Fantastic Fan question

gotsmart wrote:
Back left - round black item is the POS glass fuse. the fuse needs to be removed during storage - parasitic draw
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In short, you can have a Fantastic Vent fan with a rain sensor and not use the rain sensor option.

Good point regarding the disabling the rain sensor.

As for the parastic draw - that depends on whether the circuit to which it is a part of is still hot after the battery disconnect is activated. In my trailer it is not so no need to touch this, and I have no parasitic draw given I disconnect the battery when in storage.

^^^^ Well, there's only one of the new things I've learned today. I've never noticed that on mine. I'm going to check that out when I get home tonight, thanks for the tip, gotsmart.

From this link. On my 6600R the rain sensor has an On/Off switch to disable it.

In this picture the cabinet is the back and the ceiling light is the front.

Back left - round black item is the POS glass fuse. the fuse needs to be removed during storage - parasitic draw
Back right - 3-way On/Off switch for the fan - In/Off/Out
Front left - blue/green teardrop sticker that says "rain sensor equipped"
Front right - knob for manually opening and closing the cover. Hiding behind the base of the knob is a red and black label for the switch that turns the rain sensor on and off.

In short, you can have a Fantastic Vent fan with a rain sensor and not use the rain sensor option.

Since you are putting the cover over the fantastic Fan, you don't need the rain sensor as noted above.

I have the Maxx air Turbo Maxx with thermostat control.

It works great and mounts to the existing hatch.

ekirkland wrote:
Thanks guys, I just called the parts dept. at the dealership and changed the order to the non-sensor type.

The dealer should also be willing to pay for the fan--ours did as part of our purchase. I later installed our cover. I went with Fantastic Fan's cover and we love it.

Seems like at some point the manufacturers should just start putting in the Fantastic Fan's with the covers right at the factory. Although it is kind of fun to customize a person's TT a bit. We just added a 2nd cover over our regular roof vent before putting the TT into storage. Looking forward to never closing either roof vent. Left them both open during indoor storage for the winter.

Thanks guys, I just called the parts dept. at the dealership and changed the order to the non-sensor type.

gotsmart wrote:

SailingOn wrote:
Even without the cover the rain sensor is dang near worthless.
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I disagree. I have Fantastic Vent's 6600R in my bathroom - with no vent cover over it. It is about 10 inches from the edge of the roof on the driver's side. I was hanging out with a friend parked in the site next to me - on my driver's side. We were under his awning during a heavy afternoon drizzle and one of the afternoon's highlights was watching the stupid vent close and reopen every 20 minutes. The rain sensor on my 6600R works perfectly.

It probably would not be so entertaining if it were about 2:00AM and you were trying to get some sleep!:E

We have two of them and they are covered with MaxxAir FanMate covers so the rain sensor does not come into operation.
Barney

OP - Lest you get the impression that having a Fantastic Fan with a rain sensor is an automatic problem waiting to happen - it is not. I have a FF with rain sensor and remote and have had no issues with the rain sensor at all even when the moisture content in the RV is high(er).

That is probably because it is under a cover. So why do I have a FF with rain sensor if I am going to cover it up? Only one post above came close to this point - you have to take the rain sensor if you want the remote and that was the case for me. My wife is short and she wanted to have a FF with a remote. I cover all my vents - automatically. Makes no sense (to me) not to.

So, if you have to get a remote then go ahead and get the FF with the rain sensor since that is the only way it comes. If you don't need the remote then I would not get the rain sensor model, given that you will be covering it up. The engineering of the rain sensor is not as bullletproof as a vent cover.

Old-Biscuit wrote:
We have 2 Fantastic Fans in our 5vr.
Both are over 7 yrs. old.
Both are controlled by a wall thermostat.
Both have rain sensors...........and have worked just like they should.

BUT we really like having them OPEN and running when it rains (cool air/smell of rain etc.) so I installed MAX AIR Covers.

Love them staying open now when it rains.

X-2

Mine is covered by a Max Air and here in the tip of south Texas the rain sensor work fine. The fan will continue to operate in a shower and close in a deluge.