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12-10-2018, 06:22 PM
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Range hood
Anyone tired of the noise?.....Have a fix for that...
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12-10-2018, 06:29 PM
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You'll never get it quiet when going down the road. And it will eventually leak water too. Tear out the crappy fan and the noisy flapper valve.
Remove outside grill and cover hole with Eterna Bond and reinstall grill.
Use your roof vent fans to suck out fumes.
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12-10-2018, 06:36 PM
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I guess that's one way, but not the one I did...If you're into mods, Fantastic Fans makes a range hood with a squirrel cage type fan, 3 speed, and a bright 2 position Led light. I wanted to keep the factory look and fit, do after removing the hood, I drilled out the spot welds, in both the old and new, and removed the fan housing with fan. The new housing and fan fit in old hood perfect, and using small stainless screws, attached it. Removed the two speed switch and the old light switch, installed the new ones, and put the hood back in pace........absolutely quiet even on high speed, and the light really lights up the burner area. The outside vent I used was the original, but I added my own flap, from lexan, and added two small metal hinges......never losing the flap again....
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12-10-2018, 07:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bob caldwell
I guess that's one way, but not the one I did...
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Care to elaborate? Inquiring minds and all that...
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12-10-2018, 07:25 PM
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I put a whole new hood fan/light in mine. Two speed fan and a light that's a night light also. Moves air out and is much more quiet then OE!
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12-10-2018, 07:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steve52
Care to elaborate? Inquiring minds and all that...
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I'm a hunt and peck typer!....lol......check above..
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12-10-2018, 08:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bob caldwell
I guess that's one way, but not the one I did...If you're into mods, Fantastic Fans makes a range hood with a squirrel cage type fan, 3 speed, and a bright 2 position Led light. I wanted to keep the factory look and fit, do after removing the hood, I drilled out the spot welds, in both the old and new, and removed the fan housing with fan. The new housing and fan fit in old hood perfect, and using small stainless screws, attached it. Removed the two speed switch and the old light switch, installed the new ones, and put the hood back in pace........absolutely quiet even on high speed, and the light really lights up the burner area. The outside vent I used was the original, but I added my own flap, from lexan, and added two small metal hinges......never losing the flap again....
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Bob, do you have a part number or model number? I Can't find a Fantastic Fans range hood. Thanks!
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12-10-2018, 08:19 PM
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Get back to you in a few....I'll need to find the paper work tomorrow.....
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12-10-2018, 08:54 PM
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I added a speed controller. Less than $15 to be able to set the fan speed...
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12-10-2018, 09:04 PM
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12-10-2018, 09:13 PM
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Need to do more searching for paper work, but now understand the company I dealt with was bought out by Dometic.....
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12-11-2018, 08:38 AM
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The Hood and fan assembly are now called Sam 1......RVVent.com, sells them and look on their web page for the blue highlighted range hood button.....Ebay also sells this.....could be other sellers out there also and prices very.....
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12-11-2018, 08:44 AM
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That's the one I used. Has been about 3 years now.
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12-11-2018, 08:51 AM
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As i couldn't find my paperwork, I knew of a friend that had steered me onto this mod, so got the info there, and that in turn sent me to a Forest River Owners Forum thread.....
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