[Greenbuilding] recommend bath exhaust fan

[Bruno M.]

I live in Europe so recommending a specific trade mark mite be useless,
but every wholeseller of sanitary equipment has fans with buildin humidistats.

And since this is een "GREEN" -building list, may I suggest a green idea?
A " Solar Chimney ".
Uses no electricity, O.K. doesn't work well in colder climates & winters,
but in the winter the air is mostly dry so less evacuation of humid 
air is necessary.

Some links :

Not this kind of solar Chimney  ;-)
www.treehugger.com/files/2006/11/solar_tower_pro.php
but more like this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_chimney   ( incl. many links )
or:
www.greenbuilder.com/Sourcebook/PassSolGuide3.html       fig 6

This is also a possibility:
www.airvent.com/homeowner/products/powerVents-solarRoof.shtml


grts
Bruno M.
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At 14:18 6/06/2007, Ted wrote:
>Panasonic has a great line of quiet fans. I installed a couple and they live
>up to their claims. Very quiet and efficient.
>Check out the fans on this page:
>http://www.energyfederation.org/consumer/default.php/cPath/30_85
>you might also consider a central bath fan, with ducts running to the
>bathroom(s). That moves the fan away from the bath so mostly all you hear is
>the air noise.
>
>Humidistats can be found here:
>http://www.energyfederation.org/consumer/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=humidistat&x=0&y=0
>
>I've installed a couple and they work great. Wired in parallel with a normal
>switch so that the humidistat turns the fan on any time the humidity is high
>or when the switch is manually flipped on.
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>On 6/6/07, Don Jennings <dfjennings at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I know that I have seen a recommendation for a bath exhaust fan, but I had
> > no luck searching the archives (or the rest of the internet, for that
> > matter). Anyone care to recommend a quiet one?
> > Also, we'd like to have an automatic control. Suggestions for a timer or
> > humidistat?
> > Thanks!
> > Take care,
> > Don
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