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im2cuteferu

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Posted: 05/31/08 12:32pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Since I have started cooking for dinner I have had at least 30 flies in here. I have been swatting them like crazy and still I see more. I'm alone here so I know it isn't from the door being opened. The windows are closed and I've covered the drain in the shower and sink. Help! Could it be the AC vents? I'm desperate!


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Posted: 05/31/08 12:46pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

the vent over the stove?


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Vents somewhere?


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Posted: 05/31/08 01:17pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Wouldn't be the drains since they are sealed-off from the outside with a "P"-Trap full of water.
I also suspect the range vent or the electric cable hatch that usually enters the coach into a cabinet.


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Posted: 05/31/08 01:18pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

I really don't know! I've spent the last two hours swatting flies!

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Some maybe from last year....they get in under the belly and breed like flies. Check and see if there is any openings at all.


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Probably through the heater vent. Get some Insect Screens

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Posted: 05/31/08 09:24pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Check your oven vent. The plastic flapper that opens and shuts on the 'outside' of the RV are prone to breaking off and you wouldn't know it.

or

buy one of these;
http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/parts/recliners-chairs/14-9413.htm




* This post was edited 05/31/08 09:39pm by rockhillmanor *


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Not sure but maybe they like what you are cooking. Just kidding. Just takes a small crack ina screen, to let them in.





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fireman50 wrote:

Probably through the heater vent. Get some Insect Screens


Nope, not through the heater vent. The vent is sealed to the combustion chamber and the combustion chamber is sealed from the living area.
The screens are to keep insects out of the combustion chamber so mud-daubers don't get on the burner.

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