[VanMan36]

I'm looking at putting two fantastic fans (one in each rear door of my 2016 Transit T250). They'd obviously be vertical instead of horizontal.

My questions are these:

1. Would turning the fans on their sides affect the motors in them at all?

2. There are some kind of interior support looking things on the insides of the back doors (where the windows would be if it had them). Would it hurt to cut through those? Or maybe remove them altogether?

3. Has anybody ever done something like this before? I've read about people putting the fans in side walls of trailers and stuff, but never in a van.

The roof is out of the question, by the way. It's going to be taken up with solar panels. If I can't find a way to put them in the doors, I don't know what I'm going to do.

Anybody have any insight? Thanks!

 

[Damaskinos_of_Athens]

Proto thought:

If both wheel wells are unused space and the space above them is unused:

1) Take two plastic tubes, I guess like they use for water pipes, wide enough to attach the fan on the end of one

2) attach each one horizontally to each wheel well and have them long enough so they are near the ceiling

3) attach the fan to the top of one of the tubes so that it pulls air from near the ceiling and exhausts into one wheel well

4) The other tall tube is the intake, its height prevents splash in and pumps the coolest air to the hottest area.

That might work but I think esthetics would be so inferior it would be unworthy of implementation.

 

[VanMan36]

Proto thought:

If both wheel wells are unused space and the space above them is unused:

1) Take two plastic tubes, I guess like they use for water pipes, wide enough to attach the fan on the end of one

2) attach each one horizontally to each wheel well and have them long enough so they are near the ceiling

3) attach the fan to the top of one of the tubes so that it pulls air from near the ceiling and exhausts into one wheel well

4) The other tall tube is the intake, its height prevents splash in and pumps the coolest air to the hottest area.

That might work but I think esthetics would be so inferior it would be unworthy of implementation.

That's actually kind of clever. Definitely a different way of thinking about it.

 

[jonsobi]

On my recent travels on dusty dirt roads, I got quite a bit of dust encroachment through the back doors. The door pillars were coated with ultra fine dust, and my lower DIY vent from the lower rear into the cabin seemed also to have been an entry point for heavy amounts of dust. This might be something to consider in a rear door vent arrangement.

 

[GaryBIS]

Hi,
I'd be concerned about sucking exhaust gasses into the van while driving.

Even with the fans closed, there is some leakage and the low pressure area at the back of the van pulls exhaust gases up into the door area.

http://physics.stackexchange.com/qu...ke-go-inside-the-car-if-the-back-door-is-open

Gary

 

[VanMan36]

Hi,
I'd be concerned about sucking exhaust gasses into the van while driving.

Even with the fans closed, there is some leakage and the low pressure area at the back of the van pulls exhaust gases up into the door area.

http://physics.stackexchange.com/qu...ke-go-inside-the-car-if-the-back-door-is-open

Gary

Would it really be that much of an issue? The fans would be closed and off while driving.

I can't think of any other way to do it once you take the roof out of play. I'm tempted to trade my Transit in on an F250 or something and just get a truck camper. :/

What about sticking one in the side wall behind the drivers seat? Anybody think if anything wrong with that?

Thanks for the feedback guys. I do appreciate it.

 

[GaryBIS]

Would it really be that much of an issue? The fans would be closed and off while driving.

I can't think of any other way to do it once you take the roof out of play. I'm tempted to trade my Transit in on an F250 or something and just get a truck camper. :/

What about sticking one in the side wall behind the drivers seat? Anybody think if anything wrong with that?

Thanks for the feedback guys. I do appreciate it.

Hi,
I'm just not sure on the fans in the back door. I guess you could try it and see if you can detect any leakage. Maybe add a cover on the inside that seals well if you do see some leakage?

I think anywhere on the sidewalls would be fine.

Seems like I've seen commercial vent fans made for RV sidewalls -- they might be a better fit than the Fantastic fan for the sidewall?

Gary

 

[Ding Batt]

I'm looking at putting two fantastic fans (one in each rear door of my 2016 Transit T250). They'd obviously be vertical instead of horizontal.

My questions are these:

1. Would turning the fans on their sides affect the motors in them at all?

2. There are some kind of interior support looking things on the insides of the back doors (where the windows would be if it had them). Would it hurt to cut through those? Or maybe remove them altogether?

3. Has anybody ever done something like this before? I've read about people putting the fans in side walls of trailers and stuff, but never in a van.

The roof is out of the question, by the way. It's going to be taken up with solar panels. If I can't find a way to put them in the doors, I don't know what I'm going to do.

Anybody have any insight? Thanks!

I think your roof should not be out of the question. There are other forum members with fans and solar sharing roof space. Member Hein recently posted his off-set adapter for mounting his fan toward the side of the roof rather than center to make room for his solar panel.

 

[yelnam]

What's the max for solar with a vent? At least 200W and maybe as high as 520W. Renogy makes a nice 260W mono panel ...


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[driley]

We will have 320 watts of solar and two fans. But our van is extended length.

 

[hammerhome]

Driving an old Volvo in college you could tell that the rear hatch seal was bad by the exhaust fumes. Because the transit burns much cleaner than the older cars I'd wonder if you could tell.
You don't want to find out by falling unconscious while driving.
Also I'm sure that the vent fans will let in more exhaust than an old seal.
Just my two