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Deb_and_Ed_M
Explorer II
Oct 18, 2020

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 aluminum roof), the new Fantastic Fan fit perfectly into the hole. I also discovered Northstar already had 12v wiring in place for a powered fan - bonus!

Unfortunately, when I plugged the camper into 110v, there seems to be no power to the wires in the vent opening. :-( (The overhead lights worked, so I did have proper power)

Ed tossed out some ideas - maybe there's no fuse in place for something that hadn't originally been installed; or the wires aren't hooked to ??? on the other end. I didn't even look at the fuse box - it was dark and my back ached and I was getting crabby. Getting old ain't for sissies.

Tomorrow, I will contact Northstar and ask for advice, but I thought I'd throw my question out on this forum in case someone else knows the answer and I can start screwing down the fan.

Thanks for any suggestions!
Deb
  • Oops - sorry I wasn't clearer: yes, I used my multimeter to test for 12v power (it will test to 1/1000th of a volt). I'll grab a worklight and go searching for the other ends of that wire......
  • Remove the cover on the electrical panel so that you can see the wires back there. Most likely you will find no fuse like you guessed, or there will be loose wires not screwed into a terminal.
  • You are saying no power to fan. Do you mean that you have been using a tester on the wires?...or that your fan has not started running?...Depending on model your Fantastic fan has direction rocker switch, 3 speed knob, thermostat knob. Do you have all those controls turned on?...if wires are dead with tester then I would try to determine if they are prewired from one of the nearest ceiling lights and are capped off there and need to be connected or as suggested check 12v fuse panel for fan circuit fuse needed.