VAL Digest V1 #16

VAL Digest        Thursday, September 25 2003        Volume 01 : Number 016




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Topics in Today's Digest:

Re: [VAL] waste tank valves
Re: [VAL] waste tank valves
RE: [VAL] building A/S cabinetry
Re: [VAL] waste tank valves
[VAL] Cool Cat Undercabinet Air-Conditioning
Re: [VAL] silicone remover

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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:03:04 -0500
From: dean <dean@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
Subject: Re: [VAL] waste tank valves

Got a question for you..
Do you ALWAYS camp at a place that the Dump Site has  HIGH PRESSURE
Water to operate the device?
Dean

On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, at 09:20  PM, T o m wrote:

> Bobby,
>
> At Camping World I purchased a new type of contraption so I don't have 
> to
> haul around the blue slinky anymore.  Have you seen them?
>
> This piece attaches to the tank outlet where the slinky would normally 
> go.
> However, there is a built in Venturi that breaks up anything in the 
> black
> water tank - just about anything. 

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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:50:54 -0400
From: Matt Worner <wornmatt@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
Subject: Re: [VAL] waste tank valves

dean wrote:

<snip>
> Do you ALWAYS camp at a place that the Dump Site has  HIGH PRESSURE
> Water to operate the device?
> Dean
> 
<snip>

Actually the pressure requirements are not that high, 15 psig.  The 
operative variable is volume.  Of course volume won't happen without 
pressure anyway...

I have found that if the feed piping is large enough, there will 
normally be enough pressure to make the S/S work real well.  The 1-1/4" 
hose is much nicer to deal with than the old "Stinky Slinky", for sure.

Matt

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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:20:43 -0400
From: "Lynn Evans" <Earth2lynn@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
Subject: RE: [VAL] building A/S cabinetry

Good grief...we actually finished something last night...one
closet...can't believe it.  Every shelf was irregular and made
individually!! Well it's a beginning...we gotta get the walls in before
the cabinets and doors.  

Still waiting for son in LA to send more ricepaper.  I will have to post
a pix of this shoji door on my site...it's really the best idea for
light and airy...and cheap and easy...can't beat that!!

I will put up more pix on my site when thing look more interesting.  I
sorta wish there was a photo site where folks could put A/S pix in
different categories like cabinets, bath, polish, trim, appliances,
systems and you could go right to the category and see others photos for
ideas and inspiration.

If I had the site space I would try it cuz I think lots of folks would
use it.  When I'm installing a particular item I will look it up on the
net but sometimes I have to weed thru a lot of exterior pix to get to
something specific.

Lexxy/aka/Lynn
http://flummoxed.org/lexxey/ 


Lynn,

What you're doing sounds really interesting. I hope to see it someday!
Or at least some photos on the web.

Forrest

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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:46:38 -0400
From: "T o m" <tmeeker@xxxxxxxxxx.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [VAL] waste tank valves

Hi Dean,

Have you ever held your thumb over the end of a garden hose to have a small
single high pressure stream come out the end?  Do you know how a gas
carbuerator works with it's Venturi principle?

The Venturi Principle is a law of physics that in short says that you can
have high pressure and low volume OR you can have high volume and low
pressure.  One thing you can't have is both at the same time - it just won't
work.

Firehoses have extrememly high pressure in low volume so that they can get
maximum distance quickly.  The same principle applies with the Sewer
Solution. There has to be a website explaning the in's and out's of this
product where you can 'see' why it works and how well it works.

Over the years just the savings in being able to use Charmin versus Marine
Toilet paper would put a big dent in the original purchase price in my
opinion.

Tom
WBCCI 5303


From: "dean" <dean@xxxxxxxxxx.net>
Subject: Re: [VAL] waste tank valves


> Got a question for you..
> Do you ALWAYS camp at a place that the Dump Site has  HIGH PRESSURE
> Water to operate the device?
> Dean
>
> On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, at 09:20  PM, T o m wrote:
>
> > Bobby,
> >
> > At Camping World I purchased a new type of contraption so I don't have
> > to
> > haul around the blue slinky anymore.  Have you seen them?
> >
> > This piece attaches to the tank outlet where the slinky would normally
> > go.
> > However, there is a built in Venturi that breaks up anything in the
> > black
> > water tank - just about anything.

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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 03 19:53:15 -0600
From: Roy Lashway <rlashway@xxxxxxxxxx.com>
Subject: [VAL] Cool Cat Undercabinet Air-Conditioning

>That's the one.  Roy Lashway also has one installed in his Bubble.
>http://www.zianet.com/rlashway/
>
>I'll contact Roy for installation details, mainly if there is separate
>intake exhaust ducts in the rear and how the condensate drain works.
>What is intersting is that none of the Doemetic websites has any info on
>it - wonder if it's still made...
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I contacted Dometic customer service center  
<customersupportcenter@xxxxxxxxxx.com>and they advised me that Dometic 
does not have the Cool Cat data on their web site but give no reason why. 
 They however sent me copy of the specifications and installation 
directions as enclosures to their email message.  These, for obvious 
reasons, I cannot forward in this message but suspect if interested 
others inquired they could get the same information sent to them.   If I 
have another >customersupportcenter@xxxxxxxxxx.com
"none" VAL address I could send the enclosures on. 

However, in repsonse to your comments there is a two way duct system as 
part of the unit, not dissimillar to a window air conditioner. and there 
is a pan under the unit which catches and drains condensate out thru 
vinyl drain tubes at the rear base of the unit.

Roy Lashway
'78 Argosy,'56 Bubble
WBCCI 1610     VAC
rlashway@xxxxxxxxxx.com
web site: www.zianet.com/rlashway
   (polishing report included)  

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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:48:29 -0700
From: Joann Wheatley <jwheatle@xxxxxxxxxx.edu>
Subject: Re: [VAL] silicone remover

I'd got to admit I scoffed (quietly) about the mineral spirits. Then I 
gave it a second try after noticing that Daisy had specified "patiently 
applied". The one dang tool I didn't have in my tool box - patience. 
But I tried real hard and used some green Scotch bite pads and a 
plastic paint scraper and kept at it and in a mere 2 hrs had removed 
the globbed up silicone from the rear window!
   Thanks Daisy. I'm happy that I can still learn.
Jo Ann
On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, at 06:50 PM, Daisy Welch wrote:
>
> Mineral spirits, liberallyand patiently applied, will soften silicone 
> and make it let go.
>
> Daisy

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