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If you closely examine her support base, Lucy took just enough votes in the swing states from a certain candidate to hand the election to the other candidate.
Lucy thanks you for your support and yes, she is exploring the possiblites of another run in 2020.
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Thanks Harry!
I’m “assuming” that people know to bring a cash and a credit card when evacuating, but if you would like to pitch in, feel free to add your personal information to this thread.
In all seriousness, prior to the storm, it’s a good idea to make sure you have ample cash broken into smaller bills as it’s not uncommon to find locations that are not taking credit cards after the storms due to connection outages.
After Hurricane Wilma, Florida instituted regulations for fuel stations to have generators to power the pumps. Not all locations have them, but the number is growing.
On my website, I had a piece of useful information posted by a reader and that was to have a passport and a copy of a utility bill. It seems that after Katrina, some neighborhoods were blocked by law enforcement and evacuees had provide multiple forms of ID by all occupants of a vehicle to prove they were going home and not there to loot.
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Check out line #8 in the the first post
of the link below. Is that the right bearing?http://forum.prevostownersgroup.com/showthread.php?4109-Belt-Tensioner-Pulley-Bearing-Replacement
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Edit: Sorry Jon, I posted this before I realized I was on probation and suspended from new posts until I answer the questions on my Electrical thread. DK
Ron and Jane:
I think a big part of the decision about OTR vs Cruise-Airs vs roof airs depends on how you’re going to use your coach. Will you be spending lots of summer time in the Southwest (Arizona, Las Vegas, New Mexico)? Lots of summer time in the hot and humid Southeast?
In my book, North Carolina gets pretty hot in the summer. But look where I’m from, everything is relative.
Or will you use your coach like we have ours and expect to in the future … summer up north and eventually Canada and Alaska … winters down south, hopefully TX, AZ, and maybe CA this winter. I do want to regularly go to Bonneville in August, September, and October going forward.
You indicated that you’ve never owned an RV before, pretty similar to our situation. Our pre-purchase learning curve was drinking from a firehose. The learning curve upon delivery was like drinking with a second fire hose. Then came the learning curve of how the coach works when we use it, how we use it, how it behaves, what it tells us, what we can and cannot expect from it. It is beginning to tail (or tale or is it trail) off now, but I learned an important lesson this week (that would be off topic).
Ideally, you should rent a Prevost for two weeks and take a trip in one. Doesn’t make much difference in my opinion which converter did the conversion. Use it, drive it, live in it. Learn the idosyncracies of a Prevost motorcoach in general. Of a large motorhome in general. I think then it would help you make a better first buy decision.
I think all the first-time Prevost buyers … like the first time buyers of luxury yachts and private jets … go through the same process you’re going through. In the end, most all of us love the coach we purchase!
I suspect that if the coach is parked in the sun with high temps outside (like CA or AZ or NV in the summer), and you’re cooling via Cruise-Airs, anything that can be done to cool the surface under the coach will help the Cruise-Airs get rid of their heat like running water under the coach will make the Cruise-Airs more effective.
I want to make a quick comment about electricity in the coach, but debate proctor has chided us to keep on subject; so I won’t.
Dick
PS: I look forward to the discussion about Li-Ion in another thread in the Electrical topic
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I have read about adding liquid at the receiver service valves but wonder how do you do that? Turn the tank upside down? I have replaced all my hoses and valves and about ready to recharge so I will starting with a vacumn.
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Ron we have OTR and 3 14000 Cruise Airs, so if we were to run all three Cruise Airs going down the road it would equal the 42000 btu’s of cooling vs the whole bus air which my manual says is a 95000 btu unit, which is more than double the cooling or heating capacity. I’ve had very little problem with my OTR and wouldn’t want to go without it. This summer comming home from the desert southwest in 100+ degree weather our bus air stopped working, a low pressure switch that was leaking which was an easy fix. I started the generator and tried to run the cruise air’s with no luck, as someone mention the cruise airs set down low behind the front bumper and was too hot for them to stay running.
So for me even if you have 4 roof air units, each at 13500 btu’s that equals 54000 btu’s of cooling or heating vs the 95000 btu’s that the OTR puts out. Hope this helps in your decisions.
