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Fri, 22 February 2013 13:43  |
rcjordan
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I know a some....
[1]oil, [2]water, [3]transmission, [4-5]front bearings, [6]engine compartment, [7]power drawer, [8]behind reefer, [9]water heater compartment, [10]furnace compartment, [11-14]rear hubs
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| Re: List all the places on a GMC you'd like to monitor temperature [message #199319 is a reply to message #199318] |
Fri, 22 February 2013 13:47  |
armandminnie
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| rcjordan wrote on Fri, 22 February 2013 12:43 |
I know a some....
[1]oil, [2]water, [3]transmission, [4-5]front bearings, [6]engine compartment, [7]power drawer, [8]behind reefer, [9]water heater compartment, [10]furnace compartment, [11-14]rear hubs
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How about tires?
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| Re: List all the places on a GMC you'd like to monitor temperature [message #199320 is a reply to message #199319] |
Fri, 22 February 2013 13:54 |
C Boyd
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differential oil temp, fuel temp, exhaust temp.
| armandminnie wrote on Fri, 22 February 2013 14:47 |
| rcjordan wrote on Fri, 22 February 2013 12:43 |
I know a some....
[1]oil, [2]water, [3]transmission, [4-5]front bearings, [6]engine compartment, [7]power drawer, [8]behind reefer, [9]water heater compartment, [10]furnace compartment, [11-14]rear hubs
What'd I miss?
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How about tires?
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C. Boyd
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East Tennessee
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| Re: List all the places on a GMC you'd like to monitor temperature [message #199321 is a reply to message #199318] |
Fri, 22 February 2013 14:21 |
jknezek
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How could you drive the thing if you spent this much time looking at the gauges? I know we talk about things that can go wrong a lot here because we are trying to fix a problem, but by and large you can drive a GMC relatively trouble free with just usual maintenance. Monitoring every part all the time is just a way to drive yourself nuts.
Thanks,
Jeremy Knezek
1976 Glenbrook
Birmingham, AL
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| Re: List all the places on a GMC you'd like to monitor temperature [message #199323 is a reply to message #199321] |
Fri, 22 February 2013 14:32 |
C Boyd
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Jeremy: My ol KW has 29 matched chrome sw dash gauges. You learn to ignore them if you want to stay in the road. Just make sure the air, water and oil buzzers work tho.
| jknezek wrote on Fri, 22 February 2013 15:21 |
How could you drive the thing if you spent this much time looking at the gauges? I know we talk about things that can go wrong a lot here because we are trying to fix a problem, but by and large you can drive a GMC relatively trouble free with just usual maintenance. Monitoring every part all the time is just a way to drive yourself nuts.
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| Re: List all the places on a GMC you'd like to monitor temperature [message #199326 is a reply to message #199324] |
Fri, 22 February 2013 14:49 |
JimGunther
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How 'bout a complete digital telemetry panel - monitoring as many data points as you'd like with an "alert" (visual - color or audio) when any "gauge" reads out of a normal range.
One could set / adjust "normal" for every sensor.
Heck you could plug an entire array into a laptop and record data in real-time.
Easy for me to spend (YOUR) money.
That said, isn't the above essentially what every modern auto system does now?
Jim Gunther
www.LotusV6.com
now former owner - ;(
73 GMC-II 2600
by Explorer
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| Re: List all the places on a GMC you'd like to monitor temperature [message #199330 is a reply to message #199324] |
Fri, 22 February 2013 15:08 |
rcjordan
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I have robots that autonomously vacuum the upstairs and downstairs twice a week. When they finish, they go back to their recharging stations and dock. I have another one that'll mop and wet-vac the bathroom floors. Within 18 months, I'll likely have an autonomous security droid that will patrol my equipment yard and send alerts and email photos of suspicious movement. I already have security software than can tell the difference between a dog or deer in the flowerbed or a human. My wife watches the granbabies sleep in their rooms at our house or 200 miles at their own home on her android phone. The cams are wi-fi, have positioning servos, excellent night vision, 2-way audio and cost under $100 ea.
Getting the GMC to become self-aware isn't that hard. Getting it to do it for under $1000 gets a little tougher. Getting it to do it simply for under a $1000 is tougher still. This project is on my to-do list.
