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    Posted: 14 Aug 2012 at 1:56pm
How deep are the walls in the RPODs to drill safely?  What fasteners are recommended (or used) successfully?

For purposes of hanging or securing items to bulkheads inside.

I'm thinking of short Molly anchors.

What say?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Aug 2012 at 3:33pm
I have sucessfully used both the plastic screw anchors (approx 3/4") and metal mollys (also 3/4"). The wall board material, with a few exceptions, is VERY thin and fragile. I first mark my hole and then take a very small drill bit and make a shallow hole. To my surprise, sometimes I hit a piece of reinforcing wood and can go straight in without an anchor/molly of any sort - - but that is rare.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Aug 2012 at 11:35am
So far, for interior mounting of lightweight racks, and shelves, i use 1/2 x 6 pan head sheet matal screws. I have hung Closetmaid baskets, racks for condiments, wire racks above the sink made from shower hanger racks, and even wood shelves supported with angle brackets. I use Closetmaid omega shaped brackets (somewhat costly, and with extra screws and anchors, but great for wire baskets).
I have not had a single failure. Most of the stuff we hang doesn't weigh more than 5 lbs and the walls are 1/8" plywood which is really quite tough - it handles the coarse thread screws well - I don't pre-drill with my big driver to do the work. If you remove the factory stuff you find they use a similar screw - actually even finer diameter and thread.

On the outside, I mounted a couple of those adjustable flagpole holders to hold a shower curtain above the exterior shower I installed. For these I used short mollys and a dab of silicone to keep the surface from rusting. To mount the shower box, I used 3/4 x 8 stainless steel sheet screws through the fiberglass - there were 10, so I figured there was enough screws to hold the box in place. And two of them actually went into an aluminum structural upright, ensuring a solid mounting.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Aug 2012 at 11:42am
PS - to answer the original question.

The walls are nominal 1 1/4" thick. The interior of a wall section is defined by 1"x1" aluminum tubing. the interior is the 1/8" plywood with a plasticised wallpaper covering. the exterior is a fiberglass sheeting of nominal 1/8", but as actually a little thinner. the space inbetween is molded styrofoam beads. Quite sturdy until it gets crunched a decent force. there was a photo of a jackknifed and rolled R-Pod on one of the forums earlier this summer - kinda ugly!.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Aug 2012 at 6:05pm
SmileThank you to all who replied with useful information regarding the wall thicknesses.  It's very helpful to get this kind of information before you make a mistake or damage something.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Aug 2012 at 6:11pm
Huh, when i installed my shelves there was fiberglass insulation in the rear curve and side wall.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Aug 2012 at 8:29pm
Hmmm... Curious, everything I've pulled out of the walls has been white and beady. Can't say I have been into the rear curve, tho. The factory pics that folks have posted show styrofoam insulation between inside and outside. But Fiberglas might be easier in the curved rear end.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Aug 2012 at 7:56pm
It was white, but definitely fiberglass.  It was in the wall, too.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Aug 2012 at 8:08am
I'll bring the wall section I cut out for my out side shower to the roundup.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Aug 2012 at 5:00pm
I just finished putting in a permanent exterior receptacle for my new solar charging system. 30 watt panel, Morningstar 4.5 amp controller. Used a 4" outdoor box and mounted on the back of the panel using 3/4"x1/2" alum angle and a single receptacle. Mounted a 20amp receptacle from etrailer.com right next to the 30 amp inlet, labeled in big letters "Solar charger input only". Used a 14ga red extension cord and replaced the standard end with a 125v20amp receptacle to mate with the exterior outlet. (One blade is vertical, one is horizontal).   Made a tripod for the panel. Got all the wiring tested, tested the panel before the outlet install, and now it starts to rain this afternoon! LOL. Will get photos of the setup tomorrow.
PS - the wall was styrofoam insulation.
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