I mentioned in my on-going trip report that....(20) One of our TC's Fantastic Fans had a lot of rust on the motor and electrical contacts... caused by salt spray from a couple of hundred accumulated nights on the Fla panhandle beachs... but most of the damage was done in less than 2 months on the LA and Texas beaches.I contacted Fantastic Fan at their nrw owners in Elkhart, Id. I bought some new parts... The nice lasy at Fantastic Fan sent me the wrong ones... then quickly sent me more... wrong again....then they shipped more new parts again. No extra charge... didn't want me to return the extra parts.I cleaned and overhauled the Fantastic Fan in our bathroom to a "new" condition.... with the parts I'd ordered.I liked the upgraded model 6150 we had over the dinette so much that I had Bob Beretta, at the factory in Imlay Michigan change out the screamer fan in the TC's bath 10 years ago to a matching mate.... we run it 98% of the time... it pulls air through the open windows or the filterd air vent under the fridgeI took the spare parts plus parts that I'd accumulated over the years and... built and installed a complete Fantastic Fan model 6150 into Brian Towells (btgraphics) Lance 1191 Truck Camper... Free of Charge of course.His Fantastic Fan has: rain sensor, thermostatic motor lift for the dome, thermostat fan. Reversable in or out fan, multispeed fan, everything you can dream of... We hope that he is enjoying his gift FF as much as we enjoy ours...This picture is Brians freebee installed....

Back to my problem... August of 2014 repairedElectrical contacts were corrodedI cleaned them but the circuit boards were "iffy"

My first thought was to clean everything.... I was using tape to protect the platic parts while I used a wire bruch and some "cleaner, neutralizer"

The motor is a sealed type.... but it was nasty on the outside... it still ran smoothly and didn't heat up when tested on the bench.... OK! OK!... on the dinette table being used as my parts test bench.

This is the original surround after I had it outside the camper getting it ready to overhaul.... first thing... I gave it a good cleaningOops!.... it is sitting on my newly refurbished dinette cushions. Janet won't know... she was recovering from surgery inside the house... it was August.... too hot to bring her outside

I cleaned the hatch from the roof and from inside the bathroom and replaced the lift arm.... I also replaced the rain sensor (the strip in the lower right corner) One drop of rain hitting that strip activates the small lift motor and closes the dome....

2014 Salt damaged Fantastic Fan repair | Good Sam Community

sleepy
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Jun 30, 2015
BTW.... the new manufacturer of Fantastic Fans has made some subtle changes... one is; it is much easier to remove the fan blades now... they are held on the motor shaft by a screw centered in the bottom end of the shaft.

I expect that their learning curve is getting better... but I have no complaints about the way I was treated as we went through the process....

I liked all of the extra parts that I accumulated... BTG... speak up
sleepy
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Jun 28, 2015
I can put away the leveling boards... and a handful of tools.

And, store the three more boxes of FanTastic fan parts in the basement...

... dang that salt spray!
sleepy
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Jun 28, 2015
And there they go... we wish them luck... and hope they will always be cool when things get hot!
sleepy
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Jun 28, 2015
You tell me... doesn't it look cool with it's newly upgraded Fantastic Fan?
sleepy
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Jun 28, 2015
Just so that you can see the drivers side...
sleepy
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Jun 28, 2015
I hope they enjoyed the desert wine.... it is excellent on icecream.
sleepy
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Jun 28, 2015
i forgot to mrntion... Janet also had a sress fracture on the top of her foot just up ftom her toes. You can see her stylish boot.

People... go camping... now, tonight.... don't wait until it's too late.... why are you home reading this on a weekend... Go, Go, Go....
sleepy
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Jun 28, 2015
Brian borrowing our high speed wifi broad band.... whosh!!! he has downloaded everything he needs.
sleepy
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Jun 28, 2015
LaDawn is showing me and Janet the "Cat House" they have their cat with them, there is an access to this storage area (with the door open)... it has the litter box. Easy to get to to empty... no spills, no smells, no fuss, GREAT IDEA

.... if you have a ladder.... at least for us short people.
sleepy
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Jun 28, 2015
What do you think? It is on auto pilot... high speed, thermost control... and praying for rain to see if it'll auto shut down after the firt drop...

Actually... we did a rain dance and furnished a drop of water... it worked flawlessly.