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CoryDaneRTS
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 1:17 pm: | |
I was reading on another site where someone had installed one of those exhaust pipes that was attached to the side of the vehicle and ran above the coach. He attached the Genset exhaust to the pipe with that flex hose from the engine to the air intake (part of emmission control).
Says it works perfectly, no problems, not heat concerns. Easy to take off for maintenance, reinstall to use.
Is this a good design to consider or does it sound too easy? Anyone done this out there?
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John that newguy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 9:49 pm: | |
I've met guys at parks using these things. I'm not too sure of
the value, since all it does is route the exhaust higher....
Routing the exhaust out the rear would accomplish the same..
If you don't have an open window above the exhaust, why bother? |
John Jewett (Jayjay)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 10:10 pm: | |
Why bother? Well, an itinerant breeze may blow CO back under your coach, where it seeps upward (heat of the exhaust makes it rise) thereby quite effectively killing you and your family. (or if your're lucky just puke'n sick for two days) OR it may blow under your neighbors coach with the same disastrous results. Most parks, events or rallys won't let you run a genset without a stack on the exhaust. ...JJ |
John that newguy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 10:37 pm: | |
Hmmmmmmm...
So, the millions of stick and staples that have been manufactured
for umpteen years, for prices from $18k to over $1.5 mil, are
ALL extremely dangerous to your welfare?
I've never been to a park that required such a thing.
And neither have you! |
Lin
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 10:47 pm: | |
Regardless of whether parks require it, there can be advantages to exhausting above the coach. Keeping the fumes away from you and others is one thing. Also, the gen will seem much quieter. I have seen people using extension pipes that are just slid on the the exhaust. After all, it does not have to be a sealed fit. I have a shop exhaust hose that I have thought of using for that purpose. I would just string it up to the roof. I could then use the same hose to vent the diesel exhaust above the coach while airing up. My idle exhaust is pretty bad. |
James Maxwell (Jmaxwell)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 12:04 am: | |
I use the Gamco 3" venturi exhaust roof stack and it does wonders for ground noise and diesel odors. I bought it @ a yard "estate sale", brand new, in a carrying case, 3 pc., for $10.00. One of my better buys. It is basically 3 pcs of plastic pipe that has slip joint ends. It came with a flex exhause hose connector and adapters to fit over various size exhaust pipes and has a steel inlet sleeve into the 1st pc. of pipe. I bought a solid exh. pipe elbow to connect it to the gen exhause that comes out the side in front of the drivers. It has a small bungee type strap that hooks it to the side of the bus for stability and extends about 6" above my roof line. The pipe gets warm, but never hot. It is a thin wall ABS I believe. |
James Maxwell (Jmaxwell)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 12:11 am: | |
JTNG: You should come along with JJ and I and we will show you some that do require such a contraption if you intend to use a generator. Our club has held rallies in RV parks that accomodated dry camping for some of our rigs and they required roof stacks on generators. I believe the sign up sheet for Jack Conrad's annual rally also requires them; maybe it's optional and they just strongly suggest. |
gusc
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 12:59 am: | |
Carbon monoxide is heavier than air, it falls toward the ground. It does not rise. |
Brian Brown (Fishbowlbrian)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 3:17 am: | |
"Carbon monoxide is heavier than air..."
Here's a lively discussion on the matter from chemist types:
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem03/chem03364.htm
Put on your geek hat...
BB |
Stephen Fessenden (Sffess)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 9:26 pm: | |
If the exhaust is at 10 to 12 feet the carbon monoxide has to mix with a lot of air to reach someone on the ground. Jack Conrad told us at Bussin' 2002 of a serious problem from one RV receiving the generator exhaust from another. It can and does happen. |