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Mountain Lover

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Posted: 09/11/09 06:01am

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Generally cleaning the anode rod is not necessary. When the rod becomes so pitted it appears that it might break in two, then it's time to repace the rod.

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Alum rod? I work at a heat exchanger company and have never seen alum anodes. usually zinc but anyways for our applications any anode should last longer then the camper will be around so I wouldnt worry about it. It's not like anyone is running salt water...lol

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Change mine at the start of the season.

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Mr. USA is your weather station hard wired or running on battery power. I liked the looks of it and orderd one and it came today. Nice unit indeed.

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njload wrote:

Mr. USA is your weather station hard wired or running on battery power. I liked the looks of it and orderd one and it came today. Nice unit indeed.

I use the batteries installed and plug it in when I'm plugged in @ campsites. I like the look with the lights on. I have had the same batteries in for over 2 months now and it still works.

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move to below

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justjjoe wrote:

Change mine at the start of the season.

Your wasting your money. They will sometimes last 10 yrs.

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If you drain your heater after each use, it will last even longer. No water, no contact, no corrosion.

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Here's some of the mods I've done to our Jayco23B.
Nothing major, just some things to make our life more convient.

shoebag over bathroom door for holding personal items, shampoo, brushes, etc
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bug screen over furnace vent
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Bucket light
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same light at night
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this used to be our portable potty stand, but fell out of that use YEARS ago. So I modified it a bit and it's used under the dinette for extra support in case we have to turtle in. After we get to camp we put the cooler on it so it's out of the dirt and mud

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also made a cover to go over not only the stove, but most of the countertop as well. This is probably one of the best mods that I've made as it doubled our countertop space, is still narrow enough that when scooted to the front of countertop, there is enough space that the oven can still vent out the back. I stained it, and gave it about 4 coats of polyurethane to seal it.

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a couple more that I haven't taken pictures of are coated cup hooks in one of the cupboards to hold our coffee cups and a tray organizer for our utensils.

I'm also in the process of making a key/flashlight holder to put by the door since we never seem to be able to find our truck keys once camp is set up. [emoticon]

I've got an idea on a fix for the magnetic shower curtain that seems to attack me everytime I take a shower, so I'll post that when I get it done also.

Here's a couple more mods I have done.

Key holder
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cup hooks in cabinet
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pop a papertowel
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Wine glass rack
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Shower curtain Hula Fix
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Shoe Holder
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A way to transport wine glasses without them getting broke.
a 2" piece of styrofoam insulation board. I pushed the glasses down into it to make an impression, then took a scalpel and went around the impression. Then simply pushed the glasses down into the insulation board about an inch. They aren't budging.
it ain't pretty, but hopefully it'll work!
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