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Old 07-01-10, 01:06 PM   #66
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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw View Post
I've read that centrifugal or crossflow fans are most efficient for household ventilation. Also, they should be DC powered:
  • AC powered fans "hum" at the grid's frequency and may cause the whole installation to vibrate,
  • AC fans can cause electromechanical interference,
  • DC can be easily tied into an RE or back-up power installation.
Yes, quite right.

At this point, since my application is so undemanding, I'm considering a pair of 3 inch fans.


But I'm also looking into cross flow fans (AKA: tangential flow).


I also investigated Pulse Width Modulated fans...


...but the energy used by the above fans is so small that energy savings would be very small.


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