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Posted By: garryk6 on 09/10/13 07:51pm

cajunavion wrote:

Howdy!
Has anyone replaced the center roof vent with a fantastic fan? My hole is 13.75, the fantastic fan needs 14 inches. I really dont want to rip out the present vent. Could I pull the guts out if the fan and use that? I dunno. My other option is to go with as is and repair the original Hehr fan in the loft. I really like the look of the vintage Hehr, but having a little air is kinda nice too!

I am curious too, but my original Hehr vents were long gone, and modern plastic vents are in place (when I bought it). I will try to go get measurements, but sin mine has modern vents in it, I would think the Fantastic Fan would fit too.... Just a guess.
Garry in AK.

Garry K
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1966 Avion C-10 Truck Camper

Posted By: ticki2 on 09/10/13 08:06pm

cajunavion wrote:

Replacement motors and blades are available from Ventline if you want to keep the OEM vent for under $20 . In my C-11 both vents are wired for a fan but only the one over the bunk came with one . You could also use a high CFM 12v computer fan .

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Posted By: SteveB on 09/11/13 06:23am

cajunavion wrote:

I have a Turbo Maxx that I move from camper to camper. No need to mess with the existing vent. Klicky

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Posted By: 69cayo on 09/11/13 07:37am

garryk6 wrote:

cajunavion wrote:

I have a fantastic vent where the original vent was over the bunk, it fit just fine.

Dennis

Posted By: 67avion on 09/11/13 09:32am

Yes, I took out the AC unit and replaced it with a Fantastic fan. I assume that is what you mean by "center roof vent"? I now have three roof vents. I can't remember how we wired the fan, but I suspect that we converted the 110 circuit for the AC. For the rear roof vent we had to run new 12v wiring behind the panels. It convinced me to never do that again, though we were successful.

Posted By: AnEv942 on 09/11/13 11:46am

Physical dimensions of our Fantastic Fan snout that protrudes thru the roof is 13 3/4"x13 3/4". Our hole is 14" x 14" and have a 1/4" gap. (Well, not counting our non Avion campers epdm roof that wraps the hole) I would note the snout is SQUARE-.

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Posted By: cajunavion on 09/11/13 03:50pm

Howdy!
Glad to hear Fantasic Fan will fit in the unadultered
vent. I simply HATE fiberglass, why that is why
I LOVE aluminum campers; but what to do with the
end caps, butt, and bathroom. I stripped the
inside paint, leaving it just aluminum. That
only made the issue more apparent. I offer
my humble solution of carbon fiber.

Posted By: cajunavion on 09/11/13 04:18pm

Posted By: cajunavion on 09/11/13 06:07pm

I am having no luck downloading photos with
only an iphone. http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af270/cajunavion/57C127F3-3941-4EFE-9C60-62CC74576434-1051-0000017E6EA91E8D_zps564fc267.jpg

Posted By: garryk6 on 09/11/13 06:19pm

cajunavion wrote:

I am having no luck downloading photos with
only an iphone. http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af270/cajunavion/57C127F3-3941-4EFE-9C60-62CC74576434-1051-0000017E6EA91E8D_zps564fc267.jpg

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