Chad
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I don’t understand what you are saying Art. If you use your gross weight and the tag / drive axle weight it suggests your tag is likely to be in the 7000 or 8000 pound range. That means both of your rear axles are below the weight range on the inflation tables.
How you determine pressures is up to you because you can use the lowest pressure on the inflation table, or you can extropolate to arrive at what would be an acceptable pressure. There is also a formula I ran into once for calculating inflation pressures that if used would likely be an acceptable way to arrive at the proper inflation pressures.
I am not saying how I do it is correct, but on my coach my tag is below the listed weights so I decided to use the lowest pressure on the inflation table. I know the tag tires are over inflated to an extent because I extropolated and used the formula and instead of the 80 PSI I now use I probably could be safe at 70 PSI.
One important consideration all owners have to be aware of is there is no acceptable way of determining tire pressures without weighing each axle when the fuel is full, water tank is full, holding tank is empty and the coach is loaded with personal effects such as would be on the coach for a trip. Every conversion is different with some putting a lot of weight near the front, others being lightly loaded on the front, but heavy towards the rear and everything in between.
This is one formula for pressure calculations, but I am only showing it as an alternative for you to consider.
1984 96" with 8V92TA
(remodeled Liberty Coach)
Greenwood, MO -
Marathon advises replacing them with newly fabricated aluminum brackets using the original Marathon drawings. Pricey. Concern is to prevent damage to the aluminum roof when removing and reinstalling the awnings and brackets. All 12 brackets look like this.
1984 96" with 8V92TA
(remodeled Liberty Coach)
Greenwood, MO -
Thank you all for the advise, I will go to the source.
1984 96" with 8V92TA
(remodeled Liberty Coach)
Greenwood, MO -
Wondering what anyone has done “lately” to upgrade from older Direct tv receiver(s) to new style. I see in the older posts the old Switcher was replaced.
Currently have old( maybe original 2000) receiver and KVH dome.
I know the KVH will not get direct HD, just wondering if the coach wiring will support the “New style HD receiver and “mini” for the second tv?
Had Winegard HD Sat. on my recently sold Monaco, and planned on keeping the receivers.
will get around to replacing the TV’s/
Thanks
Jim Brown
1984 96" with 8V92TA
(remodeled Liberty Coach)
Greenwood, MO -
Exactly what Jeff said. Your inverters do nothing more than charge the batteries and pass power through to the electrical panel (not inverted power, but line voltage) to the circuits that the inverters handle.
I think on your coach you have front outlets, rear outlets, refrigerator, TV, microwave, aux compressor and water pump on inverters. You can check to see what is on which. Knowing that can help you diagnose an issue if it is related to inverters.
While it is possible your transfer switch could be the problem, my gut suggests the pedestal for shore power or your plug or cord is likely the problem because those are often never maintained until they fail.
1984 96" with 8V92TA
(remodeled Liberty Coach)
Greenwood, MO -
Thanks for all the suggestions. The previous owner installed 315 80 22.5 Toyo on the front and changed to 9″ rims some years ago. I think that I will stay with this size based on the front axle weight that I have seen. There is a variety of brands of 315s on the remainder but on 8.25 rims which I’m not crazy about and will switch those back to 12r22.5s. It would appear by the stainless work around the drive axle that there has been some excitement of the tire variety over the years.
And if I could back it in the garage I would be much happier Pres.
1984 96" with 8V92TA
(remodeled Liberty Coach)
Greenwood, MO -
Jon (great name by the way), It would be my opinion that if you get the failed Cruiseair repaired you will be OK. Having said that I would suggest if you can that you make sure the condensing coils are clean and that the baffles under the coach where the hot air from the coils exhausts are not bent or crushed restricting air flow.
I would also check supply and return air temps to make sure the Cruiseairs are performing as they should. I am not familiar with your layout but with a little poking around you can figure out where cold air comes out and the return air supply goes back in. If the temperature spread between the two air flows is less than 15 degrees F the refrigerant charge should be checked. If the spread is greater then the units are OK.
