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jato
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Topic: List Your Mods:Posted: 27 Apr 2022 at 8:02pm |
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Two areas to check: the most obvious is your shower head as there could be debris that has clogged the nozzles, the other is the screen that can unscrewed off the input side of the water pump. That likely has debris or other items lodged in the screen. Take it apart, flush, screw back in and see if the pressure improves at the shower head. |
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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StephenH
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Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6472 |
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Posted: 27 Apr 2022 at 8:01pm |
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Have you considered replacing the shower head with an Oxygenics shower head? I think you would find it much better with the stock pump.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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Brendanb
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Posted: 27 Apr 2022 at 7:12pm |
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Has anyone here replaced their water pump with one that will generate more water volume at the shower head. The stock pump will only create a trickle from it. The other fixtures are fine. Maybe something in the shower head ?
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Susan_55
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Posted: 12 Dec 2021 at 9:37am |
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Bahahahaha!
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2014 R-Pod 178 HRE
2015 Toyota Tacoma 4WD V6 on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula, Washington State |
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StephenH
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Posted: 12 Dec 2021 at 8:54am |
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Creative. A-door-able.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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jato
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Posted: 12 Dec 2021 at 5:43am |
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Very nice, well done. Looks great!
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'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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Susan_55
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Posted: 11 Dec 2021 at 10:19pm |
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My VERY first Pod Mod in my 178 seems to be a success! This stove cover is a cabinet door with a recessed panel that I found at the local building supply recycler. The feet are soft rubber (so non-skid) bumpers screwed on with a plastic shim to make them the right height -- about 3/4" above the burners. Then I cut a piece of sheet brass (I KNEW I would need that for something... 20 years ago) and screwed it to the recessed underside for a heat shield just in case the burners were still a little warm when I covered them. And when I'm cooking, the cover sits on the bed for extra "counter" space.
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offgrid
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Posted: 12 Nov 2021 at 6:22pm |
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One salvage Tesla battery module (about 1 ft x 2 ft x 2 inches thick is 5.3 kwh and weighs about 50 lbs. Two would be better but either way that's not too much to consider size and weight to consider. Four industrial size solar modules (each about 1 x 2 meters or 40 x 78 inches would just about get to 1500 watts. Attached crosswize those would pretty much cover the whole trailer roof, with the roof a/c, spoiler and TV antenna removed, and weigh in at around 200 lbs. The minisplit condenser could go on the tongue where the batteries used to be.
Since the top minisplits are close to twice the efficiency of RV roof a/c's (which are better at making noise than cooling) that out to get around 5-6 hours of a/c operation a day. At a typical 50% duty cycle that ought to keep an rpod cool for around 10-12 hours daily (or nightly in a humid climate). So it's quite possible with current technology, more a matter of cost and motivation to do the mod than space. |
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BlindMan
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Posted: 12 Nov 2021 at 5:04pm |
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To put enough solar on it I would actually have to buy 3 more rpods and stack them together, there is just not enough roof space. Oh and give up my pass through and under bed space for batteries. lol. But I have enough to watch a lil TV with the wife, heat up some popcorn in the microwave. So it's all good.
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offgrid
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Posted: 12 Nov 2021 at 4:39pm |
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You'd be able to run the a/c fir around one hour per day continuous if it was sunny, your solar array was clear of shading, and you used no power fir anything else.
The math is: Power requirement of a/c 1600 watts Inverter efficiency: 85%. Battery discharge voltage 12.5V DC load on batteries 1600/.85/12.5= 150.6A. or 150.6 amp hours for one hour continuous operation. Solar output at 1 sun and 25 degrees C: 500 watts solar module temp on summer day : 65 degrees C module temp derate 0.5% per degree or (65-25)*0.5 = 20% Typical sunny day irradiance : 5 sun hours Charging voltage 13.5V Solar array output to batteries 500*0.8/13.5*5=148 amphours per day. An hour a day isn't veryp practical. To cool the trailer for what most ppl would consider a reasonable period of time you'd need to chanfe out the crummy roof a/c for a high efficiency minisplit, put in 1500 plus watts of solar, and about 5kwh plus battery capacity. |
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