Will B.

We'll be seeing you next year. (And we were there last year.)

Before I can answer the "Oscar Charlie Delta" question (and shouldn't it be: "Charlie Delta Oscar"?), I'd need to see a picture of the aftermarket panel! Ha ha. But different style switches, side by side, yeah, ewwww. Aesthetics, man!

A lot of systems (res or otherwise), like to validate addresses against the USPS system. There are API calls (behind the scenes web talkin') that will send a provided address and get them to validate it. Lately, we've had issues with this. We're with Escapees, and while...just about anything sent there will get to us, those systems that validate the addresses absolutely require an address in this format: 225 Rainbow Dr PMB 12345. The "Drive" has to be "Dr" and you have to use PMB ("postal mailing box"?) in the address. If you're using any mail service at all, this might be the case. Hope that helps you or someone else in the future.

If you could provide a picture, that might help us help you out. I'm mostly just curious to see something I don't have!

Bought our rig via RVTrader.

There are likely a whopping ton of campgrounds (that aren't your regular spot, sure), that have space and have monthly leases, in those states. It really boils down to your requirement of amenities. The wife and I don't really look for those, so we have a lot more options available. Just our way of looking at it. But then, we don't have any friends somewhere to try to see or hang out with, expecting us. That can make a difference. There's also New Mexico. I know we stayed in a place between Alamagordo and Tularosa (near the giant Pistachio!) that would be a decent tide over.

I'm no expert, but usually a SIM (when using a "regular phone account") might be locked to the IMEI of the intended device. This isn't always the case. Sometimes, too, the device (tablet) might be locked to a particular network. I think the only real risk is that Visible detects that the SIM is on a new device and locks the account. Again, not an expert, but this is likely the worst you'll have to deal with. (Other than, you know, it just not working!) And lastly, the sim simply might not work at all, for none of these reasons!

My immediate thought was: The batteries are connected to things that aren't turned off by the cutoff switch, namely the jacks. You have things drawing on the batteries when the switch is closed (or "connected"). Therefore, when you turned the cutoff switch "off", you disabled the other draws on the batteries, thereby giving sufficient power to the leveling jacks. If I'm right, that'll at least help explain the circumstances, though I don't know about correcting anything, if necessary. Other than having more batteries / power available.

What I would do, but this might be overkill for most (I'm a tech guy), is implement something like a Pepwave device, that provides an entire network. All the things connect to it's Wifi, and you never change those (we have 2x Echo devices, printer, laptops, the rig's networked stuff, a small server, and other little things, both wifi and hard-wired). Then, in the Pepwave, you give it multiple Wifi profiles, for example, I have a "saved" connection profile for every time I've used a campground's wifi (that was worth anything). If none of those are available, and it sees my phone's hotspot turn on, it connects to that. If my wife's phone's hostpot is on, and mine's not, it connects to hers, thereby providing network access to everything. In that situation, my phone connects to the Pepwave's wifi which is getting WAN service from her phone.

From what I understand, you replace it one-for-one. In theory, the system contains the correct amount. With your jacks extended, a lot of the fluid is in the hoses. The instructions are to retract your jacks, take out 1 quart of fluid, replace with one quart of the Fork Oil, or whatever you've decided to use. Then put the jacks out. If it doesn't mix really great, another round of in and out should cover it. I believe you can even add more if it doesn't help over time.

What's amazing, too, is that the higher (or just "having one") fee, the more likely that this is a campground that will fill your spot if you don't show up. Cruise lines are just as bad, if you miss the full-refund window.

There's also the weighing system at Escapees.

I'd recommending checking with EZMobileData. Been using them for two years now. (We aren't an affiliate or anything.) We've had good service from them when needed. We just added a second SIM (added Verizon in addition to our existing AT&T.) We were turned onto them initially from MobileMustHave.com where we bought our equipment. Their Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/ezmobiledata Their website is https://www.ezmobiledata.com/ Though we're not affiliates, you can say Will and Lucinda with DWO sent you! Nothing wrong with a little goodwill!

