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[LoudBlunts]

sorry bro...i thought i was getting on ya nerves with the suggestions

 

[LoudBlunts]

i would run a 8-10" exhaust fan for your main room carbon filter up in the attic or up top

i would then run on full blast a 4-6" forced intake with a hepa filter

your fan for your lights are cool...however i would fix any leans, sag or obstruction in the duct as that can seriously penalize your airflow.... its the small things that matter in HVAC sometimes

 

[LoudBlunts]

also you need to find your sweet spot differential and set it.


there HAS to be a good differential to where it will kick on and off to maintain balance

 

[LoudBlunts]

also, i would be exhausting all my light heat throughout my house.

 

[GypsyBush]

Like I am getting on SOG's with the radiators...lol..

No bro.. I am an ignorant bastard that has had tremendous luck so far...lol..

I have winged it big time.. Just now am I actually looking at my op and going hummm...

Now...


If I ran 2x 6" + filter for exhaust... would the 4" be enough intake?

Also, I am planning on going solid ducting on the light cooling, I never move them...lol.

I guess i am trying to make best use of what I have.. I would hate to drop serious cash on another fan, only to put one in the shelf you know...?

 

[GypsyBush]

Dumping the exhausts any where but the attic is just too much of a hassle...

I have perfect, clean and easy access to it...

To dump it anywhere, I would have to take downstairs... so either I get ducts running all around the house, or I cut a hole in the floor... which is just not a doable thing...

Upstairs is always waay hotter than downstairs.. big difference... so I have to get it out...

 

[GypsyBush]

When it is 30 below, I have to button up everything tight.. close the window all the way... I then open a little slot on the BOX, allowing the cool tubes and intake to use op air...

Allowing even just the openness of a fan and duct will bring ice inside... condesation nigtmares...

When it is cold, it HAS to be shut...

But when it warms up... I need to open the window...

so it can draw fresh air in again...

What I need is a thermostatically controlled window opener...

 

[LoudBlunts]

dampers wouldnt work in your situation bro?

 

[GypsyBush]

I would have to do some SERIOUS insulation work around my BOX and insulate all of the ducts and fans...

At -30, if you touch the window latches, they will burn you...

Anything, especially metal just carries the cold too easily...

I get half inch of ice INSIDE of the CLOSED window, when the op is at 70F...

 

[LoudBlunts]

well damn....

 

[GypsyBush]

Ever hear the expression.. when hell freezes over???

The river freezes 7 feet thick... we drive big rigs on it... big river too.. 200 feet deep...

I have also been out on my snowmobile, 50 miles out on the Bearing Sea Ice...

Yeah! Dude! It's fucking cold here!

How about -70F being a bit chilly of a day...lol... -45F and everyone is at work as usual..lol..

the village's school does not cancel until windchill reaches -80F... no limit on ambient temp.. as long as the heat is on, there is school...

We have winds that any other place on the planet would give it a name...lol..

I have seen snow fall in all 12 months of the year... we usually break 70F in the summe .. TWICE..lol...

There are 2 seasons where I live.. Winter and NEXT WINTER...lol..

Extreme as all get out, but I love it...

And until I get a freaking robot, I will just have to open and close the window...

Unless you still think you can think of something..

DUDE I AM ALL EARS..lol..

Not annoyed, but thrilled that someone cares...lol..

 

[LoudBlunts]

where there is a will, there is a way


like you said, you'll just have to insulate everything

 

[dirtysteve]

You can get pneumatic actuators from Grainger and i am certain you could hook that up to a thermostatic switch. Rig it up to open and close the window as needed. Seems like a bit of a hassle and a lot on the lazy side (IMO) to have an automatic window opener. But it would be pretty cool!

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg/productIndex.shtml?L2=Actuators&operator=prodIndexRefinementSearch&originalValue=Pneumatic&L1=Pneumatic

 

[theloadeddragon]

start a damn big fire!!!

 

[orzz]

Been reading about your situation Gypsy, would it be possible to have a piece of 3/4 inch plastic tubing (same as used for my ebb & flood draining) and connect it to the 6 or 4 inch forced intake duct work. With a small opening and having the cold outside air being drawn in small amounts, would that keep the frost away? Do you see it? Your forced air for the room could have a small draw on the tube going outside. You could change the diameter of the tubing to draaw more or less outside air.

 

[BCtrippin]

You could make an electric actuator window opener easily. Hook it up to a thermostat and your Set.

 

[LoudBlunts]

one stop thread shop

 

[GypsyBush]

Hey man... I'll just wait a minute...

Global warming is gonna take care of it for me..lol..

Till then .. I'll just open and close the fucking window like everyone in the world does when it gets hot or cold...lol...

But I do wish that I could EASILY and INEXPENSIVELY resolve this...

Another point worth illustrating is that if wanted to drive your car to my house... the closest place to park... the nearest road and shit.. is more than 400 miles away...

Yeah.. not so simple to do much anything "easily"...lol... or "inexpensively"...lol..

 

[GypsyBush]

Just for a laugh...
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[Greyskull]

heres some shots from my eyeclops bionicam

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