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Re: Drivers license requirements
I copyied this from another forum I posted it to prior to buying my 40QDP in January. I spent a few hours at the California DMV and then a local CHP office today confirming what the real license requirements are for a 40' motorhome in CA. The 4 DMV offices were of no help. The License office, Driver Safety office, DMV Investigation office and the regular DMV office. All came back with they weren't actually sure what the handbook meant. While at the Safety office a local SDPD officer heard my questions and suggested I stop by a local CHP office. That was then my next stop. I spent an hour with a awesome CHP officer that looked up each of my questions in the vehicle code book. (a very large book!) Here is what we found out: California Class C license is all that is needed up to 40' "housecar" in CA. They are exempt from the Class C 26k weight restriction They are exempt from any Air Brake certification. No extra braking requirement for the Toad, unless from 20 MPH it takes more than 50' to stop. Also, if the manufacturer calls it a 40' motorhome on the plate, then even if its 41', its still licensed as a 40' motorhome. I hope this helps others in CA as it was a confusing mess from the CA docs and all the info showing it both ways on all the forums I looked at over the last few months. BTW. The CA DMV uses the term housecar, not motorhome. Go figure.. -Bill427Views0likes0CommentsRe: Need a small breaker panel to finish Inverter Replacement
JFYI. The MS2812 is in and working great. Just used a two circuit sub panel as suggested and wired it up to jumper the 30amp to both legs then hooked up the two twenty amp circuits to the breakers. Thanks for all the suggestions! Now am moving on to fishing a couple of cat 5 cables from the front to the rear of the coach.. that looks like lots of cramped spaces and probably plenty of blood letting to come!815Views0likes0CommentsRe: Need a small breaker panel to finish Inverter Replacement
westend wrote: An alternative is to buy surface mount breakers and wire up the distribution from those. You can make it all look good by mounting the breakers on a piece of aluminum plate. Here's a good place to shop for circuit protection: Waytek Wire. Mounting three surface mount breakers will use about 1/8 -> 1/4 the space of a steel box. If you'll pay the price, the Cooper-Bussmann manual breakers are the way to go, they even sell a sealed Marine type (not necessary, IMO). Do they make surface mount breakers for 120 AC current? Everything I looked at was automotive, mostly @12 volt.812Views0likes0CommentsRe: Need a small breaker panel to finish Inverter Replacement
time2roll wrote: You do not need a main as shown in the picture. If there is no main, what would protect the inverter from both circuits pulling 20amps and overheating the 30amp circuit to the inverter? I understand that scenario probably shouldn't happen, But..313Views0likes0CommentsNeed a small breaker panel to finish Inverter Replacement
I am looking for a small breaker panel that will take a 30amp main from my inverter output terminals and has room for at least 2 @ 20AMP breakers to protect the coach outlets. It needs to be surface mount and "pretty small" to fit into the inverter compartment area. The old inverter had two built in 20 amp circuit breakers for the output lines, the new higher capacity inverter does not have that feature so I need to protect those 120 volt circuits very close to those output terminals. Here is a pic from the manual of the setup I circled the part in Yellow that is need to find a source to purchase it from. -Bill12KViews0likes26CommentsNeed to see a Crecendo 8390 in So Cal!
I am looking to purchase one (I think), and there aren't any in California i can find. I would like to look at one for a few minutes just to experience the floor plan prior to flying somewhere to look at and buy one. I don't need to talk to you about it, just a few minutes to see if the floor plan is as good as it looks in pictures to me. Or if you are thinking about selling one and you are in So Cal thats even better! :) PS. In Cali we appear to need a special class B license to drive an MH longer than 40'. It seems like these 8390 coaches are just over 40', what does the registration say? I think that would determine if a regular class C license is all that is necessary.573Views0likes0Comments
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