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terry908
Newbie Joined: 23 Aug 2016 Location: South Carolina Online Status: Offline Posts: 5 |
Topic: Shower Leak Posted: 21 Mar 2021 at 9:16am |
I have a 2017 RPod 180. During our first camping trip this year the outdoor shower developed a leak. Water is leaking by the shower head and there's also a slow leak around the cold water valve. Has anyone else experienced a similar problem and if so did you fix it yourself? I have never used this shower so I am also considering removing it and sealing the water lines. Let me know your experience.
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 21 Mar 2021 at 2:49pm |
Did you winterize the outdoor shower when you winterized the rest of the trailer? If not, it is likely the outside shower faucet froze. If that is the case, you will likely need to replace the faucet as it is very probably that it cracked from freezing.
I have never used the outdoor shower in ours. I have debated disconnecting it and sealing the lines myself. I think the spray port on the newer RPods is likely more useful than the outside shower which can't really be used as a shower anyway without causing problems related to the gray water generated.
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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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podwerkz
Senior Member Joined: 11 Mar 2019 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 966 |
Posted: 21 Mar 2021 at 4:26pm |
Yep, probably frozen if it wasnt drained for winter...which probably cracked the plastic.
I removed that useless shower head and installed a sink sprayer with a trigger. MUCH more useful for washing the pooch, rinsing out buckets or spritzing sand off your feet, washing misc items outside...etc.
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 5:45am |
If you want to get rid of the outside shower be careful where you cap it off. As it is it’s easy to winterize by just opening it and either waiting for air or pink stuff to come out, depending on which method you use.
I agree with podwerkz, it’s a very useful feature for rinsing sand off feet and cleaning up the doggie after a beach outing. Unless you plan never to sell your trailer, why remove items that future owners might like if they’re not causing harm in some way? |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 8:29am |
It is there and since I would not want to try to patch the outside wall, it will stay there. I am careful to winterize though. This year, I did just air for the first time and it worked okay. I used the RV antifreeze in the traps and toilet bowl only. I remembered to open the low point drains and made sure as much of the residual water as possible was drained. It worked out okay, and I will likely use the air method in the future to avoid having to deal with the antifreeze after-taste.
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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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lostagain
Senior Member Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2587 |
Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 8:57am |
I learned the hard way: On some toilets the fresh water valve doesn't drain adequately using air. Dometic suggests disconnecting the supply line where it enters the valve to let the water out. I purchased an aftermarket valve that claims to have better resistance to ice if it freezes, but I still plan on following the Dometic suggestion. The good thing was the valve incident led to me discovering a design defect in the Dometic 300* toilet and they sent me a new one with the design defect fixed for free. The outside shower seems to drain pretty well with air. You can hear and feel the air coming out and can check as it blows for residual water spraying out with the air.
*from the fotos, it looks like FR doesn't use that toilet in the rPod line.
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 8:58am |
I thought about going to the air method but I think I’ll just stick with the pink stuff. I use about a gallon so the cost is around $2.50 a year, and it’s easy to do. We don’t drink the water from the fwt anyway so aftertaste isn’t an issue for us. Besides, I wound up with about 10 extra gallons of antifreeze after overestimating what I needed to ballast my tractor tires last fall, so I have plenty of pink stuff for awhile...
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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3224 |
Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 5:48pm |
Good for you. In northern Michigan I have used air for the last 9 years with no issues. The first year the traditional pink antifreeze was used but it was a laborious task to get rid of the antifreeze taste so I said 'never again.' What I like about the air method is that it is so quick, to hook up and go through all the lines twice and unhook takes about 2 minutes at 80 psi (yes dear, I always leave one line open so as not to blow out the pex line). The other is that 1 gallon of RV lasts 8 years as it only takes 16oz total for the 2 sink traps, 1 shower trap, and a tad for the toilet to keep the seal moist throughout the winter. Last fall I had to purchase a gallon of rv antifreeze. Was surprised how much it went up since the last time I purchased a gallon which was 8 years - price then was 79 cents. This time it was $ 3.99 - quite an increase!
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podwerkz
Senior Member Joined: 11 Mar 2019 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 966 |
Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 6:28pm |
What? No beet juice? |
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 22 Mar 2021 at 7:24pm |
Would you winterize your rpod with beet juice? 😝
Beet juice is some nassty stuff. It’s denser and freezes at a lower temp than pink antifreeze but I didn’t want my tires that heavy anyway (I’d have to have a second tractor to lift ‘em) and it’s not that cold here. Lots of ppl around here use auto antifreeze but you can kill your pooch if it leaks and he drinks it. Besides, RV antifreeze is really cheap and so am I 👍 |
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