VAL Digest V2 #57

VAL Digest          Friday, November 5 2004          Volume 02 : Number 057




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Topics in Today's Digest:

Re: [VAL] Pre 65 thetfold valve
[VAL] Re: Gerald J.
[VAL] salt air and airstreams
[VAL] Snail mail forwarding.
Re: [VAL] Snail mail forwarding.
Re: [VAL] Questions
[VAL] Terry Tyler WBCCI #6477 - ATTENTION please
[VAL] Re: Solar Panels
[VAL] Re: Marine Propane Fireplace
RE: [VAL] Re: Solar Panels

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 08:23:07 -0500 
From: Porter Gillian L CRPH <PorterGL@xxxxxxxxxx.navy.mil>
Subject: Re: [VAL] Pre 65 thetfold valve

Ah - not so easy.  The standard Thetford to Valterea fitting won't fit
a '64 Thetford fitting.  Been there, done that.  Have the useless adapter
and unused sewer solution to prove it!  My plan is to one day cut off 
the old fitting and weld on a standard thetford.

Gillian
'64 Globetrotter



Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 02:32:04 -0500
From: "Tom" <thomm@xxxxxxxxxx.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [VAL] Pre 65 thetfold valve

They make an adapter to go from Thetford TO Valtera fittings.  Then you just 
need to fit a Valtera slinky hose fitting onto the adapter.  See?  Easy -- I 
think. ;)

Contact Out-of-doors Mart in North Carolina (Kernersville, maybe?) just 
outside of Greensboro, NC -- which is where I bought my adapter to be able 
to use the Sewer Solution hose instead of the stinky slinky.

Tom

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 09:59:32 EST
From: AlanTBird@xxxxxxxxxx.com
Subject: [VAL] Re: Gerald J.

In a message dated 11/3/2004 11:01:23 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
valist-admin@xxxxxxxxxx.com writes:
One can learn to detect CO without a detector, but its not fun 
finding the CO. I've been there twice. Once in an old camper and 
once in the house. Clues include a metallic taste in the mouth and a 
splitting headache. The next step is inability to focus and bad 
balance. Then a coma. It can take a hyperbaric oxygen chamber to 
recover from the coma if found in time. A new CO detector did 
wake me up in the camper and I got out on my own.
I look forward to your posts Gerald!
You never cease to amaze me!
YOU ARE A PILLAR IN THIS COMMUNITY and I THANK YOU!

AlanT
Phx AZ

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:56:44 -0800 (PST)
From: joseph webb <jbwvsshome@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Subject: [VAL] salt air and airstreams

Hello,
My wife & I are going to volunteering for three months
next fall on the Oregon coast. Do any of you have
advice/experience about the effects on the
skin/clearcoat when parking our '96 Airstream trailer
about 500' from the ocean? We recently had the skin
refinished & are very protective of it. 
Thank you for your help!
Joseph & Vicky

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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 14:18:43 -0500
From: Daisy Welch <jtdjtd@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
Subject: [VAL] Snail mail forwarding.

this is for the full timers out there.

what do you use to get your US mail sent on to you ?

How does that work with packages ?

How do I get something sent to where ever when I order off the internet 
or out of a catalog?

I looked at SKP's services, seems good to me, but want other choices.

Daisy

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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 14:02:25 -0600
From: Blair <hitek_airstream@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Subject: Re: [VAL] Snail mail forwarding.

Daisy -

When ordering off the internet, I have my packages sent UPS or Fedex
to my current location at whichever camp ground I'm at.

For my I us a private service from my old office, if that ever dry's up I'm 
going with SKP or the outfit out of South Dakota, I think it's called 
Alternative Solutions.

Blair






  At 02:18 PM 11/4/2004 -0500, you wrote:

>this is for the full timers out there.
>
>what do you use to get your US mail sent on to you ?
>
>How does that work with packages ?
>
>How do I get something sent to where ever when I order off the internet or 
>out of a catalog?
>
>I looked at SKP's services, seems good to me, but want other choices.
>
>Daisy
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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 18:24:34 -0600
From: "Tom Patterson" <pattersontom@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
Subject: Re: [VAL] Questions

Hi Jerry,

I don't see the start-up amps mentioned in the documentation.
The Coleman unit comes from Airxcel, Inc. however, and there is a lot of 
documention on their website in PDF format.  To get it, go to 
http://www.rvcomfort.com/rvp/products/rooftop/Stan_mach3_1.php.  The PDF 
file links are in the box on the left side of the web page.

