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July 23, 2017, 06:33 PM
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July 23, 2017, 06:35 PM
Skins2881
I would probably use two fans. One to blow from living room into hallway and second from hallway into bedroom.

I'm curious, what was the reasoning behind blowing the hot air towards the living room instead of cold air towards the bedroom?


Jesse

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July 23, 2017, 07:38 PM
jimmy123x
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Originally posted by dwd1985:
My apartment unfortunately doesn't have central air. Instead I have two window mounted a/c's at the "front". The bedroom leads off of this main room through a doorway, but this bedroom has no other means of getting air. It has no windows and leads to a bathroom, also with no windows. THis isnt the best for air circulation so I frequently keep a large box fan in the main room (the room with the a/c) and blow cool air into the bedroom. However, some have suggested I set up the box fan inside the room and blow the warm air out. Any recommendations?


I would blow air in. If you blow air out of the bedroom it's quite possible heat from the windows and exterior will get sucked in with it......
July 23, 2017, 07:45 PM
OKCGene
No windows in a bedroom? I thought that was a code violation? For fire safety?

I'm really don't know, but I question.

I'm pretty sure that's illegal here.
July 23, 2017, 07:47 PM
SpinZone
I would blow the cold air in with the box fan at floor level.

The air at floor level should be cooler then the air near the ceiling so blowing the lower air in might cause the forced outflow to be the higher, warmer air.


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July 23, 2017, 08:46 PM
Skins2881
quote:
Originally posted by dwd1985:
quote:
Originally posted by Skins2881:
I would probably use two fans. One to blow from living room into hallway and second from hallway into bedroom.

I'm curious, what was the reasoning behind blowing the hot air towards the living room instead of cold air towards the bedroom?


There is only one doorway, it would be impossible to use two fans, because they would simply blow right at one another. THe only entrance to the "hot" room is the doorway. There are no windows or additional doors leading to it. Air can either be blown in or blown out, but not both.

Also, the reasoning was to suck hot air out of the room, have it be cooled by the a/c, and then let it flow back in naturally.


I assumed there was a hallway between main room and bedroom. Guess I need to read better. If no hallway I'd go with blowing cold to hot.

I'd use something like this. to move more air. Or if you want to really move air, something like this. The second one would be a little loud at night time though. It's a floor dryer and can be angled at 45 degrees too. They are used for floods and move serious air. The first one is more like a homeowner model.


Jesse

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July 23, 2017, 09:46 PM
cparktd
quote:
Originally posted by SpinZone:
I would blow the cold air in with the box fan at floor level.

The air at floor level should be cooler then the air near the ceiling so blowing the lower air in might cause the forced outflow to be the higher, warmer air.


This^^^^

Unless there extenuating circumstances we don't know.
No brainer, fan is on the floor, cooler (slightly) air is on the floor.
Fan blowing into the bedroom works with the natural flow. Blowing out would buck the natural flow.


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July 23, 2017, 11:41 PM
Some Shot
If the fan blows out of the bedroom; the heat created by the fan motor will also get blown out of the bedroom.
July 24, 2017, 07:47 AM
Woodman
I'd leave the bathroom fan on to pull air into and through the space. Then arrange outside air to be introduced at the other end of the apartment (probably out of your control, but "perfect world ...".
July 24, 2017, 08:11 AM
Skull Leader
This is what you really need. A plus is with this you can leave the loud fan in the other room.

http://www.globalindustrial.co...eet-flexible-ducting