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Subject Topic: rain blowing in through fridge vents?
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Personadriafan
02/4/2015 at 4:56pm
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Hi. Just back from my wettest ever (I think) trip - four days of torrential rain, occasional snow, blowing horizontally much of the time. While away I was horrified to find water running across the floor of the van, apparently from underneath the fridge - both the sides and the front. There was no problem with the fridge functioning and no sign of any crack or split on the exterior of the van. I wondered if it was possible that the rain/ snow could be blowing in through the fridge vents (as their position corresponds exactly to where the water was coming out on the floor). The van's an Adria Altea 542 dk.

Any thoughts on this would be very welcome. Is this one of the things that winter vent covers are meant to guard against (I haven't got these covers - had the van for 5 years from new and never had this problem before)?


Persontrog100
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high winds and heavy rain could blow in the vents.. they have downwards facing slats on then but rain going sideways may get in.. :)

it will soon dry out..

trog


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Put a fridge vent cover on.

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Are you sure you haven't got a leaking tap or a split water pipe etc feeding the kitchen sink. I noticed when washing my van how easy it is for water to get in through the vents but I wouldn't think that sort if volume of water would get in from wet and windy weather.


Personnaturlist123
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I have Adria Adora and was in same weather but did not have your problem.
If possible remove vents by pushing upwards and with electric off move fibre glass matting towards vent opening and dry off with hair dryer there are wires for 12 volt and 240 volt supply to fridge behind glass fibre which have push on connectors like car lights also fibre stinks when wet and grows mould if not dried off quickly


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Driving rain definitely won't be causing an issue with that volume of water entering through the fridge vents. It sounds more feasible that the fridge vents need re-sealing around the perimeter because strong winds can force rain through even the smallest gaps creating a leak. If this is the case then rain water will trickle down the inside of the caravan eventually reaching the floor and with the caravan being level then water of course will be evident on both sides of the fridge.
To find out if this is the cause then you need to undertake an inspection test first.
Let the floor dry out then clip some external fridge vent covers to the fridge vents and then use a water hose and spray it completely around the perimeter. You need to cover the vents in order to stop any hose water entering so that any water on the floor is then evident that the vents need re-sealing.   


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it would take rare conditions but in such conditions high winds and driving rain could push more water in through those slats than imaginable.. they are basically open and rely entirely on the downwards facing slats to keep water out..

driving horizontal rain would get in there is nothing to stop it..

trog


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It would get in but I'm not sure enough of it to have water running across the floor. If it was my van I would be checking everything in that area of the van, just in case it is something else leaking.


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so would i but looking at the OPs post "blowing horizontally" i bet it literally blew in.. i have no problems imagining a fair amount blowing in.. rare conditions but with the wind blowing directly against the fridge side of the van a lot of water could blow in..

it dosnt take that much to run across the floor.. once in there is nowhere else for it to go..

trog


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I have a coachman and bought vent covers which are used for temps below 8 degrees and very strong winds. They just clip onto existing vents.


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Thank you very much for the very helpful feedback. I have carefully checked all the pipes/ taps etc and there was no evidence of leaking at all except the water on the floor. It also only happened when it was snowing/ hailing/ raining and not when the tap was in use so I'm hoping (fingers crossed) that it is the vents. Time to get searching for some I think!



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