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We have a 2015 and the backlighting to the arm console and overhead is starting to flicker.

The “belief” from a Newell Tech is that the transformers are failing, which are odd little 240v pucks that were made by a small shop in Joplin that is no longer around.  That’s bad news, if it were a simple replacement.  My analysis, however, makes me doubt what the Newell tech thinks.  Having two fail at the same time is odd, especially when those two are tied together with Velcro and wire-ties.

Even though these seem cheesy, I’m suspicious that it may be a voltage issue, so I thought I’d reach out to you guys, before I go down that route.  Perhaps someone else has had the same issue and found the problem.

Otherwise, the solution would be to replace the entire instrument panels along with the newer electro-luminescent display panels.  Yuck.

I was going through opening each bay door in search of a 12V compressor, as my understanding my 701 has the main compressor run by the engine, a 110v compressor, and a 12V compressor run on electricity. But so far, I have not been able to locate the 12v compressor. Anyone can shed some light on the location of the 12v compressor? 

In the compartment directly under the driver's seat, I see there appears the 110V compressor. With the engine off and shoreline 50amp power connected, this compressor only turns on when both the engine battery and house battery switch are turned ON. 

Fine, but in what situation the 12v compressor will start to run, making some noise to allow me to find it? 

My second question is, there is a valve underneath the driver seat compartment; what's the purpose/function of this valve?

   

   

Newell has #1565 for sale. This is the last 2020p made by Newell. Tile flooring throughout. https://www.newellcoach.com/default.asp?...dInventory

10/1/22 about 1:15 pm North bound on 395 with 1 lane in either direction, at the northern end of Riverside county, CA (So Cal) I saw a later model Newell, darker in color following in a line of another RV and cars working there way up a grade. I was coming down the grade. It was only a few moments as we were each doing 60 ish in opposite directions.

You were looking good and clean, moving along.

I note this because as a West coast family, I just see fewer Newell's and we stand out when we see each other.

All,
Our previous service provider went down for a couple days and stopped responding to us and then magically everything was fine.  That makes me a bit uneasy, so I've migrated everything to a more reputable server provider (Oracle) and have done some pretty big updates to the forum.  If you see things that are broken, give me a heads-up below.  Essentially, virtually all of our support software was out of date by nearly a decade, so updating to newer stuff may have unintentionally broke some things.    

Also, any new posts in the last 18 hours or so may have been lost, so be aware of that when you can't find what you're looking for.

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What 315-80-22.5 Tires are you running on your DRIVE and TAG and WHY?

Looks like this thing is going to hit us right in the teeth tonight and tomorrow as we are just outside of Punta Gorda, FL.  Reasonably confident that we’ll be ok.  Slides in and coach lowered.  Our casita is built to withstand hurricanes like this.  Will let you know the outcome in a couple days as I am also sure we will lose power in the casita and won’t be back on the coach until all is clear.

Phyllis and I will not make it to next weeks rally. I was really 
Looking forward to seeing everyone. Some body take photos
And post please

Dear Fellow Newell owners, this affects any owner having two piece (basement) AC units.  Our coach is # 277, and we just had three failed AC units.  The fans had quit.

WW Grainger sells 1/6 hp fans and mounting brackets that with a bit of welding to modify the brackets work great.  Anyway, after the fan repairs, two units quit again.  What I found was the copper tubing had shifted and rubbed.  All the R-22 freon was gone!

There are two fixes after repairing the holes in the copper tubing with silver solder.  Make a block (I used wood) and clamp tubing to prevent chafing.  Two, use HiTemp RTV (red color) good for 500° and separate the tubing coils and ensure they are supported to remain separate and not rubbing.

Even the screen protecting the compressor can rub through the copper tubing QUICKLY!!!!  I have pictures, but seem to post them here. These units used R-22. Newell now used R-422B. Feel free to call or write if you wish more information. 

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I understand current and recent production has 143G Water/Waste tanks.  Has this always been the case?  Is there information anywhere about holding tank size over the years?

Thanks!