I came in this morning to find our work mail box stuffed with packages from Minneapolis!
We bought a Duct Blaster that will allow us to quantify air leakage in duct work. Further, if the duct work runs outside the building envelope (ie in cold attic or crawl space), we can now quantify how much air leakage these “exterior” ducts leak. This kind of data will serve anyone with attic duct work well when trying to decide if the duct work is responsible for ice damming or condensation generation in the attic. It will also be more portable than the Model 3 fan when doing High Performance houses or doing LEED ETS tests in highrise buildings.
We bought the True Flow meter too and now we can measure how much air flow the air handler is moving. This can help on the diagnostic front when matching AC size, it can also help us do air flow accounting of cumulative air flows to see what’s happening in those cold rooms!
We also got WiFi controls so that we can control out machines remotely and collect our test results directly on the computer. For specialised tests, we can control the fan and test remotely using Android or Apple platforms! So exciting!
We’re also ready for larger industrial, institutional or commercial depressurisations air test with our new 3 fan in one man-door opening for the times when you need to move lots of air!
I also have an old fan that is in desperate need of new rings and they came in! Speaking of rings we have a “D” and “E” ring for those super tight rooms – though our duct blaster can also serve the purpose. If you’re house is the first to need a “D” ring, I’ll eat the cost of the test!
Here’s hoping Santa is as generous with you!
New rings for an old blower door! Plus a Duct Blaster and a TrueFlow meter! Thanks Santa!