Greg
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Jim, well said.
What I’ve discovered is that “Big Rig” has no real meaning. I was in one park, a nice place, that located some of their Big Rig sites on a loop that required an empty site in a turn to negotiate the turn and large trees. They admitted the loop was too tight for really big rigs.
I’m skeptical of the advertisements stating Big Rig Friendly, sites to support the longest RVs, and the like. I’m not as skeptical when I see the 75-foot pull throughs. Mapping sites can be helpful unless the sites or access road is tree covered. Nonetheless, yet another resource worth looking at.
So far we’ve been pretty lucky. The biggest problem we’ve had is bushy trees and parks that think it’s okay to have them drag the side of your coach!
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Tom,
Tell us what you have for the alternator setup? Sounds like you only have one, instead of the normal two, one for the house and the other for the chassis. I was going to make some suggestions, but need to know what you are dealing with.
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You can find a lot of interesting things in these older coaches!! I have several electrical changes to make when time permits.
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Obviously selling the coach and getting a new one is the best answer. The economy needs all the help we can give it.
If I am recalling correctly the low (or high) voltage light on the dash is driven by the Vanner monitor. Assuming you can put the coach in neutral and go to high idle so you know alternator output will be around 27.7, you can check the input voltage at the Vanner monitor. The monitor has a low limit of 24 volts and a high limit of 30 volts. Exceeding either limit lights the annunciator light on the dash.
Unless the monitor is bad it is probable you have fluctuating input to the monitor or a voltage out of range. I would start there and chase the circuit until I found where the problem is. I can be anything from the alternator, regulator to the monitor or something as basic as you suggest as a bad connection.
Your options could be in ascending order of pain…….tape over the pesky warning light or remove its bulb……..actually fix the problem……..or just buy a new coach. We all can help you with the third option.
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Can I see any of that without getting under it? I have no way to get under it.
DKO
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got it thanks
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I’m all for the entertainment center. Heck, I would put more stuff in there if I could. With the kids, it at least gives us SOME time to get outside, even if it is only to do what we would have done inside.
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I think as our speed increases the negative pressure area to the rear of the coach has a greater vacuum and thus tends to pull more air through the louvers on the door. As to how much stuff ends up on the toad I have no way of measuring because I don’t have a benchmark. I do know we have had just about everything that might be in the air, including all the rubber worn from tires that ends up on the road. The stuff on the toad is like the crud that ends up collected on the back of the coach. We all know rubber particles are part of what ends up on the toad because we get the burning rubber smell when we start the toad for the first time after towing.
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I don’t want this to be construed as complaining about our previous coaches, but I can say this tracks much better than our previous ones. I don’t know if our previous coaches were impacted by the crown of the road, or to what extent they were affected by passing semis, but I felt I was working more on our previous coaches, both of which were solid axle.
It became apparent to me (and Di even noticed) this coach tracks much nicer than the others and that might be the IFS or it mightr be the 365 tires. I will weight it as soon as we have it loaded so it also might be the balance of the coach. I do know for sure there is less driver input to track a line.
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I did it too, and it worked!
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Are you talking about propane style RV out the side venting furnaces?
If so, I doubt you will find much info here as most converters use a Webasto or AuqaHot to heat water that is pumped to heat exchangers located in various places in the coach. These are supplemented by electric toe kick heaters and in some cases, roof airs with either heat strips or reverse cycle heating.
Maybe some home builder has used propane style furnaces, you may want to check that area out…
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I ordered fuel for my off road fuel tank and the dealer said the price for tomorrow will be 5 cents lower than today. Lets hope the trend continues! Rick
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Tom, I using a windows based machine. I’m not sure what would be doing it. How do you post photos? I click on the add/edit image and it’s looking for a image url, not sure how to post photos.
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I thought you posted a while back your coach never needs washing? And to inquire about a brush suggests it not only needs washing, but you are contemplating on doing the work yourself. What’s up with that?
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Here is a Northwest Florida Daily News article on the opening of the Destin West RV Resort.
Brian