David
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Firstly, That roof is some nice for an 18 year old unit.
Jeff is absolutley correct ( of course ) in regards to the drain holes in the vent, you can see them on the bottom right of the vent. Attached is a picture of mine showing what he is talking about. I doubt that is has rained anywhere much harder than it has here in Virginia lately.
You will have to excuse the roof, it’s not near as pristine as yours.
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Art,
Nice install. I think I will go hard wired. Kinda how I roll.
Doug
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All our three coaches were Liberty, and all three had Cruiseairs. That meant we had filters for the evaporators and all three had different locations for the filters. I don’t believe there is any such thing as a standard filter location regardless of who the converter is.
When anyone gets a coach that is new to them the first thing they should do is explore the coach. Before any possessions are loaded open all the cabinets and closets and look for access panels, open them up and see what you can find. You likely will not only find filters, but you will find shut off valves, plus a wide variety of other goodies such as wires, hoses, water lines, drain lines, and maybe even devices you never knew you had such as antenna signal boosters, power supplies, junction boxes, etc.
By doing that you at least have some idea of what is where and how to get at some stuff, including service items such as filters.
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I had the resort send in a electrician. I ran the gen set pretty much all day yesterday. I do carry a fluke meter and feel pretty confident in how to use it . I pretty much always check the voltage/Amps when i am outside the coach. I purchased this unit because of the digital read out . My MDD is died and hasn’t worked since i owned the coach, there are several others with marathons with the same problem. I haven’t found anyone able to repair the display unit . so my only way is to monitor the voltage/amp draw is with the progressive industries surge Protector. we moved to another site this morning and all is ok so far. When i was moving the electrician showed up when i was disconnecting . He found the breaker may be the problem. the connection to the power lug was very discolored on one leg only. he went to town to purchase a new one and is going to replace the breaker . I did call progressive and they stated if it happens again to file a claim.
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I had a recent charge of $540 in Greenwood, LA. I’ve had several others in excess of $500. If there’s a limit, I have hit it, but with gas prices going up could happen soon.
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Jimmy, I am not licensed to use tools, so when we do a tool “show and tell” Jeff is going lead the discussion.
All kidding aside I think you guys are giving us some needed direction for the seminar and while we adjust the seminar on the spot in response to questions or areas of interest I am going to revise the outline I am working on to expand and go into a little more detail regarding inverters, power management and now the use of a tester.
We get posts, emails and phone calls from members that need help or information and those contribute to the list of topics we try to include, but if anyone attending the seminar has an area of particular interest let Tom, Jeff or me know and we will try to make sure it is covered.
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Dick I did do the stainless it is 11 awg. The 3rd brake light is a Whalen It is very bright.
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Looks like you fabbed your own. Nice job. I woulda thought by now Bosch would be offering a same size, direct fit LED upgrade kit. Thinking of the thousands of coaches their market could be.
Did you do your own stainless fab?
Is that the Whalen “high center break light”?
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It’s a Bro-Bra for man boobs.
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So far, so good. But, then again, half the park departed this morning. So there is probably little demand on the system at this time. Let’s see what happens, when the park fills-up again.
I watched the maintenance guy when he opened the panel and replaced the breaker. Not sure, if this means anything, but it was pretty nasty inside with a heavy coating of red stone dust. I did check the breaker just now, a few hours later and it is fairly cool to the touch.
Jon, thank you very much for your detailed explanations! So much to learn, so little time.
I do have a Surge Guard ammeter in the electrical compartment. With 4 AC running, washer washing, house fridge, fridge box and wine cooler in the basement, water pump and some lights and misc. on and running, the display showed 118V, 27A on Leg 1 and 117V, 27A on Leg 2. Amperage varied slightly up and down. Highest readout was 32A on L1 and 27A on L2.
Ronald
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Great information Per, thanks for the research.
Roy
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Hi Jeff,
i called Troy at Liberty this morning. He tells me it sounds like a dimmer control going bad. Unfortunately I don’t have a spare and the closest repair facility is Marathon in Coburg. However their service is backed up through middle of July and they are unwilling to fit us in. Reinforces my decision to not have a Marathon coach! I’ll look for those and try your suggestion. Thanks.
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That would be a new owner….Mr Jones very nice couple first time Prevost owners.
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Hi Dick,
i have no dedicated breaker for the crestron. I have three built in units and one portable unit. One built in unit is in the control panel and it can be shut off via outlet breaker but the two in wall units in the bedroom can’t be shut off it seems. Must be a breaker under the coach somewhere I assume.
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A true 240V device does not have a neutral connection, only the two hots and ground.
The three phase socket has connectors for 3 hots (X, Y, Z) and ground, no neutral.
This is a non-standard hack. You’ll need to ensure that the wiring of the plug and socket match to whatever the grill expects.
I don’t understand why they did not use the appropriate 240V socket and plug.
Gerald