So, I can give you a bit of a rundown. Let me go look up your device first. Okay, if *this* is the device you're talking about, I can speak somewhat intelligently about it: From: https://5gstore.com/product/10890_pepwave_max_br1_pro_5g.html First, let me say that I have a Pepwave Max Transit Duo, and I am a computer and web programmer by trade, and a fairly decent network guy. You indicate "no data plan", which confuses me a wee bit. If you are planning on simply using campground WiFi, I will tell you that you will be lucky, at best, if you can get it. And if you can, you'll be lucky if they have a decent Internet pipe behind it, and you'll be even luckier if they have a "system" that limits bandwidth to individual users. If not all of these are the case, you will "connect", but it could be useless. In two years of full-time RV'ing around the country, I've only found a couple of campgrounds that actually have decent WiFi. And it's funny, just today, our AT&T got goofy and I'm relying on campground WiFi. Fortunately, it meets all the criteria above. (It's a KOA in Arlington, Texas.) Usually, our Internet setup is having an AT&T sim card in the device (it can support up to four). The Pepwave, through it's admin function, most models will let you connect to campground WiFi instead of a cell service. In turn the the Pepwave is also your "access point" (AP). Meaning, this is the Wifi all your devices will connect to. Why? Because each time you get parked and want to use the Internet, you don't want to have to reconnect all your devices to a different Wifi. For us, that's two laptops, a fat network storage drive system, two phones, a table, two Echo devices, a small server computer and three Roku devices. (No, we don't use all of them, all the time! Some hardly at all!) Oh, and all the Victron stuff. In addition, some of those devices are not WiFi, but require a hard network connection, so I added a simple network switch to provide more physical connections, which is then connected to one of the LAN connections on the Pepwave. So, the Pepwave-provided Wifi, acting as a router, is called (for example): BeldenNetwork. I always connect to that. Otherwise I wouldn't be on the "same network" as my NAS (network attached storage) and wouldn't have access to my work files, photo storage, media library, etc. Now, alone, with or without our AT&T or some campground Wifi, gets me a "network". I can talk to all my own devices. But without an external Internet connection, it's pretty much useless to check email, etc. There is hope, though. I'm still confused about you "not having a data plan", but the reason I wanted to look at the device in the picture above is that it has a "WAN" connection. This is "Wide Area Network", which really means "You can plug a hotspot or other provided network cable in", and it'll share whatever network it provides. Not all hotspot devices have an Ethernet (that kind of connection) out. Some have USB in different connection types, some simply provide WiFi. Fortunately, the Pewave (not 100% sure on your model, check with the vendor) can use almost any Wifi signal, and share it among the whole network. This means you'd have TWO Wifi connections avaialble: The hotspot provided network and your Pepwave network. If you don't care about connection to other devices on your network, then it won't matter which one you connect to. Those Wifi names won't change. However, if you have it setup this way, I'm not sure the Pepwave is worth purchasing; that is... if you're going to have a hotspot. I consider my Pepwave, a little bit, to be overkill. That's my style. I've been quite happy with it, but my needs, from a technical standpoint, are more than most folks have. At some point, you WILL have to have some form of data plan, again, unless you're planning on using campground WiFi, which is unreliable to nonexistent at best most of the time. If you're planning on staying in high dollar campgrounds all the time, you might have better luck. Or if you'll be by your own house, and want to repeat your in-house WiFi, that would likely work, too. One thing I did have to do was, at the suggestion of my vendor, is disconnect ONE of the external antenna lines (from the antenna on the roof), and use a short antenna (that comes with them) instead. It improved my connection inside the rig considerably. I've attached a picture, not super current, but of our setup. If you'd like to reach out to me with a Private/Direct message, I can try to help you out a bit more. I don't sell anything, I'm not a hardware provider or anything like that. The wife and I are writers, programmers, website builder, and of course, as all entrepreneurs do, we have 100 other things in the pipeline for that "hustle" of full-time RV'ing while working from the road. I hope some of this info helps. I had to really reduce the image sizes horribly to get under the 100K attachment limit.

One of the biggest problems I ever have with our cards is that the wife and I both ride motorcycles. Since we use our Amazon Visa as our primary card, sometimes, at separate pumps, I'll get an issue because we both use it. Maybe... 10 times in 5 years because of this. In that case, I just flip to the debit card. But it looks like fraud, sometimes. And like others have said, moving around a lot as an RV'er, we could be 10 hours between stops before we use the credit card (the fuel is usually on the TSD card). That can definitely trigger fraud.

