Hello Lashru:
Welcome to
the Aliner Club! We have had our 2000 model for 8 years and have
really enjoyed it. I think we paid a premium price just because
it was an Aliner, but it had the parts we wanted.
We have
worked on most everything on the camper: tires, brakes, 12 volt
and 120 volt wiring, new floor, new cabinets, new power box, new
tail lights, new AC, new skylight, etc. Except for the brakes we
have been able to do the work ourselves.
Our camper
came with an instruction manual, that is mostly useless. I would
suggest learning how do fix things yourself, paying RV shops
will get expensive and slow. Ask around, I'm sure you will find
friends that are willing to help you. I've helped others with
door repairs and new drawers, etc. We keep a folder with all the
papers and also a note book with all the projects we have taken
on. I've made our own as built wiring diagrams.
Also take lots of photos, before and after. I've posted most of
our photos on the IO group photos.
We have
stopped at RV show rooms to see the newer Aliners, but still see
typical 1x2 wood stapled to thin plywood ( almost equal to
fortified cardboard ).
Best wishes
and good luck.
Carl.
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Greetings.
I bought a used 2022 Ranger 10, which I now believe could not
have been used much, if at all, based on lack of wear in places
that then wore heavily during our first outing. For example, the
curtain on the kitchen side is pressed against the propane stove
cover, resulting in a hole being worn in the curtain during our
first excursion - although the standoffs are in place and firmly
seated as they should be. (We put a towel over the stove cover,
and this stopped the abrasion. But there shouldn't have been
abrasion in the first place, that's the whole point of those
standoffs on each side). Aluminum side rails have abrasion wear
as well, where there wasn't any when I did the walkthrough. The
windows in both sides keep vibrating open during travel, the
thumb latch seems to rock loose as a result of road vibration.
We discovered the door side was actually resting *on* the
kitchen side window, so we added a silicone trivet to protect
the window from damage or breakage.
Aliner has been less than helpful, and the RV seller didn't
receive all the owner and appliance manuals from the original
owner. Pages of the owner's manual - like the wiring diagram -
are missing outright. It was, of course, an as-is sale, and
everything *appeared* to work correctly during our walkthrough.
We set out on our first trip with a full new battery. On the
third day, we had a dead battery. Took it straight to a great RV
place, and they found the following:
The ICECO Go20 12V fridge had been wired into the 15A circuit
for the interior LED lights and Fantastic Fan. All connections
within our tow vehicle were working fine, all connections at the
7-pin were working fine. After my begging, Aliner finally read
me the circuits for the converter. They also confirmed the ICECO
was original equipment on my model - and that it should have
been on a different circuit. I had the RV place rewire the
fridge circuit accordingly. After doing so, they ran some
additional tests and the ICECO just repeatedly tripped the
breaker they'd installed. So they pulled it out for
bench-testing. On the bench, it *melted* the 10A socket and
wiring (it's supposed to draw a peak of 5A). This seems out of
character for ICECO, none of the reviews mentioned any issues
like this.
Aliner then informed us that the battery *cannot* charge though
either the 7-pin or shore power because it requires higher
voltage (over 14V) than either is designed to supply. They say
that's why the battery was not recharging either during driving
for 10+ hours/day or being on 30A shore power for 12+ hr nights.
This seems like a ginormous design flaw to me, but I haven't
found any good, simple guides to what it *should* be to work
as-is. The RV electrician agrees that the battery should be able
to charge correctly off either shore power or our TV through the
7-pin.
Does anyone have a 2022 Ranger 10 dual-bunk wiring diagram to
share, please?
Has anyone else run into similar issues on post-2020 models?
(The RV electrician we took it to seems to think there was a
build quality drop post-pandemic.)
I bought an Aliner because so many people buy them and keep
them for years of use. The reviews were almost universally
raves. I am, as you might imagine, deeply disappointed in the
reality.
Thanks kindly for any useful input or suggestions.?