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|    Attic fans in series?    |
|    08 Jun 14 11:56:00    |
      From: davenpete@gmail.com              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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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