Recently the Fantastic Fan in our Mountain Aire bathroom started to operate erratically – uncommmanded speed changes, turning on and off. Weird. I checked the connections but everything appeared fine so I called their techs. Guess what the first question was even before I told them anything specific: "Do you have a Newmar coach?"
Turns out they've been having trouble with the bathroom fan wall controls in late model Newmars. The tech told me that the silicon Newmar uses to fill the hole the wires come through behind the controller (to prevent condensation) has a certain kind of oil base that migrates to the back of the printed circuit board and contaminates it after a while causing all sorts of goofy things to happen. Sure enough, when I looked closely at it I saw some discoloration on the solder points.
As you would expect from Fantastic , they stepped right up and sent me a new PC board and fabricated a small backing plate that eliminates the need for silicon. Very easy to replace and it's working properly now.
Contact Fantastic Fan if you're having this sort of problem – they'll take care of you. A great company. BTW, they said they're working with Newmar to solve the problem at the time of manufacture.
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Full timers Radioman, The Nagrivator, & Woofie the Poopless Watchdog
08 Newmar Mountain Aire 4523
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