I have a 2021 Reflection 315RLTS travel trailer. I was recently under the travel trailer cleaning/painting the frame of the travel trailer and noticed some moisture at a cut portion of the coroplast. Upon dropping a portion of the coroplast, I noticed moisture in the under belly. It had been 2 months since I drove to Florida and encountered a rain storm, so that moisture likely was in the under belly for 2 months. I left the under belly/coroplast open for a week (while I lived in it and was connected to a water hose), and the underbelly had completely dried out, no more moisture. Thus, I assume there was no leaking plumbing causing the moisture.
I taped up the cuts in the underbelly to reduce as much as possible moisture getting in there, but I accept that moisture is going to in there from water spray from the tires when driving in the rain. For example, there is an opening through the frame for the spare tire raise/lower shaft near the trailer wheels, so water can definitely get in there. (Last year, I had a 110 volt short in a removable connection in the underbelly area due to water in the connector.) Water was coming in where Lippert cut the under belly to bring out the wires for the automatic leveling system they installed, and hopefully I have that all sealed up now.
Accepting that moisture from road spray is going to find its way into the underbelly, it would be nice to have some type of openable/closable hatch (preferably with a fan) that can circulate air through the underbelly to dry it out when I'm parked. Has anyone every done anything like this? (install a vent and/or fan to air out the underbelly when parked?)
I taped up the cuts in the underbelly to reduce as much as possible moisture getting in there, but I accept that moisture is going to in there from water spray from the tires when driving in the rain. For example, there is an opening through the frame for the spare tire raise/lower shaft near the trailer wheels, so water can definitely get in there. (Last year, I had a 110 volt short in a removable connection in the underbelly area due to water in the connector.) Water was coming in where Lippert cut the under belly to bring out the wires for the automatic leveling system they installed, and hopefully I have that all sealed up now.
Accepting that moisture from road spray is going to find its way into the underbelly, it would be nice to have some type of openable/closable hatch (preferably with a fan) that can circulate air through the underbelly to dry it out when I'm parked. Has anyone every done anything like this? (install a vent and/or fan to air out the underbelly when parked?)
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