ChipTrippyFox
Bluelighter
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- Dec 25, 2013
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That's the key right there. I was assuming the only window open in the house would be the "smoke vent." When that's the case, all that wind comes pouring through the fan in reverse. I remember countless times having to watch the leaves outside as I was holding in hits to make sure a strong gust wasn't about to blow the second I exhaled my hit into the backside of the fan. In all honesty, windy days have completely fucked over several Honeywell desktop fans of mine of the years, and a single Vornado-brand fan as well. Thankfully their cheap ones are still damn good and whisper quiet.
woah, the wind wrecked your fans? Eigther those are some really sensitive/weak fans or the wind was going alot faster than 15-20 MPH.
The one I linked in that picture has remained strong through some really windy days, definitly stronger than 20MPH, Im no expert but I would have to say that some of the storms last year could have easily hit between 40 and 60 at times. I can always tell when its really windy cause I can hear the fan blades slow down from time to time haha.
For anyone attempting to use this idea, I forgot to mention that it is crucial to keep the fan clean. My house gets really really dusty (Live in the basement floor and I have 3 cats + a dog. Blowing smoke into the fan doesnt help eigther ) and I find that when the fan and/or window screen starts getting dust build up, the fan starts pushing air to the sides rather than forward.
So about once every 2 weeks I will pull it out and disassemble it, giving it a full scrub down