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    Posted: 29 Sep 2015 at 3:13pm
I live in Ontario Canada and would like to know if anyone leaves their R-Pod outside for the winter and what precautions you take besides winterizing ? Thanks Greenroads 
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We do,live in northern Vermont.we winterized and then park our pod and leave the fan lid cracked open a bit. I will then regularly brush of snow so ice doesn't build up. That's it. We are on our second pod and have been doing this for the last 6 yea
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Thanks for the info ! 
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Posts: 274 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Sep 2015 at 9:14pm
Is it necessary to leave the vent open? It seems like snow would get in and it would just get much colder inside, which seems hard on plastic parts.
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I always left the vent cracked slightly and one of the windows open slightly. The pods are tightly sealed otherwise. Temperature is a non-issue. If it is -5 F outside it will quickly get to -5 inside unless you have a heater running.
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Posts: 1676 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Sep 2015 at 3:23pm
Originally posted by Leo B

We do,live in northern Vermont.we winterized and then park our pod and leave the fan lid cracked open a bit. I will then regularly brush of snow so ice doesn't build up. That's it. We are on our second pod and have been doing this for the last 6 years

I thought you would have found that first pod after the spring thaw?! Star

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Last year some of the snow banks could have hid a pod!
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Originally posted by Leo B

We do,live in northern Vermont.we winterized and then park our pod and leave the fan lid cracked open a bit. I will then regularly brush of snow so ice doesn't build up. That's it. We are on our second pod and have been doing this for the last 6 years

I thought you would have found that first pod after the spring thaw?! Star

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