I knew we were going to do a couple of days casino boondocking soon, and finally, the weather has cooled off enough, I decided to try to finish my solar/inverter install.
All I had left was to strap the 2 AGM batteries to the 2 we had been running on, and splice the romax runs behind the power panel that I wanted to be 'live' when the inverter was on.
The last of the major cabling done.
All 4 batteries in the circuit now.
I re-routed 3 circuits through the inverter.
Now when I power up the inverter, all the living room, kitchen, and bedroom outlets will work. Not the air conditioners, refrigerator, washing machine, or microwave.
It feels good to get this project wrapped up.
Our last day at the Thousand Trails in Leavenworth, we met my brother Randi & his girlfriend Andrea, in Leavenworth for dinner. We ate at Gustav's and walked around for a bit till we ended up at Cold Stone Creamery for ice cream. Here are a few pics that day.
We left the Leavenworth TT and proceeded over Stevens Pass on Highway 2 and pulled into the Tulalip Casino around 2 PM. We parked in a different section this time.
I got out Tailgator setup, and fired up the inverter, and by golly ... it all worked. We were able to watch tv each morning and evening with no problems.
Here is a shot of the inverter control panel as I was making coffee. We use a Keurig 1 cup coffee maker, but it really draws some current. Just for a minute though.
It really sucks the batteries down, but when the coffee is done, the battery bank voltage jumps back to 12.9 volts. During the day (even in the Seattle Area), the battery bank charges to 13.5 volts.
It is good. We are ready for Quartzsite this winter.
We noticed that there were many Washington and British Columbia license plates all around us. There were also quite a few Class C's and Class A's pulling boats. We were just going to do 2 nights here. The Thousand Trails in Monroe (Thunderbird) was full up and we couldn't get in till the 9th. This is a good place to kill a few days.
We were going to watch our grandsons (Rome & Ryker) for the weekend. Their house is just about 16 miles away from the casino. We spent the weekend with the boys, and I drove back to the RV each night. It worked out good.
On the 9th, Donna followed me to the Thunderbird with the boys, and I set up along the river in site # 95.
The cats, Tinker Belle & Rumble Bunny, seem to like it here. 50 Amp site with no sewer, but we are only gonna be here for 8 days.
I updated our web page (www.thefergs.com) with our current location, site picture, and also updated RVilliage.
These are our travels since joining RVilliage.
I think the popularity of RVilliage is slacking off. It used to be that everywhere we park, there is another RVilliage traveler here. Well, I'll keep doing it. We will see if it continues or not.
The refrigerator seems to be doing pretty good. We de-frosted it again and stuck some sticky foam weather-stripping around the doors to help seal things up.
So far, so good.
Still waiting for word that our 2 leveling jacks have come in so we can get that work scheduled. We are running out of time left here in Washington state.
Till next time .......
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