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Looking for sister coach 740, are you on here??

When Tim Wade was here in my shop and we did the slide seal and other things he got me more interested in Lithium batteries.   he has a very powerful setup in his rig and does alot of dry camping.

so....i am experimenting slowly at first.   when tim was here we used my scissors lift.  the batteries were dead and bloated.   he said....why dont you do a lithium setup in the scissors lift.  so.....

even though many of you have played with them, i have not.  so i started researching.   there are places that sell lithp04  conversion kits for my genie gs1930.....they are 2k dollars.  

then you can buy cheap china 24v batteries.   on a slow boat and according to will prowse and others could be junk.  might not but could be.  

then i talked to jack haupt who evidently has converted everything he owns to lithium.   

then i ran across this fellow in the industrial area of old phoenix.   i went there and bought 3.2v calb ca100 100amp hour cells from him and a daly bms he happened to have.  

his name is trevor and he gurus username is higherwireinc   and his business is https://higherwire.com/     a very classy and smart guy.

i am playing with the scissors lift first and then will decide if i want to do anything with the newell.  trevor is more than willing to help in getting a coach set up with lithium.

the cells i bought were used in forklift batteries.   what i learned is that warehouses want 3 shifts of use from a single charge of an electric forklift.  it saves them time and allows them to have fewer forklifts.  when the battery pack (huge 48v) needs charging in less than 24 hours they immediately replace the pack.  trevor gets them and takes them apart to get at the individual cells, testes them and gets rid of the bad cells and then cells the good ones.  the cells i got from him had the amp hour, resistance and were charged to 3.2 volts.  

my scissors lift had 4 6v golf cart batteries in it.  in my very infrequent use they only last about 3 years.   and they are 500 bucks for the set if you find a good deal.  

they are 220 amp hour.   so if you use the rule of thumb that you get half the amp hours out of them, around a 100 lithium should be ok.  the new genielifts have 90 amp hour ones in them and the kits you buy are 105 amp hours.   i am starting with 100amp hour and have enough cells to do 200 if needed (but will be tight in the battery box)

there is a problem there though.....i am an EE.  so once i started getting into this....i ask too many questions and research too much.  and watch too much youtube and call to many of you guys....ha

so....feel free to contact trevor if you have questions.  he is a very interesting guy.

thats my 2 cents worth and i am sticking to it

tom

Came across these on market place some of you might need them.



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looking at buying It, any info on how many owners or issues.?

         Hey guru's do any of you have these tabs on your windows?? Newell told me they were used for latching the windows down while traveling. I've never seen the entire mechanism personally.

Tia

I got around to removing the side docking lights and replacing them with LED units. The LED replacements are slightly larger and thicker which made reinstalling the rubber assembly into the coach fender flare a big challenge. I used copious amounts of electrician wire lube but in the end, a Dremel tool was needed to remove some material in the hole to widen it. Glad that is done. Original lights used around 5-6 amps each. These are around 1 amp a piece. Rubber was in very good condition aside from being extremely dirty from years of road debris. I let them soak in a tub of simple green and hand scrubbed them. One of the lights must have been replaced at one point since there is a mismatched color set of rubber boots. Since the pic was taken, I added a 1/4" wire loom to protect the exposed wire and zip tied it to the cross frame. I surely hope I never have to replace these ever again.

Mobil Delvac TES295 is now $31/gallon while supplies last at WW Williams in Phoenix, don't know about their other locations.  I think that's a good price??  It is used in the Allison Transmissions and the Newell Hydraulics on coach 1482.  I need to change the hydraulic filter plus I like to carry extra along for any leakage, blown hose, etc..  I used all of my spare fluid when the transmission failed last year.
Mobil Delvac 1 TES295 Data

I got caught in a hail storm over the weekend and could get the awning pull in fast enough, now she is off kilter a little and the front hangs out more than it should, IS there an adjustment to realign it?  I don't think it'll pull out if im driving but i'd really like for it to be back in sync again.

TIA

Anyone know, off hand, the size of the threads on the wet tank (the one behind the drive axle) I have a lanyard operated one, which was replaced last year and it's now leaking air. I'd like to replace it with something more leak resistant.

Thanks,

What is the consensus on the rear wet tank drain? I have an auto drain and the last time I pressed the Shrader valve there was water coming out. (This was before I replaced the air dryer) My question is should I remove the auto drain and plumb in a manual valve like I did for the front two tanks? I am thinking the rear tank will get dropped next since I would like to replace the check valve and give the tank a good examination. (Assuming Newell engineers didn't weld the tank brackets above the chassis blocking the bolt head) I am sure that one will be a doozie to get out due to the large size and proximity to chassisfanalia.