[Passport] head vent

[Bette Reuter]

There's a hole in the forward head ceiling for a mushroom vent on our
P40 SV Iemanja. Has anyone tried to replace theirs or has a source for
it?

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[Bette Reuter]

Amended question: besides the source for the mushroom vent, are there
opinions about putting in a solar ventilator or not? I have read that
the solar units do not function for much more than a year. Are they
water tight?

On Apr 17, 10:39 am, Bette Reuter <bette...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There's a hole in the forward head ceiling for a mushroom vent on our
> P40 SV Iemanja. Has anyone tried to replace theirs or has a source for
> it?
>
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[Michael Moradzadeh]

Now that one I can answer:

My one experience with the solar vent was that it was worthless.  If you are trying to induce airflow in the boat, a windscoop will do a million times more work.

As to the mushroom vent, I have a vee berth, but the mushroom over the berth is a flat Vetus such as can be found here: http://www.boatersworld.com/product/MP80810138.htm?utm_medium=productsearch&utm_source=google
You'll want to double-check the diameter, but it's a drop-in replacement on my boat

Michael Moradzadeh
Cayenne
Passport 40 # 52 (1984)

[P. Sherwood]

I think Vetus sells those mushroom vents. Maybe Nicro as well.

Nicro also sells the solar-powered vent, which I
have one of in the galley. I don´t know when the
POs installed it -- late 80s or 90s sometime --
but mine has been running for six years now. You
put a rechargeable C cell in it so it charges
during the day and runs the fan at night. I´ve
had to repair it a couple of times -- glue
plastic stuff back together -- after snagging a
sheet or other line on it and yanking it out of
its spot -- but it seems to be a steady, quiet
performer despite the abuse I´ve dished out to it.

The life expectancy of the solar vent in the
forward head may well be less than in the galley
location because it would see a lot more direct
salt-water hits, I´d imagine. And there´s no way
to close it, whereas you can screw the cap on the
mushroom vent down tight when under way, so I
imagine it would admit some water into the head.

Phil
s/v Cynosure
Bahia de Caraquez

At 09:50 AM 4/17/2010, you wrote:
>Amended question: besides the source for the mushroom vent, are there
>opinions about putting in a solar ventilator or not? I have read that
>the solar units do not function for much more than a year. Are they
>water tight?
>
>On Apr 17, 10:39 am, Bette Reuter <bette...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > There's a hole in the forward head ceiling for a mushroom vent on our
> > P40 SV Iemanja. Has anyone tried to replace theirs or has a source for
> > it?

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[Jean-Philippe Gaillard]

If you do a lot of offshore sailing that mushroom vent has to go. asap.

[P. Sherwood]

I should also have mentioned that the little
solar fan vent in the galley pulls air out,
doesn´t draw it in. Just need to reverse the fan.
Nicro has a spec for how many cfm the device
allegedly draws; no idea if it actually lives up to the spec.

Phil

At 10:09 AM 4/17/2010, P. Sherwood wrote:
>I think Vetus sells those mushroom vents. Maybe Nicro as well.

[Michael Moradzadeh]

Well, I do do a lot of offshore sailing, and you are right.  When it's old, it will not keep water out.
When new, it works fine.

However, we often tape up the hatches and vents for the first three days of a Pacific Crossing because we HATES getting wet.

Michael

[Bill Schmidt]

That *&!@# mushroom vent leaks no matter how tight you screw it, how long you've had your boat or whether you use your boat as a submarine or not. We have managed to seal it 20 years ago by cutting an oversized gasket out of a 7mm wet suit. Stopped the leaking, but we have NEVER unscrewed it since. I am continually amazed that Vetus still has  the effrontery to sell that thing. Boy, can it flood everything beneath it!

Billy Manana

[rhp...@verizon.net]

I've had good luck with the Nicro solar day/night mushroom vent in our VBerth.  It's lasted many years - with a battery replacement every few years.  I recommend the stainless shield (it protects the plastic).

 

Fan is reversable (two propellers) so can push or pull.  It isn't the same as a hatch, but we do get enough airflow to control mildew.

 

Also, my vent closes by pulling down on the inner ring.

 

We've never had water leak via the vent.

 

Bob Peahl

Anthem P40/70

>On Apr 17, 10:39 am, Bette Reuter wrote:
> > There's a hole in the forward head ceiling for a mushroom vent on our
> > P40 SV Iemanja. Has anyone tried to replace theirs or has a source for
> > it?

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