kaypsmith

Thought I would share my latest mod to the coach. When I purchased the bus back in 2009, the bus air did not work and that was no big deal because I have a generator large enough to run two roof units which are pretty comfortable except while traveling in 95+ degree daylight. So last winter I started a project of adding a mini-split unit to the coach. I first finally removed the old condenser unit, just behind the drivers seat and underneath the bus, this gave plenty room for the new condenser. I went with a 12,000 btu unit which uses inverter technology and is super quiet, a real energy sipper. I installed the inside evaporator inside (of course) above the window just behind the driver seat, this puts the air directly on my wife who sits in the co-pilot seat, and the biggest complainer about being too warm while traveling. I designed the unit to be run without the rear air on, but with the front rooftop running at the same time. Well to my surprise and with a couple of trips behind us in some very hot days, so far we have not needed to run the roof air while traveling at all, and the coach is staying very comfortable without either roof units so far this year. And one other point, the drain is just behind the left front tire, leaving no drain from the roof when the rooftops are not running.

You may be done with the post, but I only stated what California DMV is currently posting. I don't know how old your information is but laws are subject to change from time to time. My son in-law is a retired deputy sheriff, and his son my grandson is currently a deputy in our county, neither of them really know the actual law at any given time. The purpose of this forum is to make anyone who wants to know about a current issue get familiar with the circumstances for what they are inquiring. Most of us feel that the correct answers should be given and if not others can correct them, this is all that I am doing is correcting your misstatement regarding 3000# maximum is the law. All states are not the same and all inquiring have the right to know the correct answer to their question. Have a great day!

https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/?1dmy&urile=wcm:path:/dmv_content_en/dmv/pubs/dl648/dl648pt12 Trailer Brakes_ In California, brakes are required on any trailer coach or camp trailer having a gross weight of 1500 lbs. or more. Usually the braking capacity on tow vehicles is good; however, it may not be good enough to safely stop the several hundred to several thousand additional pounds that your trailer weighs. Most conventional and fifth-wheel trailers have electric brakes, activated by a controller in the tow vehicle. The controller automatically coordinates the tow vehicle and trailer braking so the two systems work together when the brake pedal is applied. The controller can also be helpful in stabilizing a trailer that sways because of bad road conditions. Manually applying the trailer brakes by using the hand lever on the controller will stabilize a trailer that is likely to sway. Folding camp trailers and boat trailers are usually fitted with surge brake systems which operate separately from the tow vehicle's brakes. Surge brakes are applied by a mechanism attached to the receiver/ball connection. As the tow vehicle slows, the forward motion of the trailer compresses the mechanism which in turn applies the trailer brakes. Motorcycle trailers do not need brakes unless the weight exceeds 1500 pounds gross. If you install brakes on your motorcycle trailer, be sure the brakes do not brake harder than the motorcycle or the motorcycle may flip backwards over the trailer when the brakes are applied. The brakes must always be properly adjusted. Maybe you should re-read the laws concerning trailers and motorcycle trailers in California, the link provided above is from the California DMV, you can do your own search or follow the link above, it states motorcycle trailers do not need brakes unless gross weight exceeds 1500#. I'm not trying to argumentative, only pointing out that different states have different rules concerning these type of situations. If you live in California, you should know the law, but it is hard to contradict the rules that are stated in your own states DMV publications regarding these circumstances. You may never be stopped or checked, but in the event of an accident you should know that your insurance carrier may refuse to pay a claim if you are not in compliance with the laws in the state that you are operating within. Good luck, when in doubt, check it out.

not under 3000 lbs The statement (under 3000) is not true in all states. New York and North Carolina is actually under 1000#, California, Nevada, and Idaho, are under 1500#, Mississippi is under 2000#, most of the others is under 3000#, while still others are actually higher. One needs to know the laws for all states that you are going to travel through and obey them because there is no reciprocal agreement between states concerning the braking laws. Here is the best list as of this date. http://www.brakebuddy.com/towing-laws.html

The 120 V ac sure needs to be completely isolated from chassis ground for several reasons including just getting a tingle to becoming lethal if a person touches that metal skin on the side of the coach. Also LED lights and 12 volt dc devices can misbehave. Even the generator should not be bonded to chassis, it should be mounted in rubber with the ground strap bonded to the transfer switch and the ac circuit should have an isolated ground bus to and through the transfer switch. Richard, I realize that you already know this, but added for the reason of making others reading the post aware. Good luck finding the problem.

This is an odd situation, downloads are usually higher because the provider normally throttles the upload speed.

I am wondering, when you set meter to AC, do you see any voltage, if so how much?

As Carl and others have stated, put a tag (trail) axel under it, there is no comparison to rides in even the same brands. IMHO for what it is worth.

When you use leveling blocks under the tires to help carry the load, it will lesson some of the movement of the coach that naturally occurs. The coach actually feels more stable when the load is lessoned on the jacks. Just one of the reasons that many of us use leveling blocks, it also takes some of the load off the jacks causing them to last longer with fewer repairs necessary over time.

I went to J.C. Penny for my last one, pricey but they order to fit any size.

That's great, WE might patent it, LOL. Here is a 10 foot in NJ, has trailer and electric motor, can always sell unused items. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Jon-Boat-10-Foot-Discovery-Explorer-Trailer-Prowler-Electric-Motor/264361449817?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160811114145%26meid%3Da4895764d3584805a1efac57a6de5ef3%26pid%3D100667%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D264361449817%26itm%3D264361449817&_trksid=p2045573.c100667.m2042

Looks great!

