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I'm all electric! And something weird under the sink [message #267715] Wed, 17 December 2014 19:29 Go to previous message
kerry pinkerton is currently offline  kerry pinkerton   United States
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So I decided to ditch the gas furnace and propane tank. I've got 15000 watts of electric heat and if that's not enough, we'll drive further south or go home.

No mo propane!

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/misc/p56695-de-propaneing.html
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/6256/IMG_20141217_130636_720.jpg

Whoo Hoo a basement! Or a crawl space. Anyway, a lot more space than I had before.

Big hole where the DuoTherm was:

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/misc/p56696-de-propaneing.html
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/6256/IMG_20141217_130656_255.jpg

Side view

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/misc/p56697-de-propaneing.html
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/6256/IMG_20141217_130714_413.jpg

I've got plans for that space. Drawers for spares and tools. We've removed Carolyn's couch/bed and gone back to the rocker/recliners that I posted a couple weeks ago. I lost a lot of storage under the platform.

Now here is something odd. Notice the two black lines that go into a TEE on the floor? The photo is a bit dark

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/misc/p56698-de-propaneing.html
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/6256/IMG_20141217_130733_675.jpg

I was thinking, what the heck is that? Air lines? Why would there be black air lines below the sink? WTF over?

Then I got on my back and crawled in the hole and looked up. Well how about that?

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/misc/p56699-de-propaneing.html
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/data/6256/IMG_20141217_163915_325.jpg

The black lines are on shutoffs on the hot and cold water lines. They are drains for winterizing the coach. Now, I never claimed to be a rocket scientist or engineer but down South they do teach us that water (and other stuff) runs downhill. These drain lines have two definite problems.

1- They run uphill for 6" and I doubt they will siphon clear.
2- There is no way to reach the valves. They are behind cabinetry that has backs. Short of removing the side panel of the kitchen cabinets base, there isn't any way to get to them.

Since I use low pressure air to blow out my water lines, these things are fine where they are. In the project list is a new kitchen base cabinet and I'll scrap them then.

Btw, I bought a line voltage thermostat and will be hooking that up to the AC heat strip so we can set it to a temp and it will stay near it. The problem we've had just turning it on is that we get hot during the night. We've actually only used more than the one heat strip once or twice and that was just to take the initial chill off.

No Mo Propane!

Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama Had 5 over the years. Currently have a '06 Fleetwood Discovery 39L

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