Too cheap to buy the outrageous priced commercial screening I made and installed some myselfThe "slobber" tube for condensate/defrost goes through a 3/4 copper sweat union.The next time I'm in town I'll replace that with a piece of PVC to make it invisible to the casual eye.It's not very noticeable nowI used aluminum window screening held in place with two sided tape and overlapped with "Gorilla " duct tape.What little loss of flow I get will be offset by two 120mm fans thermostat controlled.Moderator edit to re-size pictures to forum limit of 640px maximum width.

Nice and neat! But...the mesh looks pretty small from an airflow perspective. Can't tell if that's a trick of the pic or what- if it's the same mesh as the one in the last pic on the rig's outside it should work great!

What's the mesh for on the outside, to the left of those 3 white things?

Furnace? Let's see if the OP agrees with that.

Sure looks like a furnace exhaust to me. By the way, those "3 white things" are (L to R) Cable hookup, Fresh water tank fill, city water hookup.Barney

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21 Replies

camperpaul
Explorer
Feb 27, 2014
John&Joey wrote:
2oldman wrote:
What's the mesh for on the outside, to the left of those 3 white things?

:h

Combustion Air intake and exhaust port for the furnace ...

... but there are a few water heater intake/exhaust combos that look like that.

Here is a link to a larger picture. If you click it you will see a huge photo and you can scroll down and right to read the label.
John_Joey
Explorer
Feb 26, 2014
2oldman wrote:
What's the mesh for on the outside, to the left of those 3 white things?

:h
John_Joey
Explorer
Feb 26, 2014
Old Urban RV Myth:

Buy a cheap flea collar and cut it in half. Put a piece in the fridge compartment, and HW compartment to keep bugs out. Does it work, really don't know. Have I ever had bug issues after doing it...no.
tahiti16
Explorer
Feb 26, 2014
Yup many of the class A's at least seem to like putting the furnace under the fridge including ours.
AlbertaNewbie
Explorer
Feb 25, 2014
Terrydactile wrote:
Our furnace and intake/exhaust is under the fridge just like the OP's. It does come out from inside the rig.

Same here, hoping to do the screen mod this summer as well.
Terrydactile
Explorer
Feb 24, 2014
Our furnace and intake/exhaust is under the fridge just like the OP's. It does come out from inside the rig.
popeyemth
Explorer
Feb 23, 2014
I thought it was a strange place for a furnace too.
Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Feb 23, 2014
2oldman wrote:
popeyemth wrote:
Yes that's the furnace with the silver mesh on the outside.
Ok. I have to admit that's the first time I've seen a furnace vent that appears to be nowhere near the furnace. And I've never seen a furnace under a refrigerator.

Looks like an Atwood 79/80 series exhaust/intake assembly.
They don't have an outside access panel. Remove furnace from inside rig.
Like some Suburbans but their exhaust/intake are vertical
2oldman
Explorer II
Feb 23, 2014
popeyemth wrote:
Yes that's the furnace with the silver mesh on the outside.
Ok. I have to admit that's the first time I've seen a furnace vent that appears to be nowhere near the furnace. And I've never seen a furnace under a refrigerator.

popeyemth wrote:
We are OVERRUN with paper wasps here-the aggressive ones not much better than hornets.
Hence the mesh.
Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Feb 23, 2014
Thanks!!

Never had a problem inside the outside fridge compartment.

Wasps are fast builders and will defend their turf.
So I understand the reasoning.