Odds & Ends
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Inside the Dometic refrigerator there's a drip catcher under the cooling fins that is piped down and behind the unit. It's supposed to be connected to a little hole in the outer door, but since this never stays hooked up it just drips in the back. Here, I've drilled straight down into the wheel well between the wheels, installed a short length of 3/4" pvc pipe, and siliconed everything up. The other end comes out right in the center of the wheel well. A 45 deg ell pointing to the rear should help keep mud, etc. out of the end of the pipe. Note the addition
of
an aluminum strip screwed across the sill to help keep outside water
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Bigfoot is plainly aware of this as the floor of the outer refer cabinet is fiberglass and everything is caulked with silicon. Strange that Dometic hasn't come up with a more effective door. In lieu of that, Bigfoot should install a molded fiberglass pan that drains to the outside. Next project will be to work over the door to better keep the water out. |
Saving th' Hose
I've seen this a
couple of other places, but it bears repeating here. A piece of 4" pvc sewer and drain pipe provides a nice slick, nonabrasive liner for your hose to slide in. Be sure to use the thin-walled solid pvc pipe as anything thicker may make it a tight fit for your hose. The black ABS corrugated stuff, while very strong, does not leave enough room for the hose. |
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The 4 in. size
tends
to spread open, making it a slightly snug fit in the bumper, which is
good. I have an elbow on the end of my sewer hose so that's
why
the top section is missing. The hose slides in with the elbow
turned up. Cut the S&D pipe length so the end insets
a bit to
allow room for the twist coupler. |
More Odds & Ends
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In the bathroom, one way to make use of that funny little ledge covering up the water pipes to the shower. Perfect place for the too-tall-to-fit-in-the-medicine cabinet things. |
Holding the %#*&^% Door Open
I have no idea
how
this stock door holder is supposed to work. One thing for
sure,
it doesn't
work. If the wind blows one way, the little
plastic arm just bends in two. If the wind blows the other
way,
it just disconnects. Strange. |
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