Bernard
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Andy…I’m with you. Without going into my mechanical ineptness, I rely on the professional service folks to take care of my coach. I’ve soaked up a lot from this forum for the past 6 or 7 years and know enough when I need help. Luckily I have Prevost and converter experts locally in Buffalo and in my traffic pattern going south for the winter that I trust. They know me. They know my coach. And I look forward to seeing each of them. And they look forward to $,$$$eeing me.
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We will be headed to FL the 26th. Be there until April.
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32 volts will destroy a battery pretty quick.
This has been said before, but I will repeat. After the chassis batteries have been charged by driving, the bus can be shut down and without a trickle charger or any charging go for months and the batteries still have plenty of power to start the bus.
If the batteries do not have sufficient power to start the bus after a period of storage (a couple of months for example) then the batteries are at end of life or there is a phantom drain on the batteries.
In both cases the solution is not to keep a maintenance charge on the batteries but to replace them or eliminate the phantom drain.
Just to put this in perspective, 32 volts not only could be sufficient to start a fire in a system designed for a nominal 24 or actual 27.7 volts, it has the potential to damage electrical components.
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In the summer they are parked bumper to bumper there with campers waiting for anyone to pull out. An enterprising local delivers water and pump outs.
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IT is nice to be able to work on things in the warmth of a shed on a cold day.
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Sorry to hear your story but I never thought I’d admit this, so don’t tell anybody. Especially Tom. How about getting stuck twice in the same day? Cool, eh?
Years ago we were in Florida in November with a Country Coach Magna and got a call from Canada. My dad had passed away. So we high-tailed it to a small town in Ontario to park at my sister’s farm. “No problem, she said. You can park beside the house. It’s solid ground”. Well we did and it wasn’t. In the morning the rear end had sunk in soggy, semi-frozen Canadian crud.
“CoachNet, can you get us unstuck?”.
“Be there soon. Don’t go anywhere”, they said. A wrecker the size of Saskatchewan shows up, hooks up the winch, stretched the cable at least from here to you and pulled us out.
Off we go in a blizzard this time to dad’s town. We arrive at the only RV park that’s open, check with the office to insure the ground under the snow is solid.”Yup. It’s solid asphalt. I walked over, stomped around in 2 feet of snow, checking things out of course, then backed her in. Pitch black outside, howling wind and snowing sideways.
You guessed it. We go slowly backwards then even more slowly downwards.Then …. tilt. “Feels familiar dear. Am I dreaming? Didn’t we just do this this morning”?
“CoachNet? It’s me again.
“Be there soon. We kept your account open”, they said.
A massive machine arrives and I greet the driver with, “Now we gotta remove the front of the coach to get at the tow hooks … that is if we can find the front of the coach in this blizzard”, I said with a smile frozen on my face. We removed a bunch of stuff together. I had nothing else to do that night anyway.
Never say never. Sometime later, having run the winch cable through the next county and around four trees, we’re parked outside the park office on solid ground. Mary has recovered from her fetal position by now and I have presented the office with the bill. “Don’t worry. We’ll pay the tow bill. You’re on solid ground on this one this time”.
Almost forgot. Tom. I carry two pairs on Jimmy Buffet Margaritaville boat shoes just in case …. ah never mind.
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That’s exactly what I needed to know Jim. Now I can call around to see who has it and if not, have them order it.
Do you know off hand how many gallons the system holds? I’m sure I lost 2 to 3 gallons.
Harry
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Attached are subject turning radius templates. Use them at your own risk. I’ve seen radii around here that the designer did not have a clue.
Hope this works as this is a first for me on the new webpage. The 40′ template may be upside down. If it is just stand on your head while reading it! A little bit of “Harry Humor.”
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Congratulations !!! Beautiful bus and plenty of room for an art studio,
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Dan & Judy…..lookin’ good. Congrats….I know y’all will love that coach. Look forward to seeing you guys….stop by on your way to Florida! ty
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Not on a Prevost, but been using the Air Force System for many years, never had a problem. Love the system…
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Sid,
Had it installed in Spring of 2007 at rally in Sevierville, TN. If I recall 17 others did the same. It is still pumping my toads brakes in proportion to the coach brake application. They stand behind their product with excellent customer service.
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Thanks 🙂 The first thing you need is a really hard head, as I’ve spent more than a few late nights beating mine against the wall trying to figure out why it’s not doing what it’s “supposed” to.
I might try to do another one and remove the logo in favor of some detail inside the silhouette. I want to add the wheel arches, windows, and take a stab at a simplified version of the graphics.
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I’m impressed. I wish I had the skills to make a table like that.
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If your bus barn and house are reasonable close as mine is. use a 110v receptacle or build one into the shore power in the coach. something not thru the inverters. then I ran a electrical wire from barn to the house garage that lights up a small monitor light, this way it is visable in the house that power is into the coach. saved me many times either a forget or a tripped breaker.
Just an idea
Glenn