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CharlieM
Senior Member Joined: 23 Nov 2012 Location: N. Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 1797 |
Topic: Sewer connections on R178 Posted: 14 Mar 2014 at 9:33pm |
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 |
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Charlie
Northern Colorado OLD: 2013 RP-172, 2010 Honda Pilot 3.5L 4WD PRESENT: 2014 Camplite 21RBS, 2013 Supercharged Tacoma 4L V6 4WD |
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asreichler
Newbie Joined: 30 Jul 2013 Location: austin tx Online Status: Offline Posts: 35 |
Posted: 15 Mar 2014 at 3:40pm |
has anyone connected the gray to the black with a permanent hard connection under the rig?
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techntrek
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Posted: 15 Mar 2014 at 8:08pm |
Charlie, what does it look like?
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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CharlieM
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Posted: 15 Mar 2014 at 9:23pm |
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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Charlie
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furpod
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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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techntrek
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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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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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marwayne
Senior Member Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Location: Edmonton AB Can Online Status: Offline Posts: 1002 |
Posted: 15 Mar 2014 at 11:19pm |
In the 172 it is high up behind the cooktop.
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