Refrigerator Condensation Tube Re-Route
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Topic: Refrigerator Condensation Tube Re-Route
Posted By: Wirat
Subject: Refrigerator Condensation Tube Re-Route
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2020 at 6:35pm
| Hey everyone, I met a guy today with a Puma TT that showed me how he re-routed his refrigerator condensation drain tube to extend out of the fridge vent and drain to the outside rather than inside the cup in the unit. He said some people have had water issues with it leaking inside. It seemed and looked like a really good idea. Has anyone here done that with the R-Pod fridge? I took off the outside vent cover on ours and I see a clear tube going down in to a little plastic cup. It only holds about a cup of water and then what? Looks like it would just spill over to me.... |
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Posted By: lostagain
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2020 at 7:40pm
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Forest River uses the same exterior drain for their Sonoma trailers. They have a hose that goes out the lower vent. It's kind of a pain to put back if you have to open the vent cover, but it works. ------------- Never leave footprints behind. Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2020 at 8:18pm
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What condensation goes down into the cup will evaporate from the heat of the coolant running through the pipe around which it is wrapped. The only bad part is if it cracks. Mine did, but I patched it and still have the hose running into it. If it cracks again, I will likely extend the hose out the vent also.
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Posted By: marwayne
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2020 at 11:37pm
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I extended the tubing through the floor, now it drains under the trailer https://postimages.org/">  ------------- If you want something done right, do it yourself. 2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
Posted By: Wirat
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2020 at 4:50am
Wow thanks for all the feedback!  I did not notice there was a coolant line in there. I'm trying to get ahead of problem issues now while we first have the R-Pod so this is well appreciated.
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Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2020 at 7:27am
Speaking of getting ahead of problem issues, I'd be more concerned about reinforcing the hanger strap for the black tank tube. THAT will make a much bigger mess than the few drops of water from the fridge. I have a photo of the hanger I made. A bit over engineered, but it was the best available parts I could get. Sorry, see if this one works. https://photos.app.goo.gl/2Rz4gwZnRrxsdHas5
------------- 2017.5 Rp-172 2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding |
Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2020 at 7:43am
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+1 on strengthening the black tank tube hanger. I had the factory version fail. Then a second one was added by the factory. Both of them failed. Both times, the result was the end of the tube dragging on the pavement, the second time with the valve coming open on a pretty full tank. I am sorry for the people who were behind us. There won't be a third time since I then added my own hanger that is much stronger and is not tied directly to the pipe so the road motion flexing it won't fatigue and break the metal. Plus, there are no nuts holding the hanger to the pipe which could vibrate loose. Pictures are in my mods (see link in signature). ------------- StephenH Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
Posted By: Wirat
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2020 at 2:47pm
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Thanks for the idea. I saw someone who had that problem too and they used metal banding strap. I got down there and can see how cheesy the hanger is and how fast it can probably fatigue and break. @mjlrop the URL you posted to the photo isn't working for me, can you check if the link is valid please? Maybe the picture isn't marked as shared in your Google account or something? I would like to see what you got...
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Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2020 at 9:24am
See if this link works. I know i've posted in the past, so hopefully this works. https://photos.app.goo.gl/2Rz4gwZnRrxsdHas5 ------------- 2017.5 Rp-172 2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding |
Posted By: JR
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2020 at 12:50pm
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The link works for me and the idea for the hanger looks really good and should hold up ------------- Jay 179/2019 |
Posted By: Wirat
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2020 at 6:06pm
| Yeah that link works and great job! Looks heavy duty. Thanks for sharing!!! |
Posted By: Wirat
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2020 at 6:31pm
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BTW we are in a different campground today and I was having a conversation with the guy next to me about the fridge condensation drain tube thing. He bought his trailer new two years ago and after we talked, he called me over because he had apparently never taken the outside vent cover off, so he wanted to see what I was talking about. He had a condensation drain cup there (Norcold, but similar design) and a condensation drain hose, but the hose was just hanging there, leaking, hanging outside the cup, and the hose also had a plastic shunt plug in the end of it!!!
It was as if the builders didn't finish the installation by taking the plug out and placing the hose in the cup. There was condensation water dripping out the end of the hose even with the plug in it, and condensation drain water had been leaking on to the wood area there in the vent compartment.  We took the shunt plug out and placed the hose end in the cup. It didn't look like there was any rot from what we could see, but the guy was pretty surprised and said he had no idea it worked like that. I would have not known either if someone else hadn't pointed that out to me and with the help of contributions here. |