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An update to our initial post: One thing that I forgot to mention is that our installation exceeds the maximum cable length recommended by Renogy. If my notoriously unreliable memory is correct, they recommend no more than 25 feet. By the time the cable gets from the van's roof to the battery...

Just to add to fernlane's comments: It seems our alternator puts out 14.4v, which is only 14.0v by the time that it gets to the 7 pin connector, so I suspect it is a bit lower at the camper battery. So I suspect he is correct that few newer tow vehicles will be capable of fully recharging the...

I believe we are now the official Unofficial Camp Inn Forum Guinea Pigs for charging the camper battery via a solar panel mounted on our tow vehicle. And the same system maintains the battery charge on our van during the day while it is parked. I don't think many Camp Inn owners will have much...

We've all been in those same shoes. I had never towed a trailer of any sort the first time we left the Camp Inn factory. Many is the time that I blocked a drive aisle in repeated failed attempts to get the camper to go where I wanted. But I eventually acquired the skills, and without backing...

Whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. Flip flops our bid for immortality. ;-) Besides, what Lana tracks into the cabin is way worse than what ends up on the soles of our shoes. There are plenty of trade offs and shortcomings to storing shoes outside of the cabin. The particular...

This isn't a big tip, but often it is the little things that can make a big difference in unpleasant weather. When the weather is warm and sunny, we don't give much thought to the sorts of shoes that we wear (though we wish it was Teva weather all the time!). But in cold and/or wet weather, we...

Great advice from Sweeney. My one refinement is that Alea & I use only two hand signals - keep coming and stop. That is because Alea goes to about where she wants the galley to be when we are parked. She looks to see which mirror I can see her in. She then stands where she wants that corner...

I concur. Each solution fits specific needs and desires, and the needs and desires of each of us will constantly change. Find whatever works best for you at a given point in time, and expect to find that you will be either finding, or looking for, a better solution at some point down the road...

I need to add that less than 8 hours after the above post, our new awning experienced an epic failure. We are camping in canyon country, so wind is always a constantly changing variable. I was out walking Lana, and while we were walking the wind picked up significantly. I returned to find...

I would echo Bear's thoughts on this. Somehow Alea's door latch can open if someone were to breath on it, while mine isn't too much the worse for wear. If we happen by CICO this year, we'll likely get new latches, as our dog has figured out that the way to get out of the camper is to put a paw...

Thanks for the kudos. Our plans are to be driving through Iowa some time prior to July 22nd (we may or may not be in a hurry). Our plan from here is to tagteam bicycle to Columbia, MO. Then we will drive north to Bemidji, MN for a reunion with Alea's siblings. Our planned (bicycle) routes...

We finally have had a chance to use our Kingcamp awning in the wild. We tried mating it up to the galley, with less than satisfactory results. With the hatch open, it will fit above the galley hinge, where it is possible to drape it over the side, attaching it to the fenders with the supplied...

We wanted to let any Camp-Inn owners (or wannabe owners) who live in or near the Treasure Valley area (Boise, ID to Ontario, OR), or who might be passing through this area, that we will be camping in various places in this vicinity for the next three and a half weeks. We hoping that someone...

You are correct about loss of battery capacity becoming permanent. I don't know that, aside from batteries just generally losing capacity due to age and degree of use, there is conclusive proof about the Dometic greatly accelerating the long term depletion of the battery. Current speculation...

I suspect that would work OK. I don't see where it states the length. You should probably make certain that it isn't longer than the cabin. I noticed another mat that is 87" long. I think that is about a half foot longer than the cabin, but I would recommend that you double check that.

I believe it is not a negative impact on the battery that is the problem when the Dometic is running off of battery power. It is the negative impact on the battery tender (which uses AC power to trickle charge the battery) when the camper is on AC power, but still running the Dometic off of DC...

I don't have a Volvo, but the 266 ft-lbs of torque at 1,800 rpm would make it more than adequate for towing a 560. You want a decent torque number at a fairly low rpm range, otherwise the engine will be working overtime going up steep hills. The Volvo fills the bill.

If the Dometic has shut down and you briefly start the tow vehicle to provide charging to the battery, it MAY still be possible that the battery charge has not increased enough for the Dometic to run (at least not for long). The manual will state at what voltage the Dometic will shut off...

Fortunately, these are three season campers, so driving in ice is not the norm for most of us. We've probably only driven long distance in icy conditions a total of almost a week. And probably 3/4ths of that was freeway driving, where roads are maintained constantly. That included one panic...

This post is similar to a post by Rotus8 from last year, but here I'm only talking about repairing a damaged part of the curtain slide tape (which can be purchased from Amazon.com). I decided after a very dusty few months last year that it was finally time to dry clean our curtains. When I...