Power for roof vent

[richard parisi]

I have a '76 Birchaven with a standard 14' roof vent. I am considereing
putting a DC powered fan in the vent. My question is, what would be
involved in running power up to the vent. I know I have DC wires at the
driver side arm rest that I can easily get to. Is this the best place to
start from, and what is the best way to get the wire up to the vent?

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Rick Parisi
1976 Birchaven

 

[david l greenberg]

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>I have a '76 Birchaven with a standard 14' roof vent. I am
>considereing
>putting a DC powered fan in the vent. My question is, what would be
>involved in running power up to the vent. I know I have DC wires at
>the
>driver side arm rest that I can easily get to. Is this the best place
>to
>start from, and what is the best way to get the wire up to the vent?
>
>Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
>Thanks
>Rick Parisi
>1976 Birchaven
>
>Check the site for dc wiring. I thought the coaches were all prewired.
It is possible the powered vent was an option but I would guess the
wiring was in place already.

David Lee Greenberg
Boston Homes, Inc
1220 US Highway 1, Suite B
North Palm Beach, FL 33408
www.bostonhomes.net

 

[roger umber]

In a message dated 3/8/99 1:59:29 PM Central Standard Time,

> have a '76 Birchaven with a standard 14' roof vent. I am considering
> putting a DC powered fan in the vent. My question is, what would be
> involved in running power up to the vent. I know I have DC wires at
the
> driver side arm rest that I can easily get to. Is this the best
place to
> start from, and what is the best way to get the wire up to the vent?
>
Rick,
When I installed a Fantastic fan in my '78 Birchaven, side bath,
there was no wiring to the vent as people have indicated was present in
GMC finished coaches. I tapped into one of the 12 VDC house light
circuits in the rear of the coach. For me the easiest way was to drop
one of the overhead cabinets, run a pair of wires from vent over the
headline to the side of the coach and splice into the light circuit.
Since I have a '78 coach instead of a '76, Coachman may have finished
them differently and you'll have a different situation. Mine is a side
bath, if yours is a rear bath that may be a difference also.

IMHO the best thing to do is remove the vent trim and look between the
headline and the roof and see what your coach has. I have found removing
and reinstalling the overhead cabinets not all that difficult and can be
quite informative about the finishing of the coach.

Roger Umber
'78 SB Birchaven
Albuquerque, NM

 

[mr.c]

When I opened up and took out my old vent, found that 12 v already there.
You might not have to run anything. Remove the old one from underneath and
look first. I found in the front and back ac and dc. What a nice thing to
find.
Al Chernoff

> I have a '76 Birchaven with a standard 14' roof vent. I am considereing
> putting a DC powered fan in the vent. My question is, what would be
> involved in running power up to the vent. I know I have DC wires at the
> driver side arm rest that I can easily get to. Is this the best place to
> start from, and what is the best way to get the wire up to the vent?
>
> Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Rick Parisi
> 1976 Birchaven