Jon Wehrenberg
11-18-2008, 06:20 PM
Eric and Deb and I have been trying to help Jim C. get a better understanding of his new coach (the Blingmobile). Jim has been asking questions and between the three of us we are trying to give him answers that are actually correct.
Last night he was plugged in at Deb and Erics's in Hunstville, TN. I arrived around 9:00 to be greeted by Deb who said I had to hear a story about Jim. Here is the story as I understand it.
Jim goes to bed, and when he did he closed the pocket door (air powered) between the kitchen and the bath. He wakes up in the AM and realizes he is in trouble. He forgot the door was air powered. So he forgot to consider he needed the aux air system to have air. To have air he needed to have the aux air pump turned on.
So here he is stuck in his own bedroom. He finds the emergency valve so he can open the pocket door, but unfortunately he cannot get the door to open. It turns out that the emergency valve he found was for the second pocket door that closes the bedroom off from the bathroom. It doesn't help him with the pocket door next to the kitchen.
No problem. He will just call Deb or Eric and ask for help. Oops. his cell phone is up front in the kitchen or living room.
So here is Jim. locked in his own bedroom and no way to communicate he has a problem.
But he got lucky. Really lucky. Eric knocked on the door. The bad news the bus door was locked, but the good news in this whole ordeal was that Jim had the bus keys in his pocket. Eric got the keys from Jim through the bedroom window. He unlocked the coach, got the air up and Jim was able to open the pocket door and escape to the outside world. If he had left his keys up front in the bus instead of in his pocket he would still be in the back of the coach. Even if he got out the bedroom window he still could not get back into his own bus without the keys.
We later found the second correct escape valve. All the labels identifying it were clearly visible as soon as you removed the cover enclosing the valve. The cover concealed it perfectly.
Last night he was plugged in at Deb and Erics's in Hunstville, TN. I arrived around 9:00 to be greeted by Deb who said I had to hear a story about Jim. Here is the story as I understand it.
Jim goes to bed, and when he did he closed the pocket door (air powered) between the kitchen and the bath. He wakes up in the AM and realizes he is in trouble. He forgot the door was air powered. So he forgot to consider he needed the aux air system to have air. To have air he needed to have the aux air pump turned on.
So here he is stuck in his own bedroom. He finds the emergency valve so he can open the pocket door, but unfortunately he cannot get the door to open. It turns out that the emergency valve he found was for the second pocket door that closes the bedroom off from the bathroom. It doesn't help him with the pocket door next to the kitchen.
No problem. He will just call Deb or Eric and ask for help. Oops. his cell phone is up front in the kitchen or living room.
So here is Jim. locked in his own bedroom and no way to communicate he has a problem.
But he got lucky. Really lucky. Eric knocked on the door. The bad news the bus door was locked, but the good news in this whole ordeal was that Jim had the bus keys in his pocket. Eric got the keys from Jim through the bedroom window. He unlocked the coach, got the air up and Jim was able to open the pocket door and escape to the outside world. If he had left his keys up front in the bus instead of in his pocket he would still be in the back of the coach. Even if he got out the bedroom window he still could not get back into his own bus without the keys.
We later found the second correct escape valve. All the labels identifying it were clearly visible as soon as you removed the cover enclosing the valve. The cover concealed it perfectly.