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Old 09-10-2015, 03:17 PM   #1
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Relocated Water Filter

Finally found the time. I relocated my water filter from the basement to the convenience center.

Piece of cake! I brought the hoses in using 3/4 rubber grommets from Home Depot (but you need a 1" chassis punch or drill to make the hole). The hose on the left has a 90 to keep it from kinking behind the panel.

No clearance issues with anything (so far). The tank valve stroke leaves the valves 2" away from the filter, the shower faucet door opens, and my fill is a screw in camping world version with a 90 degree valve so all is good. Might freeze in this location for full timers in the cold climates, but I'll have to see if it does for me on one of my winter adventures.

Boy, the pictures really show how dirty that black area is getting - sorry about that, looks like I need to clean that area up

Old location and new:
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Old 09-10-2015, 03:23 PM   #2
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Brad ~ looks good ! How is access to the dump handles? Looks a little tight in the picture but that might be just the camera angle. Would it have been worth going a little higher on the mount, or would that have interfered with the water handles ?


Think I'm going to need to do this. That's a royal PITA to get to the one behind the wall. Of course, I JUST put the wall back together after replacing the Hot Water Bypass Valve ..............
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Brad ~ looks good ! How is access to the dump handles? Looks a little tight in the picture but that might be just the camera angle. Would it have been worth going a little higher on the mount, or would that have interfered with the water handles ?


Think I'm going to need to do this. That's a royal PITA to get to the one behind the wall. Of course, I JUST put the wall back together after replacing the Hot Water Bypass Valve ..............
Vaughan, the handle stroke is 2" shy of hitting the filter. and the filter actually swings in its mounts if you get a real tough valve you can get behind it.

I wanted to go higher, but I would have had to modify the brass fittings to clear the shower faucet hatch, and I didn't have the parts to do that.
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WOW This is AWESOME!!! I know what Todd is doing on his next break! LOL! Thanks for sharing another one of your awesome mods Brad!
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Won't it freeze a lot easier out there?
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Won't it freeze a lot easier out there?
We leave the light on in there when it gets really cold.
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Won't it freeze a lot easier out there?
It could Jay! Thats the only reason I can think of that Redwwood did not put it out there, but I've seen it in a similar location on SOBs. What I don't know is if they heated them. I won't know until later this winter if I venture out whether it will freeze or not. I've never measured temp in that cabinet.
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This winter, I will put my remote temp monitor in there and report back when it gets cold out... Still nice and warm in these parts. We have the heated freshwater hose, and it was definitely THOUGHTFUL of RW to put an outlet in the cabinet so it could easily be plugged in, I am sure that is what that is for. I think probably the warmed hose in there also helps keep the cabinet from freezing, but I don't trust it completely if it's really cold-I keep the overhead light on to heat it further and plug up the bottom opening with rags. It IS pretty isolated tho... definitely could be a problem. Another thing you could do is plug in one of those nightlights into the outlet with a 5w bulb in it.. that would help too.
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This winter, I will put my remote temp monitor in there and report back when it gets cold out... Still nice and warm in these parts. We have the heated freshwater hose, and it was definitely THOUGHTFUL of RW to put an outlet in the cabinet so it could easily be plugged in, I am sure that is what that is for. I think probably the warmed hose in there also helps keep the cabinet from freezing, but I don't trust it completely if it's really cold-I keep the overhead light on to heat it further and plug up the bottom opening with rags. It IS pretty isolated tho... definitely could be a problem. Another thing you could do is plug in one of those nightlights into the outlet with a 5w bulb in it.. that would help too.
How cold do you folks get there?

Ya with the outlet, there are many options. I assume you also seal up the hose inlet at the bottom?
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yes, that's the opening at the bottom I was referring to that we seal up with rags. We can have "cold snaps" that last for a week or two that go down into the teens on a pretty regular basis, but normally we stay between 30-40 degrees Dec-Feb. We used the electric hose last year and it worked GREAT. Super expensive, but nice to NOT have to worry about the water.
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I don't know if anyone actually stays around here with a Redwood, but we can get down to -20 in a hurry. Those would be the days I would worry about and probably rig a heater in there.
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Yeah, that's a whole nother level of cold! Definitely have to put your "Mod Thinking Cap" on because I don't think your basement would stay warm enough. We literally didn't have to do anything, and I was very pleased about that. I kept a remote thermometer in the basement near the water manifold to check on it. I like that it logs the coldest is got so I know. Never was below 40 degrees down there and we had a pretty cold winter last year, no snow, but episodes of single digits. That convenience center would be highly vulnerable, in my opinion.
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WOW This is AWESOME!!! I know what Todd is doing on his next break! LOL! Thanks for sharing another one of your awesome mods Brad!
And this is why Todd doesn't want you reading anymore of Brad's posts.
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LOL Tracy, yes, it is. I am sitting in the closet right now with the doors closed.
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I had a remote Thermometer in ours last year and the inside was 10-13 degrees warmer than outside. I did not leave the light on did put pc of Styrofoam around the entry in floor to seal and had a heated water line. The Temps did get down to 25 at night a few times but everything worked just fine. I will do the same thing this year when it starts getting little colder here in Oregon.
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You could easily put a short piece of Heat Tape around the filter body! Using it only when it is super cold! Can be purchased at most hardware stores in various lengths.
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You could easily put a short piece of Heat Tape around the filter body! Using it only when it is super cold! Can be purchased at most hardware stores in various lengths.
I was wondering that - I've never messed with heat tape, I didn't know it came in small lengths. I'll have to take a look.
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The shortest length I could find was a 3 ft. piece with thermostat on Amazon.com!


http://www.amazon.com/M-D-Building-P...tric+Heat+Tape


Would probably work real well on this application!
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Nicely done Sir!!
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The shortest length I could find was a 3 ft. piece with thermostat on Amazon.com!


http://www.amazon.com/M-D-Building-P...tric+Heat+Tape


Would probably work real well on this application!
Nice - that would do the trick
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