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Alaskaflyer
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Topic: Winterization Posted: 09 Oct 2016 at 5:16pm |
Don't forget to winterize the outdoor shower!
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this_is_nascar
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Posted: 06 Nov 2012 at 9:06am |
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"Ray & Connie"
- 2017 R-Pod RP-180
- 2007 Toyota Tacoma TRD-Off Road
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mountain mist
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Location: Gatlinburg Tenn
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Posted: 02 Nov 2012 at 5:30pm |
mine is a inch and a 16th... just took it out to drain hot water heater...
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'11 Forest River r.pod 171
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Trudi and Austin mini-schnauzers
change here, Trudi has gone, Austin now has a small black schnauzer buddy, Bentley
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RPodWeGo
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Posted: 02 Nov 2012 at 4:33pm |
Does anyone know the size of the anode rod bolt? I saw it somewhere on this forum and I have now searched for a few days without success. Thanks. Happy Weekend.
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RPodWeGo
RPod 177
04 v8 Toyota 4Runner
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mountain mist
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Posted: 02 Nov 2012 at 3:41pm |
By the way. I hope you fared well where you are.
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'11 Forest River r.pod 171
'10 Ford Edge
ESCAPE POD
Trudi and Austin mini-schnauzers
change here, Trudi has gone, Austin now has a small black schnauzer buddy, Bentley
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mountain mist
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Posted: 02 Nov 2012 at 3:41pm |
Been there , done that. We had large motorcoaches. Hubby did not want to drive the big suckers anymore and he was done camping. We had started out in Tents.,,, so I went right out and fixed myself up with tenting gear again. Hubby took pity on me and bought me the Pod. I do it alone with my dogs. Don't Winter camp, Winterizer it at proper times. The weather was bad last week or so, but forcast for good nite temps, so I am getting another short trip in. Not to worry, by the time we get Really cold weather the EscapePod will have its pipes full of antifreeze... I guess you might never have asked about people having reactions to the smell. I was a little suprised when someone posted right back with a simular reaction. It's contained, but the smell is still there if you are sensetive to it. And never have planned to full time. Know the weather around here and we have small spells of cold, but not hard freezes, I keep the Pod plugged in all year, for ac or furnace. One keeps the meldew down, the other keeps the pipes ok if the weather is just mid to upper 30's, which is what we have until December.
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'11 Forest River r.pod 171
'10 Ford Edge
ESCAPE POD
Trudi and Austin mini-schnauzers
change here, Trudi has gone, Austin now has a small black schnauzer buddy, Bentley
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this_is_nascar
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Posted: 02 Nov 2012 at 2:52pm |
Wow. Sorry to hear about that reaction with the anti-freeze. I've never heard of anyone having a reaction to it, especially since it's contained in the closed-system of pipes and tubes. If that's the case and you plan on using it full-time, year round, I guess I'm wondering why you didn't get a 4-season camper, something capable of being used all-year long, without winterizing.
Anyway, that's not helping you now. Best you can do, I guess, is take your chances without the antifreeze and really make sure all the moisture is out of your lines/systems. All it takes is a couple drops in the wrong spot to cause damage. Water expands when it freezes and it there's no available space for the expanding water to go, that's when damage occurs.
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"Ray & Connie"
- 2017 R-Pod RP-180
- 2007 Toyota Tacoma TRD-Off Road
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mountain mist
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Posted: 02 Nov 2012 at 11:10am |
I use it after I am done camping in it, just the in and out to check it out in Winter does not bother me. It is just the sleeping with it in the lines or being in it all day if weather is bad. I am not sure if it affects my dogs, but would not want them to be uncomfortable either.
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'11 Forest River r.pod 171
'10 Ford Edge
ESCAPE POD
Trudi and Austin mini-schnauzers
change here, Trudi has gone, Austin now has a small black schnauzer buddy, Bentley
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danthoman
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Posted: 02 Nov 2012 at 10:33am |
Ray - The anti freeze is mostly propylene glycol, and while no inhalation, dermal contact or ingestion toxicity is expected (as per the MSDS) it will still affect some people. Like mountain mist, I get a headache and blocked sinuses every time I smell it. So I rather not use it if at all possible.
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Linda and Dan
Calley the golden retriever
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mountain mist
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Posted: 02 Nov 2012 at 10:01am |
I have the "pink stuff" on hand ,,, but I do not like the smell of it when I am living in the Pod... kind of gives me a headache too, when I am in and out checking in Winter that is fine.... I will have furnace on which should take care of the temps that are not going down into hard freeze and for the few days I will be out.
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'11 Forest River r.pod 171
'10 Ford Edge
ESCAPE POD
Trudi and Austin mini-schnauzers
change here, Trudi has gone, Austin now has a small black schnauzer buddy, Bentley
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