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    Posted: 20 Nov 2018 at 5:33pm
We prefer to cook outside, t just seems to go with camping. If the weather is bad there is a myriad of microwaveable food available. Breakfast to Dinner. I applaud the mod, but to be honest in 3 years I have never used the stove. Nice to have and I'm sure has a retail sigifigance, but for me no value added.
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I prefer to cook greasy meals outside also. Sometimes weather forces us inside our 2017 179 with smoke detector over the bed. The smoke detector often goes off when cooking but it has a 5 minute delay on it by pushing the test button on the front. Works good for us.
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This is a mod I have not seen anybody else do yet, but is surprisingly easy and quick to do.  I quickly tired of opening the window and running the fantastic fanwhile cooking breakfast.  Nothing worse than freezing my butt off while cooking the pancakes!!!

I moved the stove back against the wall and eliminated the dead space behind it, added a range vent that vents into the refrigerator vent space and added some prep space in front of the stove.  It took all of 6 hours from start to finish including making the custom cutting the board.  I will be adding a piece of stainless steel backsplash to protect the wall.   I will probably just glue it to the luan, though in theory I should put in some spacers so it is not touching the wall.

Process:

Drill a hole in the wall with 4.25" hole saw cut in 1/2 piece of plywood, mark hole,
drill hole
slip in 4" louvered dryer vent, cut off extra part that goes through hole
staple plywood to camper from inside
screw vent to plywood.
insulate the refrigerator compartment when you realize it is only seperated from the inside of camper by 3/16" luan!!


Buy Heng industries 20" stainless steel rear vented rv 12V hood.
Modify to vent downwards using HVAC boot, small piece of metal, and some tape.
Use 4" elbow to direct out of the vent.
Take off the puck light and wire to the fan.

Moving the stove is even easier:

Just remove cover, undo 4 holes, remove stove (undoing the gas flare joint makes this easier, though not strickly necessary)

cut new hole by measuring old by drilling four corners and using a jigsaw,
bend the flexible copper pipe a little bit, plunk stove in new hole
screw in stove, test gas if you disconnected with some soapy water.
cover old hole.

All Done!!

notes: If you like to use plug in appliances, move vent a few inches further over from where I placed so you can get at the outlet.

Also I am venting into the refrigerator space, which is NOT going to pass code, but I could not come up with a use case that would cause problems, especially since the vent is louvered.  You could easily vent right through the wall and it would work better with more airflow.  I have had problems with dust getting into my old camper through the vents on rough Utah roads despite the louver, so I decided on the refrigerator compartment.  
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You could mount the fan near the back wall (not too close there is a 1 is aluminum box tube in there).You'll need a switch so maybe a surface mount rocker something like this

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Use the switch to conceal the wiring back to the corner and run the wires from there down the corner to the countertop. I didn't see a 1 inch thick muffin fan but that would be ideal, it would fit flush in the wall on both sides. 

Let us know how in works out, I have a 179 too.....
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Even easier would be a strip of permabond tape over the wires, that stuff is tough and lasts forever.
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Originally posted by offgrid

You could get a 12V 4 inch dia computer muffin fan, cut a square opening and mount it right in the sidewall. Add a 4 inch dryer vent on the outside and a screen on the inside. Should almost fit within the wall. Biggest problem would be concealing the wires probably. 

Not a bad idea at all - I'll look into it! One way to handle the wires would be to put it into surface-mount plastic channel, would only need to run for a bit until it gets down into the countertop/cabinet below. 
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You could get a 12V 4 inch dia computer muffin fan, cut a square opening and mount it right in the sidewall. Add a 4 inch dryer vent on the outside and a screen on the inside. Should almost fit within the wall. Biggest problem would be concealing the wires probably. 
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Kevinscamps idea for 180 is not readily adaptable to the 179 model; no cabinets above the range, and the wall behind is the curved front wall so the hood could not be wall-mounted. 

I've considered all options for the 179 and the only thing that I've been able to come up with is a small exhaust fan mounted in the sidewall, to the left of the stove. It would have to be small (like maybe 4-6" in diameter), 12 volt and designed for thru-the-wall mounting. So far I have not found anything on the web that would work. 
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Stove range Vent.

This is a mod I have not seen anybody else do yet, but is surprisingly easy and quick to do.  I quickly tired of opening the window and running the fantastic fan while cooking breakfast.  Nothing worse than freezing my butt off while cooking the pancakes!!!

I moved the stove back against the wall and eliminated the dead space behind it, added a range vent that vents into the refrigerator vent space and added some prep space in front of the stove.  It took all of 6 hours from start to finish including making the custom cutting the board.  I will be adding a piece of stainless steel backsplash to protect the wall.   I will probably just glue it to the luan, though in theory I should put in some spacers so it is not touching the wall.

Process:

Drill a hole in the wall with 4.25" hole saw cut in 1/2 piece of plywood, mark hole,
drill hole
slip in 4" louvered dryer vent, cut off extra part that goes through hole
staple plywood to camper from inside
screw vent to plywood.
insulate the refrigerator compartment when you realize it is only seperated from the inside of camper by 3/16" luan!!


Buy Heng industries 20" stainless steel rear vented rv 12V hood.
Modify to vent downwards using HVAC boot, small piece of metal, and some tape.
Use 4" elbow to direct out of the vent.
Take off the puck light and wire to the fan.

Moving the stove is even easier:

Just remove cover, undo 4 holes, remove stove (undoing the gas flare joint makes this easier, though not strickly necessary)

cut new hole by measuring old by drilling four corners and using a jigsaw,
bend the flexible copper pipe a little bit, plunk stove in new hole
screw in stove, test gas if you disconnected with some soapy water.
cover old hole.

All Done!!

notes: If you like to use plug in appliances, move vent a few inches further over from where I placed so you can get at the outlet.

Also I am venting into the refrigerator space, which is NOT going to pass code, but I could not come up with a use case that would cause problems, especially since the vent is louvered.  You could easily vent right through the wall and it would work better with more airflow.  I have had problems with dust getting into my old camper through the vents on rough Utah roads despite the louver, so I decided on the refrigerator compartment.  

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My wife and I set our smoke alarm off with the campfire outside our very first trip out with our new Pod. The campfire was 20ft from the corner of the Pod so the wind was blowing just right with the open door and who would have guessed. LOL

And we had several friendly camper neighbors around the campfire who enjoyed the experience. Was the talk of the group all weekend.

Now we will use the shower cap trick !

Thanks for that idea.
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