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After getting #1 rear compressor running as posted on a different thread, I set about to install the heavy duty relays and am posting photos of my work.  But first, when I started disconnecting all of the wiring going to the front A/C unit, the connector going from the board to the #1 compressor was burnt and pulled out of the control board.  I soldered in a new, but different, connector and here is a photo of the burnt connector.  The compressor was running correctly before I started so I guess I should have installed the relays much sooner.
   

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Attached is a schematic drawing that shows how the relays were to be connected, and with the help and confirmation by Richard.
   

We got in yesterday and there is a very nice newer coach here. Not sure on year or who.

These are upgrades since I bought the coach
Hate to sell my 95 45 ft with series 60 and allison 740, but spending next year in
Seattle and Vancouver B.C. metro areas, and prefer a smaller coach.
Bought last March at MOT.

http://motorhomesoftexas.com/coachrv/new...-45--C1868

Upgrade pics can be seen in gallery coach 385

Have only put a couple of thousand miles on it, including the Ruidoso Rally and
have done many upgrades.  Currently 113000 miles.


Jim 409 771 6427 located about 30 miles south of houston
[email protected]

Asking $80000

Hi, just a quick hello, i am the lucky new owner of 1218, a 2008 quad slide with a up and down history (up 2008 Nascar championship win, well the owner! Down, a small locker fire in one of the freezers)
She is now fighting fit and on her way to the UK to live out her retirement cruising the race tracks of Europe.
Im sure i will be posting on here for advise as its a big move up from my 08 Tradition, Lots to learn and work out, but I'm looking forward to it!
Cheers
Rob

I have a 2007 Newell #816 and the silver leaf above the sink has QUIT working?
Is there a fuse for this?
Coach is inside a building plugged into 50 amp service.
THANKS

I am posting about my recent hack on the Girard awning to provide a solution to a catastrophic problem. 

The cause is this. Girard apparently used a plastic gearbox on the motor end of the awning, and has since converted to a metal gearbox. If and when the gearbox fails, it releases the motor from the awning tube, and the awning completely unfurls. The unfurled awning interferes with your fuel mileage and obscures the lane to your right. 

Luckily when this happened to me, I was very close to my house. 

The challenge is how to get the awning in, and keep it in so that you can continue your travels. Keep in mind the manual retraction mechanism IS the gearbox that just exploded. 

Inside the gearbox is a worm and a helical gear. To get the awning in, I drilled small holes and put screws in to hold the gear. That allowed me to press the switch and retract the awning. However, this fix only lasted about a 1/4 mile, but that was good enough to get me home. The problem is the awning motor has LOST where it is in the in and out positions, and driving activates the wind sensor. So if you have to patch it on the side of the road, either kill the power to awning (mine was on the inverter breaker box) or deactivate the wind sensor ( I used tape).

For a more robust temporary fix, I removed the end plate from the gear box, and removed the gear from the motor. The gear will self center on a boss on the front plate. With the gear in place I filled the front plate with quick epoxy. After the epoxy sets the gear cannot rotate, so the motor will turn the awning tube again. 

This will get the awning in, and keep it in. Remember though to kill the power, or disable the wind sensor to keep the motor from continually activating and potentially undoing the fix. 

It took five minutes to type this and three days to learn it. I may have left out all the failed fixes that I attempted. 

I hope you never have your Girard unfurl on the side of the road, but if you do, hopefully this will help.

I wonder what this switch does.  It's located on the passenger side of the middle of the dash above the speaker and right of the 110 outlets.  When you throw it, a red light comes on.  As far as I can tell, that's all that happens.  There are old style mobile phone and (believe it or not) a satellite phone, neither of which work.  Think that might be it?

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I've got a 98 Newell.  There are three battery locations.  Two batteries are in the engine compartment, and logically they're the engine start batteries.  Four batteries are in a passenger side bay.  They are set up in two banks of two, with disconnect switches.  These must be coach batteries.  Then there are two more batteries in a smaller passenger side bay, squeezed in between the rear wheel well and the engine compartment.  They're the ones I'm confused about.  Are they generator start batteries, add-on batteries for the engine?  Decorative?

1998 model, incorrectly listed as 469 but based on check digit, it must be 489. $129,999. Bath and a half, 2 HWH slides. Series 60 500 HP, Allison 6 speed. Has 2000 front cap. 129,351 miles. Repainted. The most photos I have ever seen posted on a coach.

 http://www.rvtrader.com/dealers/Karolina...1#brochure

The Newell Gurus 2017 Rally will be at the Ruidoso Motor Coach Ranch in Ruidoso, NM   June 5 to June 9th, 2017

http://www.ruidosomotorcoachranch.com/

We held the well attended rally there last year as well and it is a fantastic place with incredible owners.  

we have the potential to have all but a few spots of the entire place.  

please call and make reservations anytime and say you are with our rally.  You will get a 15% discount.  

Tom