VG200 Vent-a-Garage Air Exchange System for Two Car Garage

I'm actually using this for crawlspace venting. My crawl has no source of heat and my floors were cold, so I cut a small hole in a closet with louvered doors and hooked these motors up to pull heat. My house is about 1500 sqft and they are keeping my crawl at a steady 60 degrees! No more cold floors when its 20 outside!!! I set the thermostat to 60 and they cycle on and off as needed. PERFECT. Kit seems very well built motor casings are metal and the wiring is all heavy gauge for the tiny amount of power they pull. My honest opinion.....these are great well built PC motors which do pull a good bit of air with very little power, however a 2 car garage might be a bit large for them to adequately vent on a super hot day. As for my application, they work perfectly and push a great deal of air around between them. Perfect crawlspace vents!!!

I installed this in my garage in Texas where I have some electronics running 24/7. There are a few limitations that should be mentioned in the description but are not: - This kit assumes you have a thick (probably wood) garage door. If you have a thin metal door you'll need to either get some other mounting hardware or make some wood gaskets (which is what I did as shown in the pictures). Also the wire ties won't mount with the included screws since they expect to be drilled into thick material. - You need a single garage door since there's only one control box and cord reel. If you have two separate garage doors then you'll need to buy two kits if you want a fan on both doors. Tools used: - 4 1/2" Hole Saw (you can find cheaply on Amazon, don't forget the shank as well) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000DD1OU https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004RGZQ - Drill (corded or cordless). If you get the shank above you'll need one with larger than a 3/8" chuck. - Phillips Screwdriver or cordless driver - 3/8" socket (for mounting reel hardware) - Dremel tool with grinding bit (to finish up holes in metal door) To make/mount wooden gaskets: - 3/4 pine board - Table saw - Drill press - C clamps to hold in place on door while drilling the mounting holes Cut board into 6 1/2" square pieces and drill 4 1/2" hole in center. Be sure to clamp down well when drilling. Clamp down to door over large hole already drilled, then drill out the mounting holes. Make the fan mounting holes 1/16" larger in the wood to allow room for screws to move around a bit and align with the fan body holes. Overall it took me probably 4hrs, which included the additional part fabrication. The cord reel mounted easily, and once the holes were all drilled assembly went pretty smooth. I wasn't a big fan of the strain relief on the cord at the door end since the cord wanted to keep sliding through the ball mount, so I took another zip tie and mounted that tight to the cord just behind the ball mount to keep it from sliding through. Also the screws for mounting the fans are extremely long. I'll probably cut them down eventually. Fans are reasonably quiet and move a fair amount of air. Overall the temp has dropped maybe 5-8F vs. what it was before. It's not drastic, but it does help compared to having nothing. Maybe a bit pricey for the end result, but since there's few options for ventilation that didn't require a hole in the wall this will do for now.

Not that impressed. Kinda drilled holes in my door for no big payoff.

First off, the seller HomePlumbing, was great! I received the package very fast. When I realized one fan was dead, they quickly shipped me a replacement without any hassle. However, the manufacturer never replied to any of my inquiries about this product. Unfortunately, this air exchange system isn't very effective. The fans are woefully under powered for a 2 car garage and are rather loud at that. These are basically 120mm fans, like the ones used to cool computer cases. So they just aren't big enough to cool down a garage. My 2 car garage is about 325sq ft and has 9ft ceiling. Even after 2 days of running this thing straight, it barely makes a difference. I'm in Austin TX, and it's summer right now and my garage is still 95F (and I have radiant barrier insulation put up on the doors too). Perhaps it's a little less humid than it would be without the fans, and there is still a little bit of air exchange, so that it's not as stuffy. But really, for the price, I expected much more. For a 2 car garage, they need to supply at least 4 fans, and even then I don't know how effective it would be. They really need to provide larger and more powerful fans. I would have gladly paid more for something that was effective. I'm really disappointed with this system. And now I have 4 holes in my garage door that I can't really do much about. Please save yourself the trouble and maybe get a large exhaust fan installed in a wall or through the attic instead. If you have a 2 car garage with 2 doors, instead of 1 big one, you will only be able to install the fans on one of the doors. If you install on 2 separate doors, you will have problems when you open one door.

Avoid Unless You Are Willing To Correct Defective Components Your Dime06/02/2017 Pros: It works. Cons: Install is time consuming and you must be comfortable cutting holes in door, wall, or ceiling. I had to replace both fans as they were extremely noisy. Rather than just replace the fans, Seller wanted me to tear the whole thing out and send it back. I bought quality fans for 30 bucks out of my pocket. I bought elsewhere. Had I bought from Amazon I'd still have my 30 bucks. Other Thoughts: I mounted the fans in my garage ceiling to avoid the whole retractable power cord connected to the door scheme. Seemed that was begging for trouble.