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Old 04-14-2018, 06:54 AM   #21
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I left my old vent cover in place until the flapper finally broke, installed the new square one last year. I'm not convinced that when washing the trailer (ours is on the back trailer wall, so it stays dirty from road grime) the water from the hose and soap/water from the scrub brush can easily enter the trailer back wall.
So a question based off this. Even if the flapper piece breaks, do you think we have to install the square flat grid one that came with the fan? I also left the original plastic hood and flapper in place because I didn’t like the look of the grid one that came with the fan and didn’t feel like making more work for myself with something I didn’t like the look of. My thought is that even if said flapper breaks (or mysteriously flies off like one already while driving- oops!), I can still leave the plastic hood on and it won’t be any different than the grid one? The fan itself still has the interior sliding gate cover that you are supposed to open when using the fan, so would the outside piece really make a difference?

And Dave, I’m so glad you like it and the wife is happy! Yay!
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Old 04-14-2018, 07:17 AM   #22
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Lynette,

I wouldn't characterize the installation of the new vent as "buyer's remorse" but maybe more a case of "installer's regret".... That said, looking back at it, I probably should have done as you did, and when the flapper broke, just left it all alone. That way, there would have been "more of a cover" over the opening. But, I removed that one and installed the "open grid" cover. Since then, every time I wash the trailer, I think to myself, "I shouldn't have done this"... So far, I haven't taken the time to order (or go buy) an old style vent cover, but the thought has crossed my mind EVERY time I wash the trailer.... Will I pull that open grid thing off the trailer? Probably, this summer, if it ever gets here will be the "test of one last wash with the open vent"......
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Old 04-14-2018, 07:41 AM   #23
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Jim, I have quite possibly spent more time in Maine then some natives. Started RVing there about 1972, spending at least a month, sometimes more every summer. I would leave the family in the p'up or, eventually, a Kounty Aire 5er and commute the 315 miles each way every Monday and Friday. Then there are those two plus years working in Biddeford, living in Portland while building and starting up a garbage burning power plant.



Unfortunately we will probably never make it to Alaska, with your part of the world (last year, LV and Boulder City) being about as far as we will get. My wife's back problem just wont take day after day sitting in the truck's passenger seat. We will just have to make do with Maine sea scallops
My Alaska experience was the end of the Aleutian Islands (Shemya) for a year-long unaccompanied tour (85-86). The all-expenses trip was compliments of the USAF and a gourmet meal was powdered milk and two-year-old gray meat. I think I prefer Lobster. A Marylander by birth means Blue Crab is deep in by veins. I would love to trailer the East Coast just for the food.
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Old 04-14-2018, 08:57 AM   #24
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Lynette,

I wouldn't characterize the installation of the new vent as "buyer's remorse" but maybe more a case of "installer's regret".... That said, looking back at it, I probably should have done as you did, and when the flapper broke, just left it all alone. That way, there would have been "more of a cover" over the opening. But, I removed that one and installed the "open grid" cover. Since then, every time I wash the trailer, I think to myself, "I shouldn't have done this"... So far, I haven't taken the time to order (or go buy) an old style vent cover, but the thought has crossed my mind EVERY time I wash the trailer.... Will I pull that open grid thing off the trailer? Probably, this summer, if it ever gets here will be the "test of one last wash with the open vent"......
If the wife is happy, all is good.

If you or Lynette have a problem with a flapper, etrailer sell just that replacement piece. Ours broke and I J-B welded a piece of metal rod on the flap (2015) and it's still in place. Yes, I AM a certified J-B Welder plus actually was a certified navy stick welder way years back


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My Alaska experience was the end of the Aleutian Islands (Shemya) for a year-long unaccompanied tour (85-86). The all-expenses trip was compliments of the USAF and a gourmet meal was powdered milk and two-year-old gray meat. I think I prefer Lobster. A Marylander by birth means Blue Crab is deep in by veins. I would love to trailer the East Coast just for the food.
Like said, will probably never get to Alaska. Uncle Sam didn't let me get far from home in my couple years of service but one of those years was spent on the East Coast in MA plus I have workrd a couple years in Maine plus have literally hundreds of vacation days there. There isn't much that beats a lobstah (correct spelling in Maine) that was wandering the ocean floor the day before or a scallop or shrimp that was next to him. And yes, I do like blue crabs but lobstah to me is best. And that gray stuff the military calls meat, it was left over from the Korean War in the '60s when I was in the army - bleeeeh.

If you ever do the East Coast - CT and North even into Canada, late August into September is always great since the tourist season is winding down and you can really enjoy the sights and food.
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If the wife is happy, all is good.

If you or Lynette have a problem with a flapper, etrailer sell just that replacement piece. Ours broke and I J-B welded a piece of metal rod on the flap (2015) and it's still in place. Yes, I AM a certified J-B Welder plus actually was a certified navy stick welder way years back




Like said, will probably never get to Alaska. Uncle Sam didn't let me get far from home in my couple years of service but one of those years was spent on the East Coast in MA plus I have workrd a couple years in Maine plus have literally hundreds of vacation days there. There isn't much that beats a lobstah (correct spelling in Maine) that was wandering the ocean floor the day before or a scallop or shrimp that was next to him. And yes, I do like blue crabs but lobstah to me is best. And that gray stuff the military calls meat, it was left over from the Korean War in the '60s when I was in the army - bleeeeh.

If you ever do the East Coast - CT and North even into Canada, late August into September is always great since the tourist season is winding down and you can really enjoy the sights and food.
I was stationed at Cambridge Research Labs in Bedford, Mass from 67 to 71 and was able to sample Lobster quite a bit. It went back in 2014 to Rockport and had more after my MD high school 50th reunion. In 67 the locals hated the military and made sure we knew it. It wasn't a pleasant time. I would like to camp around the Freedom Trail in the fall and avoid the cities. Concord and Lexington are great places to visit.
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I had this vent type installed where there was none from the factory. The flap inside seems more durable than the standard RV vent flap.

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I had this vent type installed where there was none from the factory. The flap inside seems more durable than the standard RV vent flap.


I believe that's a Heng's J116-BK - which from what I've read are too restrictive for the Fabulous Fan hood upgrade. I looked at it as an alternate to what was supplied. Probably work well with the original fan though
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I believe that's a Heng's J116-BK - which from what I've read are too restrictive for the Fabulous Fan hood upgrade. I looked at it as an alternate to what was supplied. Probably work well with the original fan though
It's a different brand, but similar in design (and possibly from the same Chinese factory).

I doubt you would ever notice a difference. It is a pretty immediate exit to outside. It would just be a high pressure stream outside.
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