Great job Jeep, here's a link for fans: http://www.orientalmotor.com/product...fans/index.htm
Let me know where the fan is located in the duct.
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Great job Jeep, here's a link for fans: http://www.orientalmotor.com/product...fans/index.htm
Let me know where the fan is located in the duct.
Jello_Jeep:
Your fan in photo is made by Sunon. Just bought a Sunon SP101A (120V) from Jameco Electronics www.jameco.com and they should have your fan too if you can get model number off the Sunon Label. My fan was $13.95 + postage.
see the following link:
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/sto...egoryId=371555
Lee
Tom, the second fan in the back of the inverter cabinet and looks like it is ducted over to the forward side of the bay wall, then down to the ground.
The fan pictured, looks like it was setup to pull air in, and I assume the other is configured to push air out.
May as well replace both I reckon! I was wondering why there were two sets of wires on the terminal block where the fan connects!
Well here are some pix from fanII. It ends up it has the same fan in it, Sunon
kde2412pms1-6a. These are no longer available from Jameco and they list no sub, thanks Lee for the link.
I found another one that is the same size & voltage of course, moves a little more air, they are on the way from Jameco for delivery tomorrow I hope!
One pic shows the duct, one shows how they just put the fan into a little sheet metal box they bent up, after covering the fan with foam tape, they crammed it in there. This of course means you have to pull the cover off the duct work which is no big deal on one side, screws plainly visable. I couldn't see the any screws in the other side and with no further options, I convince it to come out. Turns out they "toe nailed" it with two drywall screws, and had slit the carpet so the heads were covered.. All this on the ceiling of a bay! Sheesh talk about anal.
They other pic shows where the master ground point is, lots of ground leads there, checked for tightness, all seems good. Nice to know where it is!
Sorry for the out of focus issues, but the little cam is auto focus, and its closer than it likes it down there!
The other pic is just in case you ever wonder what my wife, Kelly Jo looks like when I am in the bay working, and she is standing guard duty outside!
The keen eyed among you will notice, she is holding a VOM (a tool) as well!!! ;) :D
I got my inverter fans from WW Grainger. They were in stock and were in my hands one day after ordering them. The best part is they were correct for the application. The ones I replaced were for vertical mounting onlyh, but were mounted in a horizontal position, so when I ordered the replacements I not only got fans acceptable for horizontal mounting, but I got fans with slightly more air flow.
Well the wind finally quit blowing here in AZ, or at least died down to sub gale force, and I got time to put the fans in. They are nice and quiet indeed! Nice to get it all buttoned up again, I was tired of having it all torn apart.
I have an oil leak from my alternator that was supposedly fixed when the bus was at PV Mira Loma, they said they put a new seal in it but its still dripping oil from a large line that comes out from the bottom of it.
I called a place here in Lake Havasu City to see if they would work on it as I am storing the bus out here. They offered to come and pick it up, fix it and then put it in the storage unit when done. Sounded good!
After thinking more about it though, and stopping by and looking at the place I wasn't sure I was comfortable just giving my keys to persons unknown for one thing, and the temp storage unit is 40' and so is the bus. I end up with about 3/4" on either end and have to turn one mirror in to shut the door, plus dump the air to avoid hitting a cb antenna on the way in.
The more I thought about it, even though its a 5.5 hour drive one way, I decided to drive it back to PV and have them do it and then bring it back on another weekend. Pricey but gives me peace of mind (what little is left) and could actually be cheaper in the long run I suspect.
I will have them fix my dash temp control (if you turn on hot air, you cant turn it back down) and install the air brake line for the trailer while they are at it.
Plus I get to drive the bus :) :D :rolleyes:
Warren,
The large line is an oil return line if I understand you correctly, and with a little wrench turning you can have it apart, find out what you need and have it back together before you load the refrigerator for the trip for repairs.
We're talking a few wrenches for tools so it is not like this is going to require something special. Anybody that can deal with the fans can handle this.
Jeep,
I had the same temp control problem, it was the in-line valve located on the top of the compartment inside the front bumper. That's the control valve actuated by your dash dial and let's hot coolant flow for heat, just like a car heater core. You can shut off the water to the system on the port side engine compartment, the valve is located under the radiator fan assembley. I ran a couple months with it shut off until I could get to it.;)
Thanks for the replies.
Jon, I spoke to the PV guys, and they said there were like five places it could be coming from. I paid them to fix it already, so it will be on them for that part, plus I had already ordered the heater control, which has arrived there, plus I need the air brake for the trailer hooked up... sooo I am already home with it, had a great trip home and a nice drive.
Tom, I had a service bulliten on the hot air issue in the paperwork for the bus. If I remember right, there were two things it could be, the valve or the control.. Can't remember.
Saw two other Prevost's coming home too! Any of you guys running on I10 in California toady?