After our trip to Point Beach State Forest, I finished up the
converter. You know how you get to the end of a project and have pieces
left over? Well, that isn’t a new occurrence for me. It turned out
that the main shore power cord needed a wire clamp to hold everything in
place. It would have been better to install that before everything was
wired into place.
So there was some disassembly and then some reassembly. Later, the
converter needed side shims to close a gap and to provide more support
for attaching the converter box to the interior frame of the Brew Hut.
I finished everything on Wednesday. On Thursday, I took the Brew Hut
in for the final summer upgrade: new tires.
When I originally purchased this Scamp trailer, the owner told me
that the battery and the tires were new The old battery was dead, and
the tires were bald. However, he also admitted that he bought the
cheapest replacements that he could find at the local farm supply store.
I immediately replaced the battery. After traveling to Arizona last
fall and to Texas this spring, I didn’t trust the cheap tires for
another long trip.
Based upon several recommendations at the
Fiberglass RV forum,
I ordered three Carlisle Radials. The existing spare tire was the
original (stamped 2000), so it was time for that to be replaced also.
After the tires were balanced and installed on the Brew Hut, I was off
to Lake Kegonsa State Park for a quick overnight trip.
On a Thursday night, there were plenty of campsites available. The
sites are nicely spaced and wooded. There are about 100 campsites;
however, I saw only a few that would be good for solar power. Since I
was checking out my electrical system, I opted for an electric site.
After
a long hike on grassy trails at the edge of the woods, Callie and I
watched the Packers game on my little-used television. Well, Callie
mostly watched me watch the Packer game.
Everything
electrical seems to be working, and the new tires have set my mind at
ease. On Friday, we moved Justin’s things to his new dorm room and moved
Justin back home for a couple of weeks of relaxation (for him, not me).
During the next couple of weeks, I’m on caregiver duty.
After Justin starts college, I’m heading southeast in the Brew Hut,
hoping for a quiet hurricane season. Julia plans to join me again
closer to our destination. If all goes well, we will enjoy some time in
a new place: the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
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