently camped at James M Robb-Colorado River State Park-Fruita Section tonight, planning on visiting Colorado National Monument tomorrow morning. The Colorado state parks are fabulous.

As titled, we'll be traveling from Fuita to Mesa Verde and would like to avoid the Million Dollar Highway. Would taking RT-62 to RT-145 be a reasonable route towing our Oliver? Trying to avoid any hair-raising adventures. 😁

This was suggested to us by the guys who were professionally cleaning tanks at the rally.

Check to see if any of the heating ports are blocked and also check the ductwork under the curb side access area for kinked ductwork. You shouldn't be getting any error codes. It's worth a call to Oliver if everything looks ok. You might also check to see that there isn't anything blocking the exhaust port on the outside of the trailer.

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