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Nearly sold on the Maxx. It seems that earlier versions of the MaxxAir and their circuit boards had a very low Voltage threshold and they cut out when being fed by more than 13.8V, or something. Which is indeed almost a certainty when charging on shore or the road. Or it fried the circuit...

Sweeney: I'll let you walk away with the prize. You deserve it. Looks like the Maxxfan could have a new fanboy in the near future. I'm seeing specs of 0.2A on Low. Which beats the pants off the Fantastic that boasts a considerable 1.5A as its lowest draw, according to my new Victron shunt. And...

Excellent. Nice to know. Thanks. Ours was never really that quiet on low right from the beginning. Nothing really wrong with it; it's just that low-level white noise can only be tolerated so long. Especially if you're not trying to drown anything out.

It does. Enough for me to work with. Thanks. Those links above I posted, about putting in a variable speed PWM control, could be deceptively simple. And f0r the sake of installing $10 part, I could mess up a $400 fan. Did you have an older Fantastic that gave up the ghost? Or did you never...

If the current model that C-I uses ends up being pretty much the same thing as what we have, I have run across this article where the author has all the same niggling beefs that I have. He has put an infinitely variable speed control into his Fantastic. Which addresses (presumably) all three...

Jenn: Re the fan: Is there a model number I can reference? Our factory Fantastic from 2017, is obviously decent enough. But even when using just the lowest setting (out of the 4) it's still CFM overkill for such a small space. I'm wondering if the "new" one is a little more modest in terms of...

Jenn: I have you beat. After posting on another tire thread the other day, I went and audited my 13" spare I use for my small enclosed trailer, which is very useful, but doesn't see the road that often. I bought it in 2003. The spare was pristine, and fully inflated. But is now 21 years old and...

+1. I'm holding on to the 2017 OB base model as long as I can. There's still a "relative" technical simplicity to it that I know I will be giving up when its replacement needs to come along. And as someone who has issued hundreds of those tickets, I don't wish to become a hypocrite over...

Cool. 2 -in-1 device. My old-school bolt-on C-clamp device certainly does the job. Very solid and quiet. But putting it on and taking it off, when I have 3 different trailers, drawbars and ball sizes, is a PITA. (Was that a 1/2" or a 7/16ths?). And then there's the drawbar pin key to find...

Kevin: NP. I should add that what I wrote doesn't come close to covering all aspects of installing and programming the monitor. Only the Doom and Gloom stuff that no one else mentions or tries to deal with. There are lots of other places where you can get the basics and the conventional...

I recently installed a DC-DC charger in an effort to regularly obtain a “fully-charged battery”. Subsequent to this installation, I began to understand the fallacy of relying solely upon open circuit voltage (OCV) as a means of determining the trailer battery’s true State of Charge (SOC). This...

Thanks Sweeney. Now I understand why you didn’t post pictures. Getting those pics was almost as difficult as doing the install. Factory Marinco. Just fully charged it today from shore. Letting it rest for 24 hrs and then will look at the app stuff. I think I have a good handle on the many...

Several others have installed the Victron. Victron Smartshunt Bluetooth Battery Monitor My install location was a little different so I thought I'd post separately. After putting in the DC -DC charger, and getting wilding disparate open-circuit voltages from a variety of devices, at a variety...

Bruce: Over the 14 year history of the forum, there probably hasn't been one aspect of the trailer that hasn't been pulled apart, upgraded, fixed, parsed, commented upon, debated or mused about. Sometimes, multiple times. When we, the end users, get it wrong, or need a little help (and there...

The max psi is for the max load rating. The loaded Camp-Inn weight doesn't even come close to that. Over-inflate at 65 psi and you will have a trailer that is bouncing all over the place, and a prematurely worn center on the tire. Camp-Inn is rather specific about the recommended psi. Check...

A picture is worth a lot. Thanks. Most car tires wear out out the tread before they 'Time Out". So many of us never give tire age a second thought. And which is the opposite of how most trailer tires go to die. So, if you are a regular trailer hauler, who switches out tires every 3 or 4 years...

Definitely. If you're going with an under-the-bed, full-speed highway spare, like Camp-Inn sells, ask what their current model is. If you're going with a full-size spare, like I carry, then a lower-cost basic tire, like Carlisle, will get you going again. Like the others have said: low use...

I am chastened. But it was irresistible. Just to head off at the pass a few other possible questions: The Endurance have load and speeding ratings that are at the upper end for trailer tires. With the C-I's relatively low and constant trailer weight (compared to the tire's max load rating)...

Bruce: If anything, this video will at least give you a short list of "possibles". I can't speak to this YouTuber's expertise and ability to accurately rank the list, but it does not appear to be biased. Pun intended.

Several of us have replaced the OEMs with Goodyear Endurance. Thats one place to start looking.