Fantastic Fan install - no power :-(
OK - finally got around to removing the old overhead crank-up vent on our pop-up TC. I'm astounded how sticky the old Dicor still was on a 22 yr old camper! MUCH scraping later (and grateful for an ...
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Z-Peller wrote:
Hmmm....I think I would use a sharp point light tester and poke the black & green wires to make sure they all have power before tapping into them. Maybe one of them is the fan prewire to the fuse panel and is dead?... hard to say but just a thought.
You win!!! After waiting for my 16 ga wire and Scotchloks to arrive, I set about trying to find a handy place to tap into the overhead wires. I removed a section of corrugated plastic wiring guard - and lo and behold, hiding inside there was a black wire not connected to anything!! I checked it for continuity to the in-place fan wires, and got a beep. :-) So I simply Scotchlok'd it to a black wire next to it (apparently the neutral had already been connected) - and TADA! the fan runs like a champ! So I spent the rest of the afternoon screwing the fan to the roof (the butyl tape had already pretty much locked it into place) and then drizzling Dicor over everything. Once that sets up for a couple of days, I'll add a rain cover.
In case anyone who has ever made an instructional video is reading this: THANK YOU! I watched a couple of videos showing "how to replace a vent with a fan" and they were invaluable!
