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05-18-2017, 07:13 PM
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Tank Heaters
Am camping in cold weather currently in a 2503S Rockwood Mini-Lite.
When I turn on the tank heater switch on the main panel a fan comes on in the main control center( where the fuses are. I assume this is a cooling fan?
Is it normal this fan come on with the tank heaters. My only frame of reference is last December i was in two nights of low 20's and I used the tank heaters but the fan did not run. Any ideas?? Thanks.
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05-18-2017, 07:38 PM
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When you turn on the heaters, you are putting a fairly major load on the converter. The converter is located below/behind the fuses. When you load up the converter, the fan comes on to cool the electronics. This is normal.
I'd bet the fan came on previously, but you may not have heard/noticed it (If you were in the low 20s, you probably had some sort of heater running, which may have drowned out the fan.)
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05-18-2017, 07:38 PM
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The fan is probably the converter's fan trying to recharge the depleted battery, due to the tank heaters power drain.
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05-18-2017, 08:08 PM
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Okay, thanks- should be okay. Just that I am so anal on what could be considered noises or changes etc. Seems like I would have heard the fan noise before.
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05-18-2017, 08:12 PM
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Fan operates only when on shore power
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05-18-2017, 08:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bikendan
The fan is probably the converter's fan trying to recharge the depleted battery, due to the tank heaters power drain.
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LOL. did not know the fan charged the batteries . 
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05-18-2017, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by northstar1960
LOL. did not know the fan charged the batteries . |
Yeah, that is funny.
I meant that it comes on when the Converter is trying to recharge the battery.😖
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08-16-2017, 06:13 AM
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08-17-2017, 01:15 PM
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Sooo... I just noticed I inadvertently commented on this thread with "roflblack." I had read this thread at the time for my own knowledge and then randomly decided I wanted to know what "roflblack" means since I keep seeing it all over this this forum. When I went to search for it I must have typed it in this reply in error. ...and I still don't know what it means! haha Sorry bout that, didn't even mean to comment! Heck, for all I know I may have offended somebody so sorry in advance if I did! lolol
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08-17-2017, 01:30 PM
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roflblack
Quote:
Originally Posted by Krieged
Sooo... I just noticed I inadvertently commented on this thread with "roflblack." I had read this thread at the time for my own knowledge and then randomly decided I wanted to know what "roflblack" means since I keep seeing it all over this this forum. When I went to search for it I must have typed it in this reply in error. ...and I still don't know what it means! haha Sorry bout that, didn't even mean to comment! Heck, for all I know I may have offended somebody so sorry in advance if I did! lolol
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See post #2 in this thread http://www.forestriverforums.com/for...ack-16368.html
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08-17-2017, 01:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Krieged
Sooo... I just noticed I inadvertently commented on this thread with "roflblack." I had read this thread at the time for my own knowledge and then randomly decided I wanted to know what "roflblack" means since I keep seeing it all over this this forum. When I went to search for it I must have typed it in this reply in error. ...and I still don't know what it means! haha Sorry bout that, didn't even mean to comment! Heck, for all I know I may have offended somebody so sorry in advance if I did! lolol
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It's one of our "smilies" (see to the right of your test editor or the conveniently attached graphic  )
Typically we use it to illustrate "ROTFLMAO"
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08-17-2017, 01:46 PM
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Quote:
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Thanks! 
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08-17-2017, 06:07 PM
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roflblack
rofl = Rolling On Floor Laughing. I have no clue what/why it has "black" on the end.
When it has a colon ( : ) at the beginning and end, then it shows the emoticon:
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