Ada, OK

Thursday - Today’s drive was only around 160 miles to visit friends outside of Ada, OK. I reset the Starlink obstruction "map" so the ping success is flaky. I signed up for the afternoon test session and will have to rely on AT&T through my phone. The drive up was uneventful, which is good. No wind and not hot at all. I think that we will be here for the next several days. 

This morning, I filled the water tank at the TT park, then after filling the gas tank, I weighed the RV plus Jeep at the Cat scale. The GVWR is 14500, so we are under by 1360. The front axle is by only 260 lbs and 1200 lbs at the rear axle. I think it’s interesting that the axle rating on the factory sticker is 100 lbs more than the GVWR on the same sticker. “Ford math”. 

I just wanted to make sure that we were under the max axle ratings. Plus, I now know that having the tires at 75 psi front and 80 psi rear, as listed on the door, is close enough. Maybe 75 psi all around would give a slightly better ride as the rear isn’t anywhere near max. The rear storage compartment is pretty empty, and I was thinking of having the e-bikes on a carrier. 

Friday - Went into Ada to pick up some groceries. Mostly veggies.

Clouds have been scattered most of the day, and the battery SoC was down to around 50% this morning. The solar charged them up to around 64% by late afternoon. I fired up the generator, and it was charging them for a few minutes, then the inverter disconnected the input. After a few minutes, it would reconnect and then disconnect. The inverter must not like something about the generator output. I am now plugged into a 20-amp outlet, and charging is working fine. 

I need to turn off StarLink and the ice maker at night when dry camping.

Saturday - With StarLink off for six hours and the ice machine off for ten hours, the SoC was at 84% this morning. I had the charger turned off last night as well, just to see what the SoC would be this morning. I suspect t

I joined in both test sessions today, though I relied on my phone instead of StarLink. The obstructions result in short outages every 5 to 10 minutes.