[gary]

Dan, have you replaced the governor lately. Sounds like it may be contributing to the problem!

[gary]

Please look me up if you are near

Thanks for the offer to help. I appreciate your kindness. I wish I was close by.

I did replace the aquahot cap in the last year or so because is was not working properly. Even though the leak is at the aquahot I am pretty sure that leak is engine coolant since I am obviously loosing coolant in my engine system. If both systems are leaking at the aquahot then I probably have major problems.

I plan to top off the engine coolant and run the engine with the valves to the aquahot closed and see if that stops my leak. If that’s the leak then I will deal with it a little later when I have time and maybe some help to take the motor out of the aquahot so I can get to the problem.

DKO

[gary]

I still say look for a 10A class 10 thermal relay.

This was a pain to track down, but thankfully it is used by the military so I found some alternative part numbers. These were used by Onan, so a call to them might get you what you want. You might want to also call who ever made your generator for whatever they replaced it with.

http://www.parttarget.com/5945-00-083-6492_5945000836492_320-104.html/-b655412c-da7b-48ca-80a8-dd968f5057b1?searchtext=10-1015-4&searchoption=sku&originalsearchtext=10-1015-4

Here’s one that appears for sale, although expensive.

http://powerparts.ecrater.com/p/14497299/onan-switch-cranking-limiter-320-0104

You can google their therory of operation, if you want. Some generator owners claim to have just installed a 10A fuse, although that wouldn’t provide any thermal protection beyond that necessary to blow the fuse.

[gary]

Nice to be here and to be seen. Have joined the Fuel Card program, the Napa program, and the Michelin Tire program.

[gary]

Good luck on the hunt.

[gary]

We have stayed there twice, once in June and over this past Labor
Day weekend. Developer/owner lives on site.

Really nice facilities, really nice owners, beautiful dock
and gazebo that goes out onto the Myakka River. Shopping, food, activities
close by. Pretty good Pizza delivery as well.

It is very quiet this time of year. In June it was us and
one other coach. Labor Day weekend, it was just us.

The directions to the resort are good although I would
suggest using the second Kerrigan Circle entrance.

If you are traveling West on El Jobean Road, their
directions are to turn right onto Kerrigan Circle. You can do it but it is a
pretty tight turn. I just barely
rubbed the sidewall of the drive tire on the curbing. If you continue West a
few hundred yards further, there is a second Kerigan circle. Still a little
tight but you can swing a larger radius and keep off the curb.

We will absolutely go back for some long weekends.

Paul

[gary]

Ken has 3 for sale, go to the Flea Market Topic: Flea Market

[gary]

Gil, I did the same test, switching out half the salon lights, and I also found that the warm white LEDs were almost indistinguishable from the halogens. I think I have a photo of the comparison which I will post if I can find. Even if the LEDs drew the same amount of juice, I would replace the halogens for significant reduction of heat.

[gary]

Batteries are going to make your day or ruin your day. One bad battery can drive you crazy trying to figure why your electrical system appears to have gremlins.

If you take very good care of youir batteries, and replace them at the end of their useful life even though they are still functioning life is good.

[gary]

I think the best way to answer is to start by saying converters have different approaches to how the coach electrical systems have been set up. But generally when there is not shore or generator power inverters are taking battery power and turning that 12 or 24 volt DC power into 120 volt AC power to be used by some or all 120 volt circuits.

When 120 volt AC power is available through the generator or shore power, the inverters pass that power through to the circuits they normally power (usually via an internal relay) and also change their role from inverting to that of a charger.

The nuances of how inverters work and how they are used in a coach has changed as the technology has developed and that is a complex topic that goes way beyond the simplistic explaination above.

[gary]

Paul, which inverter did you lower to 1 amp, #1 or #2? Or does it matter?

[gary]

ok , thanks, do you think the breaker kicking off is related to bad battery ? On Vantare I am told everything runs through the inverters and consequently the batteries

[gary]

Bill,

I would think all your stems are long enough for the cores. I believe the cores are about 1 1/2″ long.

[gary]

I’m not sure about Marathon, but I do know if you buy the Liberty wine glasses you get the coach for free.

Of course the glasses are a little pricey.

[gary]

Well, I never had a mistress, but Mstruk claims I may indeed have one and it’s in the barn!

I can’t wait for the next trip so I can use the fuel card, is that sick or what! Being able to shell out 4000 bucks for fuel and not going inside the Truckstop to get inline with the hot shower folks and the guy complaining about too much hot sauce on his burrito is making me smile.

What I don’t understand is why this program is getting such a slow start. Don’t get me wrong, there are lots of folks signing up, but I can think of about 25 people that should be all over this and they’re silent. I’m still trying to figure out what could possibly be the downside. Any idea’s? Could it be because some want to use a credit card instead of paying via the checking account debit? I get a measly 1% on my card that can’t compare to .10 cents a gallon discount. I suppose some want to delay paying for the fuel until the credit card statement is due.

That’s all OK, just wondering if there is something Jon and I are missing.