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   From: Please@dont.try   
      
   RicodJour wrote:   
   > On Mar 8, 9:39 am, "Michael Bulatovich"  wrote:   
   >> Jude Alexander wrote:   
   >>> "RicodJour"  wrote in message   
   >>>> On Mar 7, 8:25 pm, "MiamiCuse"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>> I have four rooms where the air conditioning outlet (a 12"x12   
   >>>>> square box) is located at the center of the room.   
   >>   
   >>>>> I would like to install ceiling fans in three of the four rooms   
   >>>>> and naturally I wish to mount the ceiling fans also near the   
   >>>>> center of the room.   
   >>   
   >>>>> This means the AC vents will be inside of the "sweep circle" of   
   >>>>> the ceiling   
   >>>>> fan blades.  I just mounted the fan box but has not yet installed   
   >>>>> the fan yet, but I think this will look odd...   
   >>   
   >>>>> I thought about relocating the AC vents but it will be quite a bit   
   >>>>> of work, and locating it somewhere else will not be as efficient.   
   >>   
   >>>>> So I want to ask if there are some guidelines regarding AC vents   
   >>>>> and ceiling fans being too close to each other...   
   >>   
   >>>> You could cut in a register further back along the duct and   
   >>>> fabricate a plug to fit inside and block off the abandoned part of   
   >>>> the duct leg.   
   >>   
   >>> Good advice.  Cut the duct length shorter to fall just outside the   
   >>> fan circumference, reinstall the register and patch up the old hole.   
   >>   
   >> ...assuming it's a terminus....   
   >   
   > If it's not, don't insert the plug.   
      
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