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A couple of times in a 2 year period, our Dimplex B8000 electric fireplace insert has had the fireplace blower element “die” on us.
I’ll define “die”:
- fireplace works great… for 10 minutes, then shuts off and never turns on again.
- The rv fireplace blower works but never puts out heat
- nothing turns on or off as far as blower OR heat.
Always, the “flame” worked. Just the heater/blower combination didn’t work.
Before getting started
Some other articles I’ve written regarding the RVs electric fireplace:
Replacing the Heater Element on an RV Fireplace
I was able to call Dimplex and get them to send a replacement rv fireplace blower element, even though my insert was NOT on warranty anymore. It doesn’t hurt to make a phone call. After all, the WORST they can say is “no”.
Once I had the replacement element, I did something SUPER DUPER CRAZY and WEIRD. I read the Dimplex manual. Find the manual for the rv Dimplex Fireplace BT8000
There was an entire section on replacing the fireplace blower heating element.
After reading it, I knew it was easy and the pictures will tell you how easy it truly was.
There are probably ONLY four screws holding in your fireplace.
You can see in the next four pictures the locations of those screws. Sorry about the bad photography, unattractive subject, and poor choice of clothes. Its only when you go to put pictures into a blog post that you actually panic!
After the screws are out, the fireplace really just pops out. It is VERY lightweight. Surprisingly so.
In the next picture, you can see the rv fireplace blower removed. I thought there would be wiring, but it is a standard household 110 Volt plug-in just like you would use for your vacuum cleaner or stereo. So all you do is just “unplug”.
The hardest part is removing the 4,397 screws that hold the rv fireplace blower heater element in place. Just remove them.
I didn’t say LOSE them! Keep track of them, you’ll need them in 10 minutes.
The next picture shows the fireplace blower heater element already removed. There are two wires you have to unplug to remove the unit. Watch what you do as you’ll have to plug in the new heater element in the very same way.
Now just reverse the steps and you’ve completely fixed your RV Fireplace and saved the $200 from the RV repair person bill. This one is just too easy to have them do.
No, I like to reserve the really YUKKY stuff for the repair guy so I get my complete $200 worth.
Cheers!
Ray Robinson says
Can you tell me how much the Element was, and are there places to get the best price?
Thank You;
Ray
Marlan at Rv52 says
Ray,
I found one on Amazon that is awfully close to the Dimplex one here.
I actually called Dimplex and complained. They didn’t really want to send a heating element out, but I pushed them a little and they did it. Honestly, they did me a favor so in my only interaction with Dimplex, I was pretty impressed. If you call them, have all your model numbers ready.
Here is a GREAT FAQ on Dimplex site and they point to 2 electric supply companies that can ship replacement parts. Get the rv electric fireplace faq here
Raymond Robinson says
Thank you
Anna Parton says
Great post. Wonder what’s up with these fireplaces? We have hade to replace in 2 different coaches. Guses when you takeep a rolling g earthquake down the road, things are bound to happen!
Marlan at Rv52 says
Well they are made in China. I’m reminded of a story a friend of mine once told me. He was selling industrial components and a Chinese customer had several versions built by different suppliers all with my friends industrial products inside. When the versions were all complete, there was a big ceremony where the winner would be decided from the versions. In walked a very old, thoughtful looking Chinese gentleman who carefully examined each version. Everyone was in complete silence. There must have been about 20-30 people in attendance. After about 30 minutes the Chinese gentlemen, with only a single point of his finger, says “this one”.
My friend was so intrigued that during the reception he asked the Chinese gentleman “How did you choose which version won?” The Chinese gentleman took my friend to the winning version and said “Do you see how this version has slight variations showing its stress?” My friend replied “Yes.” My friend was thinking that the particular version would have been eliminated because of that. The Chinese gentleman continued “This means that this version used JUST ENOUGH materials to work, but not even a tiny bit extra. This is how I selected.”
There is a similar John D. Rockefeller story, but that is for another comment.
Kathleen Joan Head says
Love this guy…you made me laugh to hard with the statement about the 4,397 screws.
Thank you for your post and sharing how to do it.
Marlan at Rv52 says
Thx for your kind words.