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kymooses

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Topic: What Water Filtering Mods have you made?
Posted: 25 Jul 2013 at 9:46am

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Posted: 24 Jul 2013 at 6:09pm

Thanks for the compliments. Sent you an email. Also, the SN is definitely LOTR/Hobbit related.

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Posted: 22 Jul 2013 at 8:35am

One caution: Estes Park elk are not like ones in the real wild. Last time there a 7X7 was waiting outside the bathroom at the campgrounds and watched as I walked by ten feet away. Another was feeding downtown on the shrubs around the bank and was ignoring the cars and people.

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Posted: 21 Jul 2013 at 8:53pm

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That is a nice piece of work! I actually sent the link of your pics to Richard at The RV Water Filter Store and he told me the filter and pressure regulator were ones he sold. I had already bought a 2 stage filter so I just picked up the regulator from him...ordered it Thursday and got it Saturday. I have some questions for you that I cannot figure out from the picture. If you are OK wiht me calling you, please email me you phone number to schappell38@gmail.com. I am headed to CO on 8/3/13 to visit my son who is working in Estes Park at the Stanley Hotel this summer; he is attending Johnson & Wales in Denver for their culinary program. Then I am headed back in mid-September to Gould bowhunter for Elk. Love your state!

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Posted: 21 Jul 2013 at 12:57pm

Originally posted by BagEnd

I made that from a combination of parts from the RV Water Filter Store and Home Depot. The filter and gauge is from the Filter Store. I added hose bibs for attaching a long hose for random uses and another for the dog's bowl. Once the parts arrived from the Filter Store I purchased everything else locally and was able to build it in a day. Used a 1" spade bit to drill into the container. Stainless hardware as much as possible. The trickiest part was making sure I had plenty of clearance for the filter wrench so that removing/mounting the filters could be easily done; I stacked washers to assist with this. The package makes for an easy setup and takedown, it holds all the parts, and makes it easy to manage the filters between uses and off-season. The only addition I might consider at this point is a portable water softener, but at $270 not sure I want to lay down the scratch for that.

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Posted: 20 Jul 2013 at 10:24pm

I made that from a combination of parts from the RV Water Filter Store and Home Depot. The filter and gauge is from the Filter Store. I added hose bibs for attaching a long hose for random uses and another for the dog's bowl. Once the parts arrived from the Filter Store I purchased everything else locally and was able to build it in a day. Used a 1" spade bit to drill into the container. Stainless hardware as much as possible. The trickiest part was making sure I had plenty of clearance for the filter wrench so that removing/mounting the filters could be easily done; I stacked washers to assist with this. The package makes for an easy setup and takedown, it holds all the parts, and makes it easy to manage the filters between uses and off-season. The only addition I might consider at this point is a portable water softener, but at $270 not sure I want to lay down the scratch for that.

Ed, Angi, and Hunter Hagins, 2011 R-Pod 172, Montrose, Colorado

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Posted: 17 Jul 2013 at 11:09pm

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That is what I saw and was hoping someone could find and share. Thank you. It would be nice to know why this person made it the way the did along with directions to make it and all the parts used. I think I can recreate the setup with parts from Home Depot but not sure what gauge is used and why there are there 2 extra faucet outlets. Who ever made it did a nice job. I have the 2 stage filter just need to give thought how I want to put it all together. I bought a water pressure gauge that goes at the water source and it was $60. The way it is in this set up looks more cost effective.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 at 10:31pm

We had issues too years ago and started only drinking and cooking with either bottled water or gallon jugs I fill at home. Getting sick on a trip is a crappy way to kill all the fun.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 at 7:40pm

Here is the water filter box modification.

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Posted: 08 Jul 2013 at 6:40pm

Thanks for the input! I am looking for a good filter I can place outside the RV to purify the water before it goes into it. I installed an Everpure at work wich covers tap, coffee maker and cold water dispenser and it does a great job...it, however, does not have the flow rate for use as a pre-filter and I do not believe they make one. I want a one and done filter. Hopefully someone can locate the link to the box unit one Poder made.

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