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dakonthemountai
Explorer
Oct 21, 2015

Heki MIDI skylight leak issue

My problem appeared after traveling/camping for over a week and sitting in 3 rain "storms"... with NO leaks or problems.

Upon my return I had to park the truck/camper on the street at the Burbank house for 2 days and it rained pretty hard and was a bit windy both nights. It is on an uphill street that is considerably crowned for drainage, so the truck not only sits nose up, but the passenger side leans so much that I actually have a bit of a problem even walking in the camper. I came out to find a puddle on the bed and water IN the skylight between the outer dome and inner dome on the down side. I could trace the path of the water. The water traveled down from the inner dome to the channel where it meets a rubber seal inside the skylight and then came out on the bed. For those of you that have this unit on your camper have you ever experienced this? The outer panel of the dome is not cracked or damaged in any way. Do I assume this won't normally happen and it was a fluke, or "perfect storm"? Also, is there a way to get the dirty water stain out from in between the inner and outer domes, or can I? It looks like they are supposed to be sealed together?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

Dak
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  • HMS_Beagle's avatar
    HMS_Beagle
    Explorer
    Oct 24, 2015
    I got the whole thing (not just the dome) for a little over $400 including the shipping from Germany. And that was the crank up version which is better and more expensive than the one they seem to always use here. Dometic USA is getting rich on these parts.

    I have a whole spare one that I took off, dome is no good but the rest of it is OK. If anyone desperately needs parts.
  • Buzzcut1's avatar
    Buzzcut1
    Nomad II
    Oct 24, 2015
    dak, online from europe even with shipping its over half the cost
  • dakonthemountai's avatar
    dakonthemountai
    Explorer
    Oct 24, 2015
    Wow!!!! Just in case my dome is cracked I wrote to Lance to get a price for a replacement...$598!!!!!!!! JUST for the dome!! Spendy!??
  • woodhog's avatar
    woodhog
    Explorer
    Oct 21, 2015
    If your hatch is like our Heki (2006) vintage, if you take off the inside trim ring (it just snaps on and off) , that will expose those
    red plastic clamps that physically tighten the hatch combing to the camper roof.
    Look all all around the rough cut edge of the camper roof where they
    chopped out the hatch hole in the roof for signs of water ingress..

    If there is water intrusion signs, you need to remove the old caulking
    on the top of the roof and replace with Dicor self leveling..

    The best sealing job would be butyl tape between the hatch combing and the roof, then apply the Dicor to the outside between the combing and the outside roof..(you would have to pull the combing off the roof to do this)

    We did that after a leak, never leaked since.

    I now have the best Heki, a piece of plywood where it used to be,
    Ours occupies a spot in the junk pile behind our shed.
  • nycsteve's avatar
    nycsteve
    Explorer
    Oct 21, 2015
    My Hieki pos leaked also. Solved it by dicoring the weep holes on the outside base of the unit. Water was somehow backing into the weep holes, not everytime it rained only occasionally. Three years totally dry after sealing.
  • dakonthemountai's avatar
    dakonthemountai
    Explorer
    Oct 21, 2015
    Thanks folks... Guess I'll look harder for a crack. I didn't think there could be a way for water to come up under, but what do I know?! Buzzcut1, I'll take a photo this week when I'm back up with the camper (it's back up in Crestline now under the RV port.)

    Thanks again,

    Dak
  • Americamper's avatar
    Americamper
    Explorer
    Oct 21, 2015
    I've had some leaks around the hinges and front of the seal which are fairly easy to fix but never anything in between the dome.
  • HMS_Beagle's avatar
    HMS_Beagle
    Explorer
    Oct 21, 2015
    If there is water between the domes from rain, you must have a crack in the top dome. Cracks are not always easy to see, you might try light from different angles and polarized glasses. The top dome is supposed to be watertight, and it has enough overlap on the frame to keep it watertight driving 70 mph in the rain.

    The inner and outer dome are sealed at the edges, but you can remove the screws from the inside that secure the hold-open brackets and get it to dry from there. I had a cracked inner dome and got water inside while trying to clean the dome. I rinsed it out with distilled water as best I could, drained what I could, then ran a small volume of dry compressed air through it on a warm day for a long time. It will take ages to dry if you do not get some dry air to circulate through, doing so will reduce ages to hours.
  • Buzzcut1's avatar
    Buzzcut1
    Nomad II
    Oct 21, 2015
    Dak, take a photo and I will check my unit after work to see if there is a difference in appearance of the seals

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