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RE: Quick Weight Question
You can estimate about what effect loading like that has on the axles. For instance, if the tow system weighs 60 pounds and is 12 feet behind the rear axle, and the front axle is 18 feet ahead of the rear one (center to center), the 60 pound load will add 60 pounds to the rear axle plus lift 40 pounds off the front axle and add it to the rear axle, so you have 100 pounds load on the rear axle from a 60 pound hitch system. Of course you still have the 40 pounds of CCC, it is just now at the front of the coach.
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teb1272
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09/04/08 07:28pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Help with no DC electric problem
Sometimes such a clicking sound is a self-resetting circuit breaker in the converter that is running near its limit. It could be doing this because one cell in the battery has shorted out, or because of some other load higher than usual, or because of a failure in the CB. The dimming of the lights sounds like the converter going off and switching to only battery power with a fairly weak battery, and the lack of lights and refrigerator could be because of low battery voltage. Usually such problems are fund to be the logical suspect, and the first of these is the battery. The second is the converter or a fuse/cb in it.
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teb1272
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09/03/08 10:25pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Our first 4000 miles in the 2001 Dynasty
Bill: frequently odors come from the grey water tank, and a lot of times come up through the shower drain or through the two anti-vacuum valves buried way back under your sinks. Also, the nose gets used to small levels of odor, and begins to disregard them-does your odor really go away, or do you just get used to it? When you think it is gone, step outside, breathe deeply several times, then go back inside to make sure it is gone.
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teb1272
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09/03/08 02:34pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: converter has volts but no amps
Did you mmeasure the voltage at the battery, or is there possibly some kind of fuse or broken wire between the converter and the battery? What brand and model of converter?
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teb1272
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09/03/08 02:11pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Is My Solar Panel Working ?
If the solar panel is designed only for a trickle charge, you may have to unhook one side of it from the battery and measure the volatage between the two leads. Most of them will generate 16-18 volts but if they only supply very low amperages the batteries may suck the voltage down so you can't see it while hooked up (a crude but perhaps useable explanation).
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teb1272
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09/03/08 02:07pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: BATTERIES/SOLAR...PROBLEMS...HELP
Still, 60 watts of solar power is 60 watts at about 15-18 volts or about 3+ amps. Would you expect a 3-4 amp charger to keep up with your needs? You need a lot more solar power. If you got 4 amps for 12 hour a day you still would only have 48 amp hours, and as noted above not even a very frugal user can get by with only that. And you are more likely to get only 10-15 amp hours out of 60 watts in real life.
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teb1272
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09/02/08 09:04pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Generator starter motor question
As I thought about it, it will also chatter if your generator is so hard to turn over that the starter can't do it. This seems unlikely, as does a frozen starter, but possible. I would bet a lot that it is just a poor connection somewhere-take each connection apart, clean it with sandpaper (not emery paper) and reassemble it. Start with the battery terminals-in fact, check the specific gravity of each cell, if you haven't done so. A shorted cell is a classical cause of this chattering.
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teb1272
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09/02/08 08:40pm |
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RE: Generator starter motor question
A solenoid chatters because it is getting enough power to activate the solenoid, but not enough power when the connection to the big load of the starter is made-too much of the available power goes into the starter, so the solenoid disconnects. Once it disconnects, there is enough power to activate the solenoid, so it activates and connects power to the starter motor, and that causes too little power to be available to the solenoid so it disconnects, and so on. You have a weak battery or a poor connection between the battery and the starter or between the starter and ground, or the ground and the battery. If it is a poor connection, the only reason it is hard to find is because it is not an incomplete connection-it looks OK at low loads but cannot carry enough current to run the starter. You will have to figure out the path the current flows and check and clean each connection and each switch or solenoid contact in the circuit. It will also chatter if the starter is frozen-a frozen starter draws a huge amount of current and causes the solenoid to disconnect as above.
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teb1272
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09/02/08 08:32pm |
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RE: Please help me with my blackwater valve!
I would think you should loosen up the grey water side to get the required play-I did both at once, so I got plenty of room.
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teb1272
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09/01/08 03:57pm |
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RE: Identify a sealant...
I'd say it is the butyl tape available at nearly all RV stores. It is specifically designed to be used under all the window frames, etc. to seal them to the wall. Check the Camping World website-I know they offer it.
