Good to know Terry. I asked the worker that is doing our roof and was told it is boxed and vented outside, but he may have ment the big fan. They are too busy right now to be bothered by me asking questions, so after the workers leave tonight I will take a look at how ours is vented since we have no roof right now and it will be easy to see.
Thanks
Ann

Ann,

I learned of the issue from some other RV'ers.  Fortunately, I didn't have to learn the downside of that little vent on my own, but learned it from others.  I have had the pleasure of being involved with three different RV forums, two of which are primarily for the DRV Suites models and then this forum here.

I have been on some of the other forums, Escapees, for one, but I've found those to be a bit more harsh in the treatment one can get.  Also, because of those two forums being prety specific to DRV's, when a problem shows up in one couple's coach, it tends to get mentioned, thus we all learn from any issues that one or two owners have.

This is why I tell folks to register, read, and ask questions on any owner's forums that can be found for the brand of RV that they want to learn more about.  Some items on one brand may be located in different places than in others.  For instance, DRV Suites models all have very similar water manifolds.  When I was looking at the Trilogy models some time back, I found that the one model that had a water manifold had one that wasn't as nice as the DRV's type, and that the second model of Trilogy didn't even have a water manifold at all.

Terry

Dave and Marge,

Our situation can likely be different than that of others.  Being in Oklahoma and during a drought period (at least up until the latest snow storm), we are actually in a circumstance of having low humidity, thus we tend to "spark" a bit more.  So, lately, we have been leaving the bathroom door open (side bathroom) when we take a shower so that it helps to "humidify" the interior of the coach.

Prior to that, since Jo always takes her showers in the morning, after I "used" the restroom in the morning, I would open and turn on the large fan that does vent to the outside.  Jo is also pretty short, so she can "barely" reach the controls.  Because she is short, we keep a folding step stool that folds flat in the linen closet in the bathroom.  She uses that to reach some of the cabinets in the coach and can easily reach it in the linen closet to operate the fan herself, should she need to turn it on or off herself.

Here are pictures of Jo's single step folding stool.  We got ours at an RV dealer, but I imagine they can be found almost anywhere.

Terry

The switch on the large fan in the bathroom of the DRV products is one that allows variable speeds for the fan.  Also, the knob with which one raises the cover over the fan is not electrically operated.  It requires manual opening of the cover.

Terry

-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Saturday 2nd of March 2013 11:51:50 AM

Thanks Terry, I was wondering if there was some easy to vent the other fan outside to the roof. We have a stool that we keep in the kitchen are so my wife can reach some of the cabinets. I guess one could replace the large fan with one that has a remote. That might be an expensive option.