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Dick,
You did not mention disconnecting Your shore power and starting You generator. Try it and see if everything is normal. If all is good with gen , then You have a connection problem with shore. Do You have a meter to verify incoming voltage on both legs ? That little green shore power light might just light up with one leg coming in hot ? I might be way off base here , But verify the basics first. Flipping the breakers will not tell You if You have a burned out connection in Your shore cord or power pedestal. Were there any lightning storms in Your area after You got home ? Do You have a surge protector ? There are Several screw down clamp connections in a coach. Gil J says they need to be re-torqued yearly. I hope You get it figured out soon. I sure know how frustrating it can be.
Don , Strange to Me that You would have the chandelier wired into that line one inverter. Do You have a 110V Chandelier ? Mine is wired in with the Tivoli lights. -
Ron and Jane,
We don’t have OTR air as a four slide coach can’t accommodate it. We were totally fine with four roof units and our dash with an aux. unit.
The coach stays nice and cool. Now, we don’t spend time in the hottest parts of the USA when we enjoy the bus. That’s the purpose of the tires….. keep’m roll’n!
We have four inverters so we ‘could’ run all roof units without the generator running. But, the generator needs exercise, and as someone mentioned, if the generator were to go on the blink, we have a redundant system.
Liberty installed 4 13,500 BTU low profile units with CAD (computer aided design) hidden ceiling venting. There are no hard curves so that it will work efficiently and quietly. It will knock your hat off if you walk under a vent! (almost). LOL!
Our coach stays very cool with 2 roof airs running and the dash air. I can only imagine what it would be like with all four units going, we would be frozen out!
‘All’ our coaches have 50 amp plugs no matter how we look at it. We might be more likely to have the chance to use all four roof units vs. a coach with 4 15,000 BTU roof units as our amp draw might be less.
Good luck on your search!
Mark
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Family down Corpus Christi way that dodged the bullet and south of Houston that didn’t. Prayers with you all in this mess. Heck got 2 stock trailers down Victoria way helping with livestock rescue.
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Monty,
A bad temperature sensor can cause the error message, but so can an idle speed that is too high. Mkae sure it is at low idle. I would play around as Andre suggests, but one thing that created an issue like that on our first bus was corrosion in the 28 pin connector at the transmission. If you run out of things to try you might consider sliding under and unplugging the electrical connector a few times to see if the in and out motion of doing that can clean any possible corrosion.
I think you have a way to flash transmission codes and if you can do that it might offer a clue as to what is happening.
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Boy, things must be tough out in hollywood. I never would have guessed that Steve Carell would be doing safety/info videos for Meritor. And nice safety glasses.
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Tom, Chris knows how to change out a gen fuel pump. Al and I caught him using hemostats from his medical bag to clamp off the in and out fuel lines while changing the pump at the snot ball fest. If they will stop blood flow, they should stop diesel flow.
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Eric,
From your description the “pop” you heard is associated with a large leak in the suspension system. It could be an air bag or hose or even a fitting, but no matter what it is you are either going to have to progressively raise the wheels on that side of the coach possibly by driving up on a successively thicker stack of boards or possibly pushing a low profile jack beneath the coach from the opposite side that has not failed.
Pull forward onto one 2 X 10 section, then back up a little and drive up on 2 2 X 10’s, then forward onto three, etc. Or in your case I would urge you get mobile service to come and get the chassis up in the air with jacks and then deal with the cause of the leak.
I would not tow it or try to get it on a trailer because I would be afraid of damage.
Once it is up in the air and you can pull the wheels you can fix whatever has “popped”.
How old are the air bags?
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If I turn the knob off of the drive position it will reach 125 lbs and I can hear it purge. I think I hear an air leak. The problem I’m having is I can’t see anything other than the ride height valve with it sitting down. I can’t even get my jack under it to lift it so I can see better. I can’t ride up my ramps either because they won’t fit. I think I will have to have someone come out with a bigger floor jack than I have and then take off the duals so I can see better. Does this seem like the right plan?
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Mike,
Stupid question perhaps but have you called Leon at Marathon? if you haven’t I would call him. He might have a suggestion or help you ID the issue.
Bill