Does anyone remove the television over winter?
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Topic: Does anyone remove the television over winter?
Posted By: GCRicker
Subject: Does anyone remove the television over winter?
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2020 at 1:26pm
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I’m winterizing my 190 today for the first time, and I’m wondering if it’s okay to leave the television in it over the winter. I live in New Hampshire where winters are cold.
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Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2020 at 1:55pm
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Cold isn't going to harm the TV. Condensing humidity could, if you lived somewhere with high humidity where that was a problem. But NH doesn't have that problem, at least not in the winter. OTOH its not a big deal to remove the TV if you wanted to, but if you do, don't store it in a basement, that's more likely to have high humidity than the rPod is. ------------- 1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
Posted By: GCRicker
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2020 at 2:51pm
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Posted By: podwerkz
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2020 at 7:54pm
Just be sure to change the oil in the TV... ------------- r･pod 171 gone but not forgotten! |
Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 7:53am
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You can use 0-15 in the winter but just be sure to go back to 10-30 next summer. ------------- 1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
Posted By: podwerkz
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 8:22am
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TV= Tow Vehicle, right? Yep, change the fluids...  ------------- r･pod 171 gone but not forgotten! |
Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 8:54am
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I've never removed the television in 5 years. Never an issue so far. Be sure to either plug in atleast 15 amps to keep battery charged, or remove it. Make sure you remove any cans or bottles containing fluids that could freeze from any compartments. ------------- 2017.5 Rp-172 2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding |
Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 10:17am
And here I was thinking you meant coating the television circuit boards with oil to prevent condensation damage. My bad...  ------------- 1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
Posted By: podwerkz
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 10:33am
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If you have a TV in your TV then you can REALLY get corn-fused. 
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Posted By: geewizard
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 8:04pm
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I removed it shortly after buying the RPod. Solved that issue.
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