KarenLukens

It's the switch. It was loose so I turned it back and forth, tried tightening it by hand and now it works again. I still need to pull it and fix it but it's working and we're off to Yosemite tomorrow.

I'll pull the cover tomorrow and see if I can either fix or bypass it. If twisting the wires together works, then I will at least be back up to ghetto... Lol.

I read about all of the jack problems and figured that it was fixed. I'm thinking that they should provide a cover for it if it's not dependable. I thought about buying one but at least it's under warranty... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CGQHYA4/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=DVETVI1ZF5E8&coliid=IJ86EJQFZW7FJ

Yup, I rocked it about 6 times in the last 2 days...

Yup... I have power at the jacks fuse in front... Another Bad Switch like everyone elses?

The Jack wouldn't move yesterday, the front fuse is fine, sent Jason an email, he said to check the fuse on the bus bar under the bed. Where exactly is this bus bar and fuse? Karen kept me out all day, so it's 7:30pm in Tennessee... So its to late to call Oliver... I'm asking because if I'm going to pull the whole bed apart I would like to know exactly what I'm looking for first. The schematic just shows it going to the bus bar but I don't see a normal fuse in the schematic. Is a slow blow fuse one that can be reset?

Good news :) We received a bunch of boxes today and one of them was the new Bathroom Door. It took maybe 10 to 15 minutes to replace, it was real easy. This door is a lot stiffer then the old door that broke. From day 1 the old door was wobbly and this one is real solid. So we are thinking that it must have been cracked or weakened before it was ever sent to Oliver in the first place because you couldn't see any difference between them. I did also notice that the screws in the door plate were loose today, so I tightened them as well. Then the other boxes were our used Cobb Grill that we won on eBay over the weekend. It looks like it was used once and then someone took it into the Salvation Army and then they put it on eBay with a starting bid of $50... Karen was the only bidder, everything was still new and in the original boxes :) So today was a great day :)

If you're at 13.2 then your batteries are charged and the controller will not send any power to the batteries. You should let the batteries discharge down to 12.5 or less and then check the status lights.

It runs great and tows like a dream. No wear and tear other then replacing brake pads a little more often in the last couple of years. We have the Bluetec 4matic and have needed the 4matic more than once on muddy dirt roads. I'm averaging 16mpg towing :)

When I'm boondocking in the woods with no place to get city water and I have to hand carry water over to the trailer, I'm drawing water out of a bucket basically and getting it into the trailer using the auxiliary port on the back with the sureflow pump to put water back into the tank. I tried to siphon water into the tank by setting the bucket on top of the bumper. Then feed it into the fresh water port but it didn't work.

We've had lots of bear encounters, they're smart and act like kids basically. I've seen them smile while playing with my daughter through the window, crying in sadness after being left on their own by their mom, and also scream in terror more then once when I mess with them and run them off. Just carry a big Boom Stick if you're worried about them and just shoot into the ground below them and watch them dance if they're having an attitude. Basically I treat them like an 8 year old and run them off if they look like trouble. I've kept a mad grizzly just behind me and out of reach of my car once in Alaska for 1/4 mile or so, and then I've watched them fish maybe 50 yards away. Generally turning on all of the lights will scare them at least a few feet away, then they run when yelled at most of the time. If they don't run, then fire off a warning shot. All you need to do is open a window :)

We spent 3 more days at Fall Hollow only because we drove solid for 5 days to get there and we were worn out from the long days on the road and then Karen got the flu the next day, so full hook ups made a difference plus it was like monsoon season there in February, so we just kicked back in the heavy rain until it quit a few days later and her fever broke. So just play it by ear, especially if it's your first trailer. We were at OTT all day on delivery day fixing, finishing, and adding things on the trailer and then we got to Fall Hollow and set up right at dark. Then Karen spent the next day nursing a fever (Valentines Day) while decorating and setting it up the inside her way. I did what I could outside in the rain and went to town for supplies and took a drive just give her some space to get the feel of her new kitchen, etc... That was over 2 months ago and we are still on our maiden voyage. We've enjoyed it so much that we never made it home and opened the house back up. The one nice thing about full hook ups with the Truma AquaGo Water heater is that you just need to pull the handle on the gray tank and then go shower as long as you want with no limits and no need to worry about running out of water or filling the tanks. It really is our favorite mod with endless hot water :)

They have both.

