Inverter Battery Pictures, More

[dreamchasers]

I have been learning some new technology programs for handling pictures. I developed a picture presentation with pictures from recent work on my coach. Some of the pictures are repeat of previous posts. I am working up the time for several articles on recent work.

This feature rich tool enables "pan and zoom" features that enables very detailed inspection of pictures. The pan and zoom feature is located on the left side of the control bar. When the pan and zoom feature is selected, the user can magnify the photo with the up/down arrows, then grab the picture with the mouse pointer to drag to the desired view point. Their are some of us poggers that can't get enough detail. We know who we are.....

Also, an auto scroll feature in enabled to allow users to move mouse to the right or left on the thumbnails to see additional pictures to the right or left.

When a picture is selected, move the pointer over the picture to see a description of the picture on the left.

I welcome any feedback on using this. Click below to launch the album launch window, then click the link. The picture album will open in a new window, full screen.

http://www.texasdrifters.net/pog/albums/album/inverterbatterylaunch.htm (http://dreamchasers.us/pog/albums/album/inverterbatterylaunch.htm)

Hector

[Jon Wehrenberg]

That is awesome. The project was a great one to write an article about, but the presentation is amazing.

[tdelorme]

Hector you are a Pro's, Pro. Just outstanding. I saw all the pictures in the earlier posts but they are much clearer on this program. The description is a cool deal as well. Boy, you are about to get a grip on this computer stuff. Keep up the good work!

[dale farley]

Very nice/professional job Hector. Great slide show. Thanks.

[GDeen]

Wow - outstanding!

[lloyd&pamela]

Great job Hector. Are those all AGM 8Ds? Looks like boondock heaven.

[phorner]

Great job with the presentation, Hector!

Thanks!

[Loc]

I gave the job two Aggies (thumbs up)

[dreamchasers]

Confession Time.......

With all the heavy batteries, inverters and battery case, I determined that I could not physically handle all the work in a timely manner. By my calculations, it would have taken me as least a couple of months to do all the work I had planned on my coach.

To the rescue came Nick Hessler. I contacted Nick and made arrangements for Nick to come to my home for 10 days. Nick gladly accepted the offer and came to my home and worked with me in my bus barn. I have had several telephone conversations over the last couple of years of bus ownership with Nick. All conversations had good results. In my opinion, Nick is certainly one of the few remaining true bus technicians. He understands Provost systems, as well as numerous converters installations. He worked for Country Coach and Marathon, as well as other bus related businesses.

Nick owned and operated a bus repair/rebuild facility for a short time in Oregon until the downturn in the RV industry shut him down. Timing for starting a new RV related business definitely worked against him.

A short list of work we completed; removed all three original AC systems, sanded entire roof in preparation for temp Coat applications, sealed all roof seams, sprayed the coach roof with an estimated 30 mil coating of Temp-coat, installed three new AC heat pumps, updated/replaced all AC thermostats, removed all 8 batteries, removed both Freedom 2500 inverters, removed original battery case, sand blasted and repainted house battery case, re built all battery cables and installed new heavy duty lugs, reinstalled two new Magnum Energy inverters, installed new batteries, designed (in progress) a interface for new Magnum Automatic Generator Start system using simple relay logic, replaced both Wabasto coolant circulating pumps, replaced both hose water system pumps. Humm.... Did I forget anything.

This was my year for reliability upgrades!

During all the material acquisition, Nick assisted with assuring material orders was correct.

If anyone is looking for this type of "in house" work, I highly recommend Nick. I would deffinately do this again.

So for you not so young owners (like me) that like being involved and doing your own work, I highly recommend Nick.

Hector

[Ray Davis]

Ken, Mike and I have used Nick several times. He was invaluable to us. A great resource.

[gmcbuffalo]

Hector you say two Webasto pumps. Where is the second one located, assuming the 1st is in the webasto box?
GregM

[dreamchasers]

Hector you say two Webasto pumps. Where is the second one located, assuming the 1st is in the webasto box?
GregM

Greg,

My Country Coach has two pumps (12 volts) and both are mounted next to the Wabasto unit on the drivers side, behind the rear wheel. One pump circulates water throughout the cabin and the second pump circulates water within the Wabasto circuit. Both pumps circulate coolant.

Also, my system has a temperature regulated valve, which opens heated coolant flow to the engine, only after the circulating coolant has reached a specific temperature (I do not know the temperature setting).

I believe all Country Coaches are plumbed this way.

Hector

[rfoster]

It seems it has been forever since I have been in my CC, but I thought it had an additional pump up front behind the bumper to assist in feeding the front heat exchanger. Or did I dream it?

[dreamchasers]

Roger,

Very observant! The pump located in the front of the coach, accessible on a CC through the front access behind the front bumper, as a Prevost supplied pump for circulating engine coolant through the Prevost dash heater coils. When I turn on the Prevost dash heater and turn this pump on and off, hot air discharge follows this pump operation.


Any other owners see this pump in a different operation?

Hector

[Denny]

Hector,
I send you a Private Message.

Thanks

[truk4u]

The purpose of that Prevost pump is to move more hot coolant to the dash heater through the loop and it does make a big difference when it's cold out.

Of course that just for us poor unfortunate slobs without OTR!:rolleyes:

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Uh I don't know about you guys, but I tend to not run my OTR when I need heat.

Having said that I have some heat options and coolant circulation is clearly the key to warmer temps. The drivers heat/air thermostat and fan are often all we require to take away a chill, mostly due to cold spilling from the windshield as we drive. While just using that alone will work to an extent it works significantly better if we turn on the bus OTR heat switch even if the whole bus thermostat is turned down. That evidently provides greater circulation of hot engine coolant to the front heat exchanger.

The best however is if we supplement it all with the Webasto. The burner will not fire when the coach is up to temperature, but the circulating pump will be functioning and and that adds five more heat exchangers into the heating process along with their fans which only run when the thermostat calls for heat.

The real solution is to avoid driving in temperature extremes. Outside temps of about 60 seem just about right.

[gmcbuffalo]

Hector my Prevost pump is in the 1st bay ceiling.
GregM

[truk4u]

While just using that alone will work to an extent it works significantly better if we turn on the bus OTR heat switch even if the whole bus thermostat is turned down.

So you do use the OTR for heat, that was my point!:rolleyes:

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Hey trouble maker. In the context the word OTR is used on this site that means air conditioning. I had to talk slow and make sure I used the word heat which every bus has, even the ones without the big AC compressor.

Unless you guys without OTR don't have heat either, in which case I suppose you are burning the furniture to stay warm?