[Bernie]

We need a lot more information. What type and age of conversion……..Marathon, Liberty, Vantare, etc? Year”

Then we need to know conditions. If you are in the north and freezing is an issue or if the coach is OK without power?

Don’t do it yet, but do you know how to start a generator? Shut the entire coach down if necessary?

How long has the power been off and can you read the gauges to tell us your battery voltages?

[Bernie]

Melissa,

The beeping sound is probably your shore power alarm letting you know the 50 amp to the bus has been disconnected. On your front panel right of the dash you should see a green button flashing on and off. Press it in and the beeping should stop.

Let us know if that did it.

Later

bv

[Bernie]

Melissa has power back. I just spoke to her and she would benefit from the knowledge of owners of Marathon coaches in the 2004 range.

What would you recommend if you lost power to you coach while it was stored? Remember this is Marathon specific advice we are seeking. Her coach is not in an area where freezing temps are a concern.

BTW, all owners can benefit from the ideas shared here because loss of power to a stored coach can be a very bad thing if some actions are not taken.

[jack]

That’s a pretty broad question Godfather, lost power to what?

Won’t start?

House batteries dead?

Access to shore power?

Melissa, if your home alone and need help call me 310 242 7880

Later

bv

[Roger]

The bus barn tripped a breaker not caused by the bus and what she heard was the shore power disconnect alarm. Got power back into the bus and solid green light on the shore power button and all is good.

Later

bv

[Archived]

Specifically, the coach is in storage. It has the inverters on and it sounds like an AC unit among other things is on to maintain the coach and keep the batteries up.

But then the power goes off. We all know that when it switches from shore power to inverter power it is not going to be long before the batteries are dead. So what is she to do when the power goes off? What would you do?

There are a lot of choices, some obvious, some not so obvious, but one thing is for sure, a failure to respond to the lack of shore power may have consequences such as damaging the batteries.

[needtocamp]

Good job Driver… Without knowing the converter, I didn’t have a clue.

[Archived]

I had seen them mention Marathon a while back, made sense. It has scared my better half before so it clicked right away.

Thanks

Later

bv

[Rodger]

Good job driver Bernie……you are my hero today.

Can’t say enough good things about the members of PC. No other web site has members that go out of there way to help Prevost owners

[Archived]

You guys aren’t helping. If your bus was in storage with the inverters on to keep the batteries charged, and you had an AC or two on to keep the interior temps in an acceptable range plus minimize humidity what would you do if the power to the coach went out?

Would you put the coach to sleep, and if so what is the procedure?

Would you start the generator?

What would you do?

[gary]

Right or wrong ? I’ll jump in. If I determined that the power had been off a while, I would start the gen and start charging the batteries. Then I would try to figure out what happened to the power…source or bus? If it was going to take any amount of time to correct, I would move bus to an alternate power source until the problem is corrected. My last resort would be to put the bus to sleep and since we never long term store, I would have to call Jon, Tom, Ben or Jeff for the proper procedure. Geo.

[Archived]

Jon, Good questions, I have a question concerning the procedure for power loss. I have my coach here in Virginia in a heated barn, heat is LP wall heaters keeps barn at 60 degrees plus, I also have an exhaust hose for the generator that is plumbed to the outside through the wall of the building , I bought the exhaust hose and port hole on line hose is rated for 600 degrees, Now for the question, I leave the shore power loss protection on, so when the power goes off the generator will start and I always have a full tank of fuel when I store the coach,Should I keep a full tank of fuel when in the barn? I thought it would cut down on condensation in the tank. By the way I have shut the power to the building off and the gen starts and runs and the hose after a couple hours of run time is fine metal pot hole in wall is not hot to the touch. I bought the kit online exhaust adapter 11″ of flex hose and wall port hole 3150, gary

[Alvie]

Well, I don’t think that loss of power and a beeping noise constitutes an emergency, breakdown, or a need for urgent help, but it appears that Melissa panicked. She had all the lights on in the barn, she was running the dryer in the barn, she had the heat on in the bus, etc., and she tripped the breaker, which is in another building. I think she thought she had caused some type of catastrophe, and was trying to fix it before I found out about it.

Many thanks to Jon and Bernie for talking with her on the phone…I could have gotten there in 20 minutes, but I guess that was too long given the level of the crisis. Power was restored, apparently within an hour, so no harm done.

[Bill]

I didn’t realize an explanation of what
to do when power is off for a long period of time was needed. Melissa
didn’t need to do anything since the power was quickly restored and
the Marathon didn’t need any kind of attention, all was restored as
soon as power came back on.

If I lost power for an extended period,
what I would do based on my situation may not be the same for others
because I keep the fridge going, we don’t empty it or turn it off.

No Power – Fridge Running

Monitor
battery voltage, when it gets to 12.2, start the gen manually.
Auto-start can be used if absent

from
the bus. If in freezing temps, let the gen run and use all the freeze
protection available. I assume

everyone
knows not to use the gen or auto-start inside a garage.

No Power – Fridge Off

The
inverters will shut down at LBCO (my low battery cut-off) at 11.5
volts, but batteries will

continue
to discharge from parasitic loads and kill the house batteries. Put
the bus asleep by turning off

the
inverters, turn inverter disconnect switches to off, turn house 12 &
24 master disconnects to off. If

freezing
temps, winterize the bus.

[Dan]

(You guys aren’t helping) Really?

1st question should have a sign in the bus that says do not run roof airs while bus is in storage, does someone really do that?

Would you put bus to sleep? Why? It’s dead. But if I did I would do same as Truk. Converter specific.

Would you start Gen? If I could.

What would I do? Ask better questions.

I think a more pertinent question is what would you do if you were completly dead. No chassis, no house power, unable to start generator. This would be converter specific.

Later

bv