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Rod Thomas at Total Vision has both a 7” and 9” monitor available with great resolution. I bought the 9”. Your placement is an individual problem for you to solve.
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Last time I was at ETLC, they just took some parts off Jeff’s personal bus and got me back on the road a day early…
No problem locating parts…. 🙂
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https://rvexteriorbodypanels.visonerv.com/cgi-bin/f/prevost-mci-busparts.pl
No opinion on how good they are or if anyone has had experience with them.
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I’m not certain of it’s exact purpose either. At some point in time, here on PC I learned that it is to always be cracked open 1/4 to 1/2 turn for normal operation.
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I wondering the too hot warning bells went off on the guys Pressure Pro system.
There are heat sensitive strips and paint that we can put on the race car calipers. They can probably be installed on drums too. Would be a good way to see if they got really, really hot.
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Gordon,
You never answered me yesterday on who you spoke to at Marathon.
Later
bv
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Here we go again………I expect the OTR vs driver’s air was pretty much beaten to death and the new debate was going to be Li vs AGM batteries.
OTR is a whole coach A/C and heating system. If a coach is not equipped with OTR it will have A/C at the dash only, called driver’s air.
If a coach does not have OTR the only way to keep the rearward portions of the coach cool while driving is to run the house A/C units.
That leads into a debate about the benefits of Cruiseairs vs roof airs which leads into a discussion about running the generator to power them or running them from the inverters.
One thing you can be sure of is owners will defend what they have, and to sort through the answers you have to understand when folks brag about how cool they can keep their coach that 85 degrees is comfortable to some, while others are comfortable at lower temps which makes most answers unqualified unless you know how a person defines comfort.
Let the discussions begin.
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I have adaptive cruise in my Audi Q7 and it is great. It follows traffic and maintains a predetermined distance I set from traffic in front of me.
The unit applies the brake to a complete stop and restarts. I can drive 200 miles and never touch the brake or gas pedal.
If someone cuts in front of me it will do a deceleration and apply brake to assume my safe distance set by me. It only applies the brake based on closure rate.
The person cutting in front normally has a negative closure rate as they are the idiot trying to run 80 in a traffic flow of 70.
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I got my EFS card from TSD. I changed my password. Very easy. I downloaded the EFS app onto my iPhone. Very, very easy to do. I looked at the map and I have diesel just down the road at the Love’s south of Sheboygan for $2.395 which is an EXTREMELY good price in the general area. I’ll be filling up on Thursday on my way to Road America. Anyone else going to Road America this weekend?
Over the last five years of owning the coach and following diesel prices very closely, I’d come to suspect that high volume users of diesel probably don’t pay anything close to the price posted on the tall signs along the Interstate. This program reinforces that.
Harry: I don’t think you have offended many of us, but I can’t speak for everyone on the Forum. I think some of us are frustrated with some of your posts when we try to help you and you seem to ignore what we’ve just said, especially when you have limited knowledge on the subject.
I have to disagree with Jon. The card issued by EFS on behalf of TSD is NOT a credit card (or a debit card). It’s a payment card. While the distinction might be subtle to those in the non-banking and money transfer world, trust me, there is a HUGE difference. While you may think of it as a credit card, it is not (technically or legally).
This card is not tied to a checking or savings account (like a debit card would be) nor is tied to a loan or line of credit (like a home equity line of credit) or a credit facility (like a credit card is).
The card simply tells TSD that Dick Karth bought $XXX.XX of merchandise (in this case diesel) from a certain participating vendor (like Love’s). TSD then should expect Love’s to extract payment from TSD (probably through an ACH transaction or possibly the drawdown of a line of credit) and TSD needs to get $XXX.XX from Dick by sending a debit ACH transaction through the banking system to Dick’s checking account.
TSD is extending credit to us. We don’t have the money on deposit with TSD prior to purchasing the fuel. If we purchase fuel with the EFS card and our account has no money in it when the ACH hits the account or if we’ve closed the account since the last time we used the EFS card, TSD is still responsible for paying the fuel vendor for the diesel we bought and is out those funds until they squeeze the money out of us if they can find us. If you see someone from the Forum at a campground or rally and it seems like they don’t want to make eye contact … you probably have a pretty good idea of what happened!
