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Old 06-14-2017, 10:23 PM   #1
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69 Tradewind fan hole plans/questions

Currently working on my 69 Tradewind renovation and trying to figure out what to do with the 3 vents holes I currently have.

The picture below shows the first two holes in question. The furthest hole was where a fan previously was and I am planning on putting a fantastic fan in that location.

Next to it is another hole that just had a vent cover on it. Does anyone know what the original intent of this was? Also does anyone have any good ideas what to do with this spot? I was thinking of installing a skylight here, thoughts?

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Old 06-14-2017, 10:25 PM   #2
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I would have figured the middle hole was for an AC
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Old 06-14-2017, 10:28 PM   #3
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The AC was actually where that dirty grimey square region is in the pic. That one I know for sure as it was horribly heavy and not fun to remove.
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Old 06-14-2017, 10:35 PM   #4
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Are you talking about the weird thing thats just towards you in the photo from the farthest back vent?

I believe that was a directional vent for the pooper. You could "tune" in the right suction or intake.

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Old 06-14-2017, 10:40 PM   #5
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Are you talking about the weird thing thats just towards you in the photo from the farthest back vent?

I believe that was a directional vent for the pooper. You could "tune" in the right suction or intake.

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Let me clarify what I meant in my first post.

In the image below:
Red circle: is the ?vent? in question
Green circle: is where there was previously a fan and I'm thinking about putting a new fantastic fan.
Blue circle: is where the AC was.

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Old 06-14-2017, 11:18 PM   #6
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Since the red circle is right near the fridge vent, I'd have to assume that it's a vent in the galley. I'd add another fantastic fan there.
That way you'll have a skylight and fan.

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Old 06-15-2017, 10:07 AM   #7
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Since the red circle is right near the fridge vent, I'd have to assume that it's a vent in the galley. I'd add another fantastic fan there.
That way you'll have a skylight and fan.

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I had thought about doing that as well but was debating if having two fans so close together was getting a little silly. Although having never spent a lot of time actually staying in airstream I could be very wrong.
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The hole right behind the vent cover hole was for the tv antenna.
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The hole right behind the vent cover hole was for the tv antenna.


That's right. If you zoom in you can actually still see remnants of the tv antenna. I haven't fully removed that yet but it's on my list.
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Old 06-15-2017, 12:25 PM   #10
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In our 1970 Overlander (27')that spot is the Astradome. It's kind of like a venting skylight and makes it much brighter inside. Vintage trailer supply carries them http://www.vintagetrailersupply.com/Astradome-Later-p/vts-279.htm
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