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[Buddy and Beverly]

Thanks for the welcome.  I will check with the factory about my questions.  We did meet with Stuart, and he showed us some units.  I just hated to bother him if some of you knew the answer to the questions. 

Thanks again.
Beverly and Buddy

[mciai2000]

    .  Welcome.  I am sure you have made a great decision.

David

[Frank]

B&B---
You sound like a carbon copy of Dee & I. We also went from a class A to a Pleasureway
Which we enjoyed tremendusly but with the same problem, she kept taking out the ice
for food. Couldn't handle both.
You will enjoy your Pc as much as we have. We just took delivery of our second 2551
with a full size refer, but now with the levelers. Blocking wheels got just too old!
Best traveling!
Frank

[Anne and Bob]

Thanks everyone.  We are sure excited to see our new rig.  Especially since we have never seen a PC.  We are taking our little Norcold freezer with us this fall filled with fish, crab and oysters.  Seafood in Arizona is not great.  We can get fresh sockeye pretty cheap, vacuum pack it and freeze for later eating.  I had thought of putting the freezer in that drawer on the passenger side.  It would fit but would need a dc outlet and a vent.  Suppose if we were going to carry it all the time we could get the factory to install an outlet back there and some kind of vent under the bed.  Thanks to G. Garrett who measured the drawer space for me and also the space behind the drivers seat.  Bob has decided we can just set it behind the seat since there is ample room between the slide when it is in and the back of the chair.  I'll just put a potted plant on it or something.  I am one of those "everything in its place" people and the middle of the living area is not the place for a freezer but it is only for our trip south (and north).

We ordered the thermal windows after a desert drycamp experience in October where it was 90 degrees outside and 120 degrees inside the Pleasure Way.  Our generator would not handle the Air Conditioner.  Needed a tuneup.  We had never had a problem in our Dynasty with the heat because it was well insulated.

I am learning all about the inverter reading all the messages.  Will probably run it on manual like we did on our boat.

Thanks again everyone.

Anne & Bob

[Anne and Bob]

i always thought that Florida had lots of seafood.  Not like Port Townsend though.  We are surrounded by water and the local fish store has fresh Black Cod, Sockeye salmon, live crab and oysters and clams.  I will have to pack carefully.  The oysters freeze quite well for fried oysters or oyster stew but they don't taste good raw after they have been frozen.  You must have gulf shrimp?  We sold our boat (45' Puget Trawler) last spring so we need our PC like yesterday.  Used to catch our own fish etc.  Now relegated to the fish store which is better than Arizona. 

Do you know what kind of Inverter they are putting on the 2551?  It's not mentioned anywhere, just that it is an 1800 watt.  We had a 2000 Trace Inverter on the boat and we left it off unless we wanted to use AC for something.  That way it didn't drain the batteries.

[ron.dittmer]

The older 2000 watt Tripp-Lite we have can be just as noisey with the fan turning on and off.  And the floorplan of our 2350, the LEDs on it along with the control panel like to flash which adds to the sleep interruption.  Like you, we turn the inverter off at night.  The Tripp-Lite has an on/off switch on it.  Actually it's a 3 position switch.
- off
- auto invert
- line charge only

Two of the 3 positions duplicate the control panel.  Too bad the control panel didn't include the "Off" position.  That would have been perfect.

[GregC]

Hello to all!  We just returned a couple of weeks ago from Elkhart after picking up our "new to us"  2008 Cruisers 2551.  Been RV owners for four years with a Pleasure-Way Excel after boating for about 10 years, now moving up to the Phoenix 2551.  We looked at a lot of Class B's, B+'s, and C's before realizing that the Phoenix was the ideal size coupled with the quality that is top among the competition.  Although we had never actually seen one in person when we finally made the decision, the minute we stepped inside this one, we knew our choice was right on!  Looking forward to reading and learning from all you experienced owners and possibly one day soon making it to an owners group outing.   

[GregC]

Thanks for the welcome.  I have already learned a lot just reading the forum topics before we joined.  One thing I'm still trying to figure out is how to make the backup camera monitor default to "camera 1" when it powers up.  It now comes on with "camera 2"  then I have to cycle through to 3 and then finally to 1 before the picture shows.  If any one has a solution I would appreciate it!