Like many people, I have Nicro Day/Night Solar vents on my boat and after 4-5 yrs they fail. As they can run 24x7, that's not unexpected. Nicro used to sell an overhaul kit with new batter/motor but no longer offer that and suggested that I buy a new vent. Two Problems with this; size has changed slightly and I don’t want to have to cut/repair more holes in my boat and more importantly, a new vent can be $200+.
After much searching, I was able to find a replacement motor for ~$15 USD(drop-in replacement:).
Conrad Components 198080 Solar motor
https://www.conrad.com/p/conrad-compone ... tor-198080
But ran into a problem where they do not ship to the USA, but found it on ebay for ~$20 USD, but it can take a few weeks to get here.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Conrad-Compone ... Swz1peD8zy
I was able to get a new battery from my local Batteries -r-us for ~$5, so for less than $30 I have a what is basically a new fan. Warning - Do not buy the official Nicro/Marinco replacement batteries off Amazon as they are old stock/dead and cost 3x.
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