[RE-wrenches] 24V Zephyr Vent Fan from a Magnum MS4024PAE inverter

Ray Walters ray at solarray.com
Thu Jan 8 17:07:25 PST 2015


Interesting but the price puts higher than a Zephyr and a Solar 
Converters Simple Switch, which is about the same thing with a backdraft 
preventer.

R.Ray Walters
CTO, Solarray, Inc
Nabcep Certified PV Installer,
Licensed Master Electrician
Solar Design Engineer
303 505-8760

On 1/8/2015 5:39 PM, Windsine Inc. wrote:
>
> If you do not have auxiliary relays to work with, try looking up 
> FumeOut  by LSL Products. They make a nice vent fan with a dedicated 
> voltage controller. Only downside is it does not have a back draft 
> damper such as the zephyr does. But it uses 2" pvc so if you wanted to 
> get creative and make a back draft damper it wouldn't be so hard.
>
> RoyR
>
> On Jan 8, 2015 5:21 PM, "Allan Sindelar" <allan at sindelarsolar.com 
> <mailto:allan at sindelarsolar.com>> wrote:
>
>     Gary,
>     No, the fan is turned on to forcibly exhaust gasses released by
>     charging, rather than based on temperature, so voltage-based
>     control is exactly what's desired. Take a look at
>     www.zephyrvent.com <http://www.zephyrvent.com>; that's what we're
>     addressing.
>     Allan
>
>     *Allan Sindelar*
>     allan at sindelarsolar.com <mailto:allan at sindelarsolar.com>
>     NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
>     NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
>     New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
>     Founder (Retired), Positive Energy, Inc.
>     *505 780-2738 <tel:505%20780-2738> cell*
>
>     On 1/7/2015 4:23 PM, Baxter, Gary wrote:
>>
>>     Hi Chris,
>>
>>     All the aux relays are voltage controlled so not sure what
>>     setting you would use to activate the fan? I would assume you are
>>     trying to turn the fan on based on high temperature in an
>>     enclosure or something so battery voltage wouldn’t be a good
>>     indicator. We have military and vehicle applications that use +12
>>     or 24v to the fan via an adjustable t-stat. Check Grainger under
>>     HVAC t-stats, this one is around $25
>>
>>     Gary
>>
>>
>
>
>     _______________________________________________
>     List sponsored by Redwood Alliance
>
>     List Address: RE-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org
>     <mailto:RE-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
>
>     Change listserver email address & settings:
>     http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org
>
>     List-Archive:
>     http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html
>
>     List rules & etiquette:
>     www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm
>     <http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm>
>
>     Check out or update participant bios:
>     www.members.re-wrenches.org <http://www.members.re-wrenches.org>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance
>
> List Address: RE-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org
>
> Change listserver email address & settings:
> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org
>
> List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html
>
> List rules & etiquette:
> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm
>
> Check out or update participant bios:
> www.members.re-wrenches.org
>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org/attachments/20150108/c2dd0ab3/attachment-0002.html>


More information about the RE-wrenches mailing list