Aluminum Camper Forum

I'm curious if the there is market, weak or strong, for such a critter, a 2011 Aluminum Toy Hauler with double tip out bunks. I never see these advertised on this forum. We got old  and there it sits. We used it to haul my sidecar rig to different parts of the country and camp and explore. Amazing how easy it goes down the road with a 1/2 ton. From what I see on these pages it appears these older all aluminum outfits aren't being built anymore. If someone could chime in and confirm that and offer any advice it would be much appreciated! Thank You!
Hackpirate
Central South Dakota

Steve,

Beyond venting it there may be other codes prohibiting the installation but I will investigate that as first option.  As soon as I hit enter this will be saved for eternity for the lawyers but my hope is that eternity will be spent where they are elsewhere and maybe the CO detector beeping will be the giveaway of that event. 

Thanks for checking in,
Steve

Holy crimenee, thanks for the responses gentlemen! I don't know half of what you are talking about but hey, I got a good starting point. I will be getting the unit out of storage if the weather stays nice here in SD.

David said...That compressor has 12V input terminals that in your case are fed from a 120V AC/12V DC internal converter. It is kind of silly to use an inverter to go from 12 to 120 and then back to 12 for the fridge compressor. You should be able to get to the compressor, hook up to the 12V terminals and then with a double pole double throw switch, select 12V  from your trailer's DC system or 12V from the internal 120V converter. All it takes is a switch and some wire.[/b][/color]  This is the first thing I will check when I can and it makes the best sense if it's possible.

Merlin said.... There are excellent, efficient 12/120 volt portable refrigerators available from companies like Arb, Engel, and Dometic. They are very efficient, well-insulated compressor-type refrigerators that run on what I would call "native" 12VDC. S I'll be checking for possibilities here pronto.

Steve said....I don't know why you would want to permanently disable a propane burner in either case, if you don't want propane hooked up to it, just don't hook it up. Permanently disabling that feature isn't necessary. Steve, I'm assuming that the propane unvented to the outside would violate some kind of code(s). If for some reason this rig ever ended up with someone that was unaware of this issue then it would be awful. For my purposes propane would be the best option as it is simpler when off the grid and in all my previous rigs the propane consumption was almost unnoticed.

It just seems when LL confronted this issue of a frig off of exterior walls they just punted and stuck a cheapo 110V in there and called it good. If I ditch the cheapo I would certainly like to fill that space with something that actually fits nice.The frontal storage is spacious, especially up high where it's empty, but doing work in there kills my back. But, if I have to lean on some of y'alls electrical design skills I may crawl in and give it a go. Your replies are appreciated.

Thanks, Steve

Greetings, I'm a new member on this forum with a question on my 2011 Basecamp 8516.

The refrigerator supplied by Livin Lite is a 110V ONLY. The rear of the unit faces into the front storage compartment so there is no outside ventilation to operate on LP so thus the 110V only. It could operate on 12V if a 110V / 12V frig was offered but I'm guessing that 12V is not an option without including LP. But it's a pain when boondocking to have to operate a genny just to run the frig.

Are there any owners out there that found a better option without buying a unit with LP and permanently disabling the LP function? I know there must not be options otherwise LL would have been aware of such thing. I bought this camper used and of course did not discover the 110 only thing until the first time out. My wife was thrilled....not. This is quite the little rig and was about ready to sell it and upgrade until I discovered the news about the demise of LL. I don't think I could ever find another built like this one. Hey, thank you for any advice offered. Or just telling me that I am SOL!

Steve