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lostagain 
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Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595 |
 Topic: Fresh water Holding tank ????Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 6:16am |
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I was dead serious about not wanting to make my coffee with beer. It's terrible waste of good beer and doesn't taste good in the coffee. Far better to put a dash of Jamesons in the coffee. ;--) Moveable ballast is very handy in the trailer. For the 172, the waste water tanks are forward of the axle, so as my jugs of water stored under the bed are used up, the consumption of the drinking water in bottles is offset by normal water use as the FW tank is consumed for washing and such.
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Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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offgrid
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Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 24 Feb 2019 at 6:03am |
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+1 about not drinking the tank water. I was half joking about the beer.
Folks who have spent extended periods in developing countries quickly learn that the stuff coming out of the faucet is not something you actually want to put in your body. Its for washing only. There are plenty of places in the US where the tap water isn't fit to drink either. Bottled or filtered water is for drinking, brushing teeth, and rinsing raw fruits and vegetables. I'm used to that and do it at home as well. The trailer balance advantage is a second plus from using bottled water. In the 179 I keep it in the rear under the kitchen counter and as I use it and other consumable supplies up I'm balancing against the fresh water moving aft into the gray water tank. And the third advantage is that it extends the water capacity of the trailer. I usually start with two 2.5 gallon water dispensers and set one on the kitchen counter when I set up camp. That adds 17% to the water capacity, good for another day or two before having to find a dump station. |
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lostagain
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Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595 |
Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 8:28pm |
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I like beer ok, but at my age it's really not good for my girth. And what would I do for my morning coffee. Beer doesn't work well for making coffee. But, on the other hand, I've never been an advocate drinking tank water under any circumstances except when one is stranded in the desert and the choice is to drink it or die. Since my FW tank is aft of the axle, I use bottled water for drinking and pack it forward under the bed in the front of the trailer. It kills two birds with one stone. It helps with the tongue weight and it helps with the coffee.
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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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offgrid
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Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 11:14am |
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Don't drink the water from the tank. Drink beer instead. Problem solved.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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GlueGuy
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Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2702 |
Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 9:58am |
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Ah. The holistic approach.
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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tcj
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Joined: 05 Jul 2018 Location: Central WA Online Status: Offline Posts: 141 |
Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 9:03am |
When a 5000 gallon vat of apple juice doesn't test clean at the apple juice plant down the road here the employees say "Dilution is the solution"
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2018 R-pod 180 Hood River Edition
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jato
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Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3325 |
Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 9:48pm |
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I guess we have been fortunate in that from the time we purchased our 177 (January 2011) until we met furpod at the ERU, Traverse City, summer 2016, we had never sanitized our fresh water tank and used it a lot for drinking water. Even when drained for the winter I would venture to say there are still probably 3 to 4 gallons in the bottom that never drain out. We have only used well water, never muni or chemicalized water in our tank. Anyway, we now sanitize 1 time each spring to be safe, however there is still that 3 - 4 gallons that never drains although it does get changed over I suppose, every time we fill.
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'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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Shane
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 09 Sep 2018 Location: Northern IL. Online Status: Offline Posts: 98 |
Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 4:59pm |
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As to the question of how often to drain the fresh water tank. I was told by my technician to drain my tank after every camping trip, that way stagnate water is not sitting inside the tank. I have a 2018 R-Pod 180, and it has a small threaded pipe maybe 3/4" long that is threaded with a cap on it. I just unscrew the drain cap and it drains with no problem. Make sure when you screw the cap back on that you use some type of thread seal tape to prevent leaking. If yours in not draining I would use a small screwdriver to see if something is plugging up the drain.
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offgrid
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Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 19 Feb 2019 at 3:06pm |
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My 2015 is also a half inch (I think) cap. Drains plenty fast unless plugged with debris. I had a petcock in a previous RV and it took forever to drain. i removed it and put in a cap.
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Tars Tarkas
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Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1452 |
Posted: 19 Feb 2019 at 1:12pm |
It's possible there are different plumbing fixtures on different pods. Mine has a simple cap. Half inch, I think. There's no faster, simpler way to drain the tank than to remove that cap. If you have a cap and the water doesn't pour out in a fast, solid stream, there is probably some sort of obstruction. It's a straight shot up from the drain to the tank, so stick a pencil or screw driver up there and see if that loosens things up. If you have a petcock, consider removing it and checking for clogs. If you can figure out how to blow some air up it without removing it, that might work too. I don't see how removing the anode from the water heater will drain the tank since it's higher than the tank, and it seems like a waste of time and wear and tear on the pump to pump the water out of the tank just to drain it. As stated, the city water inlet on the pod is supposed to bypass the tank. If the tank is filling from the city water inlet there is a stuck check valve that can sometimes be fixed by running the pump intermitantly for a few cycles. TT
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