Bill
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Bernie…
”I certainly do not want to bash anyone but this is a joke”.
“I tried to be constructive”. I missed that part.
With all due respect after 8 months of development by one of the top web design companies in the country, WTF is how you choose to address them and us?
My first thought is to delete you and this post. However, we have always said we are here for the community, good or bad. So with the understanding that the old website, including the forums (that we have used ourselves for over 10 years) were so antiquated that the continued use was virtually becoming impossible. Also, let it be known that the 100’s of hours that it manually took to migrate these forums to a format that will be visible, into hopefully our lifetimes, cost us 10’s of thousands of dollars alone.
So here is the opportunity Bernie, for you to be constructive. Don’t tell us why you still prefer a carbureted motor over fuel injection or why the new site doesn’t look right on a Commodore 64. Let us know what a perfect forum world look like to you in the 21st century.
At this time Jessica would like to thank everyone that has sent us constructive thoughts and ideas. Every one of them has been addressed personally and several have been or will be instituted over time.
If anyone further starts a forum thread with What The F@ck, in the future, it will be deleted out of common respect and decency.
Bill III
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
It’s in the process. Hold on.
Bill III
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
Maybe check with http://www.bigrigmedia.com. They have their act together on websites and blogging and advertising at very low costs to implement. Hope this helps.
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
Prevosts are power hogs, hence the need for dual 12v or 24v inverters. In the plastic world, 1 Zantrex or Magnum inverter providing 30 amps for receptacles, microwave, fridge and low voltage sources is standard, beyond 30 amp needs, start the generator or plug to shore.
A bus with a 12v system can easily get by with 1 inverter, as long as power needs are small.
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
The benefit of 2 vs 1 depends on how the converter installed them.
If the inverters are ganged so the total wattage is available to the inverter circuits one big is likely as good as 2 small. But if each inverter has specific loads such as each one powering a different A/C then the 120V panel bus bars have to be reworked if one large inverter is used.
A second issue is if the inverters are connected so the available wattage is the combined wattage of the two, then it is like if the primary fails, neither will function so that entire situation has to be given serious thought. I have 2 inverters of 4000 watts each for a total of 8000 available watts, but if the “mother” inverter fails I have zero inverter ability at which point I have to use shore or generator power and by-pass the inverters to get power to the inverter circuits.
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
I posted it here and the boss here took it off I guess? As it turns out I think that’s a good thing.
As it turns out the website/forum I posted/asked about is taking old forum content from here and putting it in their forum.
That’s bs.
You can’t have a website and forum without content, but stealing it isn’t cool.
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
Saw somewhere a new forum for Prevost owners and can’t find it. please post link to it if you know about it
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
If Lithium batteries are wired in series they must have a common BMS. These batteries appear to have built in BMS and no provision to connect them to each other in series. Without a 24 volt BMS for each set you are risking some not so good possibilities.
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
Jessica and I both miss working with Joe. We should all wish the best for his family during this holiday season:)
Thank you for everyone that has commented in this thread. We greatly appreciate the support. It is not an easy task to keep 5,000 plus members all happy. We have been looking at a major update for a few years now. The issue is that the old platform was pretty much maxed out and that the people who use this platform are becoming almost non-existent. So no big deal, just use a more modern platform and keep moving forward. Besides the high 5 figure cost (yes it will be just under $100,000 when complete), other things to consider are overall design, functionality AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE MIGRATION OF OVER A DECADE WORTH OF INFORMATION. I was amazed at what a major undertaking this has become.
With that being said we are very excited about this much needed progression. Prevost Community 3 will look familiar, navigate much the same, contain the same forum information, but we promise will be less “clunky”. Major goals for us were to make the classified section, both for the sale of coaches and parts much more user friendly. This is something that has bothered me since we started working with this site. It was not a product of being overlooked. It was simply a limitation of the platform. That will be corrected. We are also very excited to be working on and introducing an entirely new social aspect to the site. Think of it as a private FaceBook, just for the members of Prevost Community. Funny that circles back to many of the previous comments in this thread:)
Please be patient. We are using a very well respected company for every aspect of this new venture. We are confident that the transition will be as seamless as possible. If you have any issues during the roll out please use “constructive” criticism and you have our word that we will resolve it as quickly as possible. God knows we have paid for it and technology will no longer be an excuse.
Thank you so much to Jon and Tom. We hope the new site will make you proud and that every member is happy to be part of Prevost Community 3.
Happy Holiday’s and as always Safe Travels,
Bill and Jessica
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
Thank you i will get back to the storage thus evening and go through the instructions
i will report back
Happy Day to you all from Canada
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
Sounds like the 30amp breaker on the inverter has tripped. Push the breaker in, should be a small round one and should cure your problem.
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
JON is expert here! He has same set up. On my 98 with level low the valve that releases air into suspension went bad and would not let air into secondary air system . my dash gauge for secondary air system never rose. fwiw. proportion valve I think was name.
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
Congratulations Bill! Good luck to you and Jessica.
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
Hello Jon,
As you know I have always greatly appreciated what you and Tom created. Hell, I bought my first Prevost 12 years ago in part to the knowledge gained on these very forums.
I hang out with a considerable amount of grumpy old men, but then again most of them do not approach me with the f word. I guess the internet has taken out a lot of the human interaction when it comes to business.
As always Jon, I greatly appreciate the wisdom and contribution.
Bill III
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years. -
Mike,
I am on the fence and that still may happen. On one side, I believe to some it gives us a type of control that somehow seems unfair. I get that. On the other we are not here to make everything seem like butterflies and roses. We knew we would have some criticism and actually look forward to working through the short comings to make PC the best site in the Prevost landscape. No one, on our side is angry over the final product. Most of the feedback that we get has been very positive. A lot of time was spent on our end finding a product and a developer that fit best with our vision. Trust me some forum platforms have a much further departure from where we started than this one.
As stated earlier by Bernie, Prevost Community is truly a community that is a reflection of everyone that joins us and most importantly those that participate. We are well aware of this fact. Our responsibility is to create the best landscape we can, to allow the sharing of information to be possible. I know we are working in that direction and we are proud of what has been created. With the continued support and suggestions I assure you that we will work toward our goal everyday.
Bill III
2005 XL Thompson Coach
Rarely tow anything behind us.
Sold: 1993 Liberty that we loved for 12 years.