Thomas
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Roger, sounds excellent. If you want to play a little, (I don’t have access to your wiring diagram) I suspect your up / down switch has voltage in, and as you said it works in the up position. So reverse the up and down wires and if it goes down, when you press the “up”, and nothing happens when you push the “down”, just buy a new up / down switch. Of course you can check it with a volt or ohm meter, but that is not as much fun as watching it go the wrong way when you push the switch.
I think the rotary switch is a little pricey and if you don’t need it you can put the savings towards fuel.
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FYI, there are check valves that are DOT rated. I replaced my check valve in the same location last year. The part was readily available at parts store dedicated to heavy trucks and construction equipment.
Good to know. I am in a small town so this NAPA probably doesn’t have as big an inventory as others…but I am going to Portland tomorrow and will have no difficulty finding one there. I will make sure about DOT rating. Thanks.
Susan
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Thanx Gil, I guess I was “murky”, we are looking for a place to park for at least a week, seeing the Kids/Grandkids will be enough “activity” but thanks for your input. I see on the map that there is a lot to do in the close at hand.
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On a good note Prevost Mira Loma checked ours out a few months back and we don’t have a delam issue. They went around the bus with a tool that looks like a nail puller and pryed at the edges and I thought they would create an issue with the force he was using to try and pull up the corners. We will be back to have it checked again before the 10 year time frame is up.
We were at Coburg a month ago and saw Marathon painting buses also right in front of me management was asking people to work on Saturday. That would be the first Saturday they would work since 2008.
Later
bv
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A 2003 marathon would have Prevost slides. Some of the newer (2009+?) coaches use Valid. I don’t believe the reason is related to cost. As far as I know Marathon has always painted their own coaches. It is done at the factory. Have a look at their facebook page for shots of the paint booths.
Bob
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Well I pulled into Port Huron KOA about 4:00 PM My, deluxe site was ok very tight had to unhook the super sites are great but its the 4th of July and this place is packed lucky to get what I got We have talked to a friend that says go 401 to 403 to the QEW to Fort Erie this way I only pay one bridge toll will report back Gary
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I know Jim well as does Ken(hard headed ken) of this board. He is stand up guy. Jim has helped me much in the past with projects. He is running a 60serries with a 10 sp eaton autoshift in a Eagle. Quite a feate in it’s self! Bob
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Yes Diane, but since we’re a public site, we don’t show the names in order to assure folks privacy.
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I checked on eBay and searching “prevost parts”
there is a pair of used on now with bracket….. check it out as a bargain..
rgds,
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Gary,
So you weren’t successful? You pulled over to take a leak and the nail didn’t give you the leak you were looking for…
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What Rodger said. A water well pressure switch is cheap, adjustable, and if it gives problems is available at almost any hardware store.
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Never got much water out of mine, but I’m in a dry climate usually and shut off the awning compressor when traveling and in storage. The lanyard is a good idea if you get lots of water. By the way, I’ve had trouble with 2 arms and I doubt it was from water in the air system.
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Tom, in time I knew you’d come around to my thinking. I’m thinking it will take Jon a bit longer…
As for going to Stuart, let’s go. Fishing should be great and it’s a beautiful little town.
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Yes. Let it hang. It belongs there.
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This is a comment based solely on gut feel and follows Ed’s questions.
Coaches without OTR are generally set up so the air conditioners can be run through inverters. The concern I have is that the greater the air conditioning load the closer to component capacities you get. Obviously as Thomas has learned the inverters have a limit to how much of a load they can carry. But so does the alternator. Assuming the 270 amp alternator and 24 volt inverters the air conditioners are pulling about 65 amps at 24 volts (13 at 120) so two of them running is consuming 50% of the alternator’s output. Keep adding load and the alternator is approaching its capacity. An alternator heats up the harder it works and I would be concerned about enough oil flow to draw away the heat.
Exceed the capacity and the inverters are drawing down battery voltage.
Like anything else on our coaches there is a price to pay for loading the alternator and that is a load imposed on the engine. We don’t have free lunches. If you had OTR it also imposes a load on the engine. Presuming two coaches running in the same conditions one with inverter powered AC units and one with OTR, to maintain temperatures the engine’s load should be near equal because energy is energy.
So my question is if a coach does not have OTR, why not run the generator when it is necessary to power two or more AC units? Lightly loaded the generators do not consume much fuel and there is no way a generator will be overloaded. And our generators do not get enough use anyway.