ALDE Fan

rcarlson1957
rcarlson1957 Posts: 265
in Heating/Plumbing & Winterizing
I've looking everywhere and can't find anything that really mentions the ALDE fan other than getting a "fan failure message." What is it for and when should it be running? 

2018 TAB 320S
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  • Bayliss
    Bayliss Posts: 1,532
    edited January 2022
    @rcarlson1957, it is a combustion exhaust venting fan, which only operates while using propane for heating.  It blows out through the round vent on the driver's side wall of the trailer.

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  • pthomas745
    pthomas745 Posts: 4,645
    It is a fairly small fan in the Alde box.  This thread has a video of removal and install.
    If you search for the Alde Service Manual, there is a description of the fan, troubleshooting, and some reasons that it fails. You can find it over in the Alde Manual section.


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  • Dame_plume
    Dame_plume Posts: 75
    @bayliss You just answered one of the questions I was about to ask Alde tomorrow.  I wanted to know if the "fail fan" applied only to propane heating.  I read in a previous thread that you can blow with a compressor in the exhaust and it sometimes fixes the issue.  Is the exhaust the vent you are talking about where people use the compressor ?
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