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Originally Posted by j-c-c
"care was taken" but a vehicle driven maybe 600 miles continuously in foul weather must be designed to prevent ANY collection of increasing water build up with a system subject to "ponding". "care was taken" does not seem to me to rise to the level required to prevent that occurrence, ie it sounds a bit casual.
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I believe that sregord is aware of the ponding potential, and how important it will be to design for eliminating any chance that anything can ever get 'above' the pan.
If it can be maintained 'dry', then the ponding potential goes to zero.
I've not done an RV, but I've 'bellied' all my cars since 1980, and have never had a failure.
With mandatory annual vehicle inspections, I've always removed the belly pans, as a courtesy to the guys inspecting the exhaust system and anything else they needed to look at.
It's a good way to get a 'status report' on how a belly pan is performing.