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| Re: [GMCnet] List all the places on a GMC you'd like to monitortemperature [message #199333 is a reply to message #199330] |
Fri, 22 February 2013 15:15 |
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RC,
Have JimB install a Digi-Panel in your coach and you'll have the essential parameters monitored:
http://www.digi-panel.com/index.html
Regards,
Rob M.
Sydney, Australia
AUS '75 Avion-The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
USA '75 Avion-Double Trouble TZE365V100426
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From: RC Jordan
I have robots that autonomously vacuum the upstairs and downstairs twice a week. When they finish, they go back to their recharging
stations and dock. I have another one that'll mop and wet-vac the bathroom floors. Within 18 months, I'll likely have an
autonomous security droid that will patrol my equipment yard and send alerts and email photos of suspicious movement. I already
have security software than can tell the difference between a dog or deer in the flowerbed or a human. My wife watches the
granbabies sleep in their rooms at our house or 200 miles at their own home on her android phone. The cams are wi-fi, have
positioning servos, excellent night vision, 2-way audio and cost under $100 ea.
Getting the GMC to become self-aware isn't that hard. Getting it to do it for under $1000 gets a little tougher. Getting it to do it
simply for under a $1000 is tougher still. This project is on my to-do list.
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| Re: List all the places on a GMC you'd like to monitor temperature [message #199337 is a reply to message #199318] |
Fri, 22 February 2013 15:25 |
rcjordan
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Digi-panel won't send me an alert or flash a batsignal in the house if, say, the fresh water tank drops to 36F.
(add water tanks to the list)
And I don't want a dedicated panel anyway. I had JimB rip out some sort of high-$$$ GPS/Radio/MediaCenter piece of late-20th-century crapola in the Birchaven. Jim's putting in some bluetooth radio thing in the new dashes, just to fill the "standard" hole. Heck, I could put 6 full-blown media centers in that hole --in my world, they're smaller than a deck of cards.
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| Re: List all the places on a GMC you'd like to monitor temperature [message #199344 is a reply to message #199318] |
Fri, 22 February 2013 16:15 |
rcjordan
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>installing
Some of the greenhouse and solar temp monitors have gone wireless but, while I'm drawn to that for speed & convenience of installation, I'm put off by the price [$50-60 vs $15 for weatherproof/hi-temp sensor] and the nagging thought of all those batteries one day going belly-up. I'm leaning toward a simple harness but it'll probably end up being a mix.
SOLD 77 Royale Coachmen Side Dry Bath
76 Birchaven Coachmen Side Wet Bath
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| Re: [GMCnet] List all the places on a GMC you'd like to monitor temperature [message #199350 is a reply to message #199318] |
Fri, 22 February 2013 16:59 |
Mr ERFisher
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NONE
just a light when a problem occurs
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On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:43 AM, RC Jordan <rc@rcjordan.com> wrote:
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> I know a some....
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> [1]oil, [2]water, [3]transmission, [4-5]front bearings, [6]engine
> compartment, [7]power drawer, [8]behind reefer, [9]water heater compartnet,
> [10]furnace compartment, [11-14]rear hubs
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| Re: List all the places on a GMC you'd like to monitor temperature [message #199359 is a reply to message #199355] |
Fri, 22 February 2013 17:57 |
tphipps
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Then to add to the fun. A gps inputed map data point as you travel showing the temps at various performance points No sense in seeing trans temps increase if you do not know that you were charging up hill. TIme and outside temps, road temps, How much stuff do you want to watch?
Just drive it.
Tom, MS II
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
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| Re: List all the places on a GMC you'd like to monitor temperature [message #199373 is a reply to message #199318] |
Fri, 22 February 2013 18:57 |
rcjordan
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>various performance points
If I had an obdii jack to work with I could do that already. It cost $20 for the android app and bluetooth dongle. I'm not interested in logs unless I'm doing diagnostics. But even obdii isn't going to free me from, say, routine winterizing chores by emailing me when the freshwater tank is 36 because the heater failed.
I'm not interested in watching dials, graphs, or idiot lights, either. I want to assume everything as a-ok and wheel down talking about where the next Cracker Barrel restaurant is just like everyone else. I want the coach to watch the coach.
SOLD 77 Royale Coachmen Side Dry Bath
76 Birchaven Coachmen Side Wet Bath
76 Eleganza
Elizabeth City, NC
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