Thursday, November 5, 2015

AIR MOVEMENT - AIR EXCHANGE

One of the decisions I made when building this shop is to have very good air movement. I'm going to install 4 ceiling fans with wall mounted adjustable speed knobs. These fans are 5ft in diameter so their larger. This means that they can be on a low speed and still move a fairly large amount of air. This means a couple of things; first - they'll be quite and still move alot of air, second - with low rpms means less power draw, cheaper to operate. The goal is always to make this building as inexpensive to operate as possible. (another reason we decided to heat the shop with wood since there is heat water tubes in the floor) Sometimes this means a larger upfront cost. You'll be seeing this when I install a  lot of LED lighting. LED fixtures are more expensive, but far cheaper to operate. Another air movement- air exchange idea I'm installing is a exhaust system with several vents located in the ceiling and also hookups for running vehicles in the shop. Again I'll have a speed adjustable exhaust fan. Each ceiling vent will be able to be closed off easily from the floor. By being selective, this also will leads to lesser operating costs. I'm a huge fan of air movement in a shop so one doesn't get overcome by fumes and such and just plane feels better. I'll post location of the fans over on FASTDAD'S facebook page.    https://www.facebook.com/Fastdad-132790816771142/

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