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December 20, 2015, 11:43:30 PM
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I am using 2 S7s to heat some rooms in my house. I was able to cut a hole into my hvac duct and utilize the warm air to blow into the hvac. Below are a few pics and links to the items I bought to do this. http://imgur.com/BPmFPK1http://imgur.com/v5AAZH5http://imgur.com/UEBJ4Q6http://imgur.com/igWW4trThe ducting I used that fits perfectly over the S7 fan and connected to the exhaust blower fan. I ran this from the miners to the a register box http://www.homedepot.com/p/Master-Flow-10-in-x-4-in-to-6-in-90-Degree-Register-Box-90RB10X4X6/100198141 . the register box was connected to the blow fan and than additional flexible duct was run to the hole in the hvac. It was sealed with foil tape. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Nashua-Tape-1-89-in-x-50-yd-322-Multi-Purpose-HVAC-Foil-Tape-1207792/100030120 http://www.homedepot.com/p/Master-Flow-6-in-x-25-ft-Insulated-Flexible-Duct-R6-Silver-Jacket-F6IFD6X300/100396935The blow fan to suck the air from the S7s to my already existing hvac system. http://www.amazon.com/VenTech-VT-IF-6-B-Variable-Controller/dp/B005KMPN0KEDITSound Reduction Box made from scraps (looks stupid and ugly but effective)Did this today. Was cleaning out garage and the PSU is loud (Finsky set-up, works amazing but sounds like a jet engine). My son (20 months) kept walking over to is and putting his finger on his lips and saying "shhhh" Was bored so here it goes..... So I decided to build a sound reduction box around the rigs and PSU to reduce the sound. This is by no means suppose to look nice, it was left over scraps. I used hvac aluminum tape, nails, screws, scrap wood and insulated with roxul safe 'n' sound insulation. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Roxul-Safe-n-Sound-3-in-x-15-1-4-in-x-47-in-Soundproofing-Stone-Wool-Insulation-12-Roll-RXSS31525/202531875 The insulation is amazing stuff, fireproof and sound reduction. Video of roxul product under blowtorch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5ipuxnIzyMPictures are belowhttp://imgur.com/um79DUEhttp://imgur.com/fOECzyjhttp://imgur.com/rIQxmbjhttp://imgur.com/W4FJyuwhttp://imgur.com/8nAQWachttp://imgur.com/X0Sg80Fhttp://imgur.com/c6Mapzjhttp://imgur.com/foDBM0ghttp://imgur.com/7K1kFt9 |
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jstew
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December 20, 2015, 11:45:44 PM |
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i dont have any s7's yet so im not sure how much air/heat they actually move , or how loud they are but wouldnt u be better off just putting them were u want the heat ?
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saturn643
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December 21, 2015, 12:24:25 AM |
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That is a good idea. How well is it working? Does it nicely heat up your rooms?
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traxor
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December 21, 2015, 12:40:40 AM
Last edit: December 25, 2015, 09:07:18 PM by traxor |
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I LOVE IT!!!
My brother-in-law has something similar worked out on paper -- but to actually see the real deal in photo's is AWESOME!!!
I'll have to forward him a link to this thread...
Also, see if I can figure out something similar -- even though I live in Georgia and we have short winters...
Thanks for posting!!!
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rockyforever (OP)
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December 21, 2015, 12:52:34 AM |
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That is a good idea. How well is it working? Does it nicely heat up your rooms?
yea been heating 3 rooms so far keeping them around solid 68! |
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rockyforever (OP)
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December 21, 2015, 12:53:13 AM |
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i dont have any s7's yet so im not sure how much air/heat they actually move , or how loud they are but wouldnt u be better off just putting them were u want the heat ?
the noise and also I am using 240 outlet from dryer that I dont use thats in garage. |
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Laviathon
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December 21, 2015, 04:44:52 AM |
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Be careful about backlogging heat in there.. Will burn up your miners.
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rockyforever (OP)
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December 21, 2015, 05:04:49 AM |
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Be careful about backlogging heat in there.. Will burn up your miners.
hence the duct fan. no worries. |
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December 21, 2015, 05:33:47 AM |
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holy crap 68! that is insane lol. They must pump out a ton of heat to do 3 rooms. Its gonna be rough in the summer  |
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rockyforever (OP)
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December 21, 2015, 05:50:05 AM |
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holy crap 68! that is insane lol. They must pump out a ton of heat to do 3 rooms. Its gonna be rough in the summer Ill just go back to blow out my garage during the summer. No biggie. Just wanted to utilize the heat for the winter. |
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December 21, 2015, 04:50:11 PM |
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Great setup!!! But what happens is summer???  |
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rockyforever (OP)
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December 21, 2015, 06:04:05 PM |
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Great setup!!! But what happens is summer??? I have an exhaust duct in the garage I will point the miners too that will draw out the heat. My garage stays very cool during the summer |
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December 21, 2015, 06:06:41 PM |
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Is it underground or something?? Or you dont have really warm summers? |
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bctmke
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December 21, 2015, 07:12:23 PM |
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Well done.
