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    Posted: 15 Mar 2014 at 11:19pm
In the 172 it is high up behind the cooktop.

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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Mar 2014 at 11:15pm
Ah, we had one of those installed when we had a utility sink moved to a new location.  Looks different than the one in the link but same thing.
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Mar 2014 at 10:25pm
You know, I saw that weird pipe when doing my outside shower mod, wondered what the heck it was, and meant to go back and investigate.Thanks for the heads up!
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Doug,

I assume you mean the vacuum breaker/vent. It's a round black object about 2.5" diameter and about the same height. Follow the sink drain pipe from the wall toward the P-trap. The breaker sits atop a tee on this line near the P-trap. You can't tell visually if it's working, but they're cheap so just replace it if suspect. It just unscrews. It's function is to let air into the pipe during draining to prevent a vacuum from sucking the p-trap dry. Dry p-trap equals bad news because sewer gasses can then flow into the camper. The same devices are use in houses when it's too hard/expensive to provide an external vent to a sink.

http://www.amazon.com/Plumbing-air-gap-check-vent/dp/B00CYYXING/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1394932347&sr=8-4&keywords=rv+sink+vent
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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Mar 2014 at 8:08pm
Charlie, what does it look like?
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has anyone connected the gray to the black with a permanent hard connection under the rig?
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Doug,

Next time you smell the sewer open the cabinet and stick your nose under the stove/sink. If the breaker is bad it will be immediately obvious Censored
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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Mar 2014 at 9:21pm
 
Originally posted by CharlieM

Doug,

I hope you meant to say the black tank can last more than half a week. Certainly not the gray with your crew! My caution on leaving the gray valve open to the sewer was from personal experience. Unknown to me the original vacuum breaker under the galley sink had failed open. The effect was to suck campground sewer gas back into the Pod, especially with the Fantastic running. Not pleasant! Even with the window cracked it got bad until I figured it out. Maybe a rare occurrence, but I had a very similar problem on my new Camplite. Probably the same vendor.

Ugh, yes, that's what I get for posting quickly w/o proofreading.  Black tank half a week.  Gray tank at most 4 showers!  Interesting about the odor, we've smelled that at times and I never figured it out.  I'll have to check out this possibility next time I do.
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Mar 2014 at 7:48pm
Originally posted by CharlieM

Furpod: No Camplite yet?


Nope.. it will be our next camper, but we really love the pod.. and the pod community. When we toured LL's factory last year, I talked to them about the lack of a forum and community like the pod, and some other campers have.. they pointed me towards the yahoo group, where I had been a member for over a year.. told them it was mostly pop up fabric discussions.. they said.. "yeah.. well" I was very glad to see they have a forum now, though would like to have seen the community build it rather than the factory.. You know the deal on that I am sure..

We were SURE we would order after the tour, but like I said, the pod people are a strong pull..
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Posts: 556 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Mar 2014 at 7:44pm
Charlie, my pod is in storage so I can't check either.  I expect I will have to fabricate mounting brackets, as Mark indicates in his post above. 

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