02-04-2020, 06:07 PM
forest and i were at all aboard america today having work done on his coach. this late model 4 slide prevost was there having some repairs done. this was george strait's personal coach. it had 15k miles on it.
it had 2 massive tesla LiOn batteries with two even more massive victron inverter chargers. i chatted with the driver and he said they can run all 6 (yes six) roof airs for 8 hours and then the genny will recharge the batteries in 2 hours. two huge alternaters on the engine.
very pretty dark cherry coach.
by the way, the driver asked me if my coach used DEF. if so, to be careful. the coach was there because they had accidently put DEF in the diesel tank. it had the valve cover off and was having the injectors replaced and not sure what else. the shop foreman said it was more common than you would think. the DEF and diesel fill tubes are right next to each other. they had both caps off and had accidently put the DEF nozzle in the diesel fill tube. very expensive accident.
i guess the key is to only take one cap off at a time. i bet it wont happen again since both co drivers that are permanent to the coach were there. nice guys
tom
it had 2 massive tesla LiOn batteries with two even more massive victron inverter chargers. i chatted with the driver and he said they can run all 6 (yes six) roof airs for 8 hours and then the genny will recharge the batteries in 2 hours. two huge alternaters on the engine.
very pretty dark cherry coach.
by the way, the driver asked me if my coach used DEF. if so, to be careful. the coach was there because they had accidently put DEF in the diesel tank. it had the valve cover off and was having the injectors replaced and not sure what else. the shop foreman said it was more common than you would think. the DEF and diesel fill tubes are right next to each other. they had both caps off and had accidently put the DEF nozzle in the diesel fill tube. very expensive accident.
i guess the key is to only take one cap off at a time. i bet it wont happen again since both co drivers that are permanent to the coach were there. nice guys
tom
2002 45'8" Newell Coach 608 Series 60 DDEC4/Allison World 6 Speed HD4000MH