Maybe I didn't understand / missed this part. How are you pushing the air around the house? Do you keep the furnace blower set to always on?
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December 21, 2015, 07:28:26 PM |
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Be careful about backlogging heat in there.. Will burn up your miners.
hence the duct fan. no worries. i was thinking the same but seems that you have been thinking on all  btw i never imagine that someone would use it to heat up his house, well, i had some ideas about a greenhouse, but never to use it to heat up the house, you bring me some ideas I wish that you can continue posting new images, i really want to see it 100% finished. |
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rockyforever (OP)
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December 22, 2015, 04:38:15 AM |
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Is it underground or something?? Or you dont have really warm summers? live in washington state near seattle. the summers get warm but with all the trees and shade my house stays cool. I bought the house from a previous owner who had an in line duct fan put in a vent to the outside for his wood working tools so the sawdust wouldn't spread throughout the garage. I can point the miners at the in line fan that sucks the hot air to outside the house. The garage is a 2 car garage with a workshop built in, so technically a 3 car garage? |
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rockyforever (OP)
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December 22, 2015, 04:39:37 AM |
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Be careful about backlogging heat in there.. Will burn up your miners.
hence the duct fan. no worries. i was thinking the same but seems that you have been thinking on all btw i never imagine that someone would use it to heat up his house, well, i had some ideas about a greenhouse, but never to use it to heat up the house, you bring me some ideas I wish that you can continue posting new images, i really want to see it 100% finished. what images would you like to see? i will take some photos of the fan connected so you can see how big the fan is pushing the air into the hvac system. |
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rockyforever (OP)
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December 22, 2015, 04:46:48 AM |
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Well done.
Maybe I didn't understand / missed this part. How are you pushing the air around the house? Do you keep the furnace blower set to always on?
this was an option I was using but the furnace blower was sucking the cool air from inside the house and pushing it back through and was cooling off the air blowing from the miners. The air was to cold to have blowing constantly. The 470 cfm duct fan is sufficient to blow throughout the house. When i put a piece of paper or plastic in the vents in the rooms you can see it vibrating strongly from air flow. Also if you stand on the vents in the room they are warm to the touch from the air constantly blowing on them. The one thing that sucks now is my garage is back to being cold again lol My house is a little over 1000 square feet. They ran the hvac system to the nearest point of each room to reduce the amount needed under the house. this allows for efficiently and less cfm to move air throughout. If i had a bigger house (2 stories or 1500+ sq ft.) this system wouldn't work and I would have connect directly to the one rooms vent access. |
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rockyforever (OP)
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December 22, 2015, 05:12:48 AM |
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Be careful about backlogging heat in there.. Will burn up your miners.
hence the duct fan. no worries. i was thinking the same but seems that you have been thinking on all btw i never imagine that someone would use it to heat up his house, well, i had some ideas about a greenhouse, but never to use it to heat up the house, you bring me some ideas I wish that you can continue posting new images, i really want to see it 100% finished. what images would you like to see? i will take some photos of the fan connected so you can see how big the fan is pushing the air into the hvac system. I used the 6" hvac ducting. I cut a 6" hole into my hvac system using some hvac cutting tools. I got the 3 pack from home depot that has the straight cut, and left/right cuts. The location wasn't ideal because I couldn't get an angle with my large hands/arms so my wife did the majority of the cutting. I fed the ducting into the my hvac duct system about 1-2 ft without the foam lining and connected to the duct fan utilizing an hvac metal band. The 1-2 ft inside was pointed down along the normal path of air flow (without lining) but the hvac duct tubing from the entrance of my existing hvac system to the duct fan had the insulation attached. set the fan on the cut hole in the wood next to furnace, attached the elbow and ran 2 pieces of the insulated 6" tubing from the elbow to the exhaust fans of the miners. the 6" hvac flexible duct fits perfectly over the fans. I used an extra metal band for one to keep attached and used a plastic tie for the other as an insurance holder. Tomorrow I am going to attach the hvac tubing from the miners to elbow better, the tape doesnt hold as well as I thought. |
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bctmke
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December 22, 2015, 03:52:32 PM |
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Well done.
Maybe I didn't understand / missed this part. How are you pushing the air around the house? Do you keep the furnace blower set to always on?
this was an option I was using but the furnace blower was sucking the cool air from inside the house and pushing it back through and was cooling off the air blowing from the miners. The air was to cold to have blowing constantly. The 470 cfm duct fan is sufficient to blow throughout the house. When i put a piece of paper or plastic in the vents in the rooms you can see it vibrating strongly from air flow. Also if you stand on the vents in the room they are warm to the touch from the air constantly blowing on them. The one thing that sucks now is my garage is back to being cold again lol My house is a little over 1000 square feet. They ran the hvac system to the nearest point of each room to reduce the amount needed under the house. this allows for efficiently and less cfm to move air throughout. If i had a bigger house (2 stories or 1500+ sq ft.) this system wouldn't work and I would have connect directly to the one rooms vent access. Understood. That's a solid setup (I have a single floor ranch myself that is < 1000 sqft much like you). So this intrigues me  |
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