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Thanks to Don for posting that sidewall schematic and the cross-section of what came out of his door.

Along these lines I think it would be very helpful if someone could come up with even a basic wiring diagram of the Pods.  I'm afraid this would be difficult, as I'm sure each Pod model is significantly different.

In similar way a basic plumbing diagram would be nice to have too!  When putting in my water filter unit, to my dismay I found attached to a three way directional valve a water hose to nowhere!  That's disturbing..  LOL

Just a few thoughts....and nice work Don.
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Could your hose to no where be for winterizing?  In our 172 under the sink area we have a hose that is used for antifreeze. 
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Don thanks for sharing.  We have plans to add a window in our door as soon as the snow melts.  I'm sure the windows added much needed light in the 172.
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Look what you've started! I wasn't gonna stop until I got a porthole. I don't think there will be a privacy issue because Larry went inside and put his face right up to the window and I could not see him.  I'm not used to looking at the Pod without Tinkerbelle on it! Is that really mine? It was an absolutely beautiful day. There was this big ball of fire in  the sky that I hadn't seen for a while and it got up to 63 degrees. We did have a little trouble with the frame. We cut the hole the size of the window and the inside frame was 1/8" bigger than the window. It was a little scary have to go back and cut the hole bigger!

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 The window in the door looks really good. Your temperatures are almost as high as ours. We haven't seem  temperatures above 70 very much this winter.
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Nice job on the window in the door, can you offer some info as to price of the window and where you purchased it from?  How difficult was it to install?
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Hi Allgood, I found my window on ebay. It was $59.95. I can't remember the dealer but it's a van window. There was also another dealer and the window was $79.95. Look for porthole windows on ebay. It really wasn't hard at all to install. Putting that first little hole in the door was the hardest part.(No going back after that!)  Funny thing was that when we went to put the frame on the inside of the door the hole was too small and Larry had to make the hole bigger. I would suggest to measure the inside AND the outside. We did not get a template with ours and I think we were supposed to. The frame was aluminum so we painted it black. Good Luck!

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Originally posted by pepperpod pepperpod wrote:

Thanks for the information.  I have not taken possession of my 172 yet.   I think I will ask the dealer to put the window in my door.  We are having them change the cover on the fantastic fan to one that lets light in.
 
Do you remember what model/brand this was?  We are thinking of getting a cover for the fan for our 175 but I wanted to see about one that would also let in the light.
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We let the dealership talk us out of the clear fantastic fan cover. They said that we would be getting a lot of heat from it.  After this past week, it may be good that we did not do it. LOL Instead, we had them put a window in the door of our 172.  It lets in a lot of light. I would like to have a MaxAir cover installed so that we can keep the fan cover open during rainy weather.
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