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mountain mist 
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Joined: 25 May 2010 Location: Gatlinburg Tenn Online Status: Offline Posts: 426 |
 Topic: To all you naysayers to the rdome.Posted: 27 Oct 2012 at 4:59pm |
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ps,,,, I tapered the ends too!
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'11 Forest River r.pod 171
'10 Ford Edge ESCAPE POD Trudi and Austin mini-schnauzers change here, Trudi has gone, Austin now has a small black schnauzer buddy, Bentley |
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mountain mist
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Joined: 25 May 2010 Location: Gatlinburg Tenn Online Status: Offline Posts: 426 |
Posted: 27 Oct 2012 at 4:59pm |
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I use the silicone spray to "grease" the groove, have put a grommet in the side at top, have threaded a stout cord to give myself a pull, and Pull it thru the grooove..... Still need the ladder to do this up at the top of the curve.
I don't have the r-dome, have a custom made awning. Wlll no doubt be up on that ladder one way or the other from the sounds of it Have just canceled my 6th try at getting out to camp this year... this time due to the effects of Sandy that is perported to be in the higher elevations early next week... by the end of next week ,back to 70's... go figure. May not give up , but hubby is clambering to Winterize the Pod, just in case. I have emptied it of all liquid, have the heater ready to fire up for the few nights that will be in the 20's and the more the negetive stares me in the face, the more I am determined to go when it warms up,.... If what remains of the campground it not overflowing!
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'11 Forest River r.pod 171
'10 Ford Edge ESCAPE POD Trudi and Austin mini-schnauzers change here, Trudi has gone, Austin now has a small black schnauzer buddy, Bentley |
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marwayne
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Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Location: Edmonton AB Can Online Status: Offline Posts: 1002 |
Posted: 27 Oct 2012 at 2:20pm |
mountain mist: When I put up the dome I spray a little WD40 on a ragg and wipe down the strip that goes into the track, I can push the hole thing through the track from one side. The only thing I need a ladder for is the top pole. How ever I tapert the ends of the vinyl strip, so it wont hook on the screwheads.   As far as being an older person I am right behind you.
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If you want something done right, do it yourself.
2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
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techntrek
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Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 at 9:52pm |
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That's the one! A friend has a Zip stove, which relies on a battery pack to drive the fan. I love the thought of a wood-burning backpacking stove. I use a Pepsi can alcohol stove.
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bhamster
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Joined: 19 May 2011 Location: Washington Online Status: Offline Posts: 165 |
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 at 5:45pm |
I use one for backpacking. It's called a "BioLite": The charging part isn't so great (too slow), but the TEG runs the fan just fine and keeps the internal battery topped off. It's a fantastic stove and will provide an intense smokeless spiral of flames as long as you have a supply of sticks.
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp
Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 at 1:51pm |
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The cool thing about thermoelectric pumps (Peltier junctions - same thing used in the Coleman thermoelectric coolers to heat/cool) is if you drive them backwards they will produce some electricity. Supply electric and you get heat on one side and cold on the other, as long as you heat sink one side. Put heat on one side and the same heat sink on the other (the big black fins on top in that picture) and you get the energy to run that fan. Recently I saw a woodburning camp stove which does the same thing to drive a fan which blows fresh air into the burning chamber. As an added bonus it has a plug where you can charge your cell phone in the middle of nowhere. As long as the fire is going. |
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TerryM
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Joined: 16 Nov 2009 Location: Saint Augustine Online Status: Offline Posts: 1950 |
Posted: 25 Oct 2012 at 7:20am |
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I'm only 5'8" tall so I have to use a stool to get the dome on. But it is worth the effort. Please explain about that fan. It converts heat to electricity to power itself? Great idea!
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RP-175 W/Lift Kit 2011 Ford F-150 4X4
Saint Augustine, FL: The first permanent European settlement in the USA: 1565 |
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marwayne
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Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Location: Edmonton AB Can Online Status: Offline Posts: 1002 |
Posted: 24 Oct 2012 at 9:41pm |
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The nice part about the fan is, when it sits on the heater it produces it's own electricity.
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If you want something done right, do it yourself.
2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
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Goose
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Joined: 24 Sep 2010 Location: Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 672 |
Posted: 24 Oct 2012 at 8:49pm |
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We love the Dome too. I have to say that the heater and the fan look like something out of a Sci-Fi movie. Glade that it works well. Goose
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Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee
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dsmiths
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Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Location: Southern Ind Online Status: Offline Posts: 866 |
Posted: 24 Oct 2012 at 8:03pm |
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We got the dome with our 12 model 172 and have not had the chance to put it up yet, but by golly next summer its going up one way or the other.
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Dane and Donna Smith
2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |
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To all you naysayers to the rdome.
