Posted by Jim Wilkins on June 9, 2014, 4:32 pm
> On 6/9/2014 9:56 AM, I can't do that Dave wrote:
>> On Monday, June 9, 2014 7:47:42 AM UTC-7, Jim Wilkins wrote:
>>>
>>> Although I'm in northern New England the summer highs are in the
>>> upper
>>
>> Ummm, Arizona, it's a dry heat!! LOL
>>
>> Other than when it is raining, I have never seen the Humidity above
>> 31%, but thanks for the numbers.
>>
>
> I rarely get my house below 50%, it may go a little lower later in
> the summer when the air conditioner runs more. At one time, before
> the new HVAC, I ran a dehumidifier, with that I could get to the low
> 40's.
> I'm in Northwest Fl. Recently, I saw we had 95% humidity at 65*.
> Mikek
Depending on which way the Jet Stream meanders we can be downwind from
you and suffer from your tropical humidity, or downwind from Hudson's
Bay. Gulf winds are nice in winter, Canadian air in summer, but not
the reverse.
-jsw
Posted by Eeyore on June 28, 2014, 4:24 am
Hi all,
We have been given two 2200cfm fans (Lakso 20" box) and am thinking of
mounting them in series and then fitting the assembly to the man-hole opening
into the ceiling crawl space. The idea is to use a timer to run them during
the night when it is cooler outside suck air through the place. They are
close to the same size as the opening into the ceiling so series makes sense.
Does anyone have details on how far apart to mount them for the best
efficiency? I have been testing with a small 12v fan and voltmeter in front
of them and moving them closer or farther apart. It does not seem to make
much difference to the voltage developed by the small wind-driven 12v fan on
where they are placed.
With one fan, the voltage generated is pretty stable at 1.47vdc. With them in
series, it is around 1.98vdc and I can't seem to find any sweet spot.
I have found this graph, which shows almost double output for a large
percentage of the flow volume but I am not seeing that.
http://www.greenheck.com/images/articles/fansinseriesgraph.gif
Thoughts and helpful suggestions?
Thanks
Dave
Your Fans won't last more than 2-years. Unless you put a thermo switch, and
do maintenance. I already tried it.
Eeyore.
Posted by No Body on August 5, 2014, 2:01 am
>
> Hi all,
>
>
> I have found this graph, which shows almost double output for a large
> percentage of the flow volume but I am not seeing that.
>
> http://www.greenheck.com/images/articles/fansinseriesgraph.gif
>
Look a bit more carefully at the graph.. and the answer is there..
If you have a low static pressure and are near maximum flow rate, the
additional volume goes to zero!
This is because the 2nd fan is just making up for the "slip" on the
first fan.. Once you get to the maximum flow rate, the increase in
volume drops to nothing, at the right hand end of the graph.
I suspect that the delta-p on the first fan is already low.
You need a "different" fan for the 2nd one... one that can
provide additional acceleration of the incoming air, over
and above what the first fan can already do.
Your "first fan" is already running with low slip.. so there
isn't much the 2nd fan can do...
Measure the pressures before and after each fan with a U tube
manometer.. and this will tell the tale.
>> On Monday, June 9, 2014 7:47:42 AM UTC-7, Jim Wilkins wrote:
>>>
>>> Although I'm in northern New England the summer highs are in the
>>> upper
>>
>> Ummm, Arizona, it's a dry heat!! LOL
>>
>> Other than when it is raining, I have never seen the Humidity above
>> 31%, but thanks for the numbers.
>>
>
> I rarely get my house below 50%, it may go a little lower later in
> the summer when the air conditioner runs more. At one time, before
> the new HVAC, I ran a dehumidifier, with that I could get to the low
> 40's.
> I'm in Northwest Fl. Recently, I saw we had 95% humidity at 65*.
> Mikek