Rocky And Tonya
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Rocky And Tonya
MemberDecember 11, 2017 at 10:51 am in reply to: Front end of coach slow to “air up”Jon asked: Do all pressure gauges come up to full system pressure in what is the normal amount of time? Yes. After starting the Detroit the two gauges on the dash come up to 120# in a reasonable time and hold pressure.
Can you hear the air dryer purge often as the front is trying to rise? By often I mean the normal amount of time between purge cycles? I hadn’t listened for that, I’ll do a test today and listen. If I understand correctly how the air dryer purge works, more often is better than less often; correct?
You mention cold temps but don’t say if this started since the temps got cold which could be coincidental or a clue. Its often slow when its warmer (50’s/60’s) as well, but not like it was Sunday. Sunday was probably the slowest.
How often have you been running the aux. compressor prior to the cold temps I run the aux compressor to run the toilet when we’re parked and the pressure in the system drops. I noticed that sitting in the coach in the evening (temps low 30’s, hi 20’s) with the aux compressor on, the compressor ran more often than in the warmer temps.
and how have you been preventing moisture from entering the accessory tank. How would I do that? What actions can I take to keep that moisture out?
The Liberty “spitter” is not the best protection against moisture. Is there a better option that I should consider installing?
Don asked: There are only 2 airbags raising the front, and there are 6 raising the rear. I bet the normal ride height pressure in the front airbags is higher than the rear? That tends to make sense to me, but I have no way of determing those pressures and possible delta.
Does your bus have an accessory system pressure gauge? Not on the dash, just in the steering bay. Mine didn’t. I installed one in my dash and another in the steer compartment so as to know what’s going on with the level system air, etc. That sounds like a good idea, I’ll consider that. I like more gauges than less so I can see what’s going on. The more the accessory system leaks, the longer it takes to air up. That certainly makes sense to me. If the aux compressor runs more often in cold temps, that points to a good sized leak or more leaks … leaking air can’t get into the air bags to raise the coach.
Thanks for the advice and comments.
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Rocky And Tonya
MemberDecember 9, 2017 at 12:04 pm in reply to: Anyone Tried The New FMCA/Verizon HotSpot Plan?I have a ZTE mobley with ATT unlimited for $20 a month. Plugs into OBD port.
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Bill,
Great choice of words concerning lack of sewer access. Exiting
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If you want to match Jon’s kit, you need to buy everything in the Prevost parts bins!
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Corey and George,
Premium is who has the coach we’re looking at. Steve is our sales person. Thank you.
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Love the wood Cathedral ceilings Davy!
You are certainly blessed having such a loving family willing to come along side you to build this sanctuary for Odie.
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I replaced mine with an Amish unit just over 2 years ago. It works well and gets really cold. The key is removing the heat from the exhaust compartment. If the compartment stays hot, it has a hard time cooling.
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In my case intermit fan on-off operation. With the dash control I looked for something / fuse behind dash and found nothing. Phone calls to Prevost suggested the control regulator behind dash on passenger side. Replaced that with no change. Also suggested check plugs at regulator, blower, dash control as they do shake loose.
In my case the dash unit was defective and replaced solving the problem. Dash units do fail as Prevost admitted making changes to correct dash control issues. The issue was intermit fan operation. Power was good up to dash control…
Here are pictures I took showing dash unit.
One of the changes was the rear plug-in had been changed on the new dash unit using a short 8 inch plug and play adapter.
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Hey Chip,
Hope You have a good water separator setup on Your Aux compressor. They tend to make quite a bit of moisture. Maybe the repairs will not be too painful.
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There are a lot of potential leaks in the area described and usually there will be clues about where specifically the leak origin is.
If it is an air bag leak the coach should settle down on that location. If the coach does not anything related to the air bags, including fittings and valves can be ruled out. The leak could be a relay valve on the braking system leaking. The dash gauges will reflect that.
If the coach is parked and the key is off it is highly unlikely the leak has anything to do with brake chambers or ride height valves because they do not have pressure on them when parked unless something is wrong elsewhere.
Not completely sure why it would be necessary to run the air compressor when parked.
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Art, did you replace the check valve for the mini air bag system ?
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Yep, Jon is very correct. Back in the early 2000s, Bob Lee of Country Coach was seeking higher front axle rating. 2001 XLIIs and newer before Prevosts 365’s introduction that included both 40 and 45 footers were Country Coach factory equipped with 385’s. Not sure I would try them on our coach, which is equipped with four 365 sized tires, and you ask why??? It’s something the previous owner had Marathon do thru Kaiser Trucks in Eugene. At 15340 lbs on the front, the Michelin chart shows to use an incredibly low psi. We are running 96 up front and 90 in the tag
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At the time, January 2016, I was chasing down a persistant air leak that took my F/R brake air pressures to zero within an hour. Prevost DL stated that the pressure protection valves could be leaking and replaced them.
Turned out the air leak was behind the dash on the air line going to one of my air gauges … which Prevost DL found.
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Cliff…
Didn’t I send you all the electrical manuals and build sheets on our ’98 Vantare some time ago?
Cheers, Diane
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Rocky And Tonya
MemberNovember 2, 2017 at 11:37 am in reply to: Inverters switching off and on repeatedlyA loose neutral or bad neutral in AC power will often show up by one leg showing high voltage and the other showing low voltage. If you load up the low side it will go even lower. The power company can determine if the problem is on your side of the meter or their side by monitoring the power for a week or so.
These inverters do shut down to protect the coach on high or low AC voltage. However, the problem here is high DC voltage. The inverters shut down briefly because of battery voltage going to 30. It shuts down to save the batteries, the DC voltage drops and the inverter cycles back on.
This may or may not be caused by fluctuating AC voltage from the pole. The AC voltage at my barn has not been as stable as I would like it to be, but it is much better since a transformer change at the road this summer.
There are nights when the DC voltage climbs and the AC voltage seems as solid as a rock on both sides. It may be that the voltage reader on the coach is not reading spikes quickly enough. I have stood at my work bench in the barn with my tester on the panel lugs at the barn AC panel and my meter was not showing any spikes there either.
Keep the ideas coming. We have been though all of this a thousand times but fresh eyes may see something we have missed.
Davy