dzeemon
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Strange for that to happen after 13 years.
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BerkshireVille
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Hey RayChez, just plain BS huh? My fantastic fans will spin backwards if the vent is open and the power is off on the fan when the slides go out. I don't think it has anything to do with the broken window, but it does move lots of air when the slides go in and out.
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TMitchell
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I have had 2 Dutch Stars, with slides, in the last 6 years. Never paid attention to see if a door or window was open while activating the slides.
I have also never used the slide locks, so as far as the slides go, I guess I am not doing anything right.
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RayChez
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BerkshireVille wrote:Hey RayChez, just plain BS huh? My fantastic fans will spin backwards if the vent is open and the power is off on the fan when the slides go out. I don't think it has anything to do with the broken window, but it does move lots of air when the slides go in and out.
Maybe your slides are like a hydralic ram? Or another anology is the little rubber seal between the slides and the wall on your coach are like rings on a piston. You have a heck of a suction on your coach. LOL! Sorry but I can't believe there could be that kind of suction to break or pull a window right out of its mold. Besides he said the window was half way down on the drivers side.
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wny_pat
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BamaRVer wrote:Took the MH to shop today to have the glass replaced in the drivers door. Was this at Red Bay?
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Sully2
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BerkshireVille wrote:Hey RayChez, just plain BS huh? My fantastic fans will spin backwards if the vent is open and the power is off on the fan when the slides go out. I don't think it has anything to do with the broken window, but it does move lots of air when the slides go in and out.
All that shows is a difference in the FLOW of air..its NOT a significient pressure change
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brobox
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After reading all of these posts, I am leaning to something more simple. This was a 13 year old piece of glass. Very possible to have had a rock chip over the years, the slight vibration of the slide going out or the MH being slightly out of level could have caused the glass to shatter. It sounds more like a freak accident that will probably not happen again.
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super_camper
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BamaRVer wrote:Have a '95 Allegro Bay 34 foot with superslide. Upon letting the slide out, the driver's door window shatters into a bazillion pieces. The MH was leveled with the jacks down before the slide went into motion. The window was down about a quarter of the way when it happened. Has anyone experienced this happening to them, if so, what was the cause? Just curious so that maybe can avoid from happening again.
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Are you certain these two events are connected in some way - just because the window shattered when the slide was moving doesn't mean the slide was the cause of the window failure.
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Silver_Knight
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super_camper wrote:BamaRVer wrote:Have a '95 Allegro Bay 34 foot with superslide. Upon letting the slide out, the driver's door window shatters into a bazillion pieces. The MH was leveled with the jacks down before the slide went into motion. The window was down about a quarter of the way when it happened. Has anyone experienced this happening to them, if so, what was the cause? Just curious so that maybe can avoid from happening again.
TM
Are you certain these two events are connected in some way - just because the window shattered when the slide was moving doesn't mean the slide was the cause of the window failure.
I agree, theses two events are probably not connected. I watched my rear glass in a chevy truck sitting in my garagae just start cracking all by itself. Within 30 minutes the entire back glass was shattered.
Also, the idea about a vacuum creating a significant pressure change to break glass.....well that just sucks 
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D.R.Bain
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Silver_Knight wrote:
Also, the idea about a vacuum creating a significant pressure change to break glass.....well that just sucks
I had a patio door on my stick built shatter under just these kind of conditions. Although these are dual pane. The edge seal failed and due to a quick warming during the day the inside pane shattered and the outside pane was intact.
If it was saftey glass it can fail on its own and for no apparent reason. To this day my 85 year old F-I-L will insist that when parking in the sun we need to open the window a crack so the glass won't break.
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