Day 264: Pillows and inverters

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Ben

Grandma DiAnn and Barry stopped by to see the new RV. We had a nice time visiting, especially the part where we gave Grandma DiAnn her birthday present and M’s guess of her age overshot by over a decade.

Oops.

Grandma DiAnn gave B a pair of pillowcases that her mother had embroidered:

The new inverter arrived today. I bought a slightly smaller and cheaper one in case Camping World blows up this one as well. I took this opportunity to modify the wiring so that I can disconnect the solar controller or the inverter or both from the battery using the selector switch. Before, the solar controller was downstream of the inverter, so when the inverter’s 150 amp fuse blew, we temporarily lost solar as well.

We’re trying to wrap up what must be done here in town as temperatures are expected to be in the high 90s this weekend. We also really want to get back on the road!

Day 263: More RV mods

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Ben

Shabbos was blessedly cool on BLM land. Today I installed the bunk ladders I ordered:

The RV came with a dinette for four on M’s side and a sofa on B’s side. We pulled out the sofa and moved half the dinette over to B’s side so now they each have one bench. We will be installing removable tables on both sides in the next few days:

Day 261: Homeless, Day 3

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Ben

We once again left our RV at Camping World and drove over to my parent’s house.

B tears down a broken hard drive:

After another day of cleaning, we took the RV back to storage. Here the old RV says goodbye to my parent’s house:

We picked up our RV. Camping World refused to replace the inverter they destroyed, first blaming me for the issue and then suggesting I lie to the inverter manufacturer, say it spontaneously broke, and ask for a new one under warranty.

Sleazy.

Good Shabbos from BLM land just south of Las Vegas!

Day 260: Homeless, Day 2

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Ben

Once again we dropped off the new RV at Camping World’s service department and headed over to my parent’s house. Zayde realized that B is the Engineer in the family, so here he is showing B how to etch a PCB:

Last night I discovered that Camping World had destroyed our inverter by plugging in the RV and turning on the main breaker before turning off the inverter breaker. Hopefully they will pay for the damage they’ve done. We’re once again overnighting in their lot as they have a third day of repairs to do on the new RV.

Day 259: Cleaning out the old RV

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Ben

The last two days of Passover were nice and thankfully not as hot as the beginning of Passover. Last night we said goodbye to MKT’s parking lot and headed back to BLM land.

This morning we dropped off our new RV for the day at Camping World for warranty repair for components that were DOA when we purchased the new RV. We packed what we needed for the day and headed over to my parent’s house.

Today we retrieved the old RV from storage and scrubbed it inside and out and posted it as for sale to Craig’s List and RV Trader. She cleans up pretty good: