jasun
08-20-2015, 08:42 PM
Since my boat sits on a lift at a buddies house under a crappy lift canopy, I have no choice but to put my boat cover on usually right when we are done and stuff inside is still damp or wet.
When i uncover the boat after a few days it has a terrible cat piss/musty smell to it. I have put damp rid in it and they last about 2 weeks. I have a few RV order absorbers in it and it helps some but I wanted a way to circulate the air while I wasn't there.
I found some fans that i mounted to several locations to try to keep air moving. Only problem was how to turn them on and off without going there to do it.
My first thought was to use a thermostat and set it to a specific temp for it to turn on. But other then 2 small cents on the cover there is no way to dissipate the heat.
So I went to Amazon to look and found a programable timer that would do what I wanted.
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/20/339033b3773bada7895ee064cff6ef87.jpg
It is programable up to 18 different ways. The program that I used was one power was applied, the circuit would close until timer one ran down. One time are one was done the circuit would open until timer 2 ran down. Then it would repeat.
I have a solar panel attached to the top of my boatlift and I have a power maintenance module on it that has an outlet option.
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/20/23af97678bcd4ba776f0d55038ad782e.jpghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/20/b6767ca31f45bd6e89b6da99d6d3c4a9.jpg
This option allows you to draw power from the battery through this module. When it gets low enough, it will cut power to whatever is running out of there. It will then allow the solar panel to recharge the battery until it reaches an appropriate voltage and it will then allow power to flow through there again.
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When i uncover the boat after a few days it has a terrible cat piss/musty smell to it. I have put damp rid in it and they last about 2 weeks. I have a few RV order absorbers in it and it helps some but I wanted a way to circulate the air while I wasn't there.
I found some fans that i mounted to several locations to try to keep air moving. Only problem was how to turn them on and off without going there to do it.
My first thought was to use a thermostat and set it to a specific temp for it to turn on. But other then 2 small cents on the cover there is no way to dissipate the heat.
So I went to Amazon to look and found a programable timer that would do what I wanted.
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/20/339033b3773bada7895ee064cff6ef87.jpg
It is programable up to 18 different ways. The program that I used was one power was applied, the circuit would close until timer one ran down. One time are one was done the circuit would open until timer 2 ran down. Then it would repeat.
I have a solar panel attached to the top of my boatlift and I have a power maintenance module on it that has an outlet option.
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/20/23af97678bcd4ba776f0d55038ad782e.jpghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/08/20/b6767ca31f45bd6e89b6da99d6d3c4a9.jpg
This option allows you to draw power from the battery through this module. When it gets low enough, it will cut power to whatever is running out of there. It will then allow the solar panel to recharge the battery until it reaches an appropriate voltage and it will then allow power to flow through there again.
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