ACH stands for Automated Clearing House. Billions and billions of dollars flow through the ACH system every day. Money flow in both directions using the ACH system. If you receive direct deposit of a “payroll check”, Social Security or pension benefit, structured (or even one-time) retirement program distribution, etc. that is an “ACH credit“. The transaction is initiated by the entity sending you the money. If you use an automated system to make a loan payment or pay your utility bill or pay your cell phone or cable TV bill, or pay your PC dues (or for your fuel via either Profit Tools or TDS) … that is an “ACH debit“. The transaction is initiated by the entity you’re sending money too. Only a bank can process ACH transactions. The bank does not allow just anyone to initiate ACH transactions, you must go through a bank approval process to do it. ACH transaction are typically processed overnight and not on weekends, National holidays, or bank holidays (even if your bank is open).
Why ACH and not a credit card or debit card transaction? Great question (I can’t quite see who asked it)! Cost, plain and simple. A credit or debit card transaction costs a much as 2.85% of transaction in “interchange fees” and there is typically a lag of a few days to get the money. HUGE volume credit/debit retailers might get the fees down to 2.25% or 2.30%; emphasis on night. If you’ve ever wondered how your credit card company can pay you rewards … it comes mostly from the “interchange fees” (and a little from the interest many credit card holders pay). With almost every business accepting credit and debit cards today, you can presume that prices have been increased about 3% to cover the cost of the cards. (I could go into the shifting of credit risk in the transaction by the business not having to worry about accepting checks and having limited liability on card transactions, float, but let’s save that for a rally or in the evening at ETLC. You bring the Canadian whiskey, I can talk all night.)
Why not a bank wire? They typically cost between $15 and $30 EACH. Using credit/debit cards or bank wires eats up the fuel cost savings in transaction fees.
An ACH transaction fee typically ranges from $0.15 to $0.95 per transaction depending on the business model and the perceived risk of each individual transaction. So as you can see the difference in cost is HUGE.
Why did TSD want our Social Security numbers? I haven’t talked to them. Maybe when their activity slows down signing up new accounts someone from TSD might explain on the Forum.
Using my background in banking, if I were running a fuel program (say Dick’s Cheap Fuel or DCF for short) I would want my fuel card customer’s Social Security numbers for two reasons.
First, banking regulations (Anti-Money Laundering and Bank Secrecy Act) require banks to “know your customer” (KYC), which requires DCF ‘s bank (or whoever banks these transactions) to know DCF. As part of that, the bank likely requires DCF to “know your customers” … which would be “us”. To comply with the requirements of KYC I would want to know my customers’ business name (if appropriate), an officer or two, subsidiary or division of another company (if appropriate), address (street address in addition to PO box), phone number, and type of business or employment. I would probably also get the SS# or the TIN# of the customer as part of KYC.
Second, because of the structure of the transaction, DCF is extending credit to the EFS card holder from the time the fuel is purchased until such time DCF receives payment for the transaction through the ACH system. That might be one or two days … or over a three day weekend it could be four or five days (especially if you buy your fuel late in the evening). DCF is also at risk if there isn’t sufficient money in the checking or savings account to cover the fuel purchase or the account is closed at the time of the ACH debit. Having a customer’s SS# or TIN# makes it easier for DCF to run an in-file credit report and ascertain whether a prospective customer pays their bills on a timely manner or not. In the event of default on the part of the fuel card customer, having a SS# makes it easier to skip trace the customer for payment. Since the fuel card customer is entering into a credit transaction with DCF, DCF can obtain a credit report on the customer without explicit authorization.
Those are my thoughts, comments, and observations on the TSD program, how I’m pretty sure it works, and controversy over the Social Security number.
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I purchased mine from IMI Norgren in Dec 2016
12v coil = pt# 54452-02 = $22ea
24v coil = pt# 54452-03 = $16ea
Insert pt# in the search area here on PC and it will bring up the threads I did on this subject. -
It is getting close to our little no rally rally…..If you want to come just make your reservations…..Hope to see you there…
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That Cajun is trying his best to stir up doo doo. One slide is enough for me, no slide is better.
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On our 95 Prevost/96 Liberty its:
20″ outside to outside, with a 4+ outset, which puts the wheel 2″ from the turn signal arm when its in the low beam position. When you pull the arm to flash the hi beams it almost touches the SW
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Thank you for the information and perspective. I needed both. I appreciate it all.
Davy