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redeye
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Response Posted - 09/04/2014 :  07:59:49  Show Profile
<< Are you including a rechargeable battery in the plan? >>
Mulling over my battery options now. I think I remember that fan drawing something like an amp so it would be like leaving a incandescent anchor light on. I havn't put it all on paper yet, just thinking about what I could do with what I already have in the garage.
Glass in a small support for the battery hold down and use this redundant system for power for the electric bilge pump also.


<< panel might generate only something like 30% of what it would on deck. >>

I used this to keep my house battery on a small float charge for years and the battery lasted at least 5 years, just an auto battery.. That side of the boat faces south.
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redeye
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Response Posted - 09/04/2014 :  08:13:07  Show Profile
I mean... it just seems like the fan technology for computers is so advanced... a 7 volt stepdown so [url="http://www.microcenter.com/product/396174/Shark_120mm_Green_Computer_Case_Fan"]This Fan[/url] can run in "silent" mode.

I mean really... we gotta listen to the nocro vent fan rattle for several hundred bucks when fans like this "[url="http://www.aerocool.us/accessory/images/dsfan_12blue.html"]Dead Silence[/url]" are out there?

I gotta check that out...


Now this is a "case" fan, not a CPU fan so it may be too big and draw to many amps. I origionally spected out and bought a CPU fan.

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Response Posted - 09/04/2014 :  08:57:43  Show Profile
I must have one of the rare Nicro vents. I have a Nicro Mini Vent installed by the PO. I have the receipt dated 11/98, not sure when it was actually installed but the vent has worked fine since I purchased the boat in 1/06.
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redeye
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Response Posted - 09/04/2014 :  09:18:11  Show Profile
<< vent works for years >>

Good point ... I just bought a new one and for all I know it may work for the duration..

Well anyway I can make a redundant battery supply for the bilge pump.
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Response Posted - 09/08/2014 :  15:08:34  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by Tradewind

I must have one of the rare Nicro vents. I have a Nicro Mini Vent installed by the PO. I have the receipt dated 11/98, not sure when it was actually installed but the vent has worked fine since I purchased the boat in 1/06.
My first one, purchased in 2006, ran for six years, after which a new battery wouldn't revive it. The second quit after about one year. I see no way to replace its battery--the case seems to be sealed on the new model. The new one also didn't fit into the earlier model's deck sleeve--a little disappointing.
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 09/08/2014 :  19:46:40  Show Profile
BTW, WM sells the Nicro replacement NiMH battery for $30 each. Radio Shack sells a two-pack of what I'm pretty sure is the same battery for $13. But I don't think that solves my problem... I need to contact Marinco.
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redeye
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Response Posted - 09/09/2014 :  03:49:00  Show Profile
<< The new one also didn't fit into the earlier model's deck sleeve >>

Very Frustrating.....



It looks like I can fit something like a 90mm computer fan in the old vent. Screw in the middle where the shaft of the solar motor was.
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