Storing an Oliver

[Steph and Dud B]

We also have the Platinum package with the built in battery heaters. Because I only had one shared 15A outlet outside I throttled the Xantrex back to only 5A (setting 28) and it did just fine sitting outside here in CT all winter. The heaters don't draw much.

[MAX Burner]

12 hours ago, Steph and Dud B said:

@MAX Burner, is that a 10x12' bay door?

That's exactly right, an insulated 10'x12' bay door...  The width of the OTT makes it very easy to slide right in (unlike the AS, which usually took a couple passes).

[Rivernerd]

16 hours ago, Half Fast Hugo said:

Question for the collective minds though, they only have 15 amp receptacles on the wall and, will that allow it to keep the batteries full and warmed by the battery heaters? The facility is not heated so I'm concerned whether or not I should remove the batteries for the winter as we quite often get below 0F in January and February. 2021 LE2 with the platinum solar package.

15A AC power, with a 15A to 30A adapter of course, is more than adequate to keep even 630Ah of Lithionics LiFePO4 batteries warmed by the internal battery heaters, even down to 0 F.  Our 390Ah Lithionics pro package fully recharges from reserve cutoff levels with a 15A connection in a few hours.  The battery warmers don't draw even close to enough DC power to offset that AC infusion, even at only 15A.

16 hours ago, Half Fast Hugo said:

I will have 24/7 access if need be and will still have to winterize the plumbing systems.

Every 3 months you leave your Elite II plugged in to shore power full time, Lihionics recommends running a full discharge/recharge cycle down to the reserve power level, then restoring shore power.  For our winter in the Idaho mountains last year, with our Elite II stored in our 30' x 30' shed with 30A receptacle beginning in mid-November, I did one full discharge/recharge cycle in February.  By April, we were using the Oliver again, so only one discharge/recharge cycle was necessary.

I presume you are planning to install a 30A receptacle in your new 30' x 36' garage?

[Half Fast Hugo]

1 hour ago, Rivernerd said:

I presume you are planning to install a 30A receptacle in your new 30' x 36' garage?

Good info and thank you! Yes, one 30A on the outside for guests and one on the inside as well since I'll have a big enough service line to do so.

[ScubaRx]

On 8/5/2023 at 8:45 PM, SeaDawg said:

Our 2008 came with the original single step, and we used a stool as a second step for several years. My short legs, and one flip of that sturdy stool, for me, at a crazy hilly campsite in Tennessee,  prompted us to upgrade to the double step when it came available. 

It's a bolt on. A great "upgrade" for us, standard for all the new folks. Best double step in the marketplace. Superbly constructed. Way overbuilt, but that's the Oliver way.

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. 

[CRM]

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. 

[rideandfly]

We keep Ollie in a 36'X36' hangar with three sides. It does not have power, occasionally take the solar panels or gen-set to the hangar to charge the battery in the winter. It has an asphalt floor. We have had mud daubers to get into Ollie's window drains stopping them up. Now we put tape on the drains to keep the daubers out.

[Sak]

21 hours ago, rideandfly said:

We have had mud daubers to get into Ollie's window drains stopping them up. Now we put tape on the drains to keep the daubers out.

Are they also getting in your A/C? I have to plug all the holes in the A/C shroud. Can't use A/C cover because we are located in a very windy area of eastern Washington state.

[rideandfly]

55 minutes ago, Sak said:

Are they also getting in your A/C? I have to plug all the holes in the A/C shroud. Can't use A/C cover because we are located in a very windy area of eastern Washington state.

When we purchased Ollie used, there were mud daubers in the AC that made a lot of noise from time to time.  It was hard to find them with the cover off, but finally found them & got rid of them, happy to report no issues since.

[rideandfly]

There are AC covers available, that could help keep daubers out.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=rv+ac+cover&crid=WMFIA4XGFUNA&sprefix=rv+ac+cover%2Caps%2C121&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

[Patriot]

@Sak I had a cover on our former “Demonic Penguin” AC and it never blew off in high wind. It can be cinched down pretty tight. We never had issues with birds or bugs at all. 
 

Patriot🇺🇸

[Sak]

1 hour ago, Patriot said:

I had a cover on our former “Demonic Penguin” AC and it never blew off in high wind. It can be cinched down pretty tight. We never had issues with birds or bugs at all. 

That's a good news. I will have to try that. Thanks!

[MAX Burner]

On 9/25/2023 at 6:38 PM, rideandfly said:

We keep Ollie in a 36'X36' hangar with three sides.

No... that's not a hangar, that's totally a MAN CAVE!  HA!

[rideandfly]

2 hours ago, MAX Burner said:

No... that's not a hangar, that's totally a MAN CAVE!  HA!

Straight & level make me queasy! 🙃

[Steph and Dud B]

Our garage is almost done. Just need electrical run and installed before Eggcelsior can move in. Hoping to have it indoors before the first real snowfall.

[topgun2]

39 minutes ago, Steph and Dud B said:

Our garage is almost done. Just need electrical run and installed before Eggcelsior can move in. Hoping to have it indoors before the first real snowfall.

I'm soooooo jealous!

Congrats.

Bill