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Would you share your soufrce for the led bulbs please.

Harry

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Good advice from Lee, I forgot to mention I have to “defeat” the search function on my Zantrex RC7 GS remotes.

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Are they going to be Passport America? or any thing else you know of? You live in a area we visit often. Topsail Hill is a destination for us often as well as Henderson Beach. Looking forward to checking them out.

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I can tell you that Liberty used to use KVH, but because of problems switched to TracStar. The TracStars have worked perfectly for me and I would recommend them.

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Hi Dale…….

We had a KVH originally. I am sure what we had was not current technology, but when we had problems with it it became a nightmare. Their tech support was not able to help us on the phone. We finally went to one of their dealers who hooked it all up to a laptop and diagnosed the problem as the receiver. We bought a new receiver and nothing had changed.

I finally got with KVH again and went through a whole bunch of exercises to identify the problem and the finger pointing was everywhere but at their equipment. It would not lock onto a signal. I finally pulled the cover and manually aimed it at the satellite (Di was in the coach telling me signal strength and picture quality). When it pointed at the satellite everything was OK, but the problem was the KVH innards did not know when it was receiving a signal so I gave up.

I found out entertainers were using TracStar because they are built to a military standard and are trouble free. For six years or so we have had a TracStar and it has been very fast to lock onto a signal, has been trouble free with two minor exceptions and support has been exactly right as to the cause. The two issues were both related to cable connections, one being a barrell connector between my cable and the dish. The support guy zeroed in on that and an intermittent problem went away. Last year it quit and again the support guy was right on. He said we had a loose or bad connection and after a lot of searching I found a connector that had separated inside the coach beneath the sofa.

My experience was bad and lengthy with the KVH, and my experience with the TracStar has been excellent based on its reliability and support. I like the fact that from the dish to the boxes inside the coach there is one coax cable making installation easy.

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Have heard rumors: Don’t understand technology. That the broadcast(satalite) technology is changing this year and will not be compatable with some in motion systems. Might check with your Sat supplier Disnetwork etc and make sure. We have track vision on boat and you can do circles with it.
This was a reminder I need to check on that myself before season. Bob

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Brian,

Thanks for the info on St Rosa and Destin West, they are both now on our website as Advertisers. Take a look at the front page and you will see their Ad’s scroll across the screne with the other Advertisers. You can also click on Advertisers and then choose the category to see the Ad’s.

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Tom,

I will try to find a good contact for Destin West and ask them to contact you. I am in Jacksonville this week, but will try to do it soon after I return home.

Brian

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I have had one on each coach. Each time I used the Prevost replacement and each time they worked fine. They have to be calibrated but that is no big deal, and the connections are a little different, also no big deal.

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I don’t have the definitive answer but I have noticed some patterns on my coach.

We do have a time delay in the transfer switch. I know the delay is very slight, as in maybe a second, but it is discernable when turning shore power on. I do not know if there is a similar delay in removal of shore power.

I do know my Heart Interface inverters also have a delay. When they are turned “off” and then turned back on there is a few seconds delay before they respond. Again, I do not know if removing shore power causes a delay in inverter switching from battery charger mode to inverter mode. I suspect there is because when the inverter has shore power available it passes through a heavy relay, and if the inverter has no shore power it might have to switch to a separate relay or it first has to verify no shore power before sending inverted output power. I believe all the delays are required to avoid phase issues with power coming from various sources.

What I am getting at is there is likely a short interruption of 120V AC power and the various pieces of electrical devices may have sensitivity to those minor interruptions. We have numerous clocks in our house that are on 120 V AC power and some are unaffected if there is a blip in the power supply, and others have to be reset if the lights dim.

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I had a very similar side exhaust on mine which was replaced with the oem Prevost muffler and tailpipe. They cannot be seen at all without bending down so ground clearance is actually improved. I don’t know how fumes standing still would be an issue; it hasn’t been for me but I don’t generally stand and inhale deeply while at the rear of the coach with the engine idling. The only issue I’ve noticed is that while moving in dusty conditions, the downturned oem tailpipe (as opposed to the side exit) raises dust so I try to move slowly without a lot of throttle.

Incidentally, there is supposed to be a vertical panel hanging down from the coach preventing exhaust gas from exiting out the side (as the converter so equipped) and being sucked through the radiator.

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Unintended consequences sounds like a good movie about my Mondays! 😉

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I am eagerly awaiting your answers as I’ve had the same problem ever since purchasing my coach in 2006. My coach came with the Heart inverters which I changed to Prosine and recently changed again to Outback so it shouldn’t be an inverter issue.

I believe there’s some sort of a main switchover switch which isn’t fast enough. Don’t know if it’s normal or if the bugger is worn.

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Flat tow 2010 Ford Edge front wheel drive here, Bob. I bought a new Demco 2 tow dolley last summer and decided against it when the car barely fit on the dolley. RV place said it would fit. Made for a narrower car. My luck. Waited too long to return. You wanna buy a cheap new dolley just hollar.

glen