Had a great weekend camping in the CTC. Riding was a different story... let's just say I took a few "tree bark and soil samples" on Saturday afternoon which prematurely ended the riding day.
Only one pic to show the Cell Phone Booster antenna in position.. otherwise, they all look the same each time. I have a report on the Cell Phone Booster and the Atwood 93105 Adjustable Electronic Thermostat I put on the Hotwater Heater and also a use report in the hottest weather I've used the CTC in so far. (low to mid 90's in day and high 60's to low 70's at night after 9PM)
The antenna is on the rear by the ladder and disappears into the tree line.. The "Sure Call" Booster worked as expected for data (4G LTE especially well). With no signal inside the trailer and barely enough to connect outside, the booster provided enough gain for me to stream movies on Netflix and watch YouTube videos. The voice boost was lacking. I am not sure why yet. I had some intermittent signal outside, with none inside and I was expecting that to boost also. I am hoping that was a noise/gain issue and not a defect. Voice is over CDMA or 2G so the 4G LTE would not have helped in that case. Sprint does not have voice over LTE yet.. I am very happy so far, but need to test the regular voice cell phone signal more to be sure all is well.
The Atwood 93105 Adjustable Electronic Thermostat also worked great after I fixed the water heater ignition problem I mentioned in a previous post. It was the circuit card that got flamed during the meltdown (the replacement worked). I was able to adjust my gas hot water heater temperature low enough where it will not scald with no cold water mixing. It is still hot, but no too hot. I wanted it as hot as possible to increase the hot water capacity via cold water mixing, but not hot enough to scald if the shower mix is bumped during use (which I seem to do often) . I was able to take decent showers with water running continuously without running out of hot water. The tank also recovers in 15 minutes. Very nice. :-) There is still one more lower setting I could go to, so I'd give this a thumbs up. It is also mentionable that adjusting the water temp for the shower when it is first turned on is easier without the extreme temperatures.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001B ... UTF8&psc=1The CTC worked really well in the hot weather. In ~92 degree weather, the AC would pull the inside down to the high 70's within 20 minutes and rid the air of excess humidity. The Maxair fan worked great overnight and on the #2 setting , pulled a breeze over the loft bed when I closed all the windows except the loft windows. No mater how hot it is during the days, the nights in the forest will ussually drop into the 70's (and high 60's last weekend). No AC needed overnight for sleeping. All said, I ran the Honda 2000 for about 4 to 5 hours in the late afternoon and early evening to cool off . My freezer also made ice cubes and I had Ice cream this time as well... Gotta love that. All the comforts of home in a tight package. :-)
Most notable was that even though I did not have full sun on the collectors all day due to shade from nearby trees, the solar charge was enough to maintain the 345aH of batteries with all the electric lights, electronics, and etc. I typically will use to include the fridge. I also went home with over 20 gallons of fresh water with little to no water conservation going on and decent daily showers... After getting everything situated and the kinks worked out, this CTC is becoming a worthy "extended stay" boon docker. I can't wait to go for longer periods of time.
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 2:33 pm
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