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    Posted: 19 Jun 2018 at 10:48am
Hello!
We are brand new to the site!  and brand new to the Rpod world!
We have 2018 Rpod 179. 

We are proud Canadians from the heart of the country in Manitoba!Heart

Love reading all your comments and suggestions and learning so much from you!


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jun 2018 at 10:56am
Hello Fozzy's Pod,
Welcome and congratulations on your 179. We have enjoyed ours and just completed a trip of almost 6500 miles with it. I've made a number of modifications to ours, some of which might be useful to you as you make your Fozzy's Pod your own. I hope you have many fine adventures and make many great memories in the process.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jun 2018 at 11:04am
I am also a newbie. We have a 2018 Rpod 189. I was wanting to put a shelf above the queen bed but am afraid a shelf may be too heavy for the wall. Does anyone have ideas?
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See my mods for how I did mine. You can use anchors. Home Depot sells ones that are 1" long. You can safely use those but make sure you don't get anything longer as you will go through the side if you do (been there, done that). I originally had angle brackets that hooked behind the valence and used Command Strips to hold the supports I made in place. I noticed that they were pushing the valence down and out, so I switched to anchors before our most recent trip. I recommend them. I also recommend not loading anything too heavy on the shelf. In my case, it holds my CPAP machine, my toiletries and vitamins, some of my clothing, and a small stuffed polar bear (Yukon) who now travels with us both in memory of our Alaska cruise and in memory of my wife's father who had it during the last months of his life and named it. None of these weighs too much.
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Thanks for the info! I will check out the link!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jun 2018 at 11:33am
Just took a look at your pics. Looks great! So where did you get the shelf?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jun 2018 at 11:41am
My husband also uses a CPAP. What a great idea adding the 12 volt! How would I do that?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jun 2018 at 12:38pm
The shelf came from Lowe's Hardware. Unfortunately, they don't stock the same shelf by itself now but in a kit with wall brackets. It is expensive that way. However, my mounting brackets were inexpensive and could be adapted to other type shelves.

For the 12V, I bought the sockets on Amazon. For the ones at the base of the bed, I tapped into the furnace power. Since the wiring for it was more than adequate, I changed fuses in the panel, plutting a 15A fuse in place of the 5A fuse that was there. I then put an inline fuse holder for the socket with a 10A fuse in place. For the one behind the TV, I tapped into the power line for the Jensen unit. That one already had a 15A fuse in the panel so I did not add an additional fuse inline.

I run my CPAP machine with water in the humidifier tank but with the heat turned off for passive humidification. That keeps the power use down.

Edit: For the base of the bed, I got a group with two 12V power sockets and one USB socket. For the second one by the TV, I got a separate 12V socket and a USB socket. I drilled holes in the appropriate places (checking for wires and other obstructions) and then installed them. The hardest part is making sure to get the polarity (positive + and negative -) correct.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jun 2018 at 3:37pm
Looks awesome!  I also thing the area under the bed is wasted!  great job although I don't quite understand what you did with the cupboard by the door?  Is this the large cupboard under the stove?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jun 2018 at 7:09pm
Hello. Just got our first travel trailer: 2015 R-Pod 179. Very excited!

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