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Originally Posted by buffalobillpatrick
Sorry, I thought that I read somewhere in this thread about plastic covering vents?
BBP
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From above:
"I do have the new ridge vent obstructed about 3 or 4 feet on either side of the air intake in the peak..
Otherwise, I end up pulling cold outdoor air into the basement.. "
Found it.. Up in Post #19 above, I posted:
"I just took some plastic shopping bags up and stuffed them into the slots in the attic peak.
Got 3 or 4 feet blocked off on each side of the intake.. Might help a bit.."
My air intake seems to have been sucking cold outdoor air right thru the ridge vent.
Now that the area around the in-take has been blocked, warm air can accumulate, and be pumped down to the basement.
I might remove the plastic bags during the hot summer (if that ever happens)..
So that 140F air isn't pumped down..
If the air up there gets too hot, and over-heats my basement, I will re-write the program
to limit the max temp of the basement.
I can also change the time-of-day limits and allow night operation
and only use the min/max temperature limits, and max relative humidity limit.