Monday - Some adventure a couple of night ago. At 3am, we had no power in the motorhome. No 12VDC or AC. The screenshot shows how many times the inverter was restarting. I used the small jumper box to restart the SOK batteries as the BMS had disconnected them. I then performed a hard restart of the inverter and it started to pass AC power and after a few minutes, the battery charger kicked in. But the AC power continued to reset. After getting HomeAssistant working, I looked at the history and on Saturday, it was happening every 1.5 hours. This convinced me that it was an RV problem not a shore power problem. The last time I needed to reset the inverter was in Yuma a few years ago and it was a problem with the Progressive Dynamics surge protector. I switched the surge protector to “bypass” and all of my power issues vanished. Not a single glitch all day Sunday while we were in San Antonio.
This morning, we got the class C packed up for a short shakedown trip to an rv park near Johnson City. It has full hookups so not much of a challenge. It is the first time we are towing the Jeep for more than a few miles. Also a check of the DC-DC charger and the solar panel mounting. The mirror mounted screen for the rear-view camera seems to be functional. All is good. I still have a few more tasks such as the TPMS and finding a better location for the GPS as well as routing all the power wires. (TPMS, dash cam, and GPS)
You can really feel the Jeep especially on hills and it does push the back of the RV around some. And, there is a lot of engine noise as it downshifts on every hill. The park is very quiet and nicely landscaped. I like all the grass after months of no grass.
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