Things that go bump in the night...

[bubblerboy64]

1St guess: Its a body panel springing from the change in
temperature day to night. 2nd guess: The bus is haunted :-)
John Heckman
Hopeful owner FC by 4/7
Shippensburg Pa

>
> I am not sure if it is correct or not but I had a similar sound on
my
> 1984 - I concluded it was the parking brake releasing a bit and
> grabbing. Are you on any kind of front to back slope?
>
> Wayne Chappuis
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ryan Wright"
> wrote:
> >
> > Several nights now, I have heard a loud thump in my coach in the
> > middle of the night. The first couple of nights it was loud
enough
> and
> > startled me out of my sleep such that I flipped the security
lights
> on
> > and went out hunting bad guys with a tactical light and a 9mm
(bus
> is
> > parked on my private property behind a fence with a locked gate,
so
> > anyone lurking in the shadows by my coach is fair game).
> Fortunately I
> > haven't found anyone and the noise happened again last night, so
I'm
> > fairly sure at this point it's something on the bus itself.
> >
> > Basically, it's a "boom" type of echoing noise. It's loud, at
least
> > when you're sleeping in the back. Sounds like someone smacking a
> big,
> > empty aluminum tank with a baseball bat. I can't help but wonder
if
> > it's coming from the plumbing system? Maybe a loud burp of a tank
of
> > some sort? Perhaps a side wall on the hot water heater flexing? I
> > don't know, I'm just guessing here.
> >
> > Has anyone else experienced this? I'm not running A/C or heaters,
so
> > probably not related to those. No engine or generator running,
> either.
> > Plugged into 50 amp shore power, running fridge, water pump, hot
> water
> > heater, battery chargers and lights. That's about it. No incoming
> > water connection (I prefer to use the on-board water and just
fill
> it
> > up every few weeks to minimize the damage in the event of a leak).
> >
> > Thanks for any advice.
> >
> > -Ryan
> > '86 PT-40 8V92
> > Tri-Cities, WA
> >
>