| Storage Options [message #150467] |
Tue, 22 November 2011 19:40  |
GeorgeRud
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Is it better to pull the house batteries and store them indoors (on a Battery Tender), or leave them on board and start the coach every few weeks along with the generator?
With the cold and rain here in Chicagoland today, the best options should be to drive the coach somewhere warm to spend the winter! Unfortunately, earning a living still requires my presence at the office.
George Rudawsky
Chicago, IL
75 Palm Beach
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| Re: [GMCnet] Storage Options [message #150483 is a reply to message #150467] |
Tue, 22 November 2011 22:00  |
Ray Erspamer
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Dang earning a living always seems to get in the way. In my next life I want to
be born RICH instead of so dang good look'in !! LOL
Ray
Ray & Lisa Erspamer
78 Royale "Great Lakes Eagle"
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----- Original Message ----
From: George Rudawsky <GeorgeRud@aol.com>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Tue, November 22, 2011 7:40:50 PM
Subject: [GMCnet] Storage Options
Is it better to pull the house batteries and store them indoors (on a Battery
Tender), or leave them on board and start the coach every few weeks along with
the generator?
With the cold and rain here in Chicagoland today, the best options should be to
drive the coach somewhere warm to spend the winter! Unfortunately, earning a
living still requires my presence at the office.
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George Rudawsky
Chicago, IL
75 Palm Beach
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| Re: Storage Options [message #150501 is a reply to message #150467] |
Wed, 23 November 2011 08:20 |
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Matt Colie
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| GeorgeRud wrote on Tue, 22 November 2011 20:40 |
Is it better to pull the house batteries and store them indoors (on a Battery Tender), or leave them on board and start the coach every few weeks along with the generator?
With the cold and rain here in Chicagoland today, the best options should be to drive the coach somewhere warm to spend the winter! Unfortunately, earning a living still requires my presence at the office.
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George,
With my experiences for storing engines and boats in Michigan (cold and rainy - too) and the upper east coast (ditto), batteries fair well if fully charged in an unheated boat over the winter. Engines do not do well if idled and shut down - ever. They must be run at some significant load to heat the lube oil and prevent internal condensation.
At this point, a lot would depend on when your next planned/expected use will be. In any case, if you cannot keep a good converter/charger powered up, no problem - unless you have some (even tiny) parasitic load (smoke-propane detector, radio or television memory or ECU keep alive if so equipped). Then, you must deal with that. If you do not want to schlep the batteries home and store them in a warm basement, another good answer is a tiny solar charger (these even work in Chicago). By tiny, I mean like the 20$@HF kind. I don't know if those ever get to a voltage that would fire a combiner, I'll have to check that one out some day.
As to engines, there is little that is worse for them than short cold cycling. If you are not going to do the whole storage routine, shut it down hot and leave it alone. The APU is easy, get it running loaded with a heater, when it is as hot as it gets, turn off the heater then go out and disconnect the the fuel pump. When it quits, reconnect the fuel pump and tuck it in for the winter. I haven't figured out how to shut off the fuel to the main engine - yet. (I still have a Q-jet.) A carburetor left dry usually only requires some priming at restart, when left with fuel, they often need cleaning.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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| Re: Storage Options [message #150513 is a reply to message #150467] |
Wed, 23 November 2011 10:29 |
Luvn737s
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George-
I'd say store it here in Phoenix. $50/mo and I'll bet you could get a few folks to drive it every 3-4 weeks. Better get out before the snow starts this winter, though.
Randy
1973 26' Painted Desert
Ahwatukee (Phoenix) AZ
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| Re: [GMCnet] Storage Options [message #150717 is a reply to message #150483] |
Sat, 26 November 2011 20:55 |
midlf
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| Ray Erspamer wrote on Tue, 22 November 2011 22:00 |
Dang earning a living always seems to get in the way. In my next life I want to
be born RICH instead of so dang good look'in !! LOL
Ray
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If, in that next life, you are as rich as you are good look'in in your present life, you are in deep financial dodo. <GRIN>
Steve Southworth
1974 Glacier TZE064V100150 (for workin on)
1975 Transmode TZE365V100394 (parts & spares)
Palmyra WI
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