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Shore Cord Circuit Breaker
Just to dispell the idea that the Air & Coach Rally is only fun & games, it is … however, there is some work still being done.
As it happens, the first night at the show, I noticed my #1 Inverter lost shore power; however, when my #2 Inverter still had shore power. After talking with some of the experts here from the PC, it was determined that I needed to check the primary shore cord 50AMP circuit breaker. After an inspection, we learned that one-leg of the 50AMP circuit overheated and actually melted some of the plastic and sparked the circuit breaker (top circuit which you can see the heat surges).
With the help of another PC member, Donald, we were able to change out the breaker and using my IR Gun, I’ve vertified the temps on the breaker have remained within the same range without overheating the circuit anymore.
Great $15 fix!
Thanks again everyone!
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Since Tim started the thread, I will continue with my ailments here at the Air & Coach Rally.
OTR not working and Ben Cummings with Parliament is here. Like all of the Parliament people here, Ben was extra helpful. As most Vantare’ owners know, Ben is the ‘go-to’ guy for ‘tricity problems on the Vantare’. Some where on my coach, those electrons stopped moving toward my Bus air compressor. I checked the wiring diagrams on the Prevost site and, for the life of me, I could not find any of those nice pretty straight lines shown in the diagrams anywhere in my coach. Ben to the rescue! He ask me is I had a meter. Well, as a graduate of the Jon and Tom dog and pony show up at Jeff’s in Vanore, I proudly told him, not only did I have one, but I also knew how to turn it on. So Ben checked one side of the alternator, told me to open the electrical bay on the driver’s side, popped out a relay, check the socket and handed me the relay and told me I needed a new one. PC to the rescue! I knew a certain person, who shall remain nameless other to say his initials are Jon, would probably have one and, sure enough, he stepped away from his 50 Ford toad and came to the rescue. Seems I got off cheaper than Tim. He said an easy $15 fix and mine only cost $4.
Any PC member who has not attended a gathering of PC misfits is really missing meeting some of the greatest people on the planet. I want to thank everyone with PC and especially Tom and Jon for doing a lot of unappreciated hard work putting these gatherings together. I look forward to attending many more and meeting other great Prevost people.
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