Born Free Motorcoach Modifications

[whemme]

Contained herein is a review of some of the more desirable modifications that you might be interested in for your Born Free motorcoach. Details of these modifications are already posted in the Coach Modifications section of this forum but direct links are provided below to make it easy to connect directly to the desired modification as posted.

A) Replacing your present single stage Magnetek/Parallax 7345 charger/converter with a modern 3-stage charger/converter.

This modification would be of interest to Born Free owners who do a significant amount of dry camping, want to prevent over-charging of their coach batteries when connected to shore line power for extended periods of time (which causes the need to replace battery water frequently, and/or want to capability to rapidly recharge your coach batteries either from shore line power or by running the generator.

The 1st post titled Converting Parallax 7345 Charger/Converter to PD4655 system can be viewed at the following direct link: http://www.bornfreervclub.org/bulletin_ ... .php?t=334

A 2nd related post titled Installation Procedures for PD4655 Charger/Converter can be viewed at the following direct link: http://www.bornfreervclub.org/bulletin_ ... php?t=2303

B) NEW STYLE BATTERY TRAY

Born Free started using a different style coach battery mounting tray around year 2005 models. This tray can be retrofitted to older model coaches if desired. This tray provides easier access to the fill caps on both batteries. A post titled NEW STYLE BATTERY TRAY can be viewed at the following direct link: http://www.bornfreervclub.org/bulletin_ ... .php?t=932

C) Flexsteel Captain’s Chairs Seating Height Too Low?

If you find that getting into and out of your swivel chairs is difficult and uncomfortable because the seating height seems too low, then you might be interested in a simple modification that raises the seating height by 1.5â€