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I'm trying to understand how the light dimmers work in my Newell. They have what appears to be a potentiometer/switch but those 3 wires terminate at a finned aluminum "box" . The actual wires to the lights are routed through the "box". It looks to me like the system loses a LOT of power to heat when the lights are dimmed. Is that correct. Is there a better more efficient way to dim the lights? Is this system obsolete? I hate to remove it because it works really well. I plan to eventually convert totally to LED's

For those of you (us) that are going up into Canada after the rally this doesn't look good:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013...tions.html

I've got a Newell parked right in from of me at this campground. Texas plate, PT Cruiser towed. Blue colors. (I'm in the Foretravel.)

Since a bunch of us are in the area this article might be of interest:

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/06/20...ton-parks/

Does anybody know with what coach number did Newell start putting adjustable height controls on them? I'm slowly working towards an upgrade from my Bird and am strongly considering a Newell. But since I've "drug my butt" a couple of times in the Bird and the Newell appears to sit lower than I already do, that would be a deal breaker for me on any earlier coach.

Thanks for the info!

OK, now it's my turn. Today was the first day I've run the generator while driving. Before this trip we've needed the heater. It ran fine with both a/cs running for about 2 hours. When we pulled into a rest stop for lunch it had shut off. So I started it up, it stumbled at first but fired up and ran fine while we were stopped. Then once on the road it shut off after about 20 minutes. I could start it but it was running rough and would shut off after less than a minute. If I would hold the start switch it would still stop.
We're now parked at Cabela's campground ($18/night 50amp only) so I checked the oil and it's fine. Doesn't look like any water in the racor filter. Once it cools off I'll check the radiator coolant. It did start up and run fine once we stopped, no stumbling.
One more thing to work on at the rally.

Don't really know yet. But I'm sure someone at the rally can help me figure out what happened.
We left the coach for a month plugged into 50amp. Inverter off, merge switch on, charger on. Checked my batteries today (8 wet cell 8d's) the 2 house batteries were ok and took no water. I have 2 8d's in one compartment connected by about 8' of heavy wire to the other 4 8d's in another compartment. The set of 2 8d's took a little bit of water, what I would expect after a month. The set of 4 8d's took about 3.5 GALLONS EACH! Yes, I put in 14 gallons total for 4 8d's! The top of each plate was exposed. Why would only 4 out of 6 batteries connected together boil the water out?
There was no amp draw on the batteries only a charge going in so hopefully they weren't damaged? I have them charging overnight.

After I first bought the coach I had to add 5 gallons of water for all 8 batteries. But they all took the same amount. The next 2 months I added just a little bit.

So everybody put on their thinking caps and help me figure this one out.

I purchased a Voltage Protector and plugged it into the 50 amp outlet, and plugged my shoreline into it. It is made to trip if the voltage is 10% over or under 120 volts. ( 132 volts is the high mark, and 108 low side). My coach started tripping it with 132 volts on L2. L1 would be around 119. I had the Power Company out to my shop, and replaced a lot of connectors on the transformer, it did not help. I called Newell, and all they could tell me is that it was the shoreline power. I took the coach home, and plugged it in there, and the same thing happened. The L1 volts was 119, and with a 20 amp draw. L2 had 0 amp draw, and rose up to 132 volts in about 5 minutes, tripping the Surge protector.

I called Surge Gaurd, and talked to their Tech support, and right away, after I explained the problem, told me that the issue was the Surge Gaurd (Transfer Switch). It had a calibration problem, and they would send me a replacement for it, since Newell had just installed it in March of this year. This wierd problem may pop up with some other coach, that would be good to know, since Newell could not locate the culprit.

Well we got back to the coach about 8pm yesterday. Visited with Chappell and Rudy and their wives. Everything so far looks ok except one of the Fantastic Fans stayed open while we were gone and won't close. I know when we left the switch was off but didn't check to make sure it was closed.
How do I close the vent?
Right now it's still open and don't want to drive with it fully open. I'll climb up there this morning and look at it.

I've been reading with some interest the replacement of the Duals with the new Xtra Wide single tire. Benifits seem to include improved fuel economy and lower maint cost. The new X- One is for the RV.
http://www.tiregroup.com/Catalogs/PDF%20...chelin.pdf
Anyone considered doing this??

Their has been some study for the trucking industry.

https://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesand...tw537.html