Bedroom Ceiling Fan

[SteveR]

We are shopping for a new coach and are looking hard at Nemar. One thing we see that is missing on our "wants list" is a ceiling fan in the bedroom. Our current coach has one and we rely on it heavily when in warmer climates (DW hates the AC blowing but wants some air movement).



None of the Newmar levels we have looked at from DS to LA have a fan in the bedroom. I realize the AC plumbing prevents a fan from being installed over the bed but has anybody gotten around this?


I realize this may seem trivial to some but not to DW and to me so this may be a tipping point for us if we cannot resolve it in some way.
Thanks for your replies.

[Mr_D]

I installed a ceiling fan in our '02 DSDP. Accessed the stringers through the ceiling light, cut a piece of wood to fit between the aluminum trusses and screwed the fan base into it. Ran a cord over to a cabinet and plugged it into the TV outlet. Fan was a very small diam 6 blade 120 volt hallway fan. Hard to find too.

[chuckster52]

Originally Posted by SteveR

We are shopping for a new coach and are looking hard at Nemar. One thing we see that is missing on our "wants list" is a ceiling fan in the bedroom. Our current coach has one and we rely on it heavily when in warmer climates (DW hates the AC blowing but wants some air movement).



None of the Newmar levels we have looked at from DS to LA have a fan in the bedroom. I realize the AC plumbing prevents a fan from being installed over the bed but has anybody gotten around this?


I realize this may seem trivial to some but not to DW and to me so this may be a tipping point for us if we cannot resolve it in some way.
Thanks for your replies.

We also had ceiling fan in last bus and wife still wanted one when we got the Newmar...I bought a Tower fan at Sam's Club and it skinny enough to ride on bed but works great...C

[tomgrigsby]

Our 2000 DSDP came with a ceiling fan over the bed, and they are known to occasionally have a blade fall off due to road vibration and bumps. Ours dropped a blade last summer on a trip to Kansas from Virginia. The fan location is so close to the ceiling that it really didn't move much air anyway, so I'm planning to replace it with an LED light and just add a conventional fan. Our layout may allow for once to sit on the hall sink and blow into the bedroom. Haven't figured it out yet, but definitely not replacing the ceiling fan since it really wasn't much good for moving air. YMMV

[SteveR]

Originally Posted by Mr_D

I installed a ceiling fan in our '02 DSDP. Accessed the stringers through the ceiling light, cut a piece of wood to fit between the aluminum trusses and screwed the fan base into it. Ran a cord over to a cabinet and plugged it into the TV outlet. Fan was a very small diam 6 blade 120 volt hallway fan. Hard to find too.

Thanks for the reply...sounds like a lot of surgery to install a small fan. We installed a 12v fan with 36" blades with a remote control function a few years ago and love it. I don't see a way to do this on any of the Nemar products due to the way the AC ducts are done over the bed.

[SteveR]

Originally Posted by tomgrigsby

Our 2000 DSDP came with a ceiling fan over the bed, and they are known to occasionally have a blade fall off due to road vibration and bumps. Ours dropped a blade last summer on a trip to Kansas from Virginia. The fan location is so close to the ceiling that it really didn't move much air anyway, so I'm planning to replace it with an LED light and just add a conventional fan. Our layout may allow for once to sit on the hall sink and blow into the bedroom. Haven't figured it out yet, but definitely not replacing the ceiling fan since it really wasn't much good for moving air. YMMV

We have walked through several DS, MS and LA coaches from 2019-2020 and none have a fan and the salesman said Nemar will not option one due to the way the AC vents are configured over the bed. Our 12v fan sits close to the ceiling too put puts out enough air to blow out a candle. I guess all things being equal, we may end up without one and use a counter mounted fan like we do in the the main salon of our current coach to avoid the AC noise and air currents.

[Dutch Star Don]

We have a ceiling fan in our bedroom at home and pretty much use it all year. Since our Dutch Star doesn't have one, we use the Fantastic Fans as a whole house fan. You can either open the windows by your head or escape window and then turn on a Fantastic Fan at the front of the coach, or turn on the rear bath fan and open something up, up front. This will draw the cool air through the bedroom.

The newer coaches are designed to either have the A/C on or the heater on to warm or cool the coach.

[lostinfla]

We started out with a tall tower fan for the main living area in the coach to keep air moving, but it was like sitting in a windstorm every time it cycled around your way. We eventually bought 3 small tower fans similar to This. Have one in the bedroom and two in the living area. Turn them on low oscillate, and they keep air moving inside with no modifications and can be replaced easily if one day they don't work.

[Beach Aire]

I cannot sleep without some sort of air circulation, so a ceiling fan was a must for me. Personally, I don't like the small fans that sit and hum all night.
Bought one of the 36" 12v ceiling fans, and installed it on my Mountain Aire.
Pretty simple install, just need to put some reinforcing 2X4's behind it for structural support.
I wouldn't be without one

[Bobkat3080]

We use two small USB powered desk fans. They have a wire stand that we hang on the knobs of the overhead cabinets. We had to pad the wire to quiet the vibration noise. We have two power strips, with USB outlets, stuck to the wall, on each side of the head of the bed to power them. We each can turn ours on/off just by reaching up at any time of the night. By each having our own we can choose to use/not use on our own. They only blow on one's head and shoulders, not the whole body. And they cost only $5 each.

[Bchtravlr]

We just have this fan on the counter across from the TV. It is small enough with lots of power and has a remote.

It also works great outside if you need air movement to keep bugs away or just air movement

Holmes 12” Fan on Amazon

[Rev. Roy]

Originally Posted by SteveR

We are shopping for a new coach and are looking hard at Nemar. One thing we see that is missing on our "wants list" is a ceiling fan in the bedroom. Our current coach has one and we rely on it heavily when in warmer climates (DW hates the AC blowing but wants some air movement).



None of the Newmar levels we have looked at from DS to LA have a fan in the bedroom. I realize the AC plumbing prevents a fan from being installed over the bed but has anybody gotten around this?


I realize this may seem trivial to some but not to DW and to me so this may be a tipping point for us if we cannot resolve it in some way.
Thanks for your replies.

This may make some laugh. I.asked about a ceiling fan at a Newmar dealership and was told Newmar doesn't offer one even as an option. When I told the salesman that the Entegras have them he laughed and said, "That's because the Entegras need one where the Newmars don't". I thought that was either a good answer or that salesman was quick thinking. 😀

[AnotherMike]

Not truly RV, but back in the late 80s my wife wanted a fan in the living room of the s&b... I found a Casablanca fan on closeout/open box but the blades were missing... I ordered a replacement blade set and it turns out that there are blade kits in several different lengths, colors, etc. and with 3, 4 or 5 blades and short-spaced mountings and wide-spaced mountings... It turns out that on many fans the rotor is pre-drilled and tapped to take different blade counts and types.

We located the center of the room with a laser pointer, drilled the ceiling, I went up into the attic and installed a fan mount kit across two ceiling studs. We ran the wiring and it all worked. We didn't bother with a wall mount fan / light control, just wired it to full-time power and installed a remote kit into the fan housing. But there was too little air flow because the blades were too close to the ceiling (3-4 inches). So I ordered an extension tube and lowered the motor/blade assembly by 9 to 12 inches (I forget the details) and then there was more than enough air flow. Turns out the tubes are available in several different lengths.

Hope this info helps someone...

Mike

[Stuart W]

We do the same as Dutch Star Don, open the Windows next to bed and turn on Fantastic vent, works amazing