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    2019 Newmar London Aire:  My windshield wiper arms were not torqued properly so when I was in some rain and turned on the wipers the arms became stripped.  I have new arms to replace the stripped ones but the driver side bolt/nut access is a problem due to the curvature of the Coach Cap blocking access to the plastic nut cover.  The passenger side is easy  because the cap is straight and I can flip open the plastic bolt cover.  The driver side  is difficult as the cap is curving which will not allow me to flip open the plastic cover.  I can reach it with a regular wrench but cannot get it with the torque wrench.

        Any ideas that I am not thinking about?

     

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    On 5/21/2020 at 6:38 PM, WILDEBILL308 said:

    Most have that feature (if you set it up) but one big thing if you are on a secondary road and you don't see any trucks I would start checking, quick.

    Please put your RV in your signature.

    Bill

     

    How do you put your RV in your signature?

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    Apologize in advance for this question.  We recently purchased a 2019 Newmar London Aire.  It has a Gross Weight of approximately 55,000 lbs.  We will be going to the FMCA Convention in Tucson next March and will get the coach weighed accurately but until then I need some advice on what tire pressures I should be using until then.  We are part time and have the coach moderately loaded up. I would guess our current gross weight is approximately 51K.  I know I will need a little margin of safety for our guestamates.  Thank you in advance for you advice.

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    I had it plugged in 1st with the silver leaf changed from 30 amps to 20 amps since our plug-in was a 20amp plug.  I was told it was better to use the Schumacher as it was less likely to throw the GFI.  Both systems work when there is power and not when there isn’t.  All the breakers were thrown off with the Schumacher on thinking if power was ever lost the batteries would just sit with no draw.  I learned that wasn’t the case.  Everything is up and going now and all seems to be ok.  Thanks for your expertise.  Learning how best to take care of these new toys is an education.

    What seems like to best answer is some sort of remote monitoring system where you can check on it occasionally.

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    54 minutes ago, mikekohut said: 
    
I faced the same issue with a New Aire that I had to store for two months in a barn with no power.  Even with the battery disconnect switches turned off, there is still a draw on the batteries from all of the residual electronics in the coach that are still powered on.  The only way to store the coach without having power is to physically disconnect the leads from the batteries terminals, both for the house and chassis.  I did that and after 2 months the batteries were still at 12.6 volts when I returened.  AGM batteries store very well with no load on them.  A concern I had was what would the electronics do after the power was restored.  I found that they all fired up perfectly with no memory loss for any of the setting that I had changed prior to the disconnect.  If you didn't want to go through the trouble of disconnecting the batteries and had reliable power for a small battery charger, I would think an alternative would be to plug the coach into that power using a 15 amp adapter and set your coach imput on the Silver Leaf down to 15 amps.  That should allow you to maintain the charge on all batteries with everything shut off.  If there is a Wi-Fi available, you could monitor the battery status on the coach with Rozie.  You would have to have someone available to re-store the electric connection in the event of a power failure.  If no one was available to do that it would not do you a lot of good to monitor the coach and just be able to watch the batteries die.  Safest bet is to disconnect the batteries; four nuts on the house side and two on the chassis, less than 20 minutues time.

     

    Thanks.  Turning the Silver Leaf down to 15 (actually 20, since it was a 20 amp switch) is what I did.  I was told it is safer to use a tender so I did that.  The Schumacher charger/tender seems to be turned on by setting up std or AGM.  All seems to work well with power and goes to **** w/o power.  I am not aware of “Rozie” though.  Being able to monitor the batteries would be the ticket.  I bet Rozie is only on the KA and NA.  I have heard of some feature like that and only on those 2 coaches. 

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    Just picked up our 2019 all electric Newmar London Aire and left town for a 2 week cruise.  Prior to going I purchased a Schumacher charger/tender (15amp/3amp) and set it for AGM to keep our 8 AGM batteries at charge.  It was in the maintenance phase prior to leaving but completely dead on return.  I got it moved to a 30 amp plug in spot and after approximately 16 hours it was only at 62%.  I will go back and check on it in a few hours and put it back inside and re hook it up to the Schumacher charger/tender to see if it will maintain it.  

         What happened was the owner of the community storage unplugged it and did not reset it to AGM and all the batteries went dead even though I had all the breakers off and the battery disconnect disconnected too.  I wonder how much damage was done to the batteries and if they should be de-sulfated and if so how do you do it. 

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    We are looking to take our 45’ MH to Yellowstone National Park in the Fall of 2020.  I know it is too large to park inside Yellowstone so we will be making reservations at Grizzly RV Park in West Yellowstone.  We haven’t made the reservations yet and there will be 2 other MH’s same size traveling with us.  I would like to learn from some of you who have made the trip and hear your recommendations.  Thank you in advance.

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    I’ve been trying to figure out the best domicile to claim.  We are not Full timers but close.  We still want to maintain our home but will be in our RV somewhere between 50-75% of the time traveling around the US.  It seems the 3 best places to take advantage of their state laws (legally) are Texas, South Dakota, and Florida.  I would like to get some feedback from those with more experience than myself.  We have just retired and ready to experience the US.  Our state of NM is seriously considering raising just about every tax that one can imagine.  It will not be the most afordable place to be retired in.  

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    With my questions you can tell I’m a neophyte.  I’m trying to learn all I can about my coach.  It is a 2014 Mountain Aire.  I see on the silver leaf AC is single phase and automatic.  Where can I go to learn more about what all this means.  What is load shed?  Should it be on Automatic all the time?...  Anyway, I would appreciate any advice.  Thanks.

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         I have a 2014 Newmar Mountain Air with AutoMotion dual shades.  Like most things I like the product when it works and they are a pain when they quit working.  I’ve already had to replace 1 which was the driver side at $600 for the part and several hundred more for the labor to replace.  It seems it should be a simple replacement of a $50 motor to just slip in and replace the old one.  Any ideas on how to go about fixing this without having to pay $1000?  It is my passenger window just behind the door and is the Night Shade.

     

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