[RE-wrenches] battery vent control for lead acid

[Roy Butler]

Dave,

The Morningstar Relay Driver can work as a stand alone unit, it can 
derive it's power from the battery bank.
This allows it to be programmed for voltage based relay operation which 
is ideal for vent fan applications.

The relay channels are dry contacts and have a current limit of 750mA. 
This will run a fan somewhat larger
than the good old Zephyr vents.

Roy Butler
Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC
8902 Route 46, Arkport, NY 14807
607-324-9747

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On 6/3/2025 2:22 PM, Dave Tedeyan via RE-wrenches wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> What are people using these days for venting a good ol' 48v flooded 
> lead acid battery box? I am upgrading an off grid system. There is a 
> one year old set of flooded lead acid batteries, so those will stay, 
> but everything else will be new. I plan on using a Sol-Ark inverter. 
> The existing battery box does not have any active ventilation, so I 
> would like to add some. In the past, I have used the Zephyr Power Vent 
> Fans, like this one:
> https://www.thesolarbiz.com/zephyr-power-vent-fan-for-48-volt-battery-systems.html
> They don't seem readily available, but I think I can find one somewhere.
>
> More importantly, what would you use to control this? Sol-Ark 
> inverters do not have any kind of relay for it. I have found external 
> controllers in the past (Yandina LLC Vent Control), but I cannot seem 
> to find any right now. There is one noted in the fan documentation 
> (Solar Converters, Inc. VCS1AH), but that does not seem available 
> anywhere right now. Does anyone have a recommendation for either a 
> vent fa controller or a whole venting solution?
>
> Thanks!
> -Dave
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