Passenger-side view showing entrance.Driver side view showing slide out in the open position.Front view including propane tanks (2), the power tongue jack (and if you look closely, my pop can.)The rear view which highlights a few noteworthy features. Although you can’t see it under the spare tire cover, the spare is actually a full-sized tire and wheel, not some temporary little donut like on so many new cars. The ladder leads (obviously) up to the roof, but what’s important is that the roof is designed to be strong enough so that you can walk on it if you need to. You probably won’t have to replace or repair anything on the roof…but if you do, it’s a life saver to have a roof strong enough to take your weight. On a previous trailer of ours, the rooftop air conditioner needed some work. Because the roof wasn’t strong enough to take my weight, I had to rent construction scaffoldings to get the job done. The final thing that’s not obvious from this photo is the width of the trailer: at 7 feet wide with the slide out closed, you won’t need special tow mirrors.The photo shows the good-sized pass through locker which runs from side to size under the berth.The pass through locker also houses key electrical components. The Lithionics 320 amp-hour lithium iron phosphate battery is shown in the foreground. Cheap lithium batteries have been in the news recently because of fire risk. However, this Lithionics battery is the first of it’s kind to be safety certified by Underwriter’s Laboratories. Old-fashioned lead-acid batteries are damaged if they are discharged more than half their advertised (theorectical) capacity. As a result, the 100 amp-hour lead acid batteries that often come with travel trailers really offer only 50 amp-hours. The lithium chemistry of the Lithionics battery in the Micro Minnie means that the full capacity (320 amp-hours) can be used without damaging the battery, so in practical terms, this battery is equivalent to nearly six 100 amp-hour lead acid batteries. Also shown in the background is the Xantrex 3,000 watt pure sine wave inverter which converts 12 volts DC from the battery to house voltage (120 volts AC). This has enough power to readily run the microwave/convection oven and because it’s pure sine wave, it won’t damage sensitive electronics.
