Dwayne
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Jim, Geo and Corry have a Cat head instead of a Dolphin. Plus, I agree with the Trapezoid window, I had to re caulk mine on both sides due to leaks when a hard blowing rain.
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If you study the two images you will understand how 50amp, 30amp, and Marinco twist lock plugs are wired. Pay special note to the X, Y, W and G labeling of the connections.
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Putting flex seal on hoping this takes care of it
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When I got the bus my regulator was leaking so I replaced it with new of the same regulator, then I found that 3 way valve was leaking bad so I called Prevost and found it was like $250 bucks so I looked for a replacement had no luck. The only thing that valve is for is for a bus driver to change belts with out tools to let air of mini bags. So I got rid of red knob valve put a 1/4 inch ball valve in before regulator right after new check valve I put in and no more leaks my belts are always tight and if I need to let air out of mini bags I turn 1/4 inch ball valve and push schader valve release air to bags, open ball valve all done, simpler the better.
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Ron, The valves Prevost uses are not the best. I have had leaks in them and the pressure regulator on all three buses.
I used screw jack belt tensioners on my current bus and eliminated the leaking valve, regulator, fitting and mini air bags.
But if you want to retain your air tensioner system consider getting a more reliable regulator and a couple of good quality valves. One to admit air to the regulator, the other to deplete pressure to loosen the belts.
Your brass air cylinders may not be supported if they are leakers.
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Energy is energy is energy. The reason locomotives use a diesel / electric combination is the manufacturers learned they can maximize efficiency with respect to fuel consumption by running the engine at its most efficient setting and varying power to the wheels via a multitude of inverters.
Late model locomotives have been running around 6000 HP.
When we drive our buses we almost never use our maximum available HP so it would be very practical to use a generator of the same horsepower as our average (which can be easily calculated by fuel consumption) and tune the engine to run at peak efficiency at a fixed RPM.
Unfortunately the required batteries are going to require space so unless they can be configured to make the most efficient use of space we may have to leave stuff home.