jrock
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50 to 60 MPH winds off water for 3high tide cycles PISSER we’re about 20 miles south of Boston they are saying rain heredon’t know how far north Dave is but hope he didn’t put his shovel away yet
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Batten down the hatches Dave we’re in for another blow but this is the northeast norm is it gets just warm enough to get your hopes up then WAM
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Last time I enquirer they only did cars pickups and vans. They would only change tire if you had a spare. They told me they did not carry specialized equipment for larger truck tires.
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Had a problem with mine a while ago called freightliner tech he said find module unplug connectors wait a minute or so plug back in it worked. Worth a try.
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1 hour ago, F357981 said:No matter how you look at it, it is expensive. When I first thought about rving I ask about the cost of something and someone said ": If you have to ask the cost, you can't afford it" It's all in the pleasure you get from it.
Agree completely
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Joe I can see your point with air leveling it would be no problem I was thinking of how mine works air has to dump then I would have to use the stif legs to tilt
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Anyone ever wonder what the guy in the 18 wheeler next in line is thinking while you are tipping your coach to and fro trying to get 5 or 10 more gallons into a 150 gal tank ???
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I put the same one in our Sportcoach have the same sink works great the old one leaked all over the counter
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Good info Herman to bad they don’t build cars and coaches that way it would save a lot of weight in the tool box
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The fact that they are removable is a plus I’d think ? if you were in an extended stay you could just remove and drive to a refill station in the toad instead of taking the whole show on the road
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Carl if I owned 10 houses I think I’d own a liquor store too!
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If you want to see a wild fiver look up Will Smith’s custom made fifth wheel. There was a tv show that showed it being built well over 1 mil.
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Check to see if the inverter is off if it is they won't charge that's how my house batteries charge when on shore power
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Bill 12000 at 120 volts would be 100 but your service is 12000 at 240 volt which is 50 the load will balance over the 240 with the neutral carrying the difference
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Bill look at it this way 30 amp service = 3600 watts 50 amp service = 12000 watts so you have 3 times the power on a 50
the link I put on last post explained it better than I can
in a house you have a 2 pole 100 amp main breaker you don't call that a 200 amp service it's 100
same in a rv a 2 pole 50 amp main breaker is a 50 amp service
I'm done maybe an electrical engineer can chime in
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http://www.rv-dreams.com/rv-electrical.html
this may help explain 50 verses 30
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Tom i guess it was a bad attempt at trying to be funny I was told by the owner of a park I have worked at that 100 amp shore power will be coming in the future that means you will have a 2 pole 100 amp breaker and the power cord feeding the coach will be much larger
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Bill you will not draw 100 amps you do not add the 2 poles together you will have more capacity if the pedestal is correctly wired because you have 2 legs that are 50 ea either leg gets to 50 breaker trips you can not draw more than 50 on either leg if you don't believe me get hold of a 240 volt load bank and prove it for yourself
100 amp is coming not to far out power cord for that will be like a fire hose
240v x 50a = 12000 watts
L1 120v x 50a = 6000 watts
L2 120v x 50a = 6000watts
total for 1 & 2 is 12000 watts max continues load at 80% = 9600 watts or 40 per leg if you exceed this the breaker will start to heat up and eventually open on thermal load most problems are due to old outdated wiring in park systems and ther fear their ugly head when the temperature goes up and air conditioning load is up
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Brett you don't add the 2 legs together they are only 50 per leg the both legs are pined together because if one side overloads code says both have to open together even if the other is ok
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When you plug into a 50 amp shore power you do not have 100 amps total you will only be able to draw 50 since the breaker is only 50 what happens on a 50 is if one leg is using more than the other the difference goes to the neutral conductor so if L1 is 20 amps and L2 is 10 amps 20 amps would be on L1 and L2 and the neutral would carry 10 amps if the load was balanced the neutral should be 0 max continues load should not exceed 80 % of the breaker rating per national electric code if you go over 80% the breaker could eventually overheat and trip on thermal you don't always have to exceed full rating of breaker to have it trip the advantage is that with a 120/240 volt supply you do have more total wattage available
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We are only about 20 miles from Scusset and go down with the grandkids and park at the fishpeir and ride the bike path good day trip when the weather is good also a good exercise run for the coach
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Dave and Carl don't forget Horseneck beach in Westport Ma or scusset beach by the cape cod canal both state parks scusset hard to get in they have water and electric Horseneck bare bones no water or electric both have great great beaches
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Had one on my super c with hydra boost brakes gives you full breaking power if engin fails with air you still have reserve air with a power failure
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Jim S I understand now I have good Sam roadside assist 5 year sub came with the coach when we bought it used it once terrible results could have looked up someone myself in less time took them 2 days to get someone out and he new nothing about the cat engine and charged for call called them back and had to argue with them to get towed to cat dealer driver had right size wrecker but didn't know how to air up a Motorhome so he released brakes removed drive shaft and towed 50 miles with air ride down found things thrown all over the place they tried to charge 4 hours labor for hook up put claim in with good Sam after 2 weeks they said clame dinied tow operator said he did nothing wrong only thing broken was cover on washer fixed it myself easer than dealing with a lawyer when it runs out I won't renew
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That sounds like a plan. My son is full time national guard camp Edwards on the cape it just happens to be their drill weekend and he said the plan is to camp in the woods on the base now that is camping