I have all my cards, credit and debit, notify me of any charge over $1. And I check them. (All via text/SMS.) For me, though, I get rejected by fraud because of myself, somehow. As an RV'er, I'm guessing they think: "Wait, he was in Florida an hour ago, now he's in Louisiana? FRAUD!". Annoying, but preferable.

RVing with Tito just posted a video on this concept:

We felt that way during our month-long stay in Tularosa, NM. Wind....combined with what were, essentially, dust storms!

We installed two of these to replace our dead/dying pair. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ZOF09Y/ Pretty happy with it. The only thing the wife doesn't like is that the remote, when it's been idle, you have to hit the power button twice. Once I explained it, it's all been good.

While I drive an F-350 and a 44' toy hauler, I'm not always hooked up. Yes, I need diesel, but Gas Buddy has been somewhat useful for me. I actually signed up for and received their card. It works just like TSD, draft from a bank account. When you use it (where it's accepted, which has been 95% of the places I've tried), you save a guaranteed 3 cents. Not much, I get that. But, using the app, there are sometimes "deals" you can activate. I'm guessing you know about this. Those savings have been dramatic on occasion. It would be my opinion that if you're looking to a credit card that gives points, I'd look at one that gives you something you'll always spend. Either cash (like Capital One does on some flavors). For me, I'm an Amazon junkie...always needing something. 99% of all my purchases go through my Chase Amazon Visa. Seems like everytime I order something on Amazon, it's "free"! I have no experience with Flying J. I'm still mad that TSD had to kill the relationship because of Good Sam a couple years ago.

They "don't support" more likely means they "don't care". I don't think there's a tech stack that can ignore them. Let me suggest you actually try turning it off. Sometimes they can do more harm than good. (No idea why.) Secondly, if I were you (and depending on your budget), I'd completely skip ever thinking about campground WiFi and go with a cell-based service. For two years, I've been using an AT&T sim card through a Pepwave device (from MobileMustHave.com) and have been exceedingly happy with it. I think I get up to 500gb/mo for about $120 (not counting equipment costs). I'm a tech guy so setting it all up was simple enough for me. Only once in two years have I needed campground WiFi, and it was really good (Carrollwoods in North Carolina). Fortunate, too, because AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile were all quite weak there. I did also use the campground WiFi at FunTown RV (at Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, OK) and it was pretty good, before we got our Pepwave setup. Just some ideas, hope that can help.

Just some additional information to consider: 1. Will Prowse has a video on these batteries, I see in this text they might not have the low-temp cutoff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpLl6ywpQPo 2. You indicate "storage". Not sure if that's "at the house" under your watchful eye, or if you're thinking of off-site storage of the rig. If so, you might consider taking the batteries home! A lot of theft goes on in those places.

For gift giving, we told the two kids that they were out once they had grandkids. This effectively shifted the gift-giving attention away from us-to-kids and kids-to-us. I know that's not 100% an option for everyone, but it works pretty well for us. My wife and I (married 26 years), haven't given each other gifts in over a decade. I hate anyone having to go through "what to get, what to get?!?!" issues and I simply will *not* go through it. Told the wife that if she wants to buy stuff for anyone (her mom or whoever), she has to figure it out without my help. Because my answer will always be "Gift Card." I know that isn't a thoughtful gift, and the wife absolutely believes a gift should be thoughtful. For me, gift giving is a chore. I know it's a bad way to look at it, and that's why I find it easier to not do gift giving at all, nor to expect any gifts. That said, however, I still might pick up a trinket in the middle of the year and think "Oh, our friends X and Y would love this!" and actually buy it. This is always because I want to, not because a birthday or a seasonal holiday demands it.

Could try Carefree of Colorado. They make a lot of the awning assemblies for RV's. https://www.carefreeofcolorado.com/ Can't speak to shipping time, but I have ordered replacement parts a couple of times from them.

We had plumbing issues at the house before we sold. Tree roots loved to creep into our main sewer pipe out. At that time, we started using the Scott 1-ply TP, to reduce blockage and reduce the frequency we had to have a plumber come out and "rooter" the pipe. When we sold and went to the RV, and read about various issues, we used the same TP. We haven't had a single blockage in two years. Others are correct, though, that plenty of water in your flushing makes all the difference. You can find it at almost every grocery store, Walmart, etc.