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    Posted: 25 May 2018 at 12:42pm
Is there room for a gatorbite push fitting? Just cut right there where the staple damage is at, then insert the push fitting?
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Yep .It was a staple. One staple was rusty and inside the pipe around the hole was a bunch of rust also .  Must have just finally corroded enough to break the seal it had.   Pipe is 1/2" .the fittings/elbows have to be replaced .impossible to get the pipe off the fittings without messing them up .   I suppose I'll put some brass ones on there
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i will be checking it out later today and hopefully fixing it.  Can anyone confirm the size of the tubing?  1/2"?
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 May 2018 at 7:49am
Originally posted by xfitpanther

It turned out the water was coming from a tiny pinhole in the pipe that runs along the back wall in the bathroom.  The one with the paneling over it and goes between the outside storage and under the sink. 


That's good/bad.. should be an easy fix.. sucks to have an actual failure in the supply line. Could you tell if a staple of screw caused the damage?
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It turned out the water was coming from a tiny pinhole in the pipe that runs along the back wall in the bathroom.  The one with the paneling over it and goes between the outside storage and under the sink. 
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Important for those folks that store their Pod without power or heat. AND freezing temps. I have winterized with both pink stuff and air, and only one freeze issue, that was the check valve I installed when moving my tank backflush to drivers side. Pod has power applied and ceramic heater at 50 degrees so no issues in Pod. That valve in toilet seems to be weak point. I make sure when I use air to blow out the toilet flush valve.
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Posts: 1446 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 May 2018 at 5:53pm
Originally posted by xfitpanther

The manual isn't handy, is it the same part of all the rpods?  I'm finding this Thetford 31705 Aqua-Magic V.   I haven't checked to see if this is even the problem, but can't hurt to have one.  It appears they fail often.  

I don't think these things fail very often, for what it's worth.  They do seem to be the weak link in the winterizing process.  If somthing's going to freeze and break it seems like this will be it. 

Some people use just air when winterizing, and some people use the pink stuff.  Some do both.  Whatever, make sure plenty of air or pink stuff is coming out of (into) the toilet when you winterize.  You'll never have a problem this way.

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Originally posted by xfitpanther

The manual isn't handy, is it the same part of all the rpods?  I'm finding this Thetford 31705 Aqua-Magic V.   I haven't checked to see if this is even the problem, but can't hurt to have one.  It appears they fail often.  

That's the one - mine failed for the same reason, appears like it wasn't properly winterized (just bought the trailer this spring). 
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The manual isn't handy, is it the same part of all the rpods?  I'm finding this Thetford 31705 Aqua-Magic V.   I haven't checked to see if this is even the problem, but can't hurt to have one.  It appears they fail often.  
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I had to do mine about 3-4 years ago. I was a little too stingy with the pink stuff and we had some especially cold winter days that year.

If memory serves, it took about 30-40 mins. - not in a hurry. I think I paid $25 for the valve.

Also working from memory, I think the valve holds an amount of water. The pink stuff doesn't work very good when diluted. I learned to run a LOT of pink stuff through the valve.

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