Installing a Splendide

[Don Bradner]

On 3/22/2007 at 10:06 AM Pete Masterson wrote:

>Whoa ... that was quite a job. As for the un-vented dryer, I'm told
>that (some) do have vents -- that it's behind the rear wheels on the
>street side (if the floor plan has the washer more or less on the
>driver's side). But, the vent uses coach air pressure to open --
>which might explain the less than stellar performance when we tried
>out the Splendide in our coach. (By the time we were using the washer/
>dryer, the air was down.)

Could be - it certainly wouldn't dry with the vent closed!

>Still, considering the miniscule washer load and even smaller dryer
>load, using several washers/dryers at one time in a laundromat seems
>more time effective -- but "the boss" will make her own determination.

That is part of what makes the choice controversial. Joy would do just about
anything to avoid sitting around a laundromat somewhere for an hour or two.
Loads run every day or nearly every day take very little time (for the person,
not for the W/D!) and just part of her routine. I know one full-timer who
particularly enjoys the social aspect of laundromats.

>Of course, "vacation" is one thing, but full or semi-full time living
>is quite another.

Agreed. No problem carrying clothes for a week or two and washing nothing.

Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
Eureka, CA