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I am going to back pedal a little on the flat mount design. I mounted mine flat originally and noticed degraded service when water pooled on it during a rain storm. I have since tipped my mount about 10 degrees to let the water drain off. I can no longer say flat mount is the way to go due to my personal experience.
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If Billy does not take them, I am interested in a spare.
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Great road around Memphis. Do not take your Prevost through Memphis……ever. Some of the bridges are also too low when going through the city to connect with I-22.
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Yes. New stuff can leak.
I doubt if my experience is unique, but from time to time my primary and secondary that will hold pressure for months will go down overnight.
Before I do anything I run the bus pressures back up and almost always they will hold. I can only speculate that the leak is a little crud preventing a perfect seal or something else prevents the relay valve from sealing and just cycling between no pressure and full pressure is all it takes to stop the leak down.
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I was beaten to the punch with the answer. It is correct.
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Soooooo
After reading this post and having the same issue for a while, I decided to replace both my R-14 and R-12 relay valves along with changing the last of my push on fittings on the PP-1 (parking brake) valve to compression fittings.
It’s been about 6 hours now and the dash gauges show NO loss on the primary & secondary tanks. Aux tank is down about 12 psi.
Strange thing is; I did the balloon test (see attached pics) per the suggestion of Robert Hitt (Prevost service trainer). The passengers NEW R-14 relay valve is slowly inflating the balloon.
Now I am really lost. Could I have a New bad R-14 relay valve?
Chuck
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There are two more bolts behind the access panel between the washer/dryer.
Pull the access panel off and look up to the right and to the left. They are in the corners.
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If you are watching your main and aux tanks lose pressure while driving and not touching your brakes, it could be the brake lines themselves. Scared the heck out of me as I knew I was losing air pretty fast while driving and would watch the gauge drop 20-30# in seconds, pressure up, and repeat the cycle. Prevost found a line running against the frame and it had worn a hole in the line. New air brake line and no more leaks.
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There are some varying opinions on this subject, my opinion is don’t leave it plugged in for long periods of time. Depending on how your bus is setup with parasitic loads and what your Battery charger profile is set at you might be better leaving it unplugged and watching your battery voltage to see if it drops. Without any draws and all the disconnects off your batteries should sit nice and stable. My bus can sit for 2 months with all the disconnects off and my battery voltage is 12.7-12.8.
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Out with the old, in with the new!
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Dick, thank you for your thoughtful info. Per liberty, it is an Liberty classic, that was ordered with a 24 volt system.
May I ask, what does DD stand for? Thanks again.
Dan in Naples
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Kelven: Great information! Great to hear!! Thanks for taking the initiative to reach out to us!!!
The Prevost Community Forum has a set of User Maps. I suggest you add your company and information to the Repairs/Maintenance section of the map so its easy for us to find you.
Keep up the good work!
Dick (w/four CAs)
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Hey Don, kinda disagree as the transfer switch and inverter wouldn’t have an impact. Definitely it’ll use less electricity but we’re talking a few bucks, you can look up the energy guide and for a fridge it’s based on 24/7/365 use. Mines $42 per year. Leaving a fridge running not only keeps it nice and cold all the time but it also helps prevent smells, mold/bacteria growth, and more importantly is its designed to be on all the time so the compressor and other components should last longer, including the seals.
This is one of the reasons I went with Victron inverter as they have a transfer switch built in and UPS so my fridge will never turn off even when switching from genny or shore or battery. I even put a temp sensor and have it email me if the Temps get to hot/cold and logs it. Just so we don’t risk eating bad food
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It’s a residential fridge and stays running non stop.
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It say’s Big Bertha, My parents owned it before us, A boat is bad luck to change name,Even know it’s not a boat we left it alone.Our boat did not match but what the heck, It did not have a name on it.