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bay temp

Yahoo Message Number: 16337
Hi all

Anyone know where or if there is a thermostat for the storage bays, or is 85 the usual temperature?

'04 magna 29of30

Re: bay temp

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Yahoo Message Number: 16338
Mine is in the utility bay, right behind the little access door for the water pump. It is a small rheostat type device with a probe attached to a small tube. The temperature markings are etched on the body of the device just below the temperature selector knob.

What does "29 of 30" on your email mean?

Chuck

03 Intrigue 11673

Contact to the Internet on the road

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Yahoo Message Number: 16339
All -

How do you contact the Internet while you are on the road. Am planning to do some extensive National Park sightseeing (8 weeks) and would like to send pics, pay bills, and converse with EMails.

Slugger

Re: Contact to the Internet on the road

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Yahoo Message Number: 16340
I use the Cingular/AT&T GPRS/EDGE service with my laptop. I took it on a trip around the US and Mesa Verde and Death Valley were the only places I had trouble - but my cell wouldn't work there either.

Dave

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How do you contact the Internet while you are on the road. Am

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do some extensive National Park sightseeing (8 weeks) and would like

to send

Re: Contact to the Internet on the road

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Yahoo Message Number: 16341
Re: [Country-Coach-Owners] Contact to the Internet on the At 1:58 PM -0400 4/24/05, slugger guy wrote:

Re: Contact to the Internet on the road

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Yahoo Message Number: 16342
I use a Motosat system which has worked reasonably well this year except in Death Valley and high winds when the coach sways. It is expensive [north of $5,000 installed and $1200 per year for unlimited connection service], but the download speeds are DSL-like and the upload speeds range from 2 to 5 times dial up.
Alternatively, you can go from hot spot to hot spot, send/receive, and go back to the coach...unless of course you use AOL/Yahoo, in which case you will sit there until all your work is done.
In my experience, few parks in the south west have internet connections of any speed.

2004 Intrigue from Massachusetts

Re: bay temp

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Yahoo Message Number: 16343
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What does "29 of 30" on your email mean? >

Chuck

03 Intrigue 11673
its a 30th anniversary edition they made 30 the temp is now down thank you

Re: Contact to the Internet on the road

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Yahoo Message Number: 16344
I tried the Cingular card and it was very slow. I now have the Verizon card and it works much faster. You can go to
www.verizonwireless.com and I think it is support, then coverage map. You want to select the national access button and put in a city where you will be. The maps shows if you will have coverage. Nice option.

There is another group that is Internetbycell. Sign up on that group, a bunch of really knowledge folks on that list. I think that would be a big help for you.

Linda

98 Intrique 10678

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I use the Cingular/AT&T GPRS/EDGE service with my laptop. I took

it

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on a trip around the US and Mesa Verde and Death Valley were the

only

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places I had trouble - but my cell wouldn't work there either.

Dave

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> All -
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> How do you contact the Internet while you are on the road. Am > planning to

> do some extensive National Park sightseeing (8 weeks) and would

like

Re: Contact to the Internet on the road

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Yahoo Message Number: 16348
I guess slow is relative... mine varies from 170K down to as slow as 56K out in the boonies - depending on whether or not I'm in an EDGE service area. I spent the winter in Florida working at 170K (connected 24x7) which is more than adequate for my needs.

Dave
#30187

Re: Contact to the Internet on the road

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Yahoo Message Number: 16349
That is really good. I didn't have that good of luck in St. Louis or New York city. The Verizon card works at almost DSL speeds in many cities and it is the same price per month.

I heard the T-Mobile works at about dial up and along most Interstates. It is cheaper about $30 a month. Cingular and Verizon are about $80 a month unlimited.

Linda

Intrique 10678

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56K out in the boonies - depending on whether or not I'm in an EDGE > service area. I spent the winter in Florida working at 170K > (connected 24x7) which is more than adequate for my needs.

Dave
#30187

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> I tried the Cingular card and it was very slow. I now have the > > Verizon card and it works much faster. You can go to > > www.verizonwireless.com and I think it is support, then coverage > > map. You want to select the national access button and put in a > > city where you will be. The maps shows if you will have > > coverage. Nice option.
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> There is another group that is Internetbycell. Sign up on that > > group, a bunch of really knowledge folks on that list. I think > > that would be a big help for you.
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> Linda

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Re: Contact to the Internet on the road

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Yahoo Message Number: 16350
Linda -

Not to knock Verizon because I think they have a great product, but they offer their V Cast "broadband" service in 30 cities with an average sustainable speed in the neighborhood of 500KB - hardly what I would call DSL speed!!! BTW, I have noticed that the InternetByCell group, while very helpful to Verizon users, has developed a tunnel vision that fails to acknowledge any technology other than Verizon!

Cingular is matching the Verizon rollout with their own "broadband" solution. T-Mobile is at disadvantage because they only use GPRS, not the channel-combining capabilities of EDGE, but for the price it is a handy service for using email.

I'm not pushing either solution and have co-workers who use both, my take 1s that they are virtually the same.

Dave
#30187

Re: bay temp

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Yahoo Message Number: 16351
Bill,

Your coach has a couple of Thermostats. The one refferenced earlier is for your plumbing bay only, and that should be set at 35 degrees.
There is a 2nd thermostat in your inverter bay to keep your inverter cool, my guess is your hearing the fan run more than it should? This is accessed through your rear pass thru storage bay, there is a large panel held on with screen clips. If someone was working in that bay its easy to bump and often happens. It should be set around 100 to 105 degrees with a Prosine inverter.

Your actual pass thru storage bays (3) are not heated or cooled.

Damon

Re: Contact to the Internet on the road

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Yahoo Message Number: 16352
For an 8 week tour you probably don't want to make a big investment in Motosat or similar system. I find that it is relatively easy to get on with a wireless connection at many businesses, even in small towns.
You will find that many coffee houses have hotspots where you can pay by the day and many of them are actually free. You can also find many hotspots at motel chains, one which comes to mind is Hampton Inns, I think most of them have free wireless internet service. And there is always Kinko's which allows you to use their business center where they have wireless in some cases and ethernet cables in others, and many times the cost is zero to use their connection, when they do charge it is a small fee when using your own laptop, something like $2.00 an hour. And, in a pinch you can also find local libraries where you can get your email and send out email, most libraries have restrictions on using files which you might have on a disc or cd so that would limit your use of libraries in sending your pics home. But, it appears there are plenty of alternatives. I use Verizon cell service with their office kit and I have no data plan,(see the Internet by cell phone Yahoo group for more info) I just use it after 9pm when I have unlimited minutes so it doesn't bother me if it is slower than some of the other services.
I've never used them but many small towns have computer centers where they offer games and internet service on their own computers at a reasonable price. And, many RV parks now offer wireless service for a price or in many cases it is also included in your daily rent at the park and there are some who are trying to get an immediate return on their investment by charging high daily rates but those are rare.

Ray

2000 Intrigue

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How do you contact the Internet while you are on the road. Am

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do some extensive National Park sightseeing (8 weeks) and would like

to send
 

Re: Contact to the Internet on the road

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Yahoo Message Number: 16360
Hi,

For cellphone and WiFi access, ask your questions on these groups, the moderators and others are very helpful and responsive. The moderator for InternetByCellPhone is a fulltimer who roams the West. That group has lots of experience with Verizon and Sprint.
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InternetByCellPhone
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InternetByWiFi
Paul Thomas
'03 Magna #6239

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All -

How do you contact the Internet while you are on the road. Am

planning to

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do some extensive National Park sightseeing (8 weeks) and would like

to send