considering buying this to put in the bedroom in the 5th wheel to help push the warmer air down into the lower living area. Will this work for that? Also considering a ceiling fan but this would be much easier.
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My Fantastic Vent is bi-directional and pushes or pulls air very well indeed. Highly recommended. It comes with a remote control unit and there is a knurled knob on the vent itself for manual opening and closing of the vent; I have never needed to use that feature. One minor quirk of the remote control is that vent closure is not instantaneous. It takes 5 to 10 seconds to start closing and the fan keeps going during most of the closure. Look at the knurled knob. Once you see it start to turn, the fan hatch closure process has begun. I am quite satisfied with my purchase. If you are traveling in a hot and dry climate, you might consider the Turbo Kool swamp cooler unit. It runs off 12VDC power and uses water to humidify and cool the incoming air. I have a Turbo Kool over my bed aft and a Fantastic Vent in my bathroom forward in my 21 foot toy hauler trailer. One quirk of this unit is that it must be level, else the water will keep dribbling out the top reservoir and eventually drain you water tank. Highly recommended. http://www.turbokool.com I hope this helps. Best, Rodger Morris
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Since I don't know what you want to use it for, I can't really answer the question properly. I will tell you that I was having an issue with my satellite receiver not getting enough air movement in the cabinet I have it in. One of the techs told it was probably a bit too warm in there. I set this up in the cabinet and it seems to have resolved the issue. I liked the variable speed to it because I could run it faster in the summer and move more air, and dial it down in the winter a bit. Only downside is that it's a bit noisy at the higher speed, but I'm not aware of a more efficient way to move air in a small area. Hope that helps. Ray
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The fan is not quiet, but would pull some cool air from room to room. But cool air will seek a lower section of a room, so fan should be placed low to pull cool air.
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I use it only for fans in bathrooms. I have installed 4 of them and they all work great. I dont see why they would not work as well for a ceiling heater. they are just timing and turning off/on the device no matter what wattage the device itself draws. you could check with the manufacturer to be sure. good luck. R
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Last winter, I used it in the open area dining/kitchen/living room, of my modest size home (approximately 812 sq. ft.). Set on 1/2 to 3/4 speed, it kept this area quite comfortable, during the day. I moved it late evening, to keep my bedroom comfortable during the night, set at a lower speed. Since the fan speed is adjustable, I believe, you could set it comfortably, for a pretty large room.
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It is powerful so it may work as a floor fan. I have it on top of chest of drawers and it is probably to big for that but I make it work.
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It works pretty well in a small room. It exchanges the air over a period of time. I don't think it works well when there is lots of humidity outside. This is not a high velocity fan!
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Yes, this is a ceiling fan, most efficient if installed in the ceiling. It needs the outlet tube to take the bad air out of the room that it is installed in!
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I believe it will as long as you use the ice packs that come with it. I know that you have a lot of humidly there. The fan does not feel very strong but it differently circulates the air in the room. I live in ca. and have used it when it is pouring rain out and it stills keeps me comfortable. My living room is at least as big as yours and my room is also wide opened to the kitchen. I hope this helps you.
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Yes. It's nice if you get in and out of your car often. If you're driving a long time, put the vent where it blows on your feet. That feeds colder air to the fan
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I'll try and break the tie. Its an electric fan mounted in a heavy aluminum base (I dont think the pictures do them justice, these things are pretty big) that requires sunlight to shine on one side in order to work. IMO it doesnt really make any more noise than any other fan that moves a similar amount of air, my fridge is way louder. You would wind up with a 12" or so circular hole in the roof that the fan is fastened to the outside of; you would need to put some sort of grill over the inside of it to keep fingers out of the spinning blades. It probably would not amputate a finger but could easily make a nasty cut. Plus its not the prettiest thing on earth to look at. You will also need a substantial source of air into the room otherwise you will be creating a suction. If the two rooms are connected you could swap the wires on the motor of one of them (would require some electronics skilz) and have one suck and the other blow and get a draft through the area. You will also need to provide a way to close it off completely in winter to avoid letting cold in. You could put a switch on it in conjunction with the closing mechanism so it doesnt run when closed. Additionally roof vents (powered or not) are not as insect proof as window screens, the openings are bigger. Might be a consideration for inhabited areas.
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Sorry we cannot be helpful as we had this switch installed by an electrician who was doing a lot of work for us as part of a reno project. We do love the fan and the remote and switch all work well - we have it on low most of the time in this cold season to gently push warmer air down from a high ceiling in a small almost entirely windowed room overlooking our wooded backyard. Exactly what we were looking for - pretty efficient and not very expensive.
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I have this in my garage for same purpose. It helps a little. I run if only on the hot days. U could add a thermostat control if u don't want to turn it in manually. It's like a louder faster bath exhaust fan. I had one in a workshop before to help exhaust fumes. It does a better job with the fumes than the heat. But it's just an 8" fan. A box fan or cyclone fan would move more air but this installs nicely in the wall.
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Not at all. First, even on high, it has almost no power. You need to be right in front of it to even know it's on. Second, in order for this fan to cool the room down, the air outside has to be much cooler than the air inside. If it's hot outside, it will merely bring that hot air in and weakly circulate it. I find this fan useful ONLY when it's cool outside--like at night.
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It would move air, but what is your intent? If you use it as an exhaust fan you would have to move air from someplace else in the room (open window). If used as an intact fan, then it would make a positive pressure environment if no outside vent/window/door is open.
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Not sure...it does create air circulation when pointer up towards the ceiling, but I don.t know if it would be strong enough. Probably worth a try.
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Not bad at all. It uses a larger, slower fan to move the air (can kind of see the cut-outs for it on the right side of the unit in the picture). We use it in the garage to drive a noisy high-speed spindle, though, so noise hasn't been a concern for us.