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johnmaci
Senior Member Joined: 17 Jun 2014 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 202 |
Topic: Lessons Learned Posted: 28 Jun 2015 at 8:36pm |
There are a few products on the market to allow for air to circulate under your mattress. Hypervent is one: http://www.doityourselfrv.com/prevent-under-mattress-mold-hypervent/
Or the Froli system looks very interesting too: http://www.frolisleepsystems.com/ I've been seeing these on more and more RV's. Lastly the Neptune Slat system: http://www.neptune.nl/slatsystems/?page=lattenbodems I guess most that works on boats will work for RV's........ |
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SNO4ME
Senior Member Joined: 28 Sep 2013 Location: NW Wis Online Status: Offline Posts: 122 |
Posted: 28 Jun 2015 at 8:12pm |
Even when we use the furnace we leave the vent cracked open an inch of so. Coldest temps we have camped is mid thirties. |
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Bruce & Donna in the Sno Pod
(and Brewer too) 2011 RP 177 |
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Dreded
Newbie Joined: 12 May 2015 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 22 |
Posted: 14 May 2015 at 1:35am |
not sure if it will last forever but one nice thing about the 2015 r-pods is that the door stays exactly where you put it so never have to worry about the wind ripping it from your hand etc :p
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2015.5 RPOD 171
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Grayotter
Groupie Joined: 06 Aug 2014 Location: Morro Bay Online Status: Offline Posts: 60 |
Posted: 10 Mar 2015 at 3:05pm |
I put two layers of 1 1/2" long self sticking weather stripping on my fender where the door would hit, if it got away from us. Spent about 3 weeks camping since buying our 179 in August.
Looking forward to trying one of those foam noodles some motorhomes use on their slides. Haven't yet found a vender. Gar
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 10 Mar 2015 at 7:57am |
That was our experience - w/o good ventillation we had a ton of condensation on the windows and walls, lesson learned after the first night or two. No issues with moisture after that.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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ChinookPod
Groupie Joined: 24 Jun 2014 Location: Alberta Online Status: Offline Posts: 49 |
Posted: 09 Mar 2015 at 9:31pm |
Assume it was "normal condensation". Our climate is very dry but always have some condensation on the inside of windows in the morning due to lower overnight temps. Maybe we need to open the roof vent more, but what's the point if using the furnace? The underside of the mattress (above the pass through on 171) may have had greater warm/cool interface (we used the foil insulating blanket). Just glad we caught it. Especially now that a new mattress is permanently in place (didn't buy a bendable mattress... DOH!).
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2014 RP171 HRE
2010 F150 |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 09 Mar 2015 at 9:20pm |
Odd, we never had a problem with that. I camped in it from 10 F to 100 F.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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D. K. CAMPERS
Newbie Joined: 25 Jan 2015 Location: Westfield, NY Online Status: Offline Posts: 32 |
Posted: 09 Mar 2015 at 9:18pm |
How did this moisture problem happen.
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Deb and Kathy
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D. K. CAMPERS
Newbie Joined: 25 Jan 2015 Location: Westfield, NY Online Status: Offline Posts: 32 |
Posted: 09 Mar 2015 at 9:16pm |
Hi everyone, our 179 is still at the dealers because of the weather around here. I go to visit it once a week taking measurements and looking around. One thing that really troubles me is the outside door does not lay flat against the trailer when it is open. Has anyone considered wanting to have a door that hinges the other way? I meant to take some measurements the other day to see if it was even possible, but too much snow to do it, anyone have any thoughts on this? I would very much like to hear from you.
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Deb and Kathy
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ChinookPod
Groupie Joined: 24 Jun 2014 Location: Alberta Online Status: Offline Posts: 49 |
Posted: 09 Mar 2015 at 8:24pm |
Lesson learned about a "heat barrier" under the mattress - enough condensation to soak the sheets and the mattress, necessitating mattress removal to dry.
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2014 RP171 HRE
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