I had a problem with a leaky ceiling so I warmed the coach and waited for the weather to dry up... Well I think it came in through the LARGE fan in the kitchen area, and there is no way to close it off from the outside... Does anybody know what type of fan this is, and is there a cover available for it? Has anyone else had this problem, and if so what was your soloution?
Thanks in advance...

I don't think the cover (shroud) is the problem - it looks like the baseplate was sealed with blue RTV, which I doubt would hold, being formulated for something else entirely.

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Originally posted by Rusty:
I don't think the cover (shroud) is the problem - it looks like the baseplate was sealed with blue RTV, which I doubt would hold, being formulated for something else entirely.

That looks like the problem to me too. Any place you see the RTV type sealant is suspect.

Your Kool-O-Matic exhaust fan is a great unit but like any other hole in your roof must be properly sealed at it's point of entry thru the roof structure. It will not leak otherwise unless damaged.
We have had a week of torrential downpours and not a drop has got inside anywhere. I was all over the roof in September resealing everything that looked aged. It must have worked!
Don and Patty
Enjoying Arizona's liquid sunshine, ... yup it's still raining!!

Same fan as in my kitchen area and manufacture of this unit was discontinued in April 2006. I have never had any leakage or rain having the ability to enter-in from around or under the shroud, even in the worst of downpours for 24 hour periods or driving in torrential rain for several hours at a time.

Seems-like a good fan ...a little loud and I had to replace the motor with a generic used motor a couple of years ago, but it does move a ton of air on high speed.

I have this same fan in my kitchen area. I have never had it leak not even during hurricane Charley. It is a great fan and will move a lot of air. Mine is a three speed and for some reason the low setting does not work, however I not too concern since I still have med. & high.

Jim
1985 Barth Regency

Thanks for the replies.. I dont think "rain" entered through the fan, rather I believe "snow" built up on the roof high enough to allow some of it to be blown into the hole where it then melted and seeped into the headliner... There was "snow" on the floor of the coach when I found the frozen spot in the headliner, and the roof of the coach was deep in the white stuff... At this time I'm just keeping the coach above freezing so the snow cannot build up on the roof, until the time I can figgure out a way to seal off the outside shroud...