Tim
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Spilled battery electrolyte, (acid), must be neutralized, it can’t just be washed or wiped away. A 1 to 1 mix, (1 pound to 1 gallon), of baking soda and water is the preferred neutralizing solution.
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Yes, I have the two 4000 Trace Inverters, and I think they’re tied in, but I’ll have do some more investigating. There’s no mention in the “generator” section of the manual how to change this so let me read more about the inverters tomorrow.
I would think if my auto start is tied into my inverters I would change the settings at the panel in the bedroom right below the DC circuit breakers? I currently have my two inverters set on “auto” but there’s probably some way to change to autostart and run time.
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Tim,
If you have the Trace 4000’s, all those parameters are adjustable. 21.5 is killing your batteries if that’s where the autostart kicks in. Mine are set to 24 volts. I would suggest you change the start to at least 24v and the stop time to 3 hrs.
To test your autostart, make sure your batteries are at full float charge, kill the shore power and turn on both A/C’s that run off your inverters (mine are salon & bedroom) and then monitor your inverter panels to see if the correct start voltage is used. Depending on how good your batteries are, it could run 2 – 3 hours or much less.
All of of this is assuming your autostart is controlled by the inverters, the early ones were not and could not be changed from the factory setting.
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21 V is 10.5 volts on a 12 volt battery.
I understand the way auto-start is supposed to work is it is to see a sustained voltage under load below a certain level but for all practical purposes if it does not start recharging the batteries at a higher level than that it will not surprise me if Tom buys a new bus with slides. He will be selling a lot of batteries.
http://www.mmbalmainauto.com.au/PDF/State_of_charge_12_volt_batteries.pdf
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Since Pam doesn’t read the forum, the solution is obvious. Get her to handle the chores as relates to dumping the tank(s) and filling the fresh water. That usually tends to change people’s habits. (In case you come across this Pam, I was just kidding………..)
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There are several places cold air could be coming in, but the first thing I would do is, fold the bumper down, look up top on the left side, and you will see a fresh air grill about 12″ long and 3″ wide. Put duct tape over it to seal it off, and try that. If that helps, then the door is not closing on the outside air vent. If that works, then I can tell you how to go inside the dash and close it, ,or block it off.
Other places would be any openings around the compartment where the cruise airs are located, or in the steer compartment.
Give me a call if you have any questions, my number is in my ad.
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Thanks for the input Admin. I too have that button and could find no explanation for its function. Will check it out after picking the bus up from ETLC.
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Thanks everyone for all of the great information. Unfortunately,because of the holiday no one was open for us to buy the part. We I’ll be home today so I can look up which part I need.
But, I do have another question. That shutter/vent that is behind the bumper in front of the cruise airs, what is it. How does it work! And where is the switch for it?
Man, a year later and we still sound like new coach owners. Don’t even get me started, on the air horn, foot air slide and just the whole air system in general.
Uggg!
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My bad…….I had forgotten with global warming Mark is now living in the Miami of the north. We also have had warm temps and now that it is starting to get more like a normal winter I am worried about the effect it will have on the palm trees I planted in a weak moment.
Jon
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It isn’t real scientific, but if there is a single waste tank it doesn’t matter if it’s gauges function as long as the fresh water gauges work, and you dump the holding tank every time you fill the water tank.
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Les,
It’s one of the buses we are looking at. Price seems very good–only thing I didn’t like from the pictures were the Toyo tires. Talked to Ausin at Olympia, and he seemed like a square person to deal with. We’d be OK without slides, although we are open to slides. Trying to stay below $250k, but have some flex for the right coach. Still trying to sell ours, if we don’t sell by end of February, we’ll end up trading, so we would have to go to a dealer. If you have a chance to stop by and check it out, we’d appreciate it! -
Well ,if you traveled with me for a month or two you would get all the driving you would need about 1500 miles a week , but with in one week you would have it down pat, really it’s just time behind the wheel , we put two driving schools on a year only for prevost or MCI buses for tour bus company’s ,in Canada , and the drivers taking the school do very well once they get the run down of things to check, the biggest thing we hear is drivers don’t check things out before they drive like fluids or belts , the one thing that my shop is called out for is the driver starts the bus and before the mini air bags are full they hit the high idle and jump the belts off then they do not check them before they drive off. We also put on towing seminars all across the USA and Canada and seminars on how to repair them for the last 20 years , and train towing company’s people how to tow them and how to do repairs on them on the road or what to look for if they have problems . All are techs are Red Seal certified, the best in the business .
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Thanks everyone!
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Steve,
I have replaced my tank and wrapped it in copper. Job completeld a year and a half ago or so. No problems since. I found a source for the mastic heat transfer medium. If I can be of any help answering questions or supplying pictures just shot me an email.
I have a home in Maryville too! In the Keys for the winter and on Tellico Lake for the summers normally.
RussWhite at Earthlink dot net
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I’m beginning to see the makings of an impromptu PC get together. We are going to be in the FQRV park and maybe we should plan for a day and time unless there is still room in the RV park.