Whirlwind trip

We just a made a whirlwind trip to Atlanta to our storage unit.  Filled the Jeep with stuff for Goodwill, then filled it again with stuff for the dumpster, rented a trailer, filled it with all of our worldly possessions, and boogied right back to Florida!  Wow, didn't take a breath until Jason helped us unpack and move everything into a new storage unit and then turned in the trailer.  I'm pretty sure we set a record!

We are trying to get a bunch of stuff done now so we can head out of Florida Monday.  We did a couple things to the motorhome that we were meaning to do but didn't get the time.  Our coach is equipped with an AGS system.  That stands for Automatic Generator Start.  We have used it a bit and want to be able to use it more and more going forward as we boondock more often.  Our system was a bit long in the tooth and not too accurate with an older AGS module.  This system auto starts the generator whenever one of two things happen.  One, the temperature in the motorhome exceeds the temp you have set, and two, the house batteries run down to a voltage you set.  This way if you lose power or are not plugged into power, and the temps go up and the interior gets too hot, the generator starts providing AC power so the air conditioners can run.  Helps keep Bert, our cat happy if we aren't around!  The air conditioners only run on AC power so you need to be either plugged into campground power or running the generator.  The second part deals with the house battery system.  It provides DC power and AC power through the inverter to the coach while boondocking or camping while not plugged into power.   So with the AGS system, you can set a value approximately equal to a 50% discharge of the house batteries, and when they reach that value, the generator starts and recharges them.  Pretty slick.  There is an upgraded component available that is a plug in replacement for our older module that allows it to be controlled accurately and remotely from inside the coach.  We found out our remote was also too old to controll it and needed a software upgrade.  It was easy to do as the company, Magnum, sent us an upgraded one and we sent them our old one.  It's all set up now and works perfectly!

We are doing a few more things this week in anticipation of leaving, and best of all we will be able to help Jason move out of his house and into a condo this weekend before we leave on Monday.  Yippeee!  Love moving, don't you?