Bernie is a grumpy old man and he has always said exactly what was on his mind. But he has also shared valuable information based on his long term experience and to me that makes him a valuable member.

Bitching is good. I suppose we all want to candy coat the complaints, but who cares how they are delivered? He did not abuse the site by…

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Tom’s dementia has the story reversed. It took a while but Tom has finally learned that at his age he shouldn’t fart because most of the time it isn’t a fart. Depends.

There is one deficiency on this site that to me is very important. In the previous site we had a signature line that included information about a member’s coach, toad, and home city. It is impossible to know a member’s level of expertise if he responds to a posted question. Far too often members who own one conversion think other conversions…

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I do not think the concept of using the bus OTR for driving and when parked is a bad idea.

However there are several issues that have to be addressed. The first is the evaporator has to be sized to handle the size of the compressor. I see no reason the condenser side has to be modified. Obviously the controls need to be sized for the new…

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The ironic part of my smart phone purchase was that I was forced to do that because the only way I could see the discounted fuel prices was on an app. It pisses me off to realize the entire world expects everyone to be able to access apps.

But like my flip phone, the only time I turn it on is when I want to make a call or look at the fuel discount app.

If I understand the question correctly power to the ECM comes from the rear electric box, circuit breakers 19, 20, and 21.

This is the only place I spend PC time right now and I am challenged by my phone so it is safe to say new stuff is intimidating. However my initial displeasure has been erased because even I can quickly identify new discussions and even respond if I feel the need to do so.

I have not explored the site and may not, but if the rest of the site is…

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Another example of a problem the designers could have addressed if they had to live with and service the products they design. This is not a criticism of any one coach manufacturer but of them all in that with such limited production it is the customer that becomes the quality control department.

Mark, I thought about the heat issue last night and I cannot explain why the isolator would get hot.

I don’t know your coach so I can only relate to mine. My isolator is nothing more than a one way valve. It lets electric flow only in one direction. Very little current flow should occur if the batteries are charged. If they are deeply…

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Mark, my isolator is just above the engine so if it gets hot I never was aware. Apparently heat is not going to affect it I hope.

To determine how hot it is getting drive a while and shoot the temps with the temp sensing gun, then after sitting a while, like overnight and shoot them again. All that isolator is supposed to do is to stop current…

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