Dan
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Our gen airbags have a regulator set at 14 psi. Engine belts have a regulator set at 50 psi. The pocket door has a regulator set at 30 psi. I have the aux compressor set to shut off at 70 psi and come back on at 55.
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Arrived in Albuquerque yesterday in 50 degree weather. Connected to shore power turned on inverter AC breakers and inverters worked properly. No errors. In a PM discussion will Gil, he pointed out the the input AC was 130v and this is enough for the inverters to shut down. Could have been the cold and/or high line voltage. I will be monitoring the inverters and incoming line voltage. I want to thank everyone for their input. I too, had do idea that I should not plug in a heater to a inverted line. Will not do that again.
Roy
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Dick, we do have one member who has converted an older coach to LI, he was in Driggs. Cheeeef converted his 95 American, I believe he has written articles about it.
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I’m with Dick, I would like to build a set but not reinvent the whole process. I know that Fred just bought a set and maybe he would post some pictures and measurements and say what he likes and dislikes about his.
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That’s cool Jeff, when I was a kid I had a 67rs and a 68 SS 350. Like most others who had late 60’s muscle cars, I wish I had ’em back.(-;
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Marius, here’s an SMX II operation manual
http://www.tropicalmarineairconditioning.com/sheets/L-0634.pdf
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Out of curiosity how do you get the transmittert onto the stem that goes into the wheel rim? I’ve never seen a stem pointing into a rim like that before, what’s the reason for it and can you in fact get a transmitter on it?
Also do you use the theft protection devise that’s available for the transmitter?
Harry
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I’d guess the signal from the camera to the display is just composite video using standard RCA cables. It would be the same cable for black and white or color. Most cameras support composite video output. So there should be no problem upgrading the camera and/or the display.
Either check the existing camera and see what it outputs, or check the monitor and see what type signal it gets. Most likely just a standard yellow RCA connector for video.
Don’t buy one of the cameras with infrared LEDs for night illumination. At night the LEDs will reflect off the glass in the camera enclosure and make the camera useless. Ask me how I know…
Gerald
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I think you are talking about the H3 and some very early XL coaches. That’s the way they were.
Before the late 90’s I think converters stopped buying shells with the small eyebrow windows on the XL coaches because there always were cabinets behind them anyway. Then the H3 somewhere in the mid 2000 years switched from the four windshield set up to the larger front two windshield set up.
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Yosemite is hard, even 47 yrs ago on a motorcycle, it was a clusterf#@%. Geo.
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thanks Jeff, I’m looking over some on Amazon and it seems like I just need to pick some popular size thread and popular size tubing.
would most norgren be 1/4″ 3/8″ and 1/2″ npt?
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I fully agree with inside control of all filling and dumping functions being controllable from inside the coach.
Until I had that ability it just seemed like the answer to a question nobody asked, but the reality is that it is a big convenience when it needs to be done when it is raining or the site is muddy or you realize just before a shower the holding tank is getting a little full.
I have almost 100% of the time filled from outside, and dumped at the same time. The reason is I do not want city water to supply my coach because my practice of dumping and filling at the same time and only using water from the tank almost assures me I will not overflaw a holding tank. If I leave the supply valves open the city water pressure might keep my pump from working so while I am not emptying my water tank I am filling my holding tank and you can see what that can lead to.
But there have been instances when I knew we were low on water, which meant the holding tank was full or nearly full and when Di sees the holding tank level display all lit up she gets nervous, so it is nice to give her peace of mind by dumping.
Do I need the ability to control it all from inside? No, but it is a feature I would not want to give up.
BTW, Use the macerator occasionally if you have one because if for some reason the big dump valve will not open you have a back up means of dumping.
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Calendar booked and reservations made. Looking forward to our 3rd trip to the Oysterfest!
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My monitor is mounted vertically and if it has a light it points down. I specifically looked for the light and could see none. If my other coach had one I never saw that one either. But on the last coach I never looked for one.
I am sure if the light was on your monitor when the key was off it is definiitely a sign of a defective monitor because only with 24 volt ignition input should that light be on.
FWIW, if I get any indicator light on the dash such as balance or hi or lo voltage my first response is to look at the gauges. If the gauges do not show an issue I pull into the first safe stopping spot and using my tester I check all input voltages. If they are within the proper range I disconnect the output wire to turn off the indicator light and at my earliest opportunity I order a new monitor.
If on the other hand the monitor is showing a true problem then the next action will be to deal with the issue. I will not drive without knowing if I have a problem and without determining if I can safely drive or if I have to deal with the problem.
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I don’t think most buyers are concerned as much about the spread between the chassis and coach title year unless or until it becomes an issue.
If they did have a problem with the spread I presume they would not proceed with the purchase. The title controls the year the market sees as the coach year. If a coach has a spread of several years it could be of concern but I think most buyers will accept the year on the title as the coach age regardless of the chassis year.
There are true issues that knowledgible buyers recognize. If the spread in years is four years for example, especially if the chassis had significant changes that took place around the time shown on the title by the converter the coach may not have those features. Specifically, as an example Prevost went to a multiplex electrical system and had what are now called pinless slides around 2007. A chassis manufactured in 2005 would have neither feature, yet the coach could carry a 2008 or 2009 year on the title.
A similar problem may impact a warranty issue. I believe at one time Detroit honored the engine warranty from the date of the title, but changed their warranty coverage based on the date of engine manufacture. At best an engine is going to have a date of manufacture within the chassis model year, but it is also possible the date could be much earlier. A coach with a 4 year spread could have an engine with very little remaining engine warranty.
A lot of the coaches with greater than a one or two year spread were in the period when the economy was at its worst. I am not sure if any coaches built today will have a significant spread because very few if any spec coaches are being built.