Terry,
The great beauty of this list is learning form the observations and
experiences of others. I will go around the wheel well.
Thanks,
Pete
'65 Caravel
terry tyler wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> In your note, you wrote:
>
> >Also, the univolt is just behind the wheel well
> >on curb side while the battery is just in front
> >of the same wheel well. I don't see any problem
> >running the charge line over the wheel well to
> >the battery.
>
> On two occasions when I've scavengered Airstream
> parts at a junk yard, one wheel had gone flat and
> tore apart the wheel well area. This included the
> entire area above the wheel well and intruded into
> the Airstream interior. It did not include the
> area adjacent to the wheel well (very much).
>
> If it was me doing what you described above, my
> limited knowledge of two occasions would lead me
> to run the charge line around the wheel well
> instead of over the wheel well.
>
> Two examples don't make a conclusion, I know that.
> And even though I haven't ever had a flat tire
> on any of my Airstreams, I'd still give it some
> thought while everything was open and displayed
> in front of me, with my hands on the charge line,
> ready to lay it in place.
>
> It might make the difference between a mess of
> torn aluminum and wood in the wheel well area or
> a broken hot wire looking for a home to set on fire.
>
> Terry
>
>
