Hello everyone and I hope everyones projects and adventures have been fun and enjoyable.
I am feeling really good about Gatsbys' CRUISER. This has been an incredibly long and expensive adventure that, it seems, is about to change the
status of the GMC from a lawn ornament to an actual moving motorhome.
I had several leads for dropping the Fuel tanks but will end up taking to Cinnebar Engineering in Michigan. It seems this problem started when the
tanks were dropped, and it will end here.
With all this excitement of being able to use the coach, the big start up is happening. I am livening the coach, starting up system that have slept
for all these years. Most have come back happy and operational. Others, we have to take a second look at.
---- We have had some rain and I was in the coach and noticed water in the window frame, ON THE INSIDE. This is the kitchen window. It does not
open, just a single piece of glass. Has what looks like rubber seals outside around the entire glass. My best guess is the water is getting between
the glass at the bottom, or lower sides, fills the frame and then invades the inner frame tracks. I found both tracks full of water.
At this point I don't want to take the window out, I just want to seal it. Obviously, this is a vehicle window and it is not meant to have products
used over the rubber seal to seal the window, but at this time this is what I am looking into.
Are there any ideas what could be used, other than silicone, to seal the window? I have some ideas, including a rubber paint that might do the job
but I am open to suggestions or warnings.
--- I had listed a message about some inexpensive meters I found at a electronics outlet that I frequent. I don't get anything for mentioning them,
I just pass along what I think might be helpful to ya all. These meters include 120v volt meter, 120v AMP meter and 120v Hertz or Freq meter. This
indicates BEST use with a generator or inverter situation but the voltage meter could indicate a power concern at an older campground when you plugged
in the camper. There are cheap Voltage only meters also.
I do have a set of these and I installed them in a box with a plug and socket. I think for the Solar enthusiast, this setup is really helpful
because you can determine the power consumption when plugged in for any device. This is important if your solar system is weak or on the smaller
side. I generally call the inverter a watt buster because to create 120 volt power from a 12 volt battery bank you need 10 times the amperage to make
the inverted power. That to power a 2 amp 120v appliance, you need to supply the inverter with 20 amps at 12v dc. So at least for my needs, this
device is working well. Also helpful is the (rough) info " a 12v 100 ah battery will supply 5amps for 20 hours. I am of course, overlooking the
fact that at much higher load requirements, the battery will tend to use charge faster than if supplying a low load. It is because of the chemical
reactions of the acids, duration of use, etc.
These meters, and I think they are still available, could work well for the budding solar enthusiast or if you just want to check your voltage if you
live remotely.
thanks all
slc
Gatsbys' CRUISER
--
GatsbysCruise. \
74GMC260 Former Glacier Model style. \
Waukegan, Illinois \ Keep those MiniDiscs Spinning \ MY GREYHOUND IS FASTER THAN YOUR HONOR ROLL STUDENT \ WindowsXP-Win7-Win8.1-UBUNTU STUDIO -
UBUNTU VOYAGER - Berzin Auto Center
I am feeling really good about Gatsbys' CRUISER. This has been an incredibly long and expensive adventure that, it seems, is about to change the
status of the GMC from a lawn ornament to an actual moving motorhome.
I had several leads for dropping the Fuel tanks but will end up taking to Cinnebar Engineering in Michigan. It seems this problem started when the
tanks were dropped, and it will end here.
With all this excitement of being able to use the coach, the big start up is happening. I am livening the coach, starting up system that have slept
for all these years. Most have come back happy and operational. Others, we have to take a second look at.
---- We have had some rain and I was in the coach and noticed water in the window frame, ON THE INSIDE. This is the kitchen window. It does not
open, just a single piece of glass. Has what looks like rubber seals outside around the entire glass. My best guess is the water is getting between
the glass at the bottom, or lower sides, fills the frame and then invades the inner frame tracks. I found both tracks full of water.
At this point I don't want to take the window out, I just want to seal it. Obviously, this is a vehicle window and it is not meant to have products
used over the rubber seal to seal the window, but at this time this is what I am looking into.
Are there any ideas what could be used, other than silicone, to seal the window? I have some ideas, including a rubber paint that might do the job
but I am open to suggestions or warnings.
--- I had listed a message about some inexpensive meters I found at a electronics outlet that I frequent. I don't get anything for mentioning them,
I just pass along what I think might be helpful to ya all. These meters include 120v volt meter, 120v AMP meter and 120v Hertz or Freq meter. This
indicates BEST use with a generator or inverter situation but the voltage meter could indicate a power concern at an older campground when you plugged
in the camper. There are cheap Voltage only meters also.
I do have a set of these and I installed them in a box with a plug and socket. I think for the Solar enthusiast, this setup is really helpful
because you can determine the power consumption when plugged in for any device. This is important if your solar system is weak or on the smaller
side. I generally call the inverter a watt buster because to create 120 volt power from a 12 volt battery bank you need 10 times the amperage to make
the inverted power. That to power a 2 amp 120v appliance, you need to supply the inverter with 20 amps at 12v dc. So at least for my needs, this
device is working well. Also helpful is the (rough) info " a 12v 100 ah battery will supply 5amps for 20 hours. I am of course, overlooking the
fact that at much higher load requirements, the battery will tend to use charge faster than if supplying a low load. It is because of the chemical
reactions of the acids, duration of use, etc.
These meters, and I think they are still available, could work well for the budding solar enthusiast or if you just want to check your voltage if you
live remotely.
thanks all
slc
Gatsbys' CRUISER
--
GatsbysCruise. \
74GMC260 Former Glacier Model style. \
Waukegan, Illinois \ Keep those MiniDiscs Spinning \ MY GREYHOUND IS FASTER THAN YOUR HONOR ROLL STUDENT \ WindowsXP-Win7-Win8.1-UBUNTU STUDIO -
UBUNTU VOYAGER - Berzin Auto Center
