Mobile RV repair fail

[RV-there-yet]

You've heard the old adage about the cobbler's kids never having shoes?

Well apparently it extends to the Mobile RV repairman's neighbors can't get their van fixed. Last May I moved into a home in Southern Utah. I discovered that my new neighbor across the street owns a mobile RV service company. Great!

Last October I discovered that the fan on my Fantastic Vent no longer works. After chasing it for a while I decided to support the local economy. I walked across the street and knocked on my neighbor's door. Wife answered (middle of the day). I explained my problem and that I would like her hubby to come check it out when he had a minute. No problem, she says. Later that evening he knocks on my door. I show him the problem. He does some troubleshooting and declares the fan motor deceased. Ok, I said. Let's replace it. I'm 67 years old and have balance issues sometimes so getting up on a stepladder next to the van is not what I choose to do. I'd rather pay the man to do the fix. He looks up a replacement vent on his smart phone, quotes me a price and a delivery time and I say "do it".

Three weeks past the quoted delivery time I contact him again to see what's happening. Not sure, he says, I'll check into it when I get back to the shop. That was 4 months ago. Now when I see him, he looks the other way and pretends I'm not there.

No, I'm not going to give his name here. Just wanted to "vent".

[GallenH]

FYI: The Fantastic fan on my 97PW suddenly stopped working this summer in Minnesota. You can easily open up the bottom from inside the RV. Wiring is really simple and visible. I found that the thermostat (which we never use) was faulty. Connected the "in" terminal to the "out" terminal with a jumper wire and the fan started right up. I suspected the motor too but it wasn't that at all.

[rvsprinterguy]

Sorry to hear about your experience. I know I want to keep some distance between my work and my home. I doubt I'd ever accept any paid work from my neighbors. I'm pretty handy, but the chance of some kind of disagreement over the quality of work I was paid to do is too great. I'm happy to help a neighbor with something simple, for free.

[SteveJ]

This site could help finding a not awful repair shop:

https://rvservicereviews.com/

[jrobe]

It is easy to replace the fan motor on most Fantastic Fan and there are lots of youtube videos showing how to do it. They cost about $50 as I recall and take a few minutes to replace. If someone was physically unable to crawl up onto the roof, any high school kid could do the job.

I would hate to own a Class B and not be pretty handy at fixing things. There is always something to fix.

[RV-there-yet]

Thanks for the tip. I finally got back out to the van and did as you suggested. Fan works great, nothing wrong with the motor. Thermostat switch is dead. A 2" jumper to bypass the switch and Bob's yer uncle!