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offgrid ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
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Ok, IIRC in my 2015 179 the hot and cold water lines ran aft a little from the pump area, where a set of low point drains dropped through the floor, then across to pick up the bathroom, the aft again on the pass side to pick up the kitchen sink, then back across to pick up the outside shower then forward a little where they dropped through the floor to the rear set of low point drains. Somebody with a 179 correct me if I have that wrong. |
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2BOverlanding ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 01 Dec 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7 |
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I have seen posts where people put a duct over the furnace out let to redirect the heat. Is this available from a supplier or do people just get them made up. If they do is there a link to one with dimensions so that i can make one? Looking at camping in My 177 over Christmas and the temps will be running between 0 and - 12F. Was also wondering if i put 3m window film over a couple of windows whether that would help. I know from experience that we have to leave a couple of windows open a crack and the same with the bathroom vent. We will be boondocking it.
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offgrid ![]() Senior Member ![]() Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
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Stick on window film won't help but the winter shrink window film will because it creates an insulating air space. Foam pieces cut to fit the windows would be better.
Redirecting the air from the furnace isn't going to make the trailer interior any warmer overall, just more uniform in temp, maybe. The heat will get out from under the bed area by natural convection anyway. If you really wanted a diverter you'd have to make it to fit. The temps you're describing are extremely cold for a poorly insulated "2.5" season trailer with an uninsulated water system like an rpod. Leave your water system winterized and heat bottled water on the stove. Or get an Oliver. |
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StephenH ![]() podders Helping podders - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6417 |
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See page 2 of that topic for a template. My pictures are not showing up for some reason. They are the ones I am hosting on my system. It is possible that the latest Fedora update broke the ability of me to host my files this way. If so, I will need to go through and upload all the images and re-do my posts to show them again. Edit: I got the pictures working again. It was a DDNS service issue. The IP address had not updated. Hopefully, it will keep working now.
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