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  • Charles

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    August 28, 2012 at 8:52 pm in reply to: Insurance question – Coaches vs Class a pushers

    Thank you for the quick reply. That’s not a bad premium. If anyone else has experience with the comparison, I’d be interested in hearing that also.

  • Charles

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    July 23, 2012 at 10:59 am in reply to: ? ON RECHARGING OTR

    Nope, don’t do it on a regular basis and don’t want to. I understand to introduce vapor only into the suction line the canister remains vertical. Thanks for the info, I think I’ve got it.

  • Charles

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    July 16, 2012 at 2:54 pm in reply to: Shade Removal??

    Have you checked this out Brian: FixMyBlinds

    I believe Newell used the same blinds, if I had a picture, Tuga or I could post it for you. I know, if you had a picture it would probably be broke and in your hand.

  • Charles

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    July 11, 2012 at 8:36 am in reply to: Engine Running Hot

    Sammy,

    When you turn on the dash air, there is a timed delay of maybe a couple minutes and then the engine fan comes on at high speed when the A/C compressor comes on line. The engine fan stays on high as long as the dash A/C is on. That would at least confirm your fan clutch is working properly. Like Jon said, relays are cheap and I replaced mine just as a PM item.

  • Charles

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    June 28, 2012 at 6:12 am in reply to: fuses

    I believe you need to fuse or provide a circuit breaker to the 120V AC circuit providing power to the inverter, as well as circuit protection to the circuits that are fed 120 V power from the inverter.

    I am not aware of circuit protection from the inverter to the battery side of the inverter and that may be fused or have a breaker in the inverter. Perhaps someone more knowledgible on that side of the inverter can respond. However I do have circuit breakers for the battery output to handle the total battery loads, plus every individual DC circuit also has fuse or circuit breaker protection.

    Fuses or breakers need to be as close to the power source as possible.

  • Charles

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    June 21, 2012 at 6:16 am in reply to: Charging House Batteries

    I’m not convinced a set of relatively discharged batteries are going to receive a proper charge from a conventional alternator / regulator set up. All battery charge specs that I have seen indicate they are to be charged using the three stage protocol which includes a bulk rate higher than the typical regulator voltage setting. Failure to fully charge a set of discharged batteries affects the battery life and I think Dale is absolutely correct in noting they do not seem to be as fully charged despite being charged via his alternator all day.

    http://www.batterystuff.com/kb/articles/battery-articles/battery-basics.html#9

    Under charging this link speaks briefly about the need for a three stage charge. I have seen other more technical explainations of charging but bottom line is batteries need proper charging at varying voltages.

  • Charles

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    June 4, 2012 at 8:47 pm in reply to: bus air leak finally found

    Would this be the right part?

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/DETROIT-DIESEL-8V92TA-BENDIX-TUFLO-700-8921208-AIR-COMPRESSOR-/400257007239?hash=item5d312d3e87&item=400257007239&pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr

    I have bus air, 3 cruise airs, the toilet flush, the water in the sinks and shower. Do all of them run off of one compressor?

  • Charles

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    June 4, 2012 at 8:38 pm in reply to: Squeak on rough roads

    I’am a little suspect…no I’am a lot suspect of these Liberty guy’s as they have a reputation of liking to spend other peoples money…OPM.

    After our little road trip to Texas not a peep of any noise in area where the adjustment took place. Even the wonder dog slept most of the time as the inside of the bus was so quiet you could hear the XM radio change stations.

  • Charles

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    May 30, 2012 at 11:07 am in reply to: Flying J/Pilot

    Ray,

    Thanks so much for the offer, we are in Phoenix right now and we will take all her stuff back to Nebraska, so we won’t be heading to Washington. Sorry about the late reply.

    Prevost Community,

    I used my $100 fuel card from PC, those things work great! Thanks again!

    I also used my Pilot/Flying J/Good sam card on the way here to Phoenix and it work just like they said. The cash price on the sign was 3.79.9 and my price was 3.71.9 Only had to go in and get the ticket, life is good again.

  • Charles

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    May 29, 2012 at 1:30 pm in reply to: 8V92 overheating

    892’s work best when they “are up on the pipe.” If you are running below 1700rpm’s you are prone to have problems, I keep mine up around 1800 all the time and it loves it. 200* is a death sentence for a Detroit … You had best look into some kind of solution to this problem.

    BCO

  • Charles

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    May 14, 2012 at 9:15 pm in reply to: ISRI Repair

    A few years back I bought a used $600 seat on ebay. I thought I got a great deal. Turns out that I had to replace several of the rocker switches to restore full function. I also had a leaking variable cylinder for setting seat height. I bought my parts thru Prevost. Each rocker switch was around $100 and I needed about six of them. My $600 seat was now a $1200 seat. 🙁 It’s easy to work on; although, it’s easier if you have or can find someone with skinny fingers and small hands! There are workshop manuals online. Do a google of “ISRI 6800 Workshop”. Good luck!

    David Brady

    ’02 Blue Bird Wanderlodge, LXi, NC


  • Charles

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    May 11, 2012 at 9:26 pm in reply to: a solar question

    Well said Jon

  • Charles

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    May 3, 2012 at 7:54 pm in reply to: OTR

    WOW……….38.5 degrees, I guess it is working good now !

    It was closer to 138 degrees inside mine when we drove it up to Orlando a couple of weeks ago to have it checked out at the place where I bought it.

    Getting it back next week and hopefully all will be cool and we can take some trips with it.

  • Charles

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    April 27, 2012 at 12:18 pm in reply to: Failed Adhesion on XLII

    We have a 1991 xl mirage and have been kicking around an updated year, but I seen one down Houston Tx. way a couple months ago and didn’t look to good. It looked like the sides were peeling loose. Is that what the problem is? If so, I think we will stick with my rivet sides. My coach only has about 58,000 miles on her anyway. What year did they start laminating the sides?

  • Charles

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    April 16, 2012 at 9:24 am in reply to: Updating Driver and Passenger Seats

    We just had ours recovered at a local auto upholstery shop. The co pilot is a double wide seat and the pilot is the ISRI air seat with both having the armrests. We chose a cloth covering and the cost was $500 for both. To replace with new Flexsteel was over $2000. They redid the padding as well.

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