A simple volt ohm meter is the best friend for troubleshooting electrical malfunctions. You stated that you had already ordered new bulbs, but you need to know first is there any voltage available to make them work. Best to drag out the old friend VOM and start at the headlights. With headlights on, pull the plug off of the bulbs and test for voltage, both low and high, if voltage is there on both high and low, then the bulbs will most probably fix the problem, if no voltage, then use a test lead to a known good ground if voltage then a bad ground. Use this method all the way back to the headlight switch, if voltage there, then move on to the relays and circuit breakers. Most likely you will find those circuits in the chassis fuse panel which is usually placed under the dash, but sometimes under a panel on the left sidewall of a motorhome, or under the drivers seat. Hope this helps. And as Rich said, welcome to the forum.

As Rich pointed out many questions before a complete answer can be given. For instance you have dish network, but do you have one or two receivers and do the receivers using coax from the dish, on roof or portable. Does your current receiver or receivers have HDMI capabilities now, if not you will need to replace the receivers with later technology. If you replace the receivers you probably will need to replace the dish to latest technology capable of running the new receivers. Dish network does offer a Wally/Joey system which will send signals to different tv's and there are wireless transmitter/receivers available from dish network. I would place a call to dish network and ask for an RV expert to help satisfy your desires, and if that doesn't work come back here for more advice.

I beg to differ on the assessment that at knee-height or floor level is just as well, the industry standard is five feet. https://www.sterlinghomeinspections.com/sterling-home-inspection-blog/2013/12/11/carbon-monoxide-detector-placement-dos-and-donts/

Yes many systems have low coolant sensors that detect when the coolant is actually low, not overtemp will trigger the check engine light. My rig has this device built into the equalization reservoir since the unit uses two radiators, this device actually shuts down the engine as well as gives a low coolant light. I know this because I had it happen after a mechanic had worked on the engine, drained the coolant, and failed to burp the system after refilling, wouldn't you know it went dead in the busiest intersection at the busiest time of the year.

Great to hear that you just purchased diesel pusher, congratulations! Have you driven the coach enough know whether you will need the safety bar system, and know if you need to upgrade system for ride and wind issues? Most pushers have a pretty unique ride from the factory compared to any gas coach that I have operated in the past. If this is a used coach and you have already experienced problems, I would start with 4 corner weighing and adjusting tire pressure to match those weights, then after that I would suggest 4 wheel alignment. As for comfort drive I really don't know if can be installed or not. Good luck with the new acquisition and keep us posted.

I don't find a refresh button within the mentioned settings for windows 10, apple does support this option. You must have created a restore disk for the option to go back on windows10. Many manufacturers does create a partition on the same hard drive to enable one to do this but not all do. To determine if yours has one you can look at the drive partitions on your computer, if there is one, it will show up as a very small drive included usually labeled (OS). This is only true if you upgraded to Windows10 from Windows8.

Fuse or circuit would be the first place to look. Also verify if the fans spin freely if not possible fan motors have gone bad, but unlikely that both stopped at the same time, if one turns freely but the other one does not, this could be cause for fuse blowing.

My last trip to Tennessee last September, I was cruising I-75 at near 70 mph, many trucks passed me but a couple passed at very excessive speeds, I passed both of those before getting to my destination. I passed both of those on the side of the road with blowouts. I doubt that they both were using cheap China tires, just excessive speeds.

11.00 X 22.5 will fit on 7.5 rim, I wonder what the height and or circumference difference would be.

Have you walked around the coach with the engine running and with all air tanks full to listen for air leaks? It seems pretty uncommon for air ride to not try to raise at least one end or corner of the coach.

Actually it is the other way around, sometimes not easy to downgrade without a restore copy, but some computers it is impractical to upgrade because of limitations of the older hardware, for instance, Windows 10 not will run well with only 4 gig ram, but it will be miserably slow and some motherboards will not accept more ram, just one example.

I know this has been discussed on several occasions on this forum, but I have some new news, I hope good. Some Windows 10 users believe that they could actually stop Windows 10 updates or at least postpone them forever with the Pro version. That has been untrue since the inception of Windows 10, Home version not even postpone them and Pro version some postponement of them but not an actual stop. You could have stopped them only by never allowing the PC to get onto the internet, this was the only way. Well this years spring update was renamed (SCU) was renamed April update, and this update actually gives the end user the ability to completely turn off future updates on both Home and Pro versions of Windows 10. Actually the April update was postponed but the newest (1903) is now available. Here is an article to read if you want become more familiar with it, and I highly recommend that Windows 10 users take advantage of this update A.S.A.P. https://www.howtogeek.com/402569/everything-new-in-windows-10s-april-2019-update/

Yes place motor on first, boat laid bottom down with transom against a rest which is hinged at the base of the assembly so that the transom carries the weight of the boat while being transported, attach the hook to the stem then winch the boat to upright position. A 10 foot jon boat should barely be above the back of most coaches, and memory serves me well, there are some about 9 feet. I'll dray it out this PM and try to post. I built something similar to hoist a tow dolly that worked well, the camper I built it for had problems with a place to park tow dolly in some campgrounds, after this device he simply raised the dolly and then backed into his campsite, of course after removing the toad.