My friend has the camp fire in a can and he prefers ours after seeing it because ours looks like coals and can be stirred up and arranged so that the fire works better. We bought ours at Lowe's and add our own extra special lava rocks when we find one. We cook hot dogs, hamburgers, marshmallows over it like any other fire. The Campfire in a Can has the fake logs, so arranging the fire isn't possible unless you toss the logs and add your own rocks. From what I can tell, they all have the same burner that can be modified for huge flames if you want also by drilling out the orifice a bit. There are tons of videos of them all on YouTube. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Garden-Treasures-18-5-in-W-54-000-BTU-Bronze-Portable-Steel-Liquid-Propane-Fire-Pit/50037272

Then, you're going to want to cut your 6ft piece off at the ground below the Oliver so that your siphon hose will be as short as possible. So you will have some scrap also :) Yep, I love the bungee balls, I have 2 on each hose when in storage and 2 on the electrical cords also, then 2 more on the slinky. One of the best inventions ever :)

John, the 2 shorter hoses take the place of the bandit and are much easier to use without. At Yosemite, which is where everyone should try to hit this Spring, the faucets are about 30" off of the ground. The smaller pieces are 3/4" also and were left the over from another project. Together they were too long so the shorter piece slips up over the faucet and the end hangs down into my 8gallon wheeled tank at Yosemite and other parks with low faucets. Then some state parks here like Indian Grinding Rocks, which we go to after leaving Yosemite, have the faucets about 4ft off the ground so the longer works on those. I want just enough hose to hang into the tank, so both of my scraps have a use. You could just use your 6ft piece for the same thing. The bandit is weak walled and really needs to be hose clamped to any faucet or it will just blow off under very little pressure, where your 3/4" hose will fit tight over any faucet as is and you can max out the faucet without the fear of getting totally soaked like you will with the bandit. I also have a bandit but I've only used it once and that was on a faucet with stripped threads on an adapter. All that you can use the bandit for is filling your tank slowly, you can't just hook it up to the city side thinking that it will hold while parked. Karen bought it this year just to have and I tried it once, but the hose works a lot better and will hold more pressure. You can use 1/2" PVC nipples to adapt your 3/4" hose to standard water hose like I did with the 3/4" x 2" nipple used on my 1" hose with the male hose adapter. But you will need a 1/2" by 2" threaded nipple or or a slip fitting adapter if they have one. I just walked into True Value and got everything there.

Wow! That Nitecore MH12 looks exactly like my 3 year old Fenix PD35. They must have cross traded or something because an exact match in every way Except... there's no N on the thumb button. https://www.amazon.com/Fenix-PD35-Flashlight-rechargeable-EdisonBright/dp/B00GACBSZ8/ref=sr_1_19?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1492570350&sr=1-19&keywords=Fenix+pd35

Thanks Matt :) We ran out of the first tank on day 3 at Fall Hollow, then put 9.7 gallons in a couple days later, so it really wasn't a big problem at all. It got us started and now I know to check it every couple weeks and it will run a month easy with the 2 - 30 pounders while boondocking. And that's with the fridge, stove, heater, and Truma water heater running on propane. The outdoor fireplace may take me down a bit faster but it's worth it :)

