Anyone know of a supplier of a small waterproof solar panel (1.5 volt) to
power a remote ventilation fan.
Most of what's available won't stand up to the UV and weather of marine
installations. The Nicro-type mushroom solar ventilators come to mind but
I'm looking for just the solar element since the fan is located in a distant
locker.
My suggestion is to dspense with the solar panel and just use a very
low-powered 12 volt fan. The small ones draw under 50 mA, so even a small
batter will power one for months without draining the battery (50 mA is 1.2
amp/hours per day, that's only 36 ah/month).
For what it's worth that's what I've done, and those fans move about 10X the
air that the Nicro fans do.
Scott Welch
Chief Evangelist, Open Text Social Media Group
www.opentext.com
905 762 6101
"Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn
out." - John Wooden
ron bruno <ronbruno1@gmail.com> writes:
>Anyone know of a supplier of a small waterproof solar panel (1.5 volt) to
>power a remote ventilation fan.
>Most of what's available won't stand up to the UV and weather of marine
>installations. The Nicro-type mushroom solar ventilators come to mind but
>I'm looking for just the solar element since the fan is located in a distant
>locker.
My suggestion is to dspense with the solar panel and just use a very
low-powered 12 volt fan. The small ones draw under 50 mA, so even a small
batter will power one for months without draining the battery (50 mA is 1.2
amp/hours per day, that's only 36 ah/month).
For what it's worth that's what I've done, and those fans move about 10X the
air that the Nicro fans do.
Scott Welch
Chief Evangelist, Open Text Social Media Group
www.opentext.com
905 762 6101
"Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn
out." - John Wooden
