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ArenaBlanca
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Topic: hot water faucet problem Posted: 12 Mar 2018 at 9:58am |
I guess it isn't really a problem
unless you don't know how to solve it. I know what to do when it
happens, but it recurs. That is what I want to solve.
We camped in the Pod for 150 days last
year with minimal problems. I winterized and de-wintered the R-Pod
using the instructions in the manual developed on this site. I
stored the anode for the water heater separately and re-inserted it
this spring using Teflon tape to ensure it wasn't leaking.
We went camping this weekend for the
first trip this year and had the hot water flow drop to zilch all of
a sudden. I removed the aerator from the faucet and there was a
small piece of plastic stuck in the aerator. I removed it and the
flow returned. The next day the same thing happened again. This
time I examined the plastic closely. It was about the width and
texture of the Teflon tape but was dark gray in color. This seems to
happen only with the hot water flow.
The Teflon tape I use is white in color
but I am wondering if a piece of it could have broken off and somehow
become discolored in the heating process. Has anyone else
encountered something like this?Should I consider flushing just the
hot water system? If so, how do I do that? What other causes/issues might I need to consider? My wife reminds me that I used a brand new hose (garden variety) to
fill the R-pod, and suggests that a piece of detritus from that could
be the cause. However, we were hooked to a "city water" system in a state park when this was happening. I also was running the water through a sediment and then a carbon filter before it went into the pod.
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lostagain
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Posted: 12 Mar 2018 at 10:29am |
It doesn't sound like the plastic is the teflon tape. The direction of the twist on the anode threads would tend to push the tape out of, not into the tank.
It certainly would be worth flushing the water system without the strainers in the faucets (sink and shower hose) to see if that clears it. It may be some debris that got dislodged in travels. But there could also be something starting to break apart in the water system, in which case you need to find out what it is to fix it.
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furpod
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Posted: 12 Mar 2018 at 11:07am |
The teflon tape won't discolor from the "heating process" or it wouldn't still be white on the anode threads.
When was the last time you sanitized the system? I have seen stuff show up from breaking loose from the inside of the hose.. the "stuff" was plastic feeling, but was organic. It was film from the hose.
I have also seen a water filter break down and send debris through the system.
While I grew up drinking from water hoses, now days, they are all made in China out of who knows what.. so I don't do it anymore. Your call. The book answer is to only use a certified drinking water safe hose, they aren't expensive, or hard to find.
The best way to flush the system would be to hook up to city water, pull the aerators from each faucet, and run water through each one, and each side cold/hot, until you feel it's clear and clean of any debris. It's just fresh water, so you can run it into a bucket and dump or send it out the window, or whatever..
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furpod
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Posted: 12 Mar 2018 at 11:13am |
Let me see if I can find some pictures.. Now these are from a 2 year old drinking water hose, start of season.. I now sanitize my hoses every year. I cut the hose open so I could get good pictures. Here is the biofilm buildup inside the hose.. made up some sanitation fluid.. bleach and water, in a water bottle. Filled the hose, let it sit over night.. After.. Rinsed, reassembled, back in use..
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ArenaBlanca
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Posted: 12 Mar 2018 at 12:02pm |
I love this forum! It is so helpful in solving problems. I sanitized the Pod when I de-wintered. However, I did not think of checking the hoses or replacing the filters. I will do both and also flush out the system again. The material is definitely plastic as it is stretchable. It may well be a filter that is decomposing.
I'll let you know the outcome.
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marwayne
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Posted: 12 Mar 2018 at 12:30pm |
It's funny, I'm going into season 8. I winterize, dewinterize, sanitize check the filter at the pump. I have never ever had a speck of debris in the filter by the pump. So maybe it has something to do with the dealer, they told at the walk through that they flushed the tanks and the lines and cleaned out the filter and aerator.
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Posted: 12 Mar 2018 at 12:41pm |
Originally posted by furpod
While I grew up drinking from water hoses, now days, they are all made in China out of who knows what.. so I don't do it anymore.
| Charlie's Third Law: China=Cheap=Crap. Think baby milk, wallboard, petfood, etc.
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Posted: 13 Mar 2018 at 1:08pm |
Lead has often been mixed with vinyl to make vinyl more flexible. Lead will leach from the vinyl. Lead exposure is known to result in lowered intelligence and increased violence. Use a hose made for potable water.
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Posted: 13 Mar 2018 at 1:40pm |
I have noticed that a lot of things made over there seem to end up with lead in them. I don't know if it's intentional or accidental, or a side effect of where things are made. I'm not judging, because they probably use a lot of the same things there, so there just may not be very good controls WRT lead.
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lostagain
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Posted: 13 Mar 2018 at 6:29pm |
I bought the cheapest hose I could find in Home Depot. It's made in the USA. Surprisingly, there are still a lot of plastic products made here.
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