- -Tom

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Jarrell" <jdj2@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
To: <valist@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 3:16 PM
Subject: [VAL] Questions


> Hi All,
> After a long conversation with my wife, we have decided to kee the 1957
> Overlander. She is going to learn how to hook up to depart and at the
> parks. She reminded me of the four years and many many hours put into
> makeing an "ugly ducklin" into a "Silver Swan."
> Question for Scott S. I still want to see the pics of how the air
> conditioner was installed in your Overlander. I saw an AC installed in
> the middle vent on the TT (1957) pictured in the archives. My TT has two
> ribs that are in front and rear of the vent. My AC weights in at 95 lbs.
> and I wonder if more bracing is needed?
> Qiestion for Tom P. Do you know what the start up amps are for the
> Coleman Mach III PS that you installed in your motorhome? This is the AC
> I have and wondered if the wiring on my Overlander can handle the AC
> startup or if I will have to run a special line for it.
> Well, here I go again working on that silver "Something or Other"
> sitting in the yard. :)
> Jerry

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 20:35:16 -0500
From: "Tom" <thomm@xxxxxxxxxx.rr.com>
Subject: [VAL] Terry Tyler WBCCI #6477 - ATTENTION please

Terry Tyler; WBCCI MEMBER # 6477 -- please get in touch with me off the list.


Tom Meeker
thomm@xxxxxxxxxx.rr.com
WBCCI #5303

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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 22:21:51 -0500
From: "Patricia V. Raimondo" <praimond@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
Subject: [VAL] Re: Solar Panels

Hi All,

This will be my first winter with the two 80 watt solar panels on top 
of Pearl. (54 Flying Cloud) I kind of remember what the guy who 
installed them at the International said about when to switch to shore 
power for alternate charging of the batteries BUT I am a bit fuzzy 
about it. I can switch between charging with the panels or electricity 
and am not sure whether I should keep it on solar for the winter and 
run out to check the monitor or just use shore power for the winter. 
Any suggestions???

Patti (busy packing boxes for the move west in Feb.!)

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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 22:32:10 -0500
From: "Patricia V. Raimondo" <praimond@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
Subject: [VAL] Re: Marine Propane Fireplace

Yes Dave, that is the exact one I put in my FC. I did an internet 
search and found it a lot cheaper at a marine supply place in Calif. I 
think I paid $475 for it. It heats my 21 ft. trailer to around 70 deg. 
with the blower on in the dead of winter!! The furnace in Pearl was in 
the floor and I didn't want it there so I switched to the fireplace. 
Besides great heat it looks so peaceful watching the flames burn. It 
vents out the roof so doesn't need a window cracked. I'm VERY happy 
with it. If anyone wants a photo of it installed in my FC email me.

Patti

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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 22:29:44 -0600
From: "Kevin D. Allen" <overlander64@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
Subject: RE: [VAL] Re: Solar Panels

Greetings Patti!

I have an AJL Solar installation on my '64 Overlander with
inverter/charger, and three gel cell batteries.  The only time that I
connect my coach to shore power when parked during the off-season is
when I wish to operate the air conditioner.  The solar panels and solar
charge controller have maintained my batteries beautifully for more than
three years now (I had the installation completed at the Sioux Falls, SD
International Rally).  During much of the off-season storage time, both
of my Fantastic Vent fans are set to run on low speed in automatic mode
governed by the thermostat control.

I can identify with your packing nightmare as I am experiencing the
after-effects -- the unpacking once the moving truck departs at the
destination.

Good luck with your move!

Kevin

Kevin D. Allen
1964 Overlander International/1999 GMC K2500 Suburban
1978 Argosy Minuet
1975 Cadillac Convertible (towcar in-training)
WBCCI/VAC #6359
 

- -----Original Message-----
From: valist-admin@xxxxxxxxxx.com
[mailto:valist-admin@xxxxxxxxxx.com] On Behalf Of Patricia V Raimondo
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 9:22 PM
To: valist@xxxxxxxxxx.com
Subject: [VAL] Re: Solar Panels

Hi All,

This will be my first winter with the two 80 watt solar panels on top 
of Pearl. (54 Flying Cloud) I kind of remember what the guy who 
installed them at the International said about when to switch to shore 
power for alternate charging of the batteries BUT I am a bit fuzzy 
about it. I can switch between charging with the panels or electricity 
and am not sure whether I should keep it on solar for the winter and 
run out to check the monitor or just use shore power for the winter. 
Any suggestions???

Patti (busy packing boxes for the move west in Feb.!)

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