kaypsmith

It seems that as time goes by we get more and more of these situations. I recently had a bad experience with AAA motorclub when needing a tow, the person there stated that if it was an MCI, it was a commercial vehicle, they actually sent a guy in a small wrecker to verify that it is a motorhome, of course the wrecker was too small to tow my coach. But yours being a Vantare, it's probably a Prevost conversion, if so I would offer the brand of the coach with the name Prevost or MCI, or Bluebird.

You can also use two 12 volt batteries wired in series to produce 24 volts as your power supply, just need the proper end to plug directly into the cpap machine. But the 12 volt converter sounds like a very good choice.

Is there an adapter that plugs into the wall and a cable from that adapter to the cpap machine? If so it sounds like a power supply (converter from 120 volt ac to 24 volt DC).

The manufacturers of the liquid have high praise for their product, of course, but many reviews have a lot of good things to say about that method. Here is a youtube video.

Tim's problem is the chamber itself, not the diaphragm. As a get me there, one can cap the air line to that brake chamber if necessary, just remember that is a limp only procedure.

My LP Honda generator will work on liquid also, but the use of a changeover valve was the culprit on trying to changeover from tank to tank automatically.

I have replaced many of them, yes it very doable if you have the correct tools. I assume that this one is the drive axel, what a shame as it is pretty expensive, but some good news, if you have collision insurance, you should report it your insurance company, in most cases they will usually pay their part because it is an accident. By the way, do not attempt to take that chamber apart if it is on the drive axel, the parking brake spring resides there.

100# tank good idea, don't depend on the automatic change over valves for extra storage. The auto change valve has a built in regulator, and the generator has an onboard regulator, the two in this condition causes the auto change over to take place at the 50% level, this causes both tanks from emptying below 50% level. I fought that problem for nearly a year before discovering what was happening. I don't know about the Onan setup, but many generators have a changeover built in to allow use of either gasoline or LP gas, a call to Cummings/Onan should be able to answer the OP.

My wife learned to never flush the toilet while traveling 60 mph in the MH, don't ask why!

If it is showing neutral crossed and 1 leg open, that is referring to the fact that somewhere in the wiring, and most is the outlet that it is plugged into, the hot leg is on the silver screw, the one that has the widest spade, which is incorrect. The hot should be on the brass screw, the one with the narrowest spade. 1 leg open means that only two of the three legs make connection to their destination.

I have one thing to add to the OP, while shopping for a residential fridge, be sure to pay close attention to the information sticker on the inside of the fridge, looking for the lowest amperage available in the fridge of your choice, the lower the better because it will allow for the least usage of electricity, meaning of course longer time of run on the batteries. Also a newer technology is inverter technology, it does work better on PSW and probably will not run on MSW. This is one of the best improvements in the refrigerator industry, it allows the fridge to stay at the programmed temperature without the compressor cycling off and on (one of the most inefficient ways to run a fridge), start up of any motor is the the most costly part of running it. The inverter technology does not mean that it is designed to be run on an inverter, but that the motors uses the ability to slow down or run faster due to cycle change to keep up with the need to cool more or less. Good luck hunting! Kay

The Spartan chassis to me would be a big plus, I really like the ride and steering on a Spartan, you will be surprised how agile that unit is, I owned two and have driven many.

My common response to a remark like that is, "thanks, this is great to know", then continue working.

Alabama DOT uses portable scales, if you happen on one of the setups, you can ask the officer to to do a four corner, and if they are not too busy at the time, they will. The truckers here never know where to expect them to be, but most commonly found on roads where there is a lot of pulpwooding going on.

I agree with Gary, the tension idler would my prime suspect. I had a part replaced just a few months ago and the alignment dot was incorrectly placed and just not allowed to seat into the alignment hole, the mechanic was wanting to make all sorts modifications, I had him remove the part and showed him his mistake, he then put it back together correctly, with no modification and a perfect fit.

Check valves can be found at most RV stores as well as Lowes, Home Depot, other building supply stores, as well any plumbing store. I agree that a plastic one is a bummer since hot water must go through it.

I believe the part is called a rubber gasket trimlock.

I'm still wondering which satellite is the best one? Maybe 119?

Carl, close is a word so spell check would not have caught that, takes a real human. Clothes would have sent it reeling!

Normally not, usually from the house batteries, but sometimes things are miswired and sometimes they have been changed on purpose. If you remove only the ground wire from the house batteries and the fridge remains running, then it is running on the chassis battery, this will be unusual but not the first time that I have found it to be the case. Also you state that you don't believe that the chassis batteries are being kept charged, some units are equipped to charge the chassis battery while on shore power and some are not. Some are set to maintain the chassis batteries only after the house battery bank reaches 13.3 volts, and of course none of us would know how yours is set up without proper documentation. A battery maintainer can be added to the chassis battery very easily, and will certainly will not hurt anything.

Tracey, from your description, it would appear that there is a new problem. As Carl said the chassis (start) battery/batteries is a different means of charging, the alternator on the engine should be charging these batteries. The fact that the start batteries were replaced in December does seem to indicate that there may be an alternator problem, although it does not rule out that there may be something wrong with the batteries their self. Hoping that the inverter/converter is now keeping the house batteries charged, I would now start to troubleshoot the chassis batteries and charging system. I noticed in your post that there was a possible short that caused you to replace the batteries, that same short may have also caused an alternator failure. I personally would have a qualified technician to look at the charging system for the coach.

Yes Wayne Florida is 4 land but who knows these days, maybe moved or just a vanity call. N4WQP

You can purchase cedar oil to restore the aroma of the cedar planks, works very well, just google it.

It sounds like the house batteries may have either gone bad, or you have a loose or badly corroded battery terminal on the batteries, or you have lost ground connection to the house batteries. If you have a volt meter, start by checking the voltage across the batteries to make sure that you have 12+ volts present, then next check to see if you have 12+ volts from positive post to the chassis of the coach. If no voltage from battery to chassis, then it is a ground issue. Also, check your 12 volt circuits, most of them have a fuse in the entrance of the circuits back to the batteries, may have blown. 73 OM, Kay

Here is one on amazon if you can have it shopped to you.https://www.amazon.com/Trombetta-734-1221-020-STD-Contactor/dp/B00L83J7Y8 The unit probably actuates the solenoid on the starter, or maybe a run contactor. If it kicks in only when the key is turned to start, then first applies, if it kicks in when the key is turned to on, then the second.