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    Posted: 06 Apr 2015 at 10:13pm
Love the Ultra Breeze cover on our 178. It was a bit of a tight fit with antenna, but a little anti-chafing material and silicon and no problem for last 10K plus miles.


 
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Definitely a step up from a cat hole or outhouse on the AT or PCT!
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Good point. I'm still getting used to this "comfort as a priority" idea :) I'm converting from long hikes to the thunderbox/shack at best.
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It won't hurt anything in the wet bath, but many don't want to discover that the bathroom is soaked from a midnight shower when they duck in at 3 am.
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I'm new to trailers so perhaps I'm missing something obvious, but aren't all R-Pod fans located in the wet bath? What's the concern about the rain for, then? Damage to the fan itself?
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I installed my upgraded Fantastic Fan in an Aerolite Zoom TT, had the dealer swap it to my 2010 R-Pod 173 and eventually to my 2014 178.  You are right, most TTs don't have Fantastic fans although the 2 Class A motor homes I have owned did come with one.  The Class B and Class C models came with standard fans.  The first Class C I owned did not have even have a fan or A/C, but that was over 30 years ago. 
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Jan 2014 at 9:37am
Originally posted by Sleepless


Mark, the rain sensor on your fan is a top of the line feature.  Too bad FR does not have that fan as an option. 

Bob


I have looked at many a camper in my time, very few have had a FF period, let alone the top end one. I kept all my stock "guts and parts" when I upgraded, if we sell, the pod will have the base fan back in it when it goes up for sale. We already know what our next camper will be, and I will specify the base FF fan in it, then swap out the upgrade parts again.
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Originally posted by furpod

My fan lid closes when it rains.. Wink


That is a good feature unless you want the lid to remain open for ventilation.  The Fantastic vent cover keeps the rain (and dirt) out yet allows the fan to run or a natural flow of air without the fan.  The black cover does cut down on the amount of light, which can be either a blessing or a problem.

Mark, the rain sensor on your fan is a top of the line feature.  Too bad FR does not have that fan as an option. 

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we run the bathroom fan while cooking and we open the bathroom fan lid when we use our space heater or propane heater. (condensation) 
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My fan lid closes when it rains.. Wink
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