94pt 'cool o matic' gally exhaust fan

[Pete Masterson]

I'll look for a Lowes. This part of Pennsylvania that we're in
doesn't seem to have many big box stores (haven't even seen a
Walmart) -- but we're heading down toward Lancaster, and that part of
the state seems to be more populated.

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road near Scranton, PA



On Oct 1, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Joyce and Richard Hayden wrote:

> Pete,
> I found a direct replacement for that stat at Lowe's in Yuma last
> winter.
>
> Dick Hayden - '87 PT 38 - Lake Stevens, WA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Pete Masterson
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 6:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: 94pt 'cool o matic' gally
> exhaust fan
>
> Good info!! Just what I needed to know. If I can find a Walmart in
> this state, I'll take a look at the Hunter thermostat.
>
> Pete Masterson
> '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
> aeonix1@...
> On the road near Scranton, PA
>
> On Sep 30, 2008, at 9:56 PM, Don Bradner wrote:
>
> > Mine also has Green, Brown, and White. Green-to-white turns the
> > Kool-o-matic on, Brown to white is the heater.
> >
> > I replaced with a Hunter 42999B from Wal-Mart, digital. Green to
> > the G terminal, Brown to W, White to Rh, with a jumper from Rh to
> > Rc. Y has no connection.
> >
> > Works very, very well.
> >
> > Don Bradner
> > 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> > Posting today by satellite near Rodanthe, on the NC Outer Banks
> > My location: http://www.bbirdmaps.com/user2.cfm?user=1
> >
> > On 9/30/2008 at 4:47 PM Pete Masterson wrote:
> >
> >> I checked all the fuses in the overhead (it's different on a PT-42)
> >> power center and didn't find any blown fuses/tripped breakers.
> >>
> >> After disassembling a few things, I'm suspecting that the
> thermostat
> >> is shot. There's a lot of corrosion on the back side, down where
> the
> >> switches are mounted.
> >>
> >> I'm aware of how to turn on the fan, so that's not the problem. I
> >> previously had intermittent operation (that is, the fan would cycle
> >> on and off -- without regard to the thermostat setting -- but
> then it
> >> seemed to (mostly) be working as expected for several months. Last
> >> Friday, it refused to go on despite whatever manipulation. In the
> >> past, when the fan failed to come on, slamming the front door often
> >> started it up -- but even that doesn't work now.
> >>
> >> I took some things apart and found no 'juice' at the fan.
> >>
> >> The thermostat has 3 wires coming it its backside, white, green,
> and
> >> brown. Shorting either the green or brown to the white (presumably
> >> ground) causes the toe-heater to come on. (This was with the middle
> >> part of the thermostat removed, so the switches weren't active.)
> How
> >> the thermostat circuits work is a mystery to me.
> >>
> >> I'm going to try to find a replacement thermostat at a home center
> >> (although, we're heading into Amish country in a couple of days, so
> >> finding a home center with anything but lanterns might prove
> >> difficult...)
> >>
> >>
> >> Pete Masterson
> >> '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
> >> aeonix1@...
> >> On the road near Scranton, PA
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sep 30, 2008, at 3:35 PM, Gregory OConnor wrote:
> >>
> >>> Kool o matic fan fuse on 94pt is
> >>> front overhead component panel circuit block A "sk5"
> >>> above driver ,in cabinet block close to street side,
> >>>
> >>> to turn on the fan you need to play wit the center thermostat
> >>> try puttining one switch to cool and the fan on auto with the
> >>> thermostat on a low temp setting. to have it run on auto you
> need to
> >>> pick cool I guess it keeps from exhaustinng generated heat.
> >>> Greg94pt
> >>>
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