New R-P 196 Owner - Event Date: 23 Sep 2020 |
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ash
Newbie Joined: 23 Sep 2020 Location: Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 13 |
Calendar Event: New R-P 196 Owner Posted: 25 Sep 2020 at 2:52pm |
Podwerkz,
With your 30lb bottle mounted up front, were you still able to put the black plastic cover over it? |
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 25 Sep 2020 at 7:35am |
It does do something. On a hot sunny day it will collect a lot of solar energy and heat up your propane cylinder nice and hot. There is a reason propane cylinders are painted white..... If you do want to cover the propane cylinder for security or some other reason get a white cover.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3220 |
Posted: 24 Sep 2020 at 7:49pm |
Our second mod on our 177, after changing the mattress was to install 2 20# tanks with a corresponding white plastic cover. 9+ years later both are holding up real well. Am amazed at how many people with the hard plastic propane covers put them on backward so that if the plastic screws aren't cinched down that hold the top door on, it blows off.
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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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Capt Kidd
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 18 Aug 2015 Location: Chico, CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 212 |
Posted: 24 Sep 2020 at 6:14pm |
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The Pirate's Pod
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podwerkz
Senior Member Joined: 11 Mar 2019 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 966 |
Posted: 24 Sep 2020 at 5:17pm |
I have a 30 pounder AND a 20 pounder....best of both worlds. I use the 30 pounder mounted up front as the main, and carry a 20 pounder as a backup/exchange if needed, and it can also supply my catalytic heater or my cookstove. The 30 pounder lasts a LONG time.
BTW I ditched that POS black plastic cover. Always in the way, does nothing.
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r・pod 171 gone but not forgotten!
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Capt Kidd
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 18 Aug 2015 Location: Chico, CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 212 |
Posted: 24 Sep 2020 at 4:05pm |
I don't know the guy that does my RV work did it
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The Pirate's Pod
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Pod_Geek
Senior Member Joined: 04 Dec 2019 Location: Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 259 |
Posted: 24 Sep 2020 at 2:20pm |
Which mount did you decide on?
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2020.5 R-Pod 195 Hood River
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Capt Kidd
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 18 Aug 2015 Location: Chico, CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 212 |
Posted: 24 Sep 2020 at 11:43am |
I have dual 20s on my 196
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The Pirate's Pod
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 24 Sep 2020 at 11:06am |
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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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ash
Newbie Joined: 23 Sep 2020 Location: Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 13 |
Posted: 24 Sep 2020 at 11:00am |
Thank you all for your inputs, recommendations, and feedback. I might just leave it alone and keep another 20lb bottle in my truck bed as spare.
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