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Originally Posted by hawkster
Thanks for that. My left mirror is jiggling but the mount screws are tight. I may copy your fix.
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While laying in bed last night, I thought of another way the Precept's mirrors could be allowing water into the outer wall besides through the mount screw heads.
The mirror and it's housing appears to be designed so that rain can enter around the mirror and get into its actuation mechanism. If it does, then water can run down the wires that go through the wall thus allowing place for it to get into the wall's lamination layers. I suspect this is true because I noticed what looks like a passage way (a whole) in the bottom of the base which might have been machined into the base to allow any water to drain out. If water does get into the base internally where it contacts the wall, then the water could seep in around the screws there also as well as into the access hole for the wires.
Today I plan to try to lifting the mirror's housing out of its base by loosening the set screws on the arm and see if I can get access to where the wires go through the base. They must go through a tunnel in the base. If I can get to that juncture, I will try to flood the entrance to the tunnel around the wires with sealer. It would be a little messy but it could keep water from getting past the wires down into the base.
Otherwise, I am thinking about removing the base from the wall again and applying additional sealer between the base and the wall where the screws and wires go through before I re-fasten the base to the wall. Then I would also reseal the base and screws on the outside.
This is a pain and I am really disappointed in Jayco for this poor mirror attachment design. I am concerned because I already have a slight bulge in the wall below the mirror indicating some possible wood swelling. Even minute seepage of water into the holes in the wall can cause further delamination as the wood absorbs it.