Porch light
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Topic: Porch light
Posted By: Susie Q
Subject: Porch light
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 5:51pm
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Help, please. When I turn on the porch light on my RPod 178, it sounds like a fan is running. What is that noise? Is it normal? How do I stop it? Thanks for any advice you can provide.
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Posted By: Susie Q
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 5:55pm
Hmmmm. The bathroom light may have been on at the same time. I notice a "fan" noise when I turn the bathroom light on. Even though the bathroom overhead fan is turned off.
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Posted By: Tars Tarkas
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 7:20pm
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Where is the noise coming from? There are no fans directly connected to the lights but I suppose turning on a light could kick the converter into the next gear and cause it's fan to turn on. If that's it, it will go off in a while. (Are you connected to shore-power?)
TT
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2010 176
FJ Cruiser
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Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 8:06pm
I was thinking the same thing as TT; maybe the converter kicking up a step. Put your ear down by the converter to see if that is the source of the fan noise.
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River
2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost
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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 9:32pm
+1 or 2.
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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."
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Posted By: OldNeumanntapr
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 10:55pm
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The fan on our converter has kicked on before unexpectedly and we couldn’t figure out where the noise was coming from.
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Posted By: Susie Q
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 1:11pm
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The noise was coming on when I turn on the bathroom light, not the porch light. But now it's not happening, so it may remain a mystery. That said, I love my pod. %20 -
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Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 1:51pm
I concur with the converter fan theory. Whether the fan comes on depends on the total 12V load at the time you flip the light on and probably the ambient temperature as well.
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod"
2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4
Three cats
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Posted By: Keith-N-Dar
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 1:52pm
When the bulbs in our 2011 177 were still incandescent it was common to hear the converter fan run if we had several lights on. Replacing them with LED bulbs eliminated that. Aren't a;; the 178s LED from the factory?
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers)
2011 R-Pod 177
2010 Ford F-150
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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 3:24pm
Keith, new ones probably, my 2015 the front service light and the porch light I changed to LED.
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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."
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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 3:40pm
Susie Q,
Put your ear by the converter, hear a fan?
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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."
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Posted By: TheBum
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 4:23pm
Originally posted by mcarter
Keith, new ones probably, my 2015 the front service light and the porch light I changed to LED. |
The 2016s also still had incandescent porch and front service lights.
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Alan
2022 R-Pod 196 "RaptoRPod"
2022 Ram 1500 Lone Star 4x4
Three cats
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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 4:26pm
My porch light lens melted, I replaced the bulb and the lens.
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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."
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Posted By: Susie Q
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 5:03pm
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Thanks. Right now I can't get the noise to come back. When I do, I'll listen.
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Posted By: Susie Q
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 5:09pm
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Ok. I turned on all the interior lights and then the porch light. Sure enough, the converter fan came on. That was the noise I was hearing. I think the porch light in my 2018 178 is incandescent.
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Posted By: poston
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 5:28pm
Originally posted by Susie Q
Sure enough, the converter fan came on. That was the noise I was hearing. |
Yay, I'm glad you got it sussed!
That's irritating when you can't located the source of the sound, kinda like locating crickets.
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Jim
Virginia City, Nevada
2016 R-pod 180
2015 Nissan Xterra Pro-4X
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Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 9:05pm
Originally posted by Susie Q
Ok. I turned on all the interior lights and then the porch light. Sure enough, the converter fan came on. That was the noise I was hearing. I think the porch light in my 2018 178 is incandescent. |
If it is a 2018, I'm pretty sure all the lights are LED at that point. I know all the round "puck" lights in the interior, the tail lights, and all the marker lights are LED. Pretty sure the rest of the lights are LED as well (including the porch light).
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River
2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost
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Posted By: OldNeumanntapr
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 9:17pm
Originally posted by poston
Originally posted by Susie Q
Sure enough, the converter fan came on. That was the noise I was hearing. |
Yay, I'm glad you got it sussed!
That's irritating when you can't located the source of the sound, kinda like locating crickets. |
Yep. That's EXACTLY what happened to us on our 1st big trip with the new 180. "What's that noise?" I finally tracked it down to the converter fan.
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Posted By: Susie Q
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 11:27pm
Posted By: Susie Q
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 11:31pm
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Thanks to you all. Now, if I could just figure out the photo thing again, I'd post a pic sometime. Tried a search, but the URL cut & paste method (using Flickr) didn't work. Might be an Android thing.
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Posted By: Susie Q
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 11:41pm
Posted By: Susie Q
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 11:42pm
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I do want to change mine to LED. Guessing I'd hear that fan less. Less wear and tear on it.
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