| 750 "trouble free" miles [message #135265] |
Tue, 19 July 2011 21:09  |
1275gtsport
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we made it home with really no trouble at all. well other then no A/C and the genny will run but doesn't seem to be producing power.
and we didn't check any of the "house systems" as we didn't want extra weight or concerns as we drove. will start with the easy stuff tomorrow, like getting the onan to provide power.
Oh and how often should the suspension compressor run? I don't remember it running at all the first couple of days and yesterday I replaced a 30 amp in-line fuse with a 20amp fuse while testing the genny for A/C.
will follow the line and see where it goes.
just so glad to have her home now to get ready to go out camping!
Adam Raeburn
Rothesay, NB
1976 Austin Mini
1977 GMC Palm Beach
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| Re: [GMCnet] 750 "trouble free" miles [message #135268 is a reply to message #135265] |
Tue, 19 July 2011 21:16  |
Dennis S
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Adam,
Congratulations on a trouble free trip home.
The first two easy fixes for the Onan...
-- is it plugged in? Large plug in the power cord compartment..
-- is the breaker at the top of the Onan turned to on?
Dennis
Dennis Sexton
73 GMC
Germantown, TN 38138-2066
USA
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From: 1275gtsport@gmail.com <1275gtsport@gmail.com>
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Sent: Tue, Jul 19, 2011 9:09 pm
Subject: [GMCnet] 750 "trouble free" miles
we made it home with really no trouble at all. well other then no A/C and the
enny will run but doesn't seem to be producing power.
nd we didn't check any of the "house systems" as we didn't want extra weight or
oncerns as we drove. will start with the easy stuff tomorrow, like getting the
nan to provide power.
Oh and how often should the suspension compressor run? I don't remember it
unning at all the first couple of days and yesterday I replaced a 30 amp
n-line fuse with a 20amp fuse while testing the genny for A/C.
will follow the line and see where it goes.
just so glad to have her home now to get ready to go out camping!
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dam Raeburn
othesay, NB
976 Austin Mini
977 GMC Palm Beach motorhome
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Memphis TN Metro
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| Re: [GMCnet] 750 "trouble free" miles [message #135296 is a reply to message #135288] |
Wed, 20 July 2011 07:24 |
tphipps
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Suspension compressor runs when the pressure in the tank drops low enough to activate the Penn switch (located on the tank). If it is not running, you may have enough air in the system to do the job as intended. You could check the fuse and see if they are blown as a case of the compressor not running. But, if the air bags are at the right height/pressure, and does not leak down, the system may not cycle.
A useful idea is to isolate the power line with a relay, and use a higher gauge wire, direct from the battery to the compressor. I think that GMC engineered the gauge of wire to the compressor too closely, and it should be a lower gauge. Don't forget to fuse the wire.
All of this applies to the original Power Level system.
Tom Phipps, with a relay in line.
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
KA4CSG
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| Re: 750 "trouble free" miles [message #135311 is a reply to message #135265] |
Wed, 20 July 2011 08:50 |
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jaholland
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| 1275gtsport wrote on Tue, 19 July 2011 21:09 |
we made it home with really no trouble
at all. well other then no A/C and the genny will run but doesn't seem to be producing power.
and we didn't check any of the "house systems" as we didn't want extra weight or concerns
as we drove. will start with the easy stuff tomorrow, like getting the onan to provide power.
Oh and how often should the suspension compressor run? I don't remember it running
at all the first couple of days and yesterday I replaced a 30 amp in-line fuse
with a 20amp fuse while testing the genny for A/C.
will follow the line and see where it goes.
just so glad to have her home now to get ready to go out camping!
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Adam;
We owned a '73 Canyonlands before obtaining our current '78 Eleganza II.
One Hot August we stopped for a few days at Burns Park in N Little Rock Arkansas
and were plugged in to shore power during several 105 degree temperature days.
As we were leaving the park in that heat I disconected the power cord from the park source
But Failed To Connect The Large Power Cord Plug Back In The Outside Power Cord Compartment..
That Entire Day And 372 Miles The Onan Toiled But The Roof Air Conditioners Would Not Work.
That evening when we pulled into a site at Crab Orchard Lake Illinois I saw my mistake ~
I shut down the generator, reached into the power cord compartment, plugged
the large power cord into the socket, started the Onan and PRESTO "Both Roof A/Cs Worked" ~
I never mace that mistake again ~ LOL ~
~ Joe ~
is it plugged in?
/_]*[__][] *[__|] ~ * '73 TZE063V101887 "
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O----------OO--]* ~ '78 TZE168V100234 "
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" Joe & Lavelle " "
"
'sweet home alebamy'
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| Re: [GMCnet] 750 "trouble free" miles [message #135322 is a reply to message #135311] |
Wed, 20 July 2011 10:11 |
Kingsley Coach
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Location: Nova Scotia Canada
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Adam
Blow up suspension where you want it and flip switch away from Auto to
Travel.
Mike in NS
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 10:50 AM, J A Holland <acts238bishop@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
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> 1275gtsport wrote on Tue, 19 July 2011 21:09
> > we made it home with really no trouble at all. well other then no A/C and
> the genny will run but doesn't seem to be producing power.
> > and we didn't check any of the "house systems" as we didn't want extra
> weight or concerns as we drove. will start with the easy stuff tomorrow,
> like getting the onan to provide power.
> >
> > Oh and how often should the suspension compressor run? I don't remember
> it running at all the first couple of days and yesterday I replaced a 30 amp
> in-line fuse with a 20amp fuse while testing the genny for A/C.
> >
> > will follow the line and see where it goes.
> >
> > just so glad to have her home now to get ready to go out camping!
>
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Adam;
>
> We owned a '73 Canyonlands before obtaining our current '78 Eleganza II.
> One Hot August we stopped for a few days at Burns Park in N Little Rock
> Arkansas
> and were plugged in to shore power during several 105 degree temperature
> days.
> As we were leaving the park in that heat I disconected the power cord from
> the park source
> But Failed To Connect The Large Power Cord Plug Back In The Outside Power
> Cord Compartment..
> That Entire Day And 372 Miles The Onan Toiled But The Roof Air Conditioners
> Would Not Work.
> That evening when we pulled into a site at Crab Orchard Lake Illinois I saw
> my mistake ~
> I shut down the generator, reached into the power cord compartment, plugged
> the large power cord into the socket, started the Onan and PRESTO "Both
> Roof A/Cs Worked" ~
> I never mace that mistake again ~ LOL ~
>
> ~ Joe ~
> is it plugged in?
> --
> /_]*[__][] *[__|] ~ * '73 TZE063V101887 ""
> O---------OO--]* ~ '78 TZE168V100234 ""
> " Joe & Lavelle " ""
> 'sweet home alebamy'
>
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Michael Beaton
1977 Kingsley 26-11
1977 Eleganza II 26-3
Antigonish, NS
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