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Bathroom Vent, Light, Heater

PostPosted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:04 am
by Cactus
I was thinking why not use a Home Bathroom vent / heater/ light??? The only problem I can think of is it use house current, which I don't plan on going "remote" with my camper. Secondly, would be the venting it to the outside, Which could be done using flexible dryer tubing. Any thoughts would be appreciated :thinking:

PostPosted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:23 am
by Miriam C.
Work out the water proof issues and go for it. We use a vent fan for the air conditioner and have it in a cabinet so it won't get water in.....

PostPosted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 5:11 pm
by john
On my first build I used a cheap $12 bathroom vent mounted under the trailer to vent air out of the camper. I wanted to avoid any holes in my roof.

On my second build I got over my hole-in-the-roof concerns and mounted a fantastic vent, but I did mount the heating portion of a bathroom vent in my camper for use as a heater.

PostPosted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 5:22 pm
by Steve_Cox
Catus,

Don't think you can move enough air in LA with a bathroom fan. Tried it in my TD in Florida, didn't do the job. Glad I had put 14"X14" frame with power in the roof just in case I wanted to cut it out later for an RV fan.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 8:19 pm
by MceeD
The depth of most common house ventilation fans was my first thought. Most of them over 80cfm will be 10" to 12" thick. The heaters do pull about 1000w @120vac.

I'm using 2 120mm computer fans which are rated at about 100cfm each with a rheostat to control the speed. Venting them straight out the side with a shoot down to prevent water coming up it or in. I don't have a picture of the inside of this part but it is just two 4" holes and I will built a small enclosure on the opposite side with a filter for intake.

I have seem to have a fear of roof penetration also :lol:

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