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  • Skin irritated working in generator bay

    Posted by George on June 15, 2021 at 9:45 pm

    I have been in process of replacing foam insulation with soundown.

    Yesterday I was in bay installing new insulation and cleaning the bay.

    At the end of the day my arms were red and itching badly. I thought it was something I was sanding off the walls.

    Again today I got same reaction and I now think it is the insulation wrap on the exhaust system. It was the only thing I touched besides fantastic cleaner.

    I assume the wrapping is a fiberglass. Anyone have specific info on the exhaust wrap?

    Jim/Chris replied 5 years, 2 months ago 6 Members · 6 Replies
  • 6 Replies
  • Robert

    Member
    June 16, 2021 at 8:44 pm

    My bet is on fiberglass.

  • DON

    Member
    June 17, 2021 at 6:17 pm

    Did you pull the genny out to replace

    insulation ?? Your radiator beside your

    engine???
    took out old insulation, not sure how to

    put new insulation back in with out pulling

    engine.

  • Jim/Chris

    Member
    June 17, 2021 at 9:05 pm

    I pulled the genny completely out when I did mine.

    Here a link: LINK

  • George

    Member
    June 17, 2021 at 9:23 pm

    Thanks Don, I have taken all old insulation out, replaced all water lines. Looks like I’ll have to pull engine. I’ll do that another day

  • David

    Member
    June 18, 2021 at 12:18 am

    I removed bolts to generator air bags and lifted the generator from the coach.

    I then used a grinder to cut the welded pieces on the slide to allow my slide to be removed from the base of the slide. Several people said there was a bolt at the end that when removed allowed the slide to come completely out. This was not so with my slide as instead of putting in a bolt in the hole at the end of the slide they welded a piece across the back of the slide.

    I can now clean all the slide parts and repaint the slide to prevent future corrosion.

    The roller bearings in the slide were all gummed from years of heat and grease. I removed them and dropped in a bucket of diesel fuel and years of debris slowly eased out of them. They now turn freely.

    I am slowly fitting soundown to the bay.

    the results is going to be a shiny bay not like the old greasy foam that lined the bay before.

  • Archived

    Member
    June 21, 2021 at 8:36 am

    Hello,

    Yes, the heat wrap on the exhaust is filled with fiberglass and can be a skin irritant. I know because I use to install them at Royale Coach.

    Rubbing against the heat wraps can get your skin all itchy and red.

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