Bullet 26 RBPR

[Camperfun]

I have taken the inside vent ring off and did fish around for a 12v source with no luck I can’t believe that they would make a travel trailer without any outside venting at all As soon as you start to cook or microwave anything the smoke alarm goes off and heat just builds up No exhaust at all Just down right stupid I guess my only fix is to tie into the dome lights in the ceiling and keep the switch on for the lights to run fan Keystone get your act together This is a problem

[WNY Bullet]

Originally Posted by JRTJH

I wouldn't do it that way for several reasons.

First, as you said, it would only work when connected to shore power or a generator.

Second, most 12 volt power supplies require venting if in an enclosed space, and the "above the ceiling space gets extremely hot with the sun beating on it in the summer.

Third, any "out of sight electrical device" can cause issues if it gets damp (that space will be "hot/cold" as the temperature changes, causing condensation) as well as the "out of sight/out of mind" issue with things like mice chewing wires, cracked insulation, and the inability to keep an eye on it.

I wouldn't feel comfortable with something like that "stuck in the ceiling, unmonitored".... YMMV

Make sense, plus it would be nice to have it push air if we weren't hooked to shore power to use the AC

[Camperfun]

The AC has a source but it’s for the thermostat and that’s 12v ac current

[JRTJH]

We installed the fantastic fan in our bathroom roof vent to replace the little "fart fan" that came from the factory. It moves enough air that when turned on with a window in the kitchen slide slightly open, it would pull much (or all) of the cooking heat/odor out of the trailer.

You're right, why Keystone (or any other manufacturer) would build a trailer with no means to vent cooking humidity/heat out of the trailer is strange, but there are more and more (not fewer and fewer) being built with that limitation.

[cavie]

Originally Posted by Camperfun

Has anyone put a vent fan in the kitchen on this floor plan and if so where did you get the power source from I pulled the inner ring off and there is no 12volt source in there Can’t believe that they would make this model with no exhaust at all Range hood just recirculating not exhaust
Thanks

2 choices. 1) If you have just a recirculating hood, Replace it with a 12 volt vented hood out the back and cut a hole in the side of the rig.

2) If you have a built-in microwave take it down and reverse the fan motor to vent out the back and cut a hole in the side of the rig.

Been there, done that.

[Camperfun]

Pulling wire from some light in ceiling is the route I am taking to get power to the vent It will be switched but I would rather go that way then cut into wall I think they would of done that vat the factory but again I thought they would of put 12v at the vent
Thanks everyone for the replies and input No real easy way but it can be done

[Northofu1]

Not sure why you wouldn't snake it from the entertainment centre. I owned the same model once.
Your reason for fan install is one of the many reasons I traded it. I know not everyone wants to or can trade it in, but it is basically an entry level trailer.

[Camperfun]

My entertainment is on the other side of my trailer Way to far to fish a wire

[Camperfun]

Update
I was pulling a wire from the dome light to the vent and foul hooked a set of wires One set was a 12v hot and ground light circuit that I tested and it’s hot all the time It’s very short but I was able to tap into it to get the power I need Problem solved For future it’s there but hard to find and work with short wires but it’s fixed Fan in and working fine

Thanks again for all the help and ideas That’s what this forum is all about Owners know best

[WNY Bullet]

Originally Posted by Camperfun

Update
I was pulling a wire from the dome light to the vent and foul hooked a set of wires One set was a 12v hot and ground light circuit that I tested and it’s hot all the time It’s very short but I was able to tap into it to get the power I need Problem solved For future it’s there but hard to find and work with short wires but it’s fixed Fan in and working fine

Thanks again for all the help and ideas That’s what this forum is all about Owners know best

Very good! From which light were you pulling from that you found the 12v feed?

[Camperfun]

The one above the sink over the island

[WNY Bullet]

Originally Posted by Camperfun

The one above the sink over the island

I'll have to search up there for additional wires. Thanks!

[Camperfun]

White wire a green wire with white tracer looking up in the pocket towards the center at AC unit left corner just enough to pull it into the vent cavity and splice I believe the wire your splicing into goes to the light to the outside kitchen Keystone says all 12v light wires are white and green white tracer molded together

[WNY Bullet]

Originally Posted by Camperfun

White wire a green wire with white tracer looking up in the pocket towards the center at AC unit left corner just enough to pull it into the vent cavity and splice I believe the wire your splicing into goes to the light to the outside kitchen Keystone says all 12v light wires are white and green white tracer molded together

I have no outside kitchen so I wonder if that wire exists in my rig?

[Camperfun]

Not sure what else it would feed I guess just take the bezel off a look around I used my cell camera to see up in there

[WNY Bullet]

Originally Posted by Camperfun

Not sure what else it would feed I guess just take the bezel off a look around I used my cell camera to see up in there

Camper is i storage right now, but this will be on the "to do" list come Spring!

[flybouy]

Originally Posted by Camperfun

The AC has a source but it’s for the thermostat and that’s 12v ac current

The thermostat in an RV is 12v DC.

[Camperfun]

I believe that is 12v ac current at the ac unit

[Camperfun]

Need that fan Still can’t believe that they made this unit without outside ventilation

[WNY Bullet]

Camperfun: Where is your power center located on the newer units?