Using leftover solar panel to ventilate attic

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Miamibuilder

Joined Sep 3, 2017
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I have a leftover solar panel that I want to use to ventilate my attic. The panel is a Evergreensolar es-a-210-fa3 about three by five feet. Can someone suggest a fan and other components to use this panel and where can I purchase them? Thanks, first time on your site.
 

WBahn

Joined Mar 31, 2012
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crutschow

Joined Mar 14, 2008
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Finding a large DC powered fan could be difficult.
You could use a DC-AC inverter to generate 120Vac and use that to power a standard attic fan.

Alternately you could use a 12V fan, such as this, but you would need some type of regulator to limit the voltage from the panel.
 
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ebeowulf17

Joined Aug 12, 2014
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When, and for how long do you want the fan to run? Are you expecting it just to run just when there's enough sunshine? If not, you're maybe looking at batteries and a charging system too.
 

Sensacell

Joined Jun 19, 2012
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The simplest idea would be to use multiple 24v DC fans, connected in parallel.

They will run a bit slow, but it's dead simple.
Trying to find one big DC fan will be far more difficult and expensive than just using a bank of small cheap ones.
 
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