Thursday, February 18, 2016

Camper ventilation fan - 4" day/night solar charged, battery operated

Well, I broke out the wallet, again.  After extensive searching and not being happy results, altering my search strategy worked.  I found the golden nuggets and to be quite honest I'm not 100% certain how I even ended up there. The nuggets are ventilation fans made for yachts, large cabin laden boats and smaller airplanes.

By the way, there are lots of other nifty inventions made for watercraft and airplanes, seemingly none of which have made there way over into the campern arena.  Why this is I haven't a clue, maybe we aren't as cool as our plane flying hermanos.  I cannot understand why some of this stuff hasn't because it would carry us over into awesomeness.

A low profile, 4" day/night solar-charged, battery-operated ventilator made by Nicro.  I found it over at WingsAndWheels.com.

4" Day/Night Plus Vent White N20704W  

What low profile meant to me was, not having to be concerned with unsightlies on my roof top.  Why would I even care, considering I'm already toting around a behemoth in the bed of my pickup. Strange perspective.  That alone already puts me in a league of my own anyway.  Don't believe me, some ridiculous driver yelled at me once, "Get out of the road old man!" as he became highly perturbed with waiting behind me for a few seconds at a parking lot exit to await a mad rush of vehicles.  We all know toting these behomoths does change some things but obviously there are those which don't.

All jokes aside, just soak in a good view of the size of the ventilation units on top of manufactured campers.  Too large for my tastes. 

The watertight design of this ventilator meant, the unit will run during every rain storm --fresh air in-rain stays out.  That's what I like.

The 4" Nicro fans move 24,000 cubic feet of air a day.  Should assist in providing ample air exchange, considering I always sleep with windows cracked anyway except during torrential downpours.  Now if a rain storm approaches in the middle of the night, I could close windows if I had to. 

With my 1.5" intake located in the lower level of the camper and the fan in the upper front of camper, that arrangement should provide me with sufficient oxygen supply throughout the night.

I had to purchase a brand new hole saw for the install.  The Nida-Core cut so beautifully it was borderline hypnotic.  The new fan was mounted within minutes, thanks to the help of my lovely wife.  

Grab you some help, a holesaw, some butyl tape and you'll be in business.  You'll be looking like a pro.