Whole House Fans

[iPlug]

I will venture to say that ours is one of many whole house fan households grieving in California these days.

It’s a great way to cool the house at night and early morning during the summer for a fraction of the energy the air-conditioning would require. Alas with all the smoke, that remains a no go right now.

 

[nwdiver]

I will venture to say that ours is one of many whole house fan households grieving in California these days.

It’s a great way to cool the house at night and early morning during the summer for a fraction of the energy the air-conditioning would require. Alas with all the smoke, that remains a no go right now.

I made some custom filters out of HVAC HEPA filters I got at home depot and inserted them into the windows.

 

[israndy]

I haven't had to use it, but my cabin has a swamp cooler and I wonder if enough smoke could be pulled out of the air by the wet filters to allow running during this time, otherwise, it would be sweltering in there.

 

[iPlug]

I made some custom filters out of HVAC HEPA filters I got at home depot and inserted them into the windows.

Might be a business opportunity for someone willing to chase it. Are any windows these days of any standard size that could make this straight-forward for the non-handy?

For the do-it-yourself motivated, my concern would be rigging up something that had a good seal but not too tacky looking that the wife would give it a veto.

Also, the whole house fans move a lot of air, so through some combination of high surface area and high throughput, that would be a lot of air filter material/replacement in this smoke. Was blowing off the outside hardscape surfaces this morning, just done a few days prior, and there was a significant amount of ash rolling along that accumulated during that time.

I haven't had to use it, but my cabin has a swamp cooler and I wonder if enough smoke could be pulled out of the air by the wet filters to allow running during this time, otherwise, it would be sweltering in there.

Curious here too. Water capture of particulants sounds appealing if it doesn't compromise air flow or need filter cleaning/replacement too often.

 

[SageBrush]

Curious here too. Water capture of particulants sounds appealing if it doesn't compromise air flow or need filter cleaning/replacement too often.

I don't think the air is passing through water, it is just getting humidified. A swamp cooler is not a bong

 

[iPlug]

I don't think the air is passing through water, it is just getting humidified. A swamp cooler is not a bong

You have disappointed more people than you know.

 

[nwdiver]

For the do-it-yourself motivated, my concern would be rigging up something that had a good seal but not too tacky looking that the wife would give it a veto.

I still like the idea of suing Exxon in small claims court as a public nuisance. If you're effected by the smoke sue them for $9,999 (IIRC the limit is $10k in small claims) to get professionally made custom smoke filters for all your windows.