I have four solar fans on my 36 footer. It came with a fan on the forward hatch and I added one to the head and one above the galley and another on the opposite side in the cabin.
For my experience, the Nicro fans are the best though they lack modern features. I've had a pair of the Night and Day fans running for almost fifteen years. Replaced the batteries twice and had to solder a connection in one last year. Both work fine now. I had a pair of off brand solar fans that were more user friendly. They had a switch to change the direction or turn off and a built in light. They also had a way to close them off from water ingress. They lasted about eight years before their external rubber trim cracked from UVs. I replaced their batteries once during that time. They are no longer made. I bought a couple of Marinco fans that stick up way too high above deck and catch jib sheets. I don't like them at all and ordered two Chinese knockoffs that cost only $65 each. They are very low profile with angled SS covers and no battery so only work during sunlight hours, but that should work better for my purposes as I have the Nicro fans in the cabin and 12V Caframo fans in the sleeping areas. Chuck Scheaffer Resolute 1989 C&C 34R Pasadena Md > On 12/06/2020 8:50 PM Robert Abbott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > David: > > My experience with a Nico solar/battery vent on my forward hatch has been > nothing short of perfect....it came with the boat 15 years ago......has been > running day and night ever since.....had to replace the rechargeable battery > once....it worked during the day with the sun but, a few years stopped at > night when the rechargeable battery died. > > No opinion on the newer models....mine is like me, old...but still > working. > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 - #277 > Halifax, N.S. > > On 2020-12-06 8:06 p.m., David Risch wrote: > > > > Did a bit of research. Seems they all stink. What say > you? > > > > Sent from my Android. Please forgive typos. Thank you. > > > > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to > > help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list > > - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > Thanks - Stu > > > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to > > help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list > > - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > > - Stu >
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