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Posted By: wintersun on 12/26/12 05:12pm

Removed the Blue Sky 3024 controller and replaced the program chip and then reinstalled it in the kitchen cabinet and reconnected the solar panels. Will know in a couple days if going back to an earlier rev level of 3.20 fixed the operating problems. Now need for the rain to letup and some sun to shine on the panels.

Like the idea of the mother-in-law hideout. I can see where the concept could be easily expanded upon.

Posted By: silverbullet02 on 12/27/12 12:27pm

It was 3 days ago, but I finally got mine back! It's been sitting in Ohio for a year in my parents yard. Finally have everything straightened out and brought it down to TN the other day. Now to find somewhere to go, haha!

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Oh, the other thing I've been doing, and this does count for today, I've been trying to figure out why my solar isn't working and believe I have tracked it down to what I hope is a bad connection up at the panel on the roof. Down side is that it's cold and I have to un-goop the screws and pull it off the roof to get to the plug, so that will have to wait for a warmer day. This pic was from this morning to keep in the spirit of the thread [emoticon]

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Posted By: kerry4951 on 12/27/12 01:23pm

silverbullet02 wrote:

I would definirely secure that plug better so you wont have to pull off that panel again. Both my solar panels are over the cabover area and not over the factory plug.I have the plug area covered over with Eternabond tape. That might be a way for you to secute your plug. Great looking combo. We love our AF.

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Posted By: btggraphix on 12/27/12 02:50pm

I went outside last night while it was about zero out and 55 inside and used my IR thermometer to measure temps at a bunch of different places to get an idea regarding insulation needs. It was interesting for sure. One interesting find was that for both the walls and the ceiling showed about a 12 degree difference between the locations where the aluminum frame members run. You can see it on the outside when things are very very cold and frost has formed....the frame members show up clear as day. Same thing on the inside where you see a bit of dust along all the frame members from condensation. But it was interesting to see a solid 12 degree difference! Makes me wonder if instead of putting a whole layer of paneling or something there'd be something you could tape/mount JUST to where the frame members are.... It would look bad of course. Made me think a little about putting pen to paper and calculating how much energy is transferred through the aluminum as compared to the open walls. Not sure how easily it could be done but it should be possible. It's possible to be losing more heat through the frame members than the rest of the walls.

The other not surprising spot where a lot of heat was escaping was around the lower part of the service bay where the dump valves are....the walls of that is sheet metal and plastic depending on where, and both are letting out a lot of heat. I was surprised to find that the city water inlet right at the wall was 37 degrees....but of course I have two furnace ducts pointing right in there on all the lines. I just need to insulate that box a lot better and make a cover for the external water connections there.

Silverbullet - congrats on getting the camper - I am sure you can find somewhere to go. [emoticon]

We are going this weekend to the upper Arkansas Valley....it's supposed to be 9 for a low so we are planning on a nice big bonfire Saturday night. My solar panel connection on the roof did something similar and got a bit mangled by branches or something. Lance replaced the plug for me when I was there and if I remember right, used a right-angle connector so the wires didn't stick up so high in the air to catch on stuff. Yours is at least protected under the panels, but access is a pain.

Posted By: jtlingo123 on 12/27/12 09:28pm

Loaded up the TC and headed for Hayak snow play park with the kidos in the morning!Just got my Discover pass today and I'm already to go [emoticon]

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Posted By: CptnBG on 12/29/12 09:42am

Converted most of my interior lighting to LED. Wow, much brighter/whiter light!

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Posted By: the tc life on 12/29/12 01:58pm

i finally got the little racks that george (xnorp) had made, put in my camper. they will work perfectly for cell phones and other little items.
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i also got the camper a little cleaned up. getting it ready to head out in 3 weeks. had to knock some ice off the front nose too.
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Posted By: JoeChiOhki on 12/29/12 05:37pm

Wow, what a contrast to what it looked like when I visited there back in September!

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Posted By: kerry4951 on 12/29/12 06:33pm

the tc life wrote:

i finally got the little racks that george (xnorp) had made, put in my camper. they will work perfectly for cell phones and other little items.
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i also got the camper a little cleaned up. getting it ready to head out in 3 weeks. had to knock some ice off the front nose too.
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Nice job!! Its just another example of just how much wasted space we have in these TCs. You made great use out of what was nothing before.

Posted By: Buzzcut1 on 12/30/12 06:07pm

used tweezers to pull hair and junk out of the shower drain then I put mesh strainers in both the shower and kitchen sink drains to keep the crud out much better than the oem stuff.

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