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07-01-2015, 06:09 PM
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Seasoned Camper
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Morro Bay
Posts: 98
M.O.C. #1972
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Air conditioner ceiling vent removal
Before I break something, does anyone know how the air conditioner ceiling vents in the bedroom and bathroom come out or apart? Found the one in the bathroom has what looks like blue painter's tape blocking the outlet from the inside.
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07-02-2015, 05:18 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Port Orchard
Posts: 1,153
M.O.C. #3403
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Ours just pull off and snap back on. As far as the tape behind the vent...some people tape them up to block the flow in order to add flow to other areas of the trailer.
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07-02-2015, 05:27 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Depends on temps
Posts: 1,648
M.O.C. #13157
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John, on my '14 trailer the part that rotates just snaps onto the part that is screwed to the ceiling.
Take a flat blade something like a gasket scraper and pry the grill part off. It is on pretty secure and you will think it will break, but it will snap off.
There are 3 indents in the grill part and that is where the tabs are that hold it on.
Jim
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07-02-2015, 06:25 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Pensacola (mail forward service)
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M.O.C. #13740
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And when you get them off, you will probably find that you need to buy a roll of aluminum hvac tape to redo securing the fixed part of the vent to the inside bottom of the duct. Mine were really crappy and I was losing a lot of air into the ceiling. One of the vents in the landing to the bedroom was drilled off center and I had to work around ceiling structure to seal it. Well worth the effort to remove fixed part and reduce amount of intrusion into duct. Enjoy. John
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07-02-2015, 07:04 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Omaha
Posts: 6,750
M.O.C. #7560
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John if you go to the Search engine at the top of the page and type "ceiling vents" you will find a lot of previous posts on the vents. Some concerning how to get them off, how to improve air flow and much more.
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07-02-2015, 04:40 PM
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Seasoned Camper
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Morro Bay
Posts: 98
M.O.C. #1972
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Thank you all for the information. I did a search but used more words than just ceiling vents so that is why I didn't get anything.
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07-16-2015, 06:47 PM
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Seasoned Camper
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Morro Bay
Posts: 98
M.O.C. #1972
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Thanks for the help with this. I removed a couple vents and taped off one in the kitchen area. Improved the air flow in the bedroom a bit. Somewhere I read that the end of the duct to the front of the trailer may be open to presumably to cool the attic. I cut a pool noodle on half and wedged it in the duct just past vent. That improved the air flow a bit more.
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07-17-2015, 09:05 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Haysville
Posts: 4,261
M.O.C. #3085
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If your ceiling ductwork is open at the front end ... you've got a problem. A/C capacity barely covers the inside of an RV let alone trying to cool the attic as well. Here's an easy mod Ozz did on his vents in the ceiling ... take the base out and cut it down a bit ... it helps airflow as well.
http://www.montanaowners.com/forums/...Terms=duct,mod
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