Solar Powered Roof Vent

[T1 Terry]

We have pop up hatch with a built in fan (Fantastic Vent) mounted over the bed in the Mazda. Great for blowing cooler air over the bed when sleeping in the heat and venting out the fumes if Margaret lights up the can gas single burner stove to make her early morning coffee.
The Hino has its vent/fan centrally mount so the kitchen fumes go out through there. The solar panel summer roof is high enough to have it open and sheltered even when it's raining.

T1 Terry

[Vik351]

We have pop up hatch with a built in fan (Fantastic Vent) mounted over the bed in the Mazda. Great for blowing cooler air over the bed when sleeping in the heat and venting out the fumes if Margaret lights up the can gas single burner stove to make her early morning coffee.
The Hino has its vent/fan centrally mount so the kitchen fumes go out through there. The solar panel summer roof is high enough to have it open and sheltered even when it's raining.

T1 Terry

Give him me old new one outa the Espie, wind up job, wad do ya want for nuffin...

If ya still got it...

vik...

[jon_d]

Grandad.

It's a Sunvent Model SVT-012. (white) Still in a very dusty box. Tucked way up in the garage.

Oh and made in Taiwan.

Can you PM me your email address and I'll send the photos or looky here.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Solar-Vent- ... 4076939850

Also, to protect plastic from UV, it just needs a coat of paint.

jd

[Grandad]

PM sent jd

Jim

[Grandad]

We have a roller/bender here, plus the Mig, so you can build the thing here is you want, just pay for the materials used. I'm happy for the owner to help when ever they want, saves labour costs and I don't suffer the aches and pains for weeks afterwards the way I do on back to back big jobs.

T1 Terry

Thanks Terry. That would be great.
I'm a stick welding man with just a very little amount of experience with a toy gasless MIG.
And even with an arc welder I know when to call in a pro. When I welded my chassis up I towed the finished unit down to a local engineering shop and asked them to go over all my welds with a proper MIG used by someone who knows how to use it.

But I'm sure with a few practise beads I'll get the hang of a proper MIG.

Many years ago a friend offered to give me a go on his MIG. I proceeded to try to 'strike' an arc as one does with a stick welder. He stopped me and told me to just hold it still and pull the trigger. So I did, and laid a kindof sortof maybe reasonableish bead. Really? It's that easy? Got to get me one of these.
But I never did. The cost of hiring a gas bottle put me off at the time. So I bought a little gasless one. Pretty cool for lightweight work. It's come in handy on occasion. But for serious welding I dig out the arc welder.

I'll put any thought of a roof-rack in storage now until I'm ready.

Jim

[native pepper]

Have solar powered vents on my boat and bus, the one on the boat have been on the longest and they lasted well over close to 10 years before the salt and water got to them and as T1 says, the plastic on the top went off and stopped lots of sun. They kept the boat dry and there was never condensation below deck, when forecastle one stopped, back came the condensation.

The ones on the bus have been on for nearly a decade and still work fine, you can switch them on and off and hey are pretty good for what they do. Although one over my bedroom refuses to stop working and goes all the time, when I put the new panels on the roof, will remove them and use the vents as passive vents, as the a/c take care of heat.

The S/S ones are the best in my opinion, the plastic ones tend to break down over a few short years. Still have a few in boxes which was going to use to replace the ones on the boat, but have sold the boat, playing to much music and travelling to have any use for it any more.

[Grandad]

They kept the boat dry and there was never condensation below deck, when forecastle one stopped, back came the condensation.

That's very promising. Thank you for sharing. I may well be on the right track it seems.

Jim