Just venting...
We're full-timers living on a small farm in central Tennessee, and it has been COLD this week! Our weather station (mounted on a pole about 50 feet from the RV) had a low temp of -8 the other night. BRRR! I thought I had everything heat taped, insulated, double wrapped, etc., but there's something I couldn't get to for that kind of thing - the actual valves for dumping the tanks. I guess the heat from the furnace rolling around down there wasn't enough because all three of the valves froze shut. Nothing ruptured, and dropping the underpinning wasn't too bad (except that it's 19 outside!), but then I saw how the valves are actually installed.
You open the basement door on the back to get to the convenience center where the water hookups and handles for the valves are, right? And then you open those valves by pulling the handle OUT, toward the rear of the RV, right? Guess what? The connection at the valve where the cable pulls the pin to slide it open moves toward the FRONT of the RV. ???? What? So, somehow, that braided airplane cable routes through in a 180 degree loop to connect to the valve pin. What a stupid design...
Venting complete!
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Damon & Denise
2019 Montana HC 331RL
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