John
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thx Jon, I am looking for it. I discovered that the input valve on the low side of my OTRair has a slight leak and I will need to evacuate it after I change the valve.
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Mark,
The tires in question are Michelin ZXA’s 315s. Manufactured date is late 2010. Thanks for responding.
Reese
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Got it. Thanks guys.
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got uh I will look at mine and see what kind, It is not a 3 stage charger
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Tom, I can help you find the Country Coach of your dreams.
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700! installed in new siding. Polished 3.5 cents each from local supplier. Not a hand install job.. Also back cap is in primer now. Posted in another thread on headlight mod. All parts here now–When it works and I am happy will post part # and sources. Cibie units. Just sort of a update. Bob
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They do Tom…..I did that yesterday only this time they went to bulk charge for 30 minutes and then went to float. My buddy is an electrician so when we get back from the weekend I’m going to have him take a look at the transfer switch and put in a new one if need be. Keeping my fingers crossed that when we get to the campsite the switch will not show a communication error but since everything is working fine I don’t think we will have a problem.
If need be, are the transfer switches something I can get locally?
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Tom,
I found a bottle of that 303 Protectant in my inventory. Tried it, work’s good…may want to go down to an O’Reilly’s and pick a spray bottle up, mine shows 12oz for 12.99. Kind of Armor All on steroids plus it say’s it has an SPF 40 Sunblock in it…go figure. Guess that means you can always smear it on your face and arms if it doesn’t work out…. I think it may solve yur problem, I smeared it on an old crummy handtruck tire and looks like new.
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Good
to hear from you Kevin, wish the circumstances were different,
someone got a pristine bus.Steve
does a great job and his success speaks for itself. We’re glad to
have California Coach as an Advertiser.Best
of luck to you Kevin… -
Going to bulk charge when plugging in is not necessarily a problem. My Trace SW4024’s do it all the time. I would be concerned if they don’t go to float, or if it takes much longer than it used to to get there.
The lack of the “smiley face” I have no idea on….
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The manual for the Freedom 25’s is available online, yours are probably Heart Interface but they are now supported (kind of) by Xantrax. Google it!
Sounds like you do not have the Link 2000’s controls, although they are available and I do believe may be a direct replacement, more control. The battery chargers will work anytime external A/C power is plugged in or generator running, hence the light. Once charged the system reverts to a float charge no changes with you lights I do believe. Fan cycling could be the control board for the fan, there are authorized service centers all over the place to change that if need be. The DC portion of the system is bussed together, the AC is not, consult your schematic. Should your units be blue and white they are the later model Freedom 25, if they are all black, they are earlier. Make certain the dip switches are set for your new batteries, manual explains how that is done…..Have Fun!
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Here is your easy fix, got it straight from Bubba’s mouth! Let me know if you need a set of “Portawalls” to go along with it……………….Google On!
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Let me put that in perspective.
We lived in western NY for our first 10 years of coach ownership and the bus was stored in a barn. It had cracks in the walls so I could see daylight through them, but the barn kept the winds off the bus. It was about 15 paces from our house and I parked the car I drive to work in the barn so I was in the barn twice a day at least.
I had 50 amp power and the bus was plugged in all the time.
Winter temps were below freezing most of the time from late October to April at least part of the day. In the worst of winter we had day time highs in single digits and it was common to have at least one week stretch where moring temps were 10 to 20 below zero. I can remember a couple of times when it never went above 20 below for a couple of days with the overnight lows down to 26 below. The point being it got cold.
We bought the coach in November so when I got it home I “winterized” it. I had no clue what I was doing and drained and dried as much as I could. It sat in the barn until our first trip 5 weeks later. I got lucky because I did keep some heat in it because in retrospect I hadn’t come close to draining all water. It had an icemaker, all kinds of places to trap water including the drains, a water filtration device (sand filter?), the water pump, etc.
On that first trip part of the time was spent at Harvey Mitchell’s (Steve’s dad) place in Tampa where his crew spent the better part of 4 days teaching us about the coach.
When we got back I filled the water tank, drained the holding tank and never winterized the coach again. The 500 watt cube heater was putting out enough heat in the water bay aimed at the tank so the water eventually got as high as 55 or 60 degrees before the really cold weather hit. When it got bitter cold the water bay temp got down as low as 45. I never saw it lower than that and I opened the bay and checked when I left for work and when I got home from work.
Over 100 gallons of water contains a lot of heat and it gives up that heat slowly. It takes a long time to absorb heat so the cube heater was on 100% of the time. If the temps got so low I would be concerned I still had the Liberty installed heater which was about 1500 watts.
In the house I kept the day-night shades down and they helped insulate the window area. I had the three setting heater sitting on the kitchen countrer top and the fan on and oscilating. I opened all the cabinets beneath the sinks. I monitored the temps inside and most of the time the low setting kept it at 50 to 55. When the temps dropped I went to the 1000 watt setting. When it was single digits I used the 1500 watt setting. I saw it as low as 40 degrees in the coldest times, but my fall back was the Liberty installed toe space heaters that were through that coach.
We used that coach off and on all winter long because we ended up doing trade shows all across the Great Lakes area as far east as central Mass. Not winterizing it allowed me to hop in after minimal prep work and I was good to go. Now I don’t even heat my garage or the coach because in Knoxville the inside of the garage has never gone below 43 degrees.
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Found it online
North West RV Supply.
Gary
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Hey Jon
we are 160 miles behind you on the east side of LittlecRock