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Zip Dee Air Awning Compressor Drain
For those of you with a Zip Dee air awning, as I’m sure you’re aware, moisture in the system is the enemy. The tank needs draining often and if you have a Liberty, it’s hard to access. The solution is to put a quick drain in place of the manual drain making it easy to drain. My lanyard will be hidden in the entertainment center.
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This information Tom has provided applies to any coach that has the ZipDee powered awnings with the arms. If your converter has not placed the awning tank in a place convenient for draining as Tom has done, try to make provisions for draining via a lanyard or some means of simplifying access.
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Good job Tom u r always thinking are u saying liberty did not do that LOL
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How many tanks are there to drain, Jon? Perhaps we can do this when I am up.
If you recall in Indy we had the spitting noise in the driver’s side front compartment that I tried to trace. I recently figured out what it is and sent a picture to Troy. Seems it is the condensation drain for the aux air compressor. Now, why it seems to have started spitting after a year I don’t know, but there seem to be a bunch of these buggers.
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Uhhh…. Tom. Are you not the one talking about Jon and others playing with their awings and running them in and out at every breeze that blew at Indy? Is there going to be a contest at Sevierville to see who can run them in and out the fastest? 🙂 Can’t wait for that one. 🙂
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Tom,
I’m not in that league, I have just one auto awning and the rest are manual, as it should be! You can’t play with the big boys like Jon, Karl and Al, they have enough awning fabric when deployed that you could make a really nice parachute. You can’t even park beside them cause they need at least 15 feet on each side for all the bat wings that will come out so they never see the sun.
I did notice they high 5’ed each other each time they worked though!:)
Karl,
You have a bunch of drains, 8 ping tanks, primary brake, secondary brake, wet tank, aux tank and maybe an awning compressor tank like mine. The Norgren filter in the steering bay is the downstream water/dirt drain point for the aux compressor. The problem is the aux tank could have condensation in the bottom of the tank that does not get drained by that filter and has to be drained by the petcock on the tank. The aux and secondary tank on my Liberty is mounted vertical, moisture will for sure end up there. Remember, the engine air goes through the dryer, but the aux compressor does not and makes lots of moisture. For the most part, just draining those tanks at the chassis service time is all that’s needed, but the Norgren filter in the steering bay needs draining often because of the aux compressor.
PS – If you never want to worry about the Norgren drain, they make an automatic drain that has a float assembly and is a direct match to the manual valve, so no extra plumbing is involved.
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Tom H, I made a huge leap in technology when I replaced my previous coach. I have the awning version that not only doesn’t have arms, they don’t require air, and I have buttons to push that make them go in and out.
I am now an example of technological excess.
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I have had all the air and electric stuff I am from old school use your arms and hands I think that’s the best if your arms get sore take a break have a beer then start again just my thoughts
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FWIW, I too have only one air driven awning and the rest are manual. Some day I hope to be like Jon.
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Karl,
Here’s how you can do that: Liberty Coach 772-463-2701:)
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They already gave me one coach on my good looks alone. I don’t believe I can have a second!
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Karl,
Is there any chance you can bag some of that stuff you are spreading and put it on my garden?
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