[Fred F.]

Hi All,

I have a quick follow up question:

Does anyone carry a scooter or sportbike on a platform?

Not a lift & a cruiser.. just a light carrier and a ducati (400-450 lbs wet) or a vespa.

There are times when I’d like to have a bike – but not a trailer … or is a trailer the only real option?

Thanks!

Joe

[Fred F.]

First, let me say that I’m not an attorney. We have been involved with our HOA in Calfiornia where there were some ‘mismanagement’ of fund issues by the previous Pres and Treasurer. They both lost their houses to foreclosure as the HOA had to kick one homeowner out for not paying HOA fees for FIVE years. We won but his ‘6’ (not kidding, I think they quit when not being paid) low life attorney’s tried every trick in the book to cause trouble and havoc.

There have been lawsuits against some of the homeowner’s by some things that were said. I was on the board at the time and worked extensively changing our CC&R’s that worked against these two owner’s (clowns) as they wanted to rent their homes (we are not the Holiday Inn). I kept my mouth shut when things got a little testy. Everything that I presented was passed by the board and approved by the attorneys, so I was a happy camper.

So, be careful what you say, even though you may be ‘in the right’, an attorney is still expensive. Our HOA attorney’s are covering some of the homeowner’s defense.

Let a collection attorney take care of it for Jeff. Jeff, I hope that you pursue it!

Just my two cents.

Mark

[Fred F.]

The touchscreen should have an adapter between it and the Crestron equipment. Have you reset that to make sure it isn’t the monitor? I think the mfg for my touchscreen panel was ELO, but not sure since I don’t have that bus anymore. Have you powered the monitor down and then back up to see if that would do anything?

Touchscreen monitors are available from many computer places, but you would have to make sure whatever you get is compatible with the Crestron equipment.

[Fred F.]

Tim,

As other have said many times before, tell them its a 2006,7,8 or 9 etc. they wont know any different. I’m sure no campgrounds/resorts mind having any Prevosts on their properties in a ‘raising the tone’ kinda way.

[Fred F.]

Is there a way to know (at sight) if the upgrade/fix has been done? Can you tell by looking at it?

[Fred F.]

Before this extended conversation on waste tank variations, I had never given it a second thought. I was aware of the two options (single/dual) and that sometimes a macerator is part of the system. Other than that, I would happy to accept whatever the configuration was if the rest of the bus was in line with my expectations & requirements etc. Personally speaking, it would be like rejecting a bus because it had an LCD TV instead of LED. I think there are far more important things to worry about, as well as there not being that many buses to choose from in the first place for any given age & condition.

I do like the idea of the grey water bypass though, but wouldn’t lose any sleep if I didn’t have it.

[Fred F.]

Hi,

Each air tank is isolated from the distriubutiion line (the one from the compressor) by a check valve at each tank. The Aux Air tank has a regulator to not allow air to enter the aux system until main pressures are above 90

PSI. If the 2 main tanks have air either the aux system has a huge leak, suspension, etc or the inlet regulator is stuck. Most likely it is a leak in the suspension system. Most likely an air line has to the air bags has failed or an air bag has failed.

Sorry Jon about the fleas from 1000 camels… ROFL

Mikee

[Fred F.]

Well, he mentioned the “arms” can be refurbished and used again. So my thought is, yes, installing the entire POS on a different coach.

Funny thing, a friend of ours spent a week with Jimmy at Zip Dee this summer. All was good when they left Chicago. They got to their first stop, and of course, major failure. Went out and not back in. I think they are removing theirs and moving to a manual zip dee. And Zip Dee wants their parts from the autoawning..

[Fred F.]

OK guys and girls, Everglade Isle Mini-Rally is set for Jan 29-31 2016. Ten sites together are being held, after that any additonal may not be in the same area. The rate w/PC discount is 110 waterfront and 105 behind. You must make your own reservation and tell them it’s for PC min-rally 239 217 3001 ask for Mark. We know of five already booked so don’t dwadle as it’s first come first served. We hope this becomes an annual trek. We have reserved the pool bar and grill area for our functions. If you wish to participate in a stone crab boil, please contact Corey 941 779 4748.

[Fred F.]

My free advice is to reset it to where it was originally.

Inverters need cool air. That means the bay in which they are located needs to be cool, but perhaps more importantly you need to frequently verify the internal fans in the inverters are functioning.

The inverters are going to generate heat when they are working. If the internal fan stops functioning your only protection is if the environment they are mounted in is as cool as possible.

I recognize a lot of people don’t like hearing a fan run all the time on their coach, so if you are among them set it where you want so you don’t hear the fan, just understand in almost any of our coach’s systems or devices, including the motor, that heat is the enemy. If you do reset the thermostat to a higher value, at the very least open the inverters and completely clean out the accumulated dust, lint and debris so the inverter will be less affected by higher temps.

[Fred F.]

The right way to handle this problem would have been for Ben to deal with this directly with Jeff. The fact that he used this forum to trash Jeff’s business was wrong. If anyone had a personal attack, it was Jeff.

Hope we can move on, this will pass, it won’t be the last as time this happens in one form or another as time goes on. The good news, is we can have this discussion out in the open.

[Fred F.]

One great thing about an approach like that is when you maintain an older unit, have done all you can to preserve and extend its life, when the unit fails you have no hesitation to know replacing the unit is the right thing to do. That is true of all the devices on our coaches.

[Fred F.]

That may work for me!

[Fred F.]

So are there three kinds of fitting? Push-in fittings, DOT push-in fittings, and DOT compression fittings?

I thought there were only push-in fittings and DOT compression fittings.

[Fred F.]

Here’s Larry’s picture.