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Gang,

I just had an interesting encounter. I am sitting at the Newell factory and minding my business when one-two-three class C motor homes pulled in. The three motor homes pulled up side by side and several folks exited the RVs and started looking around.

I got the impression that they were looking to camp.

I went outside and asked if I could help them. They told me in broken english (German and French) that they were just looking around. I told them that this is the factory for the best American built RV and that it was also probably the best in the world. (Of course there was a lot of arm waving as I tried to make myself understood to the group).

I showed them my engine, and told them the price of a new Newell. "Ah, very expensive" was their reply..."but worth every euro" was retort.

Turns out they flew to Los Angeles and were making their way down Route 66 going to Chicago I think. So cool and such a great adventure. They waved and drove off into the evening.

So, in case Newell gets a surprise order from German or France, I want a commission.

Cheers,
bill

hi all,

for those of you with fully electric coaches with basement air's, i would be interested in how many amps you draw on each leg absolute heaviest use scenario.

i know the 4 basement airs take roughly 22-25 amps for each pair on each leg. so there is 50a. the 110v compressor takes 6-8 amps, frige a few amps (except when defroster/ice cube release is on),

water pump would gues 6-7 amps (guess didnt look)

microwave,

clothes dryer,

lights

has anyone who lives full time actually "run" out of power?

what do you think your realistic worst case power draw is in total?

the 4 months we lived in it last summer i never had any issues. in fact, we lived on 15a for 2 months of that. ran lights, av gear, microwave, water pump, compressor and fridge. used genny for sir con if we needed it.

thanks

tom

No Newell sightings today but I met an interesting man who has spent the last several years delivering Newell Coaches and driving for several interesting people. His name is Al Misel, nice guy.

He was telling us stories of new deliveries and how much fun the rallies are. He highly suggested we try to go. I think next year may be our chance.

We also took the 09 Camaro and the 74 Newell to the car show. The Newell took first place in the "Special Interest" and we took second in the"High Performance Street Machine" class with the Camaro.

Stay Safe All,
Roy...

Help on the location of the breaker ect for the 110 volt compressor? 95 newell coach #372

I discovered that my tail lights only work when the headlight switch is set to parking lights. First thing I did was to replace the relay but the relay is not the problem. In the fuse/control panel at the co-pilots feet, connector #10 connects the switches with the relay in the back. The only time #10 has power is when the headlight switch is in park mode. I must have a bad switch, but which one. Does the headlight switch or the running lights switch control the tail lights? With that answered, I can replace either of the switches, or perhaps find another power source for the tail light relay.

howdy,

got to thinking that i should figure out how to run a hose from the DD exhaust to outside so i can run the engine without getting asphixiated.

any ideas how to do that? and on another note, could someone measure the diameter of their round exhaust downpipe?

was thinking about a small dog or cat door. i cant really run up through the roof, so would need to run outside. and if it is a vent right on the outside of the wall the exhaust would dirty the stucco. if i used a small pet door i could close it up and run a hose out on the ground away from the building a little ways.

ideas on what to use for the hose?

thanks

tom

Gang,

I believe this is the operators manual for a Allison transmission found in 2000 series coaches.

Interesting reading!

In case you did not know, the transmission oil level can be checked from your keypad and is MUCH more accurate than the dipstick. (I know, I know everyone knows that...except for me!)

Also, it is adaptive to the way that you drive / and coach setup. In the manual are the steps to reset the software. I have not done it yet, but plan to in next few days.

Anyway, here is the manual. Happy reading.

Cheers,
bill

In chronological order. What kind of RV did you start off with and what did you own and for how long up until your current Newell.


2000 Georgetown , Forest River. Owned 4 months
2006 Tuscany, Damon. Owned 18 months:
2008 Monaco, Dynasty. Owned 16 months:
2003 Newell #646. Home for 44 months and still counting

I traveled over to Bestgenman's shop this week to gain some professional assistance with replacing the hard rubber mounts on my genset with airbags. I did not like the low frequency vibration that came through the flow and the bed while the genset was running.

Gordon (Bestgenman) was a fantastic host and has quite a facility for fabricating about anything you could ever conceive. I did get a few elementary lessons on using a mill, hydraulic shears, and other proper ways of metal fabrication. It was a far cry from a hand drill, hacksaw, and hammer that I normally use.

Anyhoo, the install greatly reduced the vibration. While we were at it, Gordon showed me many ways to reduce the noise coming from the genset. I'll have to say that what I learned from a professional is that the noise reduction is not one thing. In addition to noise abatement materials, you have to find and seal every opening to the gen box. It was a pretty amazing demo to hear how much noise escapes from a 1/8 gap around the top of the gen door.

I won't list a step by step or list part numbers because honestly the process involves fabricating custom motor mounts to keep the ride height of the gen the same as it would be with the stock rubber mounts. It is not a project for the squeamish.

As we were reinstalling the gen into the coach, I ran into an issue that is funny now, but not so much at the time. When I slid the gen all the way in for a test fit. It locked with the safety catch like it is supposed to. First I forgot about the catch, so I spent thirty minutes tugging on something that wouldn't budge. Then when I remembered the catch, it would not release. A slightly firmer pull resulted in pulling the cable loose from the catch. Oops! Well maybe I said something slightly different. Lucky for me the front door was off the genset, so Gordon suggested that the catch could be released using the old credit card in a door lock trick. After fabbing a 8 foot long chisel, the catch released.

Now, how to put it right? All of the wiring was in place by now, it is a chore to take it loose. So I pulled the gen out as far as I could using a pallet jack and the picture shows my scrawny butt in the compartment.     I went in backwards over and around the gennie. It was a tight squeeze. What I discovered in the compartment was a misalignment between the cable attachment and the lock that had existed since day one. It was a matter of time before it jammed. So after a couple of misfires that was connected and all was well.

Hey Guru's

I was in a Starbucks today when the coffee girl, my brother admonished me they’re called “Barista’s” wow, sorry all to pieces... Anyway, the BARISTA said “hi Mr. something-or other, I thought you were out in your motorhome”?

So as soon as I got my coffer I zeroed in on him, mentioned I heard the girl, oops Barista, say he his a motorhome and would he mind if I joined him? From that ensued a conversation of about an hour and a half's on about everything imaginable about RVing.

SO far I have found RVer's very friendly and that is some very good news!

He told me he current owns a 43’ Forrest River Charleston and has a center bath he’s not too happy about and not too happy with the all-over quality. I remember Richard telling me that he had a motorhome and didn’t realize how noisy it was until he drove a Newell.

He said he only buys new and is looking for a 45 footer that he can buy for around $500,000.00. He’s looking at American Eagle, Entegra Cornerstone, Newmar Essex and Tiffin Zephyr.

I thought about you guys and the amount of things you know and couldn’t help but think? If you guys were buying new and your budget was a half million bucks........ What would you buy in a new coach?

Harry