roof vent in ford van
Seems like the relevent forum for this question, I want to add a powered vent to the rear of my 1998 Ford E350 extended van. It's mostly a tow vehicle and motorcycle hauler, but it's also a mini-class B when I throw in a cooler, the coleman stove, a porta potti and a foam mattress for the night. :)
It gets awfully hot in there, and I am often stealth and don't want to open up the rear doors for ventilation overnight so I want to add a fan. I'm debating between putting a fantastic fan in the roof, or in place of one of the rear door windows (it's a fully windowed passenger van).
I'd prefer the roof from a security/aesthetic point, but I have rear air conditioning and the ducting is in the ceiling. I've not pulled the headliner to check, but it doesn't look like theres much room up there to fit a 14x14 opening.
Has anyone here added a roof vent to a passenger van with rear air? Thinking I could just offset it to the passenger side, would that look too weird? And the roof is not as flat on the sides. Anyone done this? Do any factory conversion vans install a roof vent not centered on the roof? Or do they all have fiberglass raised roofs?
Anyone installed the fan in the rear window? It would be installed in a sheet of plywood then installed in place of the window. Always closed when driving, just open and running when parked and sleeping in the back.
It gets awfully hot in there, and I am often stealth and don't want to open up the rear doors for ventilation overnight so I want to add a fan. I'm debating between putting a fantastic fan in the roof, or in place of one of the rear door windows (it's a fully windowed passenger van).
I'd prefer the roof from a security/aesthetic point, but I have rear air conditioning and the ducting is in the ceiling. I've not pulled the headliner to check, but it doesn't look like theres much room up there to fit a 14x14 opening.
Has anyone here added a roof vent to a passenger van with rear air? Thinking I could just offset it to the passenger side, would that look too weird? And the roof is not as flat on the sides. Anyone done this? Do any factory conversion vans install a roof vent not centered on the roof? Or do they all have fiberglass raised roofs?
Anyone installed the fan in the rear window? It would be installed in a sheet of plywood then installed in place of the window. Always closed when driving, just open and running when parked and sleeping in the back.
