Arctic Fox 990 question
Ours is a 2012 Arctic Fox 990 and we absolutely love it:) However the ventilation fan to the basement on our unit continues to run even though we are winterized and the tanks are empty. This is the ...
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I know folks love their Artic Foxes, but such a basement fan strikes me as a possible design flaw.
Apparently the fan draws warm, moist air from the camper cabin and circulates this water vapor laden air into the entire(?) basement cavity to provide some heat and prevent tanks from freezing. The guaranteed result of that method is copius condensation forming on any quiet, cool surface areas, in said basement, in keeping with typical basement heat loss. Areas such as wood tub structure (if AF uses that type construction) and stored metalic items will form a wet water droplets from essentially dry vapor causing some damage.
On the other hand, if the fan merely circulates continuous warmed cabin air through a sealed, non-insulated metal underfloor duct that merely radiates to the basement structures, no damage is done. Please tell me this is the case. Other than this possible flaw, I have always admired the well-known Arctic Fox extensive cold weather design. Some of my favorite camping was done in a TC in cold weather (-15F), although the camper was of marginal cold weather design.
Wes
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I know folks love their Artic Foxes, but such a basement fan strikes me as a possible design flaw.
Apparently the fan draws warm, moist air from the camper cabin and circulates this water vapor laden air into the entire(?) basement cavity to provide some heat and prevent tanks from freezing. The guaranteed result of that method is copius condensation forming on any quiet, cool surface areas, in said basement, in keeping with typical basement heat loss. Areas such as wood tub structure (if AF uses that type construction) and stored metalic items will form a wet water droplets from essentially dry vapor causing some damage.
On the other hand, if the fan merely circulates continuous warmed cabin air through a sealed, non-insulated metal underfloor duct that merely radiates to the basement structures, no damage is done. Please tell me this is the case. Other than this possible flaw, I have always admired the well-known Arctic Fox extensive cold weather design. Some of my favorite camping was done in a TC in cold weather (-15F), although the camper was of marginal cold weather design.
Wes
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