I finally got around to rebuild my solar vent. It seems to work fine and all was done for under 30 bucks.
I put the new motor on (The old one was toast both brushes and commutator were completely shot.) and replaced the battery with an Eneloop C Size 3000 mah I found on Amazon (It is somehow much more expensive now) To make it happen: I had to Dremel the casing a bit as the motor shaft was slightly short, I added a couple of small zip ties to tighten the fan's grip on the shaft, I made a little plastic motor holder arm, and wrapped the motor with a couple turns of double sided tape to help hold the it tight. Here are the pictures: Motor installed : https://www.flickr.com/photos/133565480@N04/21578563523/in/datetaken/ Motor fit from the bottom https://www.flickr.com/photos/133565480@N04/22011542380/in/datetaken/ Fan close-up (I used 2 zip ties for balance) https://www.flickr.com/photos/133565480@N04/22012798049/in/datetaken/ -Francois 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, GA Hi Nate, Sounds to me like one of the commutators in the motor is no longer getting current and that creates a dead spot. I.E your motor is toast. You can try connecting a good AA battery directly to the motor if you want to test and know for sure Here's a good replacement if you or one of your friends is handy with a soldering iron: http://store.sundancesolar.com/motor-for-solar-projects-1-5v-to-12v-dc/ You also need to shim it some for a perfect fit. I found out about it on one of the cruisers forums, the guy reported excellent results. It's a lot cheaper than a new vent. I just received mine along with a special Eneloop battery I found on Amazon. I'll report back when I install. -Francois Rivard 1990 34+ "Take Five" Lake Lanier, GA From: Nate Flesness via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date: 2015-07-14 02:15 (GMT+01:00) To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Nate Flesness <nateflesn...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List solar vent wiggles, doesn't rotate My Nicro 4" solar vent, maybe 4 years old, would not run this season. I replaced the NI-MH C cell, left it switched off for a couple days to charge in the sun, and turned it on - it wiggles back and forth a little, but doesn't rotate - same as the with the old battery. Ideas? solutions? Thanks Nate "Sarah Jean" 1980 30-1 Lake St. Croix Hudson W Regards
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