jx7
2023-03-29 14:59:15
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If I want to ventilate a 25 sqm cellar room with a high ventilation demand (due to high humidity) using 2 push-pull fans that are to be installed in the (small) cellar window, which variant is better:
(1) Two devices side by side, blowing/sucking in opposite directions?
One always blows, one sucks. Switch every 70 seconds.
Plus
- The same amount of air is always supplied as is extracted.
Minus
- There is a risk of a short circuit, i.e. the supplied air is immediately sucked out again, other parts of the room are ventilated/dehumidified much worse. Or is it enough that the two fans are directed in different directions?
(2) Two devices side by side, blowing/sucking in phase?
Both blow for 70 seconds, then both suck for 70 seconds.
Plus
- The excess air in the room goes out the door to the rest of the house. When sucking, the air loss is compensated by air flowing in from the house. Overall, an airflow should occur between the window and the room door, so that a large area of the room is covered.
Minus
- A negative or positive pressure builds up in the room because sucking and blowing are not simultaneous.
A detail worth mentioning: Outside, both fans discharge into a light well. Here the risk of a short circuit (air blown out is immediately blown back in) is probably even greater.
The Aereco guy said that 2) would be no problem, 1) wouldn’t work at all, you always have to work with a pair of fans so that sucking and blowing happen simultaneously.
A third solution would be a pair of fans, one of which is in the problem room, the other in an adjacent cellar room.
(1) Two devices side by side, blowing/sucking in opposite directions?
One always blows, one sucks. Switch every 70 seconds.
Plus
- The same amount of air is always supplied as is extracted.
Minus
- There is a risk of a short circuit, i.e. the supplied air is immediately sucked out again, other parts of the room are ventilated/dehumidified much worse. Or is it enough that the two fans are directed in different directions?
(2) Two devices side by side, blowing/sucking in phase?
Both blow for 70 seconds, then both suck for 70 seconds.
Plus
- The excess air in the room goes out the door to the rest of the house. When sucking, the air loss is compensated by air flowing in from the house. Overall, an airflow should occur between the window and the room door, so that a large area of the room is covered.
Minus
- A negative or positive pressure builds up in the room because sucking and blowing are not simultaneous.
A detail worth mentioning: Outside, both fans discharge into a light well. Here the risk of a short circuit (air blown out is immediately blown back in) is probably even greater.
The Aereco guy said that 2) would be no problem, 1) wouldn’t work at all, you always have to work with a pair of fans so that sucking and blowing happen simultaneously.
A third solution would be a pair of fans, one of which is in the problem room, the other in an adjacent cellar room.