I tried to start an actual siphon to fill the water tank through the fresh water valve tonight and found that the fresh water inlet line does have pressure on it from the check valve not allowing it to work. So I cleaned out the trunk, pulled up the V- mat, and looked at the pipes. There is a hole cut in the floor under the mat but it didn't open up the whole area. The hole worked, but I figured that I would be pulling a door open. Here it is looking in from the door Then here's a view of the check valves and wall connection. Because the hole is so far from the door, the access is limited. The green and red arrows show the back side of this - So the red arrow points to the fresh water connection. I still have my siphon hose from the Casita and was hoping to gravity fill the tank with it. But it will still work fine on the back when I am pumping the water in by changing the valves and turning on the fresh water pump. Here's a picture of my 3 hoses that I use for filling from National Forest water spigots or any faucet including my siphon valve and hose. This experiment may have failed but it was a needed step that we all were able to learn from :) The siphon is a 1" clear poly flow hose with a Simple Siphon Big Gulp. 1" works great for all RV gravity feed systems but the 3/4" or less is all that's needed for the Oliver's waterpump system. Also, you can see that I have used the quick disconnects throughout my system :) Reed

Yup, great thread. As far as for bad guys, Veridian makes some good lights also. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0026O1EY4/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1XUMFGC2SRSCR&coliid=I10U3RYPSE5M74 http://www.viridiangreenlaser.com

You guys did great, and you're all great moderators. I never got the chance to see the post and that's for the best. I just wanted to say thanks to you all because it just wasn't right to let her keep taking every topic down some twisted, insult filled road. We really appreciate you guys and gals as our Moderators. Can you delete all of the tags that she put on Bob's thread? Thanks Again, Reed & Karen

It's just water and soap, it will come out. Then just pick it up and walk it out once from the trailer in the air a bit to get the rest out after it's finished and then when it's rolled up tight, nothing is going to come out. I use them all the time. You could just use 3"... and if you go to a local industrial rubber hose store like Spokane hose, (I tried putting in the link but it just kept deleting the post...) it will be cheap. I paid 12 cents a foot last time for 1 1/2". They sell it at plumbing stores but rubber supply houses will have that and... You should just go there and look around :) They will have fittings and hoses of all types also and you could just use cam-locks and then unhook it and drain it each time also. Or you might see a better way when your touring the store because there's tons of options...

2nd time posting, it keeps deleting my posts It's just water and soap, it will come out. Then just pick it up and walk it out once from the trailer in the air a bit to get the rest out after it's finished and then when it's rolled up tight, nothing is going to come out. I use them all the time. You could just use 3"... and if you go to a local industrial rubber hose store like http://www.spokanehose.com it will be cheap. I paid 12 cents a foot last time for 1 1/2". They sell it at plumbing stores but rubber supply houses will have that and... You should just go there and look around :) They will have fittings and hoses of all types also and you could just use cam-locks and then unhook it and drain it each time also. Or you might see a better way when your touring the store because there's tons of options.

It's just water and soap, it will come out. Then just pick it up and walk it out once from the trailer in the air a bit to get the rest out after it's finished and then when it's rolled up tight, nothing is going to come out. I use them all the time. You could just use 3"... and if you go to a local industrial rubber hose store like http://www.spokanehose.com it will be cheap. I paid 12 cents a foot last time for 1 1/2". They sell it at plumbing stores but rubber supply houses will have that and... You should just go there and look around :) They will have fittings and hoses of all types also and you could just use cam-locks and then unhook it and drain it each time also. Or you might see a better way when your touring the store because there's tons of options. Once it stops raining I will test my siphon, so hold off on that or just pick up some 1" clear poly tubing from any hardware. I just finished building a siphon for the Olli and will try it out in a couple days It's like this but with a quick connect.

These are nice for setting up or if problems arise at night. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Panther-Vision-Real-Tree-Xtra-4-LED-Lighted-Hat-CUB4-281237/203208793?cm_mmc=Shopping|THD|google|&mid=sF2BZPNpH|dt_mtid_8903tb925190_pcrid_111415680425_pkw__pmt__product_203208793_slid_&gclid=CjwKEAjwz9HHBRDbopLGh-afzB4SJABY52oFhKNG24RcLTZ6PXse_dYT1i_Ngfq6UBigF2346t9KwhoCdDTw_wcB