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teb1272
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09/01/08 03:53pm |
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RE: Back-Up Camera Reversed
I don't have one that connects to the TV, but my lcd monitor has a setting to reverse the image and I suspect it is possible with your TV also-or at least it was with the one that was originally there. Mine is a menu item in one of the menus that can be brought up on the monitor.
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teb1272
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09/01/08 03:50pm |
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RE: 9-year-old Onan gen with 40 hours. Should I worry?
Your voltages are fine, according to what the Onan technician here told me when I had mine repaired. According to him, your frequency is a bit high-he said it should settle into 59-61 cps when under load. This means your rpm is a little high, and might be because of the carburetor linkages being a little sticky. You might clean all the links with carb cleaner and apply just a touch of lubricant to them. The purposes of the exercise, according to him, is to wear off slight amounts of surface corrosion and to heat up and dry out all the electrical parts.
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teb1272
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08/29/08 02:36pm |
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RE: Generator needs RV key on to start.
The clicking occurs because there is enough power to the solenoid to operate it, but when you put the heavy load of the starter on it the voltage falls off until the solenoid no longer works. Once it breaks the big connection, there is then enough power to operate the solenoid, until it reconnects the big load. Therefore it seems it is likely to be a poor connection somewhere between the battery and the generator. However, I have also seen this happen when the starter locks up, because a locked starter draws so much current it can disable the solenoid-but yours starts when the chassis battery is connected, so that seems very unlikely. I still think it has to be a poor connection. You may have to take every one of your connections between the two apart and clean them. Sometimes it is hard to see that a connection is so corroded it won't carry a heavy load.
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teb1272
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08/29/08 02:22pm |
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RE: Gen won't start without engine running
Check the ground on the house battery-it is a likely suspect. Frequently they corrode where they connect to the frame.
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teb1272
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08/29/08 02:12pm |
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RE: New to me 1987 Coachmen Classic 360
Sometimes a red hot exhaust can be because one cylinder isn't firing and dumping fuel into the eshaust system. you might check by unplugging each spark plug one at a time and see if it changes the way it runs. If it doesn't, that cylinder may not be firing.
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teb1272
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08/28/08 07:52pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Wobble Wagon
Many DP owners like to insult owners of gassers like that.
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teb1272
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08/28/08 07:47pm |
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RE: Generator needs RV key on to start.
The most likely cause is that your coach battery system is dead, and it only works when the ignition switch actuates a relay that allows the alternator to charge both chassis and coach batteries by connecting them together. However, the solenoid can click but not make contact, and it might be shot. Was the new battery for the chassis or the coach? Another possibility is a poor ground on the coach battery system that doesn't allow it to send the generator starter enough current so you have to get the chassis battery ground into the circuit before it will start. You might try cleaning the coach battery ground connections first.
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teb1272
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08/28/08 03:39pm |
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RE: Fridge hot/freezer cold on gas
hilke40 may have the answer. It is either that or the flame is not burning right and you aren't getting enough heat for it to work right. A partially plugged orifice in the gas burner could do that.
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teb1272
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08/26/08 08:39pm |
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RE: Switching to Synthetic oil?
So far no one has mentioned the additives, so I will throw that in. No oil, either synthetic or dino, will protect your engine without the proper additives. The additives get consumed as you drive. Some are antioxidants, some are antiwear, some work to suspend the gunk that forms in your engine rather than coating all the insides with it. When any additive is consumed, you no longer get the effect it provides. Additives and additive levels in dino and synthetic oils are almost identical. They experience almost precisely the same conditions. Why would anyone think the same chemistry does not happen to them in one or the other cases? I agree the synthetic base stocks are more thermally stable than dino oils, but try to run an engine with a synthetic base stock with no additive package and it will not last long. All the cars with the long oil change intervals and synthetic recommendations are performance oriented vehicles, with engine design features and more expensive metallurgy so the manufacturer can tout some advantage. I doubt that any of these manufacturers would recommend that you run 10,000 mile oil changes if you really drive hard, but very few people do. An awful lot of people run over 10,000 mile oil changes with dino oils, too. I remember some rental car companies that ran the cars 25,000 miles before they sold them, and never changed the oil. It was one of the reasons people used to recommend against buying used rental cars.
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teb1272
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08/26/08 04:08pm |
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RE: Uneven water temp
Normally the flow through the cold water side is less convoluted than the hot side, where it goes through the HW tank. What happens is that any further restriction has less effect on the cold than the hot. I also suggest you take the restrictor out and try it.
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teb1272
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08/26/08 03:34pm |
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