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Blutoyz's avatar
Blutoyz
Explorer
Nov 06, 2017

First do no harm.....good thing I am not a DR

While doing the antenna on my 20 year old Adventurer I had to drop a new coax into the cab and used a marine watertight fitting. Obviously I disturbed something with all of my fishing to try and snake the new coax because I dropped it off at the garage yesterday for oil and trans flush and found a nice splash of H2O on the dinette when I stopped.:S

Now the part that will give you a chuckle...one of the light fixtures (of course it had a nice new led bulb in it) was full of water but there were not signs of a leak above it. My guess is that the water is happily running down the wiring from the roof so now I get to go up there, clean it up good, and goop everything I disturbed.

As always....any advice or mockery is welcomed:W
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  • azrving's avatar
    azrving
    Explorer
    Nov 06, 2017
    Post pic. It probably needs more dicor. You did use dicor didnt you? I had a leak around the atenna coax wire. The boot had relaxed enough that it looked ok but was not tight enough on the coax cable and water ran several feet over and into a light fixture and trough a ceiling panel joint and onto dinette.
  • kerrlakeRoo's avatar
    kerrlakeRoo
    Explorer
    Nov 06, 2017
    My Uncle used to tell me;
    "If yer foresight
    was as good as yer hindsight
    You'd be better off,
    by a **** sight."
  • Blutoyz's avatar
    Blutoyz
    Explorer
    Nov 06, 2017
    rjxj wrote:
    Post pic. It probably needs more dicor. You did use dicor didnt you? I had a leak around the atenna coax wire. The boot had relaxed enough that it looked ok but was not tight enough on the coax cable and water ran several feet over and into a light fixture and trough a ceiling panel joint and onto dinette.


    It was a marine fitting so I used silicone and mounted...obviously I didn't quite do enough...LOL
  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    Nov 06, 2017
    I agree with the "more caulk" When I had to do mine I did not use Dicore, but an adheasive sealant I had on hand.. Works great but a tad pricy for an entire roof Great for small jobs (GOOP)
  • wildmanbaker's avatar
    wildmanbaker
    Explorer
    Nov 06, 2017
    If you have a fiberglass roof, the silicone can be removed completely, as nothing else will stick to it. Dicore is more forgiving at sealing, but it does need to be redone, and sometimes does not look real good. But it does do a very good job on RVs. I suggest that, if you can, remove all of the silicone, clean it as much as possible, and use dicore. Its not a bad idea to carry a tube of dicore and a caulking gun for on the go repairs. Things happen at the most inopportune times.
  • georgelesley's avatar
    georgelesley
    Explorer
    Nov 06, 2017
    A very long shot, but I have had this problem twice now so I will mention it anyway. Twice I have had excess internal humidity condense in the roof and run down and collect in light fixtures.
  • Blutoyz's avatar
    Blutoyz
    Explorer
    Nov 06, 2017
    wildmanbaker wrote:
    If you have a fiberglass roof, the silicone can be removed completely, as nothing else will stick to it. Dicore is more forgiving at sealing, but it does need to be redone, and sometimes does not look real good. But it does do a very good job on RVs. I suggest that, if you can, remove all of the silicone, clean it as much as possible, and use dicore. Its not a bad idea to carry a tube of dicore and a caulking gun for on the go repairs. Things happen at the most inopportune times.


    The entire antenna was sealed with dicor and I am sure that I disturbed that as well. I will clean it up and reapply around everything up there. I am not worried about aesthetics up there.
  • Blutoyz's avatar
    Blutoyz
    Explorer
    Nov 06, 2017
    georgelesley wrote:
    A very long shot, but I have had this problem twice now so I will mention it anyway. Twice I have had excess internal humidity condense in the roof and run down and collect in light fixtures.


    Thanks for the longshot...I am pretty sure that I am the cause here...LOL
  • SidecarFlip's avatar
    SidecarFlip
    Explorer III
    Nov 06, 2017
    Blutoyz wrote:
    rjxj wrote:
    Post pic. It probably needs more dicor. You did use dicor didnt you? I had a leak around the atenna coax wire. The boot had relaxed enough that it looked ok but was not tight enough on the coax cable and water ran several feet over and into a light fixture and trough a ceiling panel joint and onto dinette.


    It was a marine fitting so I used silicone and mounted...obviously I didn't quite do enough...LOL


    Silicone is not fine for sealing an RV. In fact, it's no good. Dicor or Sikaflex is.

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