Jerry
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Everybody should take note of what Big Al has reported. If you use your NAPA card the savings alone, on just the purchase of one part will more than pay for your dues.
If you have not done so, sign up today. Use Prevost Community as the business name. Click on the red box on the forum page. Do it now, operators are standing by.
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Randall,
Congrats on the new Liberty Coach! Beautiful paint design!
Mark
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Ha!! Ha!!
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This is a can of worms subject.. Basic sequence and suggestions only provided here!!! We are assuming that you are hooked up to pole or generator and maybe a power inverter. No matter what when it leaves clean source there is electrical flow to be considered. I like stranded wire/or marine grade wire(copper)ever splice = loss of available power so I run wires from source to point of use with no splices. Also use conduit with extra pairs pulled in for future expansion. Keep your dc and ac seperate conduit. For you factory built guys–Not all are created equal!! I have found some neutral ground bonding situations( could lead to you being ground between coach and earth…) If you ever get a tingle when touching your coach don’t take it lightly!!! have some one check it out!!! also things like lamp cord used to run circuits on one I just took apart to rebuild—A few years back a customer had a 120 V feed back to his ddec=fried–no engine= cause was a wire to wire contact when line power AC and Dc were run in same conduit. If I hadn’t checked voltage with shore power plagged in it would have fried anothe ddec IV as soon as it was. Don’t like bakeolite(sp) battery cable connectors .Had one break going to ground(frame)= fire. Don’t know why converter didn’t use one piece cable rather than split into 2 (Y) To much to consider. Be careful!! The battery bank is close to 4,000 amps at 12 V dc. Don’t take short cuts here.. Side note on most coaches there is 2 empty pvc runs from rear of spare tire compartment to outside of rear bay above axle. plan plan over build over build—stay alive.. bob
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Just curious about how you know the snap disc is not working properly, and why you would trust information about the correct temperature settings from anyone but the converter?
If I have a fan whose purpose is to protect electrical devices by keeping them cool, there is no way I want to insert something to control the fan that will not fail “closed” so the fan runs continuosly.
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Not picking on you Walt, but lately based on phone calls, emails or posts I am seeing a lot of problems we owners experience are either directly self inflicted, or are the result of not fully understanding what the bus is trying to tell us.
I am in a bitching mode about this so everyone should take my remarks as coming from a cranky bus owner. Far too often people that should know better buy a coach with almost no inspection, and worse, almost no training. Then the first thing that happens is they cannot get something to work. I fully admit the converters have some operating steps for things that are not intuitive. To turn on a Cruiseair on my coach a minimum of three switches need to be on and two are obvious, but the final “switch” is on a touch screen, and then out of the five touch screens in the coach, the A/C control is only on two of them. But a new owner that does not know how to turn on the A/C has failed to do an inspection, and likely never got any training. If he did an inspection or he got training he would know how to turn on the A/C or the Webasto, or the toe space heater, etc.There are other examples on the forums, but my point is far too many are so excited about getting a coach and hitting the road they ignore the fact this is not their father’s Oldsmobile and there is a lot to learn.
Then when we as drivers are heading down the highway we fail to have done a good pre-trip inspection so when lights and buzzers start going off we go into panic mode. Or we don’t get a chance to get a buzzer or red light. We get an exploding tire or some damage to the coach or systems.
Despite a lot of bandwidth dedicated to discussions about tires, or a DOT brake check, or a pre trip inspection, or taking the time to learn the coach, how many of us can wave our hands and say we did a comprehensive pre-trip inspection, did a brake check, and took the time to at least know what a specifc button on the dash does or what a warning light is telling us?
To address the slide issue……….Slides add complexity to our coaches and because of that complexity we as owners should have a complete understanding of how to properly operate a slide. But we need to go further. At some point the slide will fail to operate. That’s not an “if”, but a “when”. Do slide owners know and understand the procedures to extend or retract a slide manually? Do slide owners know how to by-pass a failed sensor so when the slides are retracted the coach can go into gear and be driven?
When we show our coaches to others they are amazed. No question about it, our coaches leave most people in awe. But how many of us are willing to stress to potential owners how important it is to actually learn our coaches before we take to the highway. Not only to protect our own safety, but that of others around us. We don’t because we are showing the decor and the flat screen TVs or the Crestron system, but we never talk about how long we need for training.
I’ll step down off the soap box now, but to all out there, spend some time with your coach learning it and understanding how to do a basic inspection and how to operate it, not only on the road, but when parked.
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Sorry, Larry, I should have been more specific. I meant that I had sent Kyle an email. I have the same problem with our shower.
Davy
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I’ll have our replacement lights back in stock later this week for your style rub rails, Jerry. Sold out our stock last week and waiting for our next order. Sorry for the delay!
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I’m already in for November. I paid Tim this morning.
Bill, make sure he turns it in.
JC
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These are from IBP industries, (a.k.a. International Bus Parts) is Orlando FL.
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How do we end a 50 coach rally ? Do a mega Sunday brunch?
Rally was over today / Sunday doing a send off with a special brunch. Made to order omelets, plus ..waffles, fresh fruit, pastries, coffee, juice. Over 100 persons enjoyed this.
I spoke to Bill Carlisle, senior asking about the electric service here now that every one was pulling out. His reply was, “We’ll leave the generators run until the last Prevost heads out.”
There are 11 buses still here Sunday evening enjoying the very mild Florida weather.
Bill Sr, Bill, Tim, thanks for the over the top super rally. We had a great time and look forward to being here in the fall of 2016 for another fun filled 5 days.
PC members …give this rally a try, you will not be disappointed.
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Cheap if you have a brake can fail on the road !!!
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My pressure pro system only provides the psi since I use the Silver Leaf system, which is why I carry an IR gun to check my temps. But I know that when I had a valve leaking that when I see my colors change from green to yellow it’s time to pull over and check what’s going on. I’m not sure I would have discovered the valve leak just based on shooting my IR gun at a rest stop.
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That was my point. I know I should never drive away from a rest area without using my IR gun, especially since I don’t have a pressure pro.
This is not a veiled advertisement for Tom. Right now shooting temps at the tires and hubs is the only way i know to verify my tire pressures are Ok and I don’t have a dragging brake, or bad bearing. A pressure pro that reads temps negates the need for an IR gun and it is monitoring everything all the time.
In the Megabus case the driver should have erred on the side of caution. He did not and apparently drive with a problem. So far I haven’t seen problems that fix themselves.
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In 6 years of reading and posting about Marathon’s …this is a new one.
Before you do anything at all, take a break and give Leon a call in Coberg, Monday.
With your coach number he’ll have access to the build sheets on your coach.
If anyone on the planet knows about your bubble wall it’s, Leon