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anutami
Explorer III
May 26, 2015

Why is there a 3 inch hole in the roof of my wolf creek?

Decided to remove my roof antenna on my wolf creek 850 to make room for a cargo roof carrier. Since it only had a coaxel cable running through it I thought the hole could be easily covered with dicor.

Pulled the mount to find about a 3" hole they drilled through the roof. Anyone have an idea why such a large hole would be needed? Any ideas on how to fix this?



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  • jimh406's avatar
    jimh406
    Explorer III
    May 26, 2015
    Super_Dave wrote:
    I would just cut a round cover plate out of some aluminum and cover it back up. The cover in Dicor.


    +1
  • whazoo's avatar
    whazoo
    Explorer
    May 26, 2015
    I have a similar set up but my box DOES cover a bit of the solar. WGAS?!! Some people just look for a reason to jump down your throat these days. What a giant gas bag. That wasn't even part of your question now was it? Good luck with that big ol hole, the one in your roof.

    anutami wrote:
    donn0128 wrote:
    Geeze, your going to cover the solar panels with that giant storage pod? Why not just take the panels off and use that area? Depending on how your parked that box is going to block most of that panel a great deal of the day.


    I guess we'll see you but that's my only option right now and I'm not really sure what you mean. The box is not literally blocking the panel and is no higher than my a/c.


    Seems to be getting full sun all day today :)
  • anutami's avatar
    anutami
    Explorer III
    May 26, 2015
    Probably plywood precut as this seems to be where the roof vent is located for the bathroom in the 840.
  • anutami's avatar
    anutami
    Explorer III
    May 26, 2015
    donn0128 wrote:
    Geeze, your going to cover the solar panels with that giant storage pod? Why not just take the panels off and use that area? Depending on how your parked that box is going to block most of that panel a great deal of the day.


    I guess we'll see you but that's my only option right now and I'm not really sure what you mean. The box is not literally blocking the panel and is no higher than my a/c.


    Seems to be getting full sun all day today :)
  • the_bear_II's avatar
    the_bear_II
    Explorer
    May 26, 2015
    > Ease of installation
    > Allows a Winegard Type TV antenna to be installed (this would be my first choice)
    > Worker said Oops and put the radio antenna in place to cover the mistake
    > Plywood is precut using a template- Same piece of plywood is used on different models and on other models this hole would be used for a holding tank vent (second choice)
  • Super_Dave's avatar
    Super_Dave
    Explorer II
    May 26, 2015
    I would just cut a round cover plate out of some aluminum and cover it back up. The cover in Dicor.
  • towpro's avatar
    towpro
    Explorer
    May 26, 2015
    i wonder if the idea was they could throw a roof mounted crank up satellite dish on as an option and use the same hole and coax cable.
  • donn0128's avatar
    donn0128
    Explorer II
    May 26, 2015
    Geeze, your going to cover the solar panels with that giant storage pod? Why not just take the panels off and use that area? Depending on how your parked that box is going to block most of that panel a great deal of the day.

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