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Air leak basics
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Hi all,

Okay, I'm a complete newbie when it comes to air systems.  (These can't be that complicated though, can they?!)  My coach 120V compressor comes on every 5 minutes like clockwork.  The leak(s) is so fast that I can watch the pressure gauge creep down the whole time.  I mean, it's obviously really bad, and I would have thought I would just be able to walk around and hear the culprit based on what I've skimmed on this forum.

But, no luck.  Even in a very quiet place, I've sat all around the coach and listened intently, and I can't hear anything.  I also have no idea how the whole system is set up or how to start isolating.  I can definitely get Newell to help me this winter, but I thought I'd start here.

Additional plot twists:

1)  Sometimes, in the day time when it's sunny and the coach is warm, the leak disappears.  Don't have enough data to tell whether it might be tied to a slide or some other configuration change.  

2)  I don't have a way to get under the coach safely.

3)  I went ahead and ordered one of those ultrasonic Inficons, figuring worst case I'll still find that tool useful one day when I actually know a little about what I'm doing with the air system and want to hunt down more leaks.  Seems like there's at least a chance it should find this giant, gaping hole somewhere, eh?

Thanks all!

Ben

2008 Newell #1234
Boulder, CO

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Air leak basics - by Nebster - 07-31-2017, 08:12 PM
RE: Air leak basics - by encantotom - 07-31-2017, 08:41 PM
RE: Air leak basics - by Nebster - 07-31-2017, 11:07 PM
RE: Air leak basics - by 77newell - 08-01-2017, 06:29 AM
RE: Air leak basics - by Chester Stone - 08-01-2017, 07:16 AM
RE: Air leak basics - by Nebster - 08-01-2017, 01:07 PM
RE: Air leak basics - by 77newell - 08-01-2017, 01:15 PM
RE: Air leak basics - by 77newell - 08-01-2017, 01:30 PM
RE: Air leak basics - by Chester Stone - 08-01-2017, 03:55 PM
RE: Air leak basics - by ccjohnson - 08-01-2017, 07:03 PM
RE: Air leak basics - by afrench - 08-01-2017, 07:08 PM
RE: Air leak basics - by Nebster - 08-02-2017, 02:02 AM
RE: Air leak basics - by 77newell - 08-02-2017, 08:19 AM
RE: Air leak basics - by Nebster - 08-02-2017, 10:56 AM
RE: Air leak basics - by rheavn - 08-02-2017, 08:37 AM
RE: Air leak basics - by 77newell - 08-02-2017, 11:40 AM
RE: Air leak basics - by Nebster - 08-02-2017, 09:52 PM
RE: Air leak basics - by 77newell - 08-03-2017, 06:06 AM
RE: Air leak basics - by encantotom - 08-03-2017, 09:45 AM
RE: Air leak basics - by 77newell - 08-04-2017, 05:49 AM
RE: Air leak basics - by Richard - 08-04-2017, 01:40 PM
RE: Air leak basics - by Nebster - 08-04-2017, 06:16 PM
RE: Air leak basics - by encantotom - 08-04-2017, 07:02 PM
RE: Air leak basics - by Yachts - 08-04-2017, 10:59 PM
RE: Air leak basics - by encantotom - 08-04-2017, 11:16 PM
RE: Air leak basics - by Nebster - 08-26-2017, 01:37 AM
RE: Air leak basics - by HoosierDaddy - 08-26-2017, 05:11 AM
RE: Air leak basics - by 77newell - 08-26-2017, 09:36 AM
RE: Air leak basics - by Richard - 08-26-2017, 10:38 AM
RE: Air leak basics - by 77newell - 08-27-2017, 07:52 PM
RE: Air leak basics - by HoosierDaddy - 08-28-2017, 04:22 AM
RE: Air leak basics - by 77newell - 08-28-2017, 05:40 AM

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