[Scott]

thanks for the replies. Had already done most of the list. Got a new keypad at the Phoenix ALlison dealer. Was a quick change out and now all seems well.

[Scott]

Ray does the trip meter work on a DDEC 11 with your setup

Clifford

[Scott]

I agree with you now that my generator is running again. It wasn’t during that stay. It does seem alot of campgrounds have power issues. That is something that should be mentioned in campground reviews.

[Scott]

McMaster is a great source, I have used them to supply parts for my business as well. They are very prompt and reasonably priced.

another good source is MSC (Manhattan Supply Co.) a huge source of parts and tools, overnight delivery is standard and prices are reasonable.

[Scott]

Wow !! What a great article and a beautiful coach… something new for me to dream about !! Thanks for posting.

Diane

[Scott]

t would be best to take a picture of your engine compartment so we
can be accurate. If you have OTR, then as Jon mentioned you will have
a big 270/300 belt driven oil cooled alternator for the chassis. You
would then have a smaller alternator for the house batteries. If you
didn’t have OTR, the big oil cooled alternator would be for the house
and the smaller for the chassis. With 4 house batteries drawn down,
that small alternator is going to be working hard while driving.

Maybe this will help:

Shore Power/Generator – Leave everything on (providing you have
water in the hot water heater).

Dry Camping – Leave everything on necessary, reduce AC loads where
practical, monitor battery voltage and start gen at 12.2 volts. Let
run until float charge. Or, activate the Auto-Start to accomplish the
same thing. You will find high amperage devices such as water
heater, heaters, A/C’s and cook tops won’t be wired through the
inverter since you have an Angola.

Storage without power and no-auto start – Kill 12 and 24 in the
engine compartment, shut off all power devices in the coach, turn off
DC master switch (assuming you have one) turn off inverter/charges
and then turn off cut-off switch between the house batteries and
inverters.

You will still have some DC voltage in the engine compartment for
DDEC and depending how long it’s stored will determine the condition
of your chassis batteries. A couple months should not be a problem.

[Scott]

Anything Jon says is good advice.

My Liberty is at Marathon now for a couple small repairs. Nice people. We will see how the work turns out.

[Scott]

Sounds like some real progress. Since placement of things in a coach is absolutely critical on so many levels such as space utilization, weight and balance, access for service, etc. it is not a bad idea to steal designs from converted coaches. The layouts of coaches have evolved over many years to provide the best use of available space, service access, weight distribution and to make the coach user friendly. No sense reinventing the wheel.

[Scott]

Hello again, we have an interest in a coach listed on Prevost Stuff.Com>

It is a 1999 Prevost Marathon Le Mirage XLV 45. I was unable to copy and paste add.

Does anyone have any kowledge or comments on this coach?

Thanks

Jim

[Scott]

Thanks, I knew Angola was long gone but did not know about the panterra connection. I’ll contact them for potential manuals.

I have the AGM battery type set correctly now. I’m building the bus barn now and so it’s currently parked in a lot with no power. So I go cold and dark on shutdown. As soon as I can get to a pole I’ll do the 8 hour equalize and then see how they react. The 4 AGM house batts and the 4 start batts were all replaced in late 09. They have been on constant power as far as I know.

I’m missing documentation on the 24 volt charger and will leave it off for now. I always close the 24V and 12V disconnect in the engine compartment when I shutdown the big noise maker. They should always be charged and OK.

Thanks for the help

[Scott]

Good post Hector, this is the stuff we need to know, anything can happen as you discovered. Think how lucky you are, it could have gone down in the tube further where you couldn’t see, but I know you wouldn’t have stopped until you sorted it out.

[Scott]

On the rear electric compartment cover will be an aluminum label with the engine data. It should tell the DDEC version. I suspect it is DDEC II but it could be III.

Detroit Diesel should have thermocouples.

[Scott]

Thanks Diane. I never thought about rebuilding the entire unit. I will start down that path and see how it compares.

The burned wire caused the primary to not run but the secondary still worked. It was like they were two separate systems. Of course it may not be operating correctly.

Terry

[Scott]

Now now, Tom… I asked first !!! You gotta get in line !

Diane

Sam… the bus looks awesome !

I bet you lost a few pounds doing that too !!

[Scott]

Could you not drill a hole in the bay floor and put in a marine screw type cover plate?