Always learning

PNWtabber

I just took a two-night trip around the Cascade Loop in Washington state. I learn something from every trip I take. Takeaways from this trip were:

1. Always take your electrical and water hook-ups with you even if you plan to boondock--plans can change. 
2. Look carefully at the rest area signage -- the RV dump station may not be located on the same side as the RV parking, grrr. WHY??????
3. Always use the ventilation fan when using the inside stove -- don't count on open window to provide enough ventilation to keep the smoke detector from going off (so embarrassing). 
4. Check the bottom of your cooking pans before putting them on the stove to make certain nothing flammable is stuck to them (facepalm).

What I haven't figured out is:  why boiling water for my morning coffee can set off the smoke detector but somehow burning plastic did not?  The mysteries of the universe.  All was well in the end, no people or pets were injured.

Photo at Washington Pass, North Cascades Highway (Hwy 20).

MuttonChops

PNWtabber said: . . .
3.   Always use the ventilation fan when using the inside stove -- don't count on open window to provide enough ventilation to keep the smoke detector from going off (so embarrassing).
4.   Check the bottom of your cooking pans before putting them on the stove to make certain nothing flammable is stuck to them (facepalm).

LOL, , Yep.  Been there, done that.

MarkAl

Even with the open window / fan I've set off the smoke alarm - the battery is removed.... I know, I know... it's just the trailer is so small I don't feel I need it. If I'm outside - I'm usually way too far outside to hear it.

Mellow_Yellow

Hello! I see you do not have a cover for your roof vent. I highly recommend one, even though it does add 10" or so to the height of the trailer. I'm just across the water in Victoria, BC and it's one of the best mods I've made. The roof vent is pretty much always open on my trailer and the rain never gets in!

PNWtabber

Mellow_Yellow said:

Hello! I see you do not have a cover for your roof vent. I highly recommend one, even though it does add 10" or so to the height of the trailer. I'm just across the water in Victoria, BC and it's one of the best mods I've made. The roof vent is pretty much always open on my trailer and the rain never gets in!

Can you provide an example?  My roof vent has a cover that raises and lowers, but I'm guessing you mean something else??

Horigan

Here are some examples on this page.  It goes over your existing cover.

https://www.airxcel.com/rv/maxxair/products/covers

PNWtabber

@Horigan and @Mellow_Yellow -- how do these attach?  I can't imagine drilling holes in my roof!!!

Horigan

The Maxxair attaches to the side of the vertical portion of the existing fan above the roof, with small L-brackets.  Not through the roof.  See the figures in the attached installation instructions.

https://www.airxcel.com/docs/default-source/maxxair/covers/10b50104-maxxair-i-instruction-sheet-rev-b-12-2015.pdf?sfvrsn=9e8006b_10

Mellow_Yellow

Hello @PNWtabber - The hood I installed is: https://www.amazon.com/Fan-Tastic-Vent-U1500WH-Ultra-Breeze/dp/B007HGF398/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=fantastic+cover&qid=1633823836&sr=8-3

There are some notes on this post about some differences in the outer brackets on the roof of the T@B, depending on the year. Apparently some fans have "4 tabs on the roof", which requires a different fan hood.  https://tab-rv.vanillacommunity.com/discussion/12736/upgrades-to-2014-t-b-320-s#latest

And here is my T@B in a great photo showing how the hood fits. While it does restrict the vent from opening fully, it still opens about 6" which is plently and I've had it open in all kinds of rain, including out in Tofino!

RCB

Mellow Yellow, to change subjects a bit….in  your photo, how did you attach the sun cover material to the top of the window, please.