Ian_Edwards
Well-Known Member
Hi, I'm trying to source replacement ventilators, the are nominal 7 inch units, originally solar powered, but the solar bit gave up some time ago.
You can see from the photograph that the diameter on deck is limited by the deck molding, the Maximum outside diameter is about 180mm. The hole through the deck is about 95mm. The ID of the sleeving tube is about 85mm, I don't want to have to cut a bigger hole in the deck.
I'd like a vent that is robust (it'll get stood on), I must be able to close it from below (the current ones can't be closed) and I'm not to worried about whether they are solar powered or not, it seems like a nice idea, but posts on this forum suggest that the solar cells don't last that long. These units are 7 years old and I guess that the solar cells have been dead for sometime.
I've tried EC Smith and Vetus. The only ones I can find that might fit are Techimpex units on the Marine Mega Store website, but on phoning Marine Mega Store up the say units are no longer available (even though they are still on their website). They don't appear on the Techimpex website either, so it makes me suspect the are a dead line. I did find some mushroom vents which operate on a central screw, which you spin to open or close the vents. My experience of this type of vent is that very easy to bend the screwed rod, then the vent will neither open or close.
Anyone out there with any bright ideas as to where I might be able to source 4 7 inch deck vents?
You can see from the photograph that the diameter on deck is limited by the deck molding, the Maximum outside diameter is about 180mm. The hole through the deck is about 95mm. The ID of the sleeving tube is about 85mm, I don't want to have to cut a bigger hole in the deck.
I'd like a vent that is robust (it'll get stood on), I must be able to close it from below (the current ones can't be closed) and I'm not to worried about whether they are solar powered or not, it seems like a nice idea, but posts on this forum suggest that the solar cells don't last that long. These units are 7 years old and I guess that the solar cells have been dead for sometime.
I've tried EC Smith and Vetus. The only ones I can find that might fit are Techimpex units on the Marine Mega Store website, but on phoning Marine Mega Store up the say units are no longer available (even though they are still on their website). They don't appear on the Techimpex website either, so it makes me suspect the are a dead line. I did find some mushroom vents which operate on a central screw, which you spin to open or close the vents. My experience of this type of vent is that very easy to bend the screwed rod, then the vent will neither open or close.
Anyone out there with any bright ideas as to where I might be able to source 4 7 inch deck vents?
