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I am the kind of guy that will push things as far as they will go, and always try to get the most out of everything. I am also NOT risk adverse. That said, this is NOT something that _I_ would do. Too little gain from too much (potential) pain.

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Just to stir the pot and perhaps irritate the inverter contingent, if you are going to have to leave an AC on is there any reason why you wouldn’t just fire up the generator?

I have to believe that would extend the life of batteries and put less of a load on the inverter.

As a rule we don’t run our generators hard enough or often enough. That is a good opportunity to set the temperatures on all AC units and the generator runs them to keep the entire coach cool and comfortable. There is no way any single AC is going to keep the whole coach cool so it makes no sense to spend serious money for a coach and its generator and then not have the total coach comfortable.

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DKO,

There might be some confusion based on your description of the courtesy lights.

On my coaches the button on the end of the turn signal stalk opens the circuit to the side marker, parking and clearance lights. If not pressing the button those lights remain on as long as I have my lights on and the button turns them off. In other words pushing the button does not turn them on or flash them, just the opposite.

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Glad it was a relatively easy fix. Did you buy the switch from Prevost?

My DECEL switch may be going bad. I have had to hit it twice on several occasions lately.The first couple of times I thought that I did not hit it good the first time.

DKO

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“This is not usuually a problem at 50AMP locations, but get to a 30 AMP service and your chargers set at 15 amp are using half your service. In that case, lower the charging amps and more importantly remember that it was not the wife’s fault when she tried to heat your soup and coffe in the microwave and suddenly nothing is working right because you popped the breakers.”

That brings up a question that I believe Sawdust and I discussed by email or on the phone. Are both inverters charging? When you adjust the charging amps on each inverter to 15, are you using 30 amps? Or when adjusted down to 5 amps are you using 10?

IF each inverter is using amps to charge then 30 amp service from the pole would be doing nothing but charging batteries if both are set to 15. Of course you can not run 30 amps continuously on a 30 amp breaker but you get the idea. If set to 5 amps it would be using 10 and would not have much power even then for much else…

If both inverters are not charging, which one is charging? Do they work together? Does one take the lead and the other pick up the slack in some manner?

Trying to learn….

DKO

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I can not answer your question but would like to know what you were quoted. No doubt, others will be interested to know this, too!

Cheers,

Ronald

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Yea that is a head scratcher!!! I turned off the roof airs and shutdown the generator. When the internal switch was made from gen power to invert the fuse blew. There have been no issues with that before. Is it possible an internal switch in the inverter is going bad?

I guess I will test it Thursday when we go to the Blue Grass festival at Tom Johnson Camping center in Marion, NC. at least this time I do have a spare fuse!!!

Thanks again for all the info!!!

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The last time we stayed at CB in Flagstaff, they informed us that the city council had passed an ord. banning all overnight camping at local biz. This is because of some kind of local flap that developed at WallyWorld in their parking lot.

We spent the night there however (after getting permission from the manager) and did not have any problems. The one in San Antone is really skinny on the entering and exit, be careful there, it is a curb climber for sure. We eat there once a month (CB in OKC not in San Antone), I like their coffee and always buy some for the house.

Here is another tip you can try on DI. I make the wife clap her hands when she is in the store portion, that way she cannot pick anything up. Lighten Up …..

Best watch the moonshine Jon, I understand that if you drink enough of it, your babies will be born naked! And then there is also the matter of “Coffee Table Surfing” at social functions, I almost forgot about that.

BCO

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Wrong thinking John. I usually back up to their grease tank at O’dark thirty and fill up with waste vegetable oil. I give up a little horsepower but you cannot beat the price.

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Before you do that maybe you should look at other H3’s of your vintage or older to see how the bottom panels of their doors look. I don’t recall damage so severe to any H3’s or XLs that repainting or repolishing would have been required.

My first coach was 17 years old when we sold it, my last coach was 16 years old when we sold it and my current one is 7 years old. None showed scratches from use or wear and tear. Are you judging the need based on a previous owners abuse or do you drive in harsh conditions such as gravel roads? We drove our first coach 10 years on salt and sand covered roads in the rust belt and the bottom of our bay doors still had a nice shine.

I do realize the Acme Company is located in the desert and on occasion you may have to pick up products from the Acme Company to get that pesky roadrunner but I’m guessing you would still be OK as long as you stay on the blacktop as often as possible.

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My guess is the drop of aux pressure begins the series of events. What sequence those events takes is probably repeatable.

I am assuming there is nothing out of the ordinary to affect what would be an expected sequence. I say this because on two occasions now I have spoken with owners who have had problems that did not make sense and in one case several years ago the problem originated because a valve had hydraulic lock due to water in the system. Trying to make assumptions about problems is often frustrated by having the unexpected be the root cause.

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That’s what really counts, you got one!!!!

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I happened by one of the Napa stores
where I live, this is a rural area and the closest one to me is about
10 miles. I took the card in and the guy said he heard of the
program, but never tried it. He took a copy of the back of the card
with the instructions and said next time I come in, it will be all
set up. Couldn’t have been easier. These are franchise stores, not
company. Fortunately I didn’t need to buy anything today, a rare
occurrence.

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Just to be sure everyone who participates in the program understand its scope let me share some understanding I got from the NAPA representative.

Not all NAPA products or parts will be covered by the program. Not all NAPA stores are able to participate. Independently owned NAPA stores may choose to not participate, but NAPA owned stores will. Check first to be sure your favorite store does participate. The cards have specific instructions for the counter man to follow so you can get your discounts so even if the store does participate, the counter man has to follow the procedures.

The bulk of the parts and materials covered will be heavy duty parts common to large commercial vehicles. You can expect deep discounts on parts ranging from air filters to oil filters to belts to coolant meeting our required specs to brake chambers to air bags.

I’m excited about the program and as soon as I can put together a list of the items I usually buy for maintenance on my coach I am going shopping.

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For our sixth and final drawing for the $100 fuel card from Pilot / Flying J our winner is Sawdust.

Congratulations Sawdust. Send an email to jon@prevostcommunity.com with your correct snail mail address and I will send to you our final card which was provided through the generosity of one of our PC members.

Tom and I want to extend a big thank you to our anonymous donor of the fuel cards for his generous donation to Prevost Community. He is a huge asset to PC and we all owe him our appreciation.