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Old 01-13-14, 04:02 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by nokiasixteth View Post
Finished the panel Tested it yesterday with a nice sunny day. Without a fan just a duct goin into the house it syphonin inside from heat. It got up to 197 degrees. Thats hot . Got to seal it off good And put in a good fan . Anyone know a fan that puts out enough to keep th pannel cooler.
I think you will find that almost any fan (put it on the return to the panel) will drop the collector temp rather quickly. The cfm of the fan should be in ratio to the ft2 of the panel. I would start there.
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