Date:         Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:23:30 -0400
Reply-To:     Jon Hathaway <jon.hathaway@VERIZON.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jon Hathaway <jon.hathaway@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Gas Wars...
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Funny how universal this topic is...

I purchased a '89 34' Bounder Class A motorhome in October of 2005 to
use "camping" instead of my '93 EV MV and the '79 LT 28 D highroof as
neither V-dub has a proper bathroom...

On the Yahoo Bounder group I've been reading many of the same type posts
as I see on the Vanagon List ie: Gas prices, dual/multiple battery
set-ups, and such...

Lots of good suggestions on both lists for all kinds of problems...

The average Class A gets 6.5-7.5 mpg at 65-70 mph, the thing that makes
a significant difference is slowing down to average 55 mph, numerous
anecdotes of 15% savings...

Check out the archives on dual battery set-ups in the Yahoo Bounder group...
I have dual 6V Trojan T125 deep cycles (house batteries) with a Trojan
12V Marine starting battery (coach battery).  As the motorhome is stored
for the winter I use a tiny Craftsman 1.5 amp maintenance charger for
the coach battery and the 120V/12V converter plugged in to shore power
to keep the house batteries up to snuff...

See y'all at West River Westies (VT) and Buses By The Buoy (ME)..

JonR