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BUS BATT R&R
JUST PICKED UP 4 NEW BATTS FOR BUS ENGINE GOING TO DRAW A MAP OF HOW THEY SIT AND EACH WIRE CONNECTION DIE HARDS SINCE 2011 ARE WEAK FARM AND FLEET WI HAD A GOOD PRICE AND CODE SAID THEY WHERE BUILT IN MAY 2015 GEN BAT NEW LAST FALL HOUSE BATT 2 YRS I’M NOT INTO INVERTER USE HAVE 15KW KHOLER WHEN NOT ON SHORE POWER ALSO CONVERTED REFFER WITH 110 TO 12V TO BE ABLE TO SHUT DOWN BUS WHEN NOT AROUND AND STILL HAVE REFFER RUNNING HAVING COUNTRY COACH FUN AND LIKE THIS SITE VERY MUCH TAG1 MADISON WI
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My Gen battary must be weak ,,, wont start gen were is it the bus and house a fully charged it is an xl 1994 vantery
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TAG1, Please forego the use of caps only in your posts. I would guess that like us, most people skip reading them because of it.
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Mr. Tag1: Make sure you put heavy duct tape on all your tools and all the terminal ends (positive and negative). If you short an unprotected tool across a postive terminal and any metal on the bus they will weld immediately. There are a huge number of amps in the battery pack. You’ll also need some light rope to hold the battery cables so you can get the old ones out and the new ones in.
Check out a post I made about changing batteries:
http://prevostcommunity.com/forum/threaddetails.asp?Category=Electrical&ThreadID=3436
Also … NO jewelry, no belt buckles, no watch, no rings.
Good luck and keep us posted.
PS: Adding information about your coach to your signature helps the rest of us give you better advice.
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the caps thing is a problem i’m just an old xl guy the h3 guys run the show here while touring i liked the eagle ride over the hot air bags TAG1
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just finished taping terminals good idea as well as marking cables went fast i removed rubber mat cleaned metal surface and painted with RUST GUY this is great stuff not a paint got this from a farmer i used it on mud flap supports turned them black trailer hitch any exposed area stops rust dead great stuff keep a clean bus TAG1
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David,
I have never seen a Vantare with a separate Gen battery. Gen starts off the 12v portion of your house batteries, and has a jump-start from the 12v of the Prevost Chassis batteries.
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Thanks i have found out i need new house battires 8 of them.
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David, call Truk.
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Contact me David, I’ll fix you up.
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I just put new lifelines in from Tom they are the best , all the buses I have had I put lifelines in all of them , had a set of dekas , they lasted year and a half, get lifelines from Tom they are the best
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Jeff changed out my batteries at the seminar. Lifelines from Tom. Great batteries, and service from Tom and Jeff. The old set of Lifelines had over 8 years on them ( I was unaware of their true age until ordered from Tom) and showed no signs of failing. Lifelines are the way to go.
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