Ticking propane tank
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Topic: Ticking propane tank
Posted By: The Pod Couple
Subject: Ticking propane tank
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2013 at 2:32pm
So we picked up our 178 yesterday and camped out in our driveway last night. Enjoyed Chinese food, a bottle of champagne and a movie ( once we figured out how to make the DVD work  ). This morning my husband turned on the heater, which proceeded to produce some stinky smoke, which set off the smoke alarm. Besides that, he said that while the heater was on using propane, he noticed that a ticking sound seemed to be coming from the tank. Has anyone else observed that and is it normal? Our 178 also came with a keypad locking device for the door. It worked when we did the walk through, but now seems not to be locking/unlocking the door. Everything else seems pretty fabulous! My husband wants to sleep in the Pod again tonight, he said it was the best nights sleep he's had in a while. Really wish we had a free weekend coming up...------------- Larry &Pat The Pod Couple 2001 Ford F150 2014 RPod 178 |
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Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2013 at 2:55pm
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Pinging regulators happen. If yours is pinging you can get it replaced. It happens. The smoke is normal the first times you burn your heater. Bit of residual manufacturing process stuff that has to burn off and you'll be good after it does. What is your problem with the lock? Trust me, that is not uncommon. Lots of us have messed up the keyless entries. They take some getting used to. Several of us have locked ourselves out, messed up codes etc until we learned exactly how to deal with them. Is it still lighting up and beeping? Or is it just dead completely? ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: The Pod Couple
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2013 at 3:09pm
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It's lighting and beeping, but then nothing happens. ------------- Larry &Pat The Pod Couple 2001 Ford F150 2014 RPod 178 |
Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2013 at 3:26pm
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Are you remembering to hit the unlock button, are you making sure you "wake" the unit before trying to lock or unlock, have you changed the keycode? I know one day my wife couldn't open ours because she forgot to hit the unlock key at the end. And please know by no means am I implying that you don't know what you're doing with it, I just know that they take some getting used to! Even this weekend, I locked myself out twice because I was pushing the buttons too fast, and another time because I was grabbing the door handle before the sequence was allowed to finish completely. Did you get the instructions where it tells about the low battery beepings? Perhaps that's the root cause. ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: The Pod Couple
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2013 at 4:58pm
I am remembering to hit the unlock button on the bottom and I do hear the beeping sounds when I push the buttons...I will go back and read through the directions to make sure I'm doing this right. And it's ok if you ARE implying that I don't know what I'm doing because this is all new and I DON'T know what I'm doing!  I appreciate all the comments and support and helpful ideas. As others have said, this forum is great and I'm glad you all are here and willing to help!------------- Larry &Pat The Pod Couple 2001 Ford F150 2014 RPod 178 |
Posted By: The Pod Couple
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2013 at 4:59pm
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Oh, I forgot to ask...how do you "wake" the device? A gentle nudge...an alarm...singing??? ------------- Larry &Pat The Pod Couple 2001 Ford F150 2014 RPod 178 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2013 at 5:54pm
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All of those work with my wife! Pinging regulators was a major problem with early pods from 2009 and 2010. Maybe we've hit round 2? ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: The Pod Couple
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2013 at 8:26pm
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So is the pinging bad? Does it need to be replaced? ------------- Larry &Pat The Pod Couple 2001 Ford F150 2014 RPod 178 |
Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2013 at 8:45pm
The pinging isn't usually a sign of anything bad. Some podders have dealt with it for a long time without any issue or occurence. Usually it's just an annoyance that is most always fixed with the new regulator. As far as waking the door panel. You just have to touch the black panel surrounding the numberpad until it lights up completely. You shouldn't begin any of the code keying until it is fully illuminated, otherwise it will error beep at you. Here is a link for the manual if you don't already have it! https://www.facebook.com/groups/56931970807/10151790754900808/ - https://www.facebook.com/groups/56931970807/10151790754900808/ ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: The Pod Couple
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2013 at 9:05pm
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Thanks! I did find our manual and read it. After waking up the panel with a gentle touch, putting in the code along with the unlock button, it gives a long beep, which if I understand correctly could mean the batteries are low or I've put in the wrong code. My husband is having a go at it now. The problem with having a new trailer is that it makes us want to be retired. For me that's still five years off.  My mother tells me not to wish my life away. I'm trying, I really am.------------- Larry &Pat The Pod Couple 2001 Ford F150 2014 RPod 178 |
Posted By: SNO4ME
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2013 at 9:37pm
Hmmmm, I have the same problem but my problem concludes in about 1 year, 8 months, 3 weeks..................... We're big into snowmobiling and I've never been this disappointed to see the warm weather leave but I've always loved fall, (my second favorite season) . ------------- Bruce & Donna in the Sno Pod (and Brewer too) 2011 RP 177 |
Posted By: The Pod Couple
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2013 at 10:18pm
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I actually have 2069 days until retirement. Who's counting though, right! I have an app on my phone that counts down the days. ------------- Larry &Pat The Pod Couple 2001 Ford F150 2014 RPod 178 |
Posted By: Keith-N-Dar
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2013 at 5:41am
I just calculated: 1826! ------------- Keith-N-Dar Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2013 at 11:10am
Been retired since '97.. It rocks. Especially if you do it early. (I was 37)
 On the lock.. If it is accepting the touches, but giving a long beep, Batteries MAY be low. You MAY have reset the code to the factory default. You MAY be entering the numbers to fast. You MAY be entering the numbers to slow. Your manual should give you the default combo, and tell you how to reset it, and tell you how to set a custom combo. Pinging regulators have happened, it's a warranty thing. ------------- |
Posted By: Riverrat
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2014 at 4:59pm
So I'm wondering how you resolved the issue with the keyless entry? We are having the same issue right now 
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Posted By: GlobeTrotter
Date Posted: 07 May 2014 at 1:52pm
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We have a 2014 177 and am experiencing the pinging regulator. It seems to work OK but I ran out of propane using my heater a lot (or so I thought), went to refill it and found that it was still half full. Evidently, it did not empty. Was going to have the regulator replaced but decided to add a second tank and a dual regulator. Hopefully that will solve the problem. ------------- Podding from Montana and loving it! |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 07 May 2014 at 2:35pm
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It still sounds like you need to get that other regulator replaced. It is fairly cheap. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: bmkparshall
Date Posted: 07 May 2014 at 2:35pm
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Four months after a new 178 purchase our "keyless" batteries were dead. They were an off brand
------------- B MK Parshall 2016 Silverado 5.3 V8 and R-178 Poddler |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 07 May 2014 at 3:38pm
Ok... The battery life will be kind of short with those, off brand batteries or not, because that keypad is always "on".. waiting for a touch.. ------------- |