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Last night we hosted a sleepover with the grandbabies.  DW had one twin bed. 6 yr old had the other. 8 yr old had the dinette bed (so I got to learn how to set that up: EZPZ). And I got the floor with my old sleeping bag. Had a blast. 😂

We ran the AC a lot yesterday.  All on battery.  We had several "showings" during the day to interested friends and family.  Then the sleepover started with "Finding Nemo at 7:30" and ran till 7 the next morning.  (The AC was on for 12 hrs straight.)

Battery levels went from about 85% yesterday morning to about 20% this morning.  Very nice.

Bright sunshine predicted all day today.  We will see how they recover.

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1 hour ago, Dennis and Melissa said:

I got the floor with my old sleeping bag.

Reads like a great time for all! Thanks for sharing your start-up adventure though all these pages. Love every bit of it, except maybe the line above! I'd be feeling every sport I've played, every maintenance job I worked and all related arthritis and injuries. In our family, our son is good on the floor! God bless.

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2 hours ago, Dennis and Melissa said:

The AC was on for 12 hrs straight.

Wow on battery alone, it couldn’t have been too hot and the compressor not running a lot? 

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21 hours ago, rich.dev said:

Wow on battery alone, it couldn’t have been too hot and the compressor not running a lot? 

Starting temp was mid 80s, dropped to 70-ish.  Set on 68 "night mode" for all 12 hours with 4 bodies inside.

Fan ran continuously (as designed), compressor intermittent of course.

After a full day of sunshine (maybe interrupted a bit by Ollie's bath and one nearby tree) with almost everything electric turned off, batteries are back up to 35%,

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2024 OLEII - Hull MDIV, born 3/13/24

Ram 1500  5.7L 8 cyl hemi, 4wd, max tow, air shocks, 6’4” box, crew cab

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