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Topic: Battery getting stolen

Posted By: meezerbean
Subject: Battery getting stolen
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2013 at 6:44pm

We have a 2012 175.

I'm so tired of having my battery stolen.

How do you lock your battery?

I've been thinking of installing a computer fan in the front storage compartment rear wall so that it exhausts into the refrigerator grill to the outside and then moving my battery to the front storage compartment.

-James

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Posted By: TerryM
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2013 at 7:21pm

I assume that this is happening when your not using the Pod. You could put it inside the camper when not in use. That shouldn't hurt anything. I did that for a while.

Terry

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RP-175 W/Lift Kit 2011 Ford F-150 4X4
Saint Augustine, FL: The first permanent European settlement in the USA: 1565

Posted By: dsmiths
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2013 at 9:54pm

Meezerbean, good grief where do you live that they have stolen your battery more than once ??

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Dane and Donna Smith
2011 RP-172
2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4
lift kit
prodigy wireless brake controller

Posted By: P&M
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2013 at 8:40am

I use a cable lock made by Master Lock. Weatherproof, key lockable, easy to use, 6' long. Wrap it around the battery and battery frame, cinch it up and lock it ... ain't going nowhere. Here's link to the type I got:

http://www.masterlock.com/products/product_details/8413KA - http://www.masterlock.com/products/product_details/8413KA

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P & M ... and Comet too!
2012 171 -- The Monkey Pod
2018 Ram 2500

Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2013 at 9:53am

Originally posted by dsmiths

Meezerbean, good grief where do you live that they have stolen your battery more than once ??

^ this!

I can't imagine the frustration to have it stolen once let alone more than once.

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Posted By: Sleepless
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2013 at 10:05am

I always disconnect my battery when I park our pod in our storage facility, just to keep the battery from discharging. This said, it is easy to place the battery inside the pod, as some one already suggested, since the battery is already disconnected.

Bob

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2014 R-Pod 178 (OUR POD)
2009 Chevrolet Avalanche

Posted By: sammycamper
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2013 at 10:27pm

This topic is depressing. I hadn't even considered worrying about having our battery ripped off. Did they rip off your spare tire, too?

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2012 rPod 173
2008 Trailblazer 4WD V6