Ozzie D Odyssey
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Something for my fellow 29V owners and I guess anyone whose rig has the kitchen sink behind the outside TV.
We removed our outside TV and put it in the house. We’re not sit outside and watch TV kind of people. I use the space for storing my fold up stepstool that I use to reach the kitchen stove vent. I also store two pieces of foam pipe insulation that I use for windshield wiper blades covers when we’re parked long term and an additional piece of foam pipe insulation that fits over the front awning arm so my door doesn’t get dinged up when we open the awning.
Anyway, I recall reading a year ago how someone had a leak in their kitchen that shorted out an electrical outlet they didn’t know was under the sink. This past winter I put some pieces of foam insulation board inside the TV compartment as it’s just the door and the plastic liner between the cold and the plumbing under the sink. It took up a lot of space so it was on my to-do list to remedy. I got to it today and moved the insulation behind the plastic compartment liner. It’s not pretty but at least it’s better insulated than the factory provided. While poking around in there I discovered that Jayco left me a surprise, a 120v duplex outlet screwed to the back of the kitchen cabinet directly under the pex to flex hose connections for the kitchen sink . Obviously no bueno. I did two things. I lifted the hot and cold pex lines enough to get them over the top of the rear panel under the sink. I figured I can now check them for possible leaks by opening the cabinet door as opposed to waiting for water to start running out on the floor because of a hidden connection leak. Then I moved the electrical outlet a few inches further away and facing the opposite direction. The way they had it installed it was totally useless - I didn’t even know it was there. At least now I can access the outlet to use it. So, if you have a 29V or other model with the sink right over the outside TV compartment you may want to take a look to see if you have a potential problem area.
We removed our outside TV and put it in the house. We’re not sit outside and watch TV kind of people. I use the space for storing my fold up stepstool that I use to reach the kitchen stove vent. I also store two pieces of foam pipe insulation that I use for windshield wiper blades covers when we’re parked long term and an additional piece of foam pipe insulation that fits over the front awning arm so my door doesn’t get dinged up when we open the awning.
Anyway, I recall reading a year ago how someone had a leak in their kitchen that shorted out an electrical outlet they didn’t know was under the sink. This past winter I put some pieces of foam insulation board inside the TV compartment as it’s just the door and the plastic liner between the cold and the plumbing under the sink. It took up a lot of space so it was on my to-do list to remedy. I got to it today and moved the insulation behind the plastic compartment liner. It’s not pretty but at least it’s better insulated than the factory provided. While poking around in there I discovered that Jayco left me a surprise, a 120v duplex outlet screwed to the back of the kitchen cabinet directly under the pex to flex hose connections for the kitchen sink . Obviously no bueno. I did two things. I lifted the hot and cold pex lines enough to get them over the top of the rear panel under the sink. I figured I can now check them for possible leaks by opening the cabinet door as opposed to waiting for water to start running out on the floor because of a hidden connection leak. Then I moved the electrical outlet a few inches further away and facing the opposite direction. The way they had it installed it was totally useless - I didn’t even know it was there. At least now I can access the outlet to use it. So, if you have a 29V or other model with the sink right over the outside TV compartment you may want to take a look to see if you have a potential problem area.
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