Cleaned and treated the roof on the camper and inspected all the seals. Yes, it is new, but that's part of the upkeep...keeping an eye on the roof.
Also added a switch for the fridge. They're starting to put them in from the factory now on some models, but ours didn't have one, so every time you turn the battery on, the fridge powers up whether you want it to or not, which can't be great for the compressor doing short runs, so now I can just leave it off until I need it. Simple 15 amp inline switch install.
One day I'll chronicle all the upgrades we've made to date. Some campers come with some of the things I've retrofitted, but none of it has been hard or expensive and all of it has been worth doing.
Bob,
we just found a new home for ours. I did a bunch of stuff while we had it.
1. Insulated the back side of the fridge everywhere, and added a PC fan to help the air through.
2. Added a pic fan inside the fridge to circulate the cold air
3. LED light upgrades, including strip lighting all the way around the ceiling on both long walls.
4. 450 watts of solar with a good tracking controller (used it as a daily office during Covid for 2 years), and a 300w sine inverter to power the computer and monitor.
5. Installed a kenwood stereo. Installed kenwood separates on opposite ends of the cabin with woofers low and tweeters right at the ceiling... Filled it with sound.
6. Upgraded the exhaust fan to a 10 speed, bi-directional unit. That was super worth it. MaxAir?
7. Electric tongue jack
8. Level bubbles for LR and fore-aft
9. Pressure tank downstream from the pump, which reduced cycling
10. Winterization valve and hose for sucking in pink antifreeze every fall
11. Key hooks and baskets inside
12. Upgraded exterior speakers
13. Double LED tail lights. The standard rectangular models i swapped in some decent units. Then I bought a set of the long, skinny kind and mounted them vertically, only wired to brake/turn. It really helped visibility, especially driving I-24 in the bright afternoons.
14. This was fun. Added a 12V power outlet on the outside, and then bought a couple of cheap LED fog lights for cars. I added colored plastic (“gel paper”) so the output was colored. Put them on 20+ feet wire, and tied them in the trees for night time mood glow. I got better at this through the years and ended up with narrow spot beams in different colors that would point straight up and make tree tops glow. Everyone has their camping decor. That was mine. These did cause the converter to run, so max 3 (9 amps total) draw.
15. A couple of cel phone charging ports inside.
camper was definitely fun to tinker with!