As to dealing with extreme temps you have a couple of things you can do to help. First, never allow the coach to get heat soaked. If it is excessively warm inside the coach you are not only trying to cool the air, but every surface in the coach is hot and releasing heat. Once you get the temps in the comfortable range, maintaining them is easier. Do not hesitate to run the OTR in conjunction with the Cruiseairs to get the temps down.
Heat is your enemy and anything you can do to make the Cruiseairs work less is in your favor. Do not lower the coach because you want the area under the bus relatively open so you can get a lot of air flow to the condensers. If you have the black Liberty privacy shades get those replaced with a very light or white color because just the heat radiating from them into the front of the coach will overcome the front Cruiseair.
Keep the sun out of the coach by lowering the shades. The side windows are thermopane but the sun will hit and heat inside surfaces adding to the heat load.
Under most circumstances I can keep a coach comfortable with two Cruiseairs and my idea of comfort is when the windows get condensation on the outside. But I adjust which units I run depending on the time of day. When we are in the front of the coach mostly I run the port and starboard. As it cools with the sun going down before bedtime I will switch to the aft and forward airs.
But if I have to run more than two I make sure I manage power on the leg(s) that have the 3rd or 4th airs on them by setting the temp so cold the units will not cycle because when they cycle they draw a lot of amps so I just want to keep at least one on each leg from cycling on or off so I have no risk two will cycle and trip the shore power breaker. If I have any concerns about the quality of shore power I start the generator and at that point you can run everything and anything. As temps go up typical RV park voltage goes down and anytime the voltage from the shore power gets to 110 or less you can count on issues.
1984 96" with 8V92TA
(remodeled Liberty Coach)
Greenwood, MO -
Jon,
Please explain what you mean by this:
But others like myself use a very small charging current because I tend to be a power pole to power pole user and with a low inverter current like 5 or 10 amps I can run more electrical devices without concern about the power pole breaker tripping.
Thanks,
1984 96" with 8V92TA
(remodeled Liberty Coach)
Greenwood, MO -
“Sunday, July 1,2018
Left Colby, KS at 6:00 am headed west bound I-70. About 20 minutes out spotted Prevost entertainer bus, followed by another east bound. No big deal……But then another and another and with-in 100 miles total count.. 24.
Mostly XL-II and few H3-45. Dead give-away 5 A/C units on top.
In 18 years of RV travel I have never seen a herd of Prevost that size.
Probably some large event Saturday night Denver area.”
We were running between Hays, Kansas and Limon, Colorado Monday morning, July 2, and counted over 30 entertainers, most with trailers plus mediums size box trucks with trailers that were probably sound and staging equipment. Most of the units had an placard in the window with a number and we saw numbers in the 50s. Must have been a huge show of some kind.
Davy
1984 96" with 8V92TA
(remodeled Liberty Coach)
Greenwood, MO -
Thanks for all the info. Time to go shopping!
1984 96" with 8V92TA
(remodeled Liberty Coach)
Greenwood, MO -
Jon,
the fan would not turn by hand, locked or not. Had not heard bearings or other “odd”noises. Like most problems showed up out of the blue. Not only was the breakdown a problem, concerning me is an $1800 part lasting one year and told there was no maintenance or things I could have done to prevent it.
1984 96" with 8V92TA
(remodeled Liberty Coach)
Greenwood, MO -
Penny,
Craig and I are also sending our condolences. That is a shocker.
It was so nice meeting the both of you in Hot Springs.
Sincerely,
Mark
1984 96" with 8V92TA
(remodeled Liberty Coach)
Greenwood, MO -
I agree with most you said Harry ole boy except the reference to investment.
1984 96" with 8V92TA
(remodeled Liberty Coach)
Greenwood, MO -
Where do you find the codes and, I have looked through my manuals and can’t find them.
Thanks
Darrell
1984 96" with 8V92TA
(remodeled Liberty Coach)
Greenwood, MO -
Check the code for the fault so you can look for the specific problem.
1984 96" with 8V92TA
(remodeled Liberty Coach)
Greenwood, MO