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Old 01-15-2022, 07:25 PM   #1
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DX3 - Water under bed - gravity fill overflow or cold weather issue?

Greetings,

Would appreciate any guidance or experience on this issue.

Most of the carpet under the main bed got soaked. Can this happen from gravity fill overflow, which I accidentally did yesterday such that water was coming out of the overflow tube in the propane bay. Or is it possibly related to a leak or issue with cold weather (it was 20 degrees outside last night, but we had aquahot working and inside temps were just fine)

In addition, any suggestions for drying out? We used towels to soak what we could, then wet vac, but carpet is still wet. Have bed propped up, back window open, and bedroom and bath fan pulling out. We are in a dry area so hope it will dry without mold issue. Also have propane, electric reel, and wet bay open to try to circulate air. Planning to close those when temps go down below freezing.

Trying to get ready for another 20 degree night without damaging anything.

Thank you!
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Old 01-16-2022, 09:33 AM   #2
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The best thing I have found for drying out areas like that is a large fan to keep air moving over the area.
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Old 01-16-2022, 06:12 PM   #3
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For the benefit of others, the shurflo strainer filter by the water pump was one of the sources of the water. Fortunately hand tightening seems to have solved it for now. There was enough water that I still wonder if the gravity overflow contributed, and I will be more careful with that in the future. Now just waiting on two fans to dry it out!
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