Our bedroom runs hot. is there a good fan that is quiet that I could use
to suck the cold air from outside to cool the room. I have a
free-standing air con but that is really noisy. so I was thinking
xpelair type fan on suck but how noisy are they and are they up to it.

Gary

On Sep 6, 1:56*am, Gary wrote:
Our bedroom runs hot. is there a good fan that is quiet that I could use
to suck the cold air from outside to cool the room. I have a
free-standing air con but that is really noisy. so I was thinking
xpelair type fan on suck but how noisy are they and are they up to it.

Gary


Open a window?

On Wed, 5 Sep 2012 23:50:37 -0700 (PDT), harry wrote:

Our bedroom runs hot.

Aren't you the lucky boy... B-)

Which way does it face?

... is there a good fan that is quiet that I could use to suck the
cold air from outside to cool the room.

Open a window?

Turn off the heating in that room.

Close the curtains and window during the day open them when the sun is
back near the horizon/set.

--
Cheers
Dave.

On 06/09/2012 07:50, harry wrote:
On Sep 6, 1:56 am, Gary wrote:
Our bedroom runs hot. is there a good fan that is quiet that I could use
to suck the cold air from outside to cool the room. I have a
free-standing air con but that is really noisy. so I was thinking
xpelair type fan on suck but how noisy are they and are they up to it.

Gary


Open a window?


Curtains keep our west facing bedroom amazingly cool.

"Gary" wrote in message
...
Our bedroom runs hot. is there a good fan that is quiet that I could use
to suck the cold air from outside to cool the room. I have a free-standing
air con but that is really noisy. so I was thinking xpelair type fan on
suck but how noisy are they and are they up to it.

Personally I have a freestanding bedroom fan, one of the large but slow
type, and very good it is too. What I do around 4pm is open the windows
front and back of house, and the doors between, and stand a small fan on the
windowsill pumping cold air in through the rear (north) windows and direct
the front room (south) large fan to blow the air across the bedroom towards
the window.

Seems to be surprisingly good at bringing the temp. down sufficiently to
sleep later. And having a large, slower fan means it's quite quiet so on
really hot nights I leave it on.

Paul DS

On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 08:43:07 +0100, Paul D Smith wrote:

And having a large, slower fan means it's quite quiet so on really hot
nights I leave it on.

Ceiling fans are good as well, doesn't take much air movement to make a
hot humid room bearable. 30rpm or slower is enough with a 4' dia fan and
should be virtually silent.

Trouble is most modern UK homes don't really have the ceiling height or
room space for a ceiling fan.

--
Cheers
Dave.

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 08:43:07 +0100, Paul D Smith wrote:

And having a large, slower fan means it's quite quiet so on really hot
nights I leave it on.

Ceiling fans are good as well, doesn't take much air movement to make a
hot humid room bearable. 30rpm or slower is enough with a 4' dia fan and
should be virtually silent.

Trouble is most modern UK homes don't really have the ceiling height or
room space for a ceiling fan.

--
Cheers
Dave.


We have ceiling fans. We learnt that trick from travelling in the USA. Slow
and quiet, with lighting built in, they do an astoundingly good job
considering that all they are doing is stirring the air around a bit. If you
put them up on speed three, it can actually get a bit cold under them, even
on a very hot and humid night. We got ours from B&Q some years back. We have
the same ones in the conservatory at either end and they do a good job in
there as well. ISTR that they even did a version that came with a remote
control handset. Best of all, they weren't expensive.

Arfa

On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 17:58:29 +0100, Arfa Daily wrote:

We have ceiling fans. We learnt that trick from travelling in the USA.

I learnt it in backpacking through Thailand, Malaysia and Bali.

Slow and quiet, with lighting built in, they do an astoundingly good
job considering that all they are doing is stirring the air around a
bit.

Yes, it doesn't take much air movement to make things very bearable. Of
course a ceiling fan gently stirs all the air in a room unlike a tiddly
hispeed table fan that just noisily shoves a small amount about fast.

--
Cheers
Dave.

On Thursday, September 6, 2012 1:56:09 AM UTC+1, Gary wrote:
Our bedroom runs hot. is there a good fan that is quiet that I could use

to suck the cold air from outside to cool the room. I have a

free-standing air con but that is really noisy. so I was thinking

xpelair type fan on suck but how noisy are they and are they up to it.



Gary

That works well if you let it run all night long, when its cooler outside. It slwoly cools the masonry down, which then takes a day or more to warm up again in the sun. They key thing is to only run it when outdoor temp is below indoor. So you get most of the benefit the next day, not right away.

A 9" fan suits a moderate room.

Noise level varies much between makes and models. If its an issue you can fit a baffle box onto it.
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Baffle_box


NT

On Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:03:10 +0100, Dave Liquorice
wrote:

On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 08:43:07 +0100, Paul D Smith wrote:

And having a large, slower fan means it's quite quiet so on really hot
nights I leave it on.

Ceiling fans are good as well, doesn't take much air movement to make a
hot humid room bearable. 30rpm or slower is enough with a 4' dia fan and
should be virtually silent.

Trouble is most modern UK homes don't really have the ceiling height or
room space for a ceiling fan.


I'd agree if you said that our low ceilings are not optimal for ceiling
fans - but usable they most certainly are.

At low speed they make very little noise but achieve a huge difference in
comfort. Only on the very hottest nights do I ever put it higher than the
lowest setting.

--
Rod

On 06/09/2012 20:20, polygonum wrote:
On Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:03:10 +0100, Dave Liquorice
wrote:

On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 08:43:07 +0100, Paul D Smith wrote:

And having a large, slower fan means it's quite quiet so on really hot
nights I leave it on.

Ceiling fans are good as well, doesn't take much air movement to make a
hot humid room bearable. 30rpm or slower is enough with a 4' dia fan and
should be virtually silent.

Trouble is most modern UK homes don't really have the ceiling height or
room space for a ceiling fan.


I'd agree if you said that our low ceilings are not optimal for
ceiling fans - but usable they most certainly are.

At low speed they make very little noise but achieve a huge difference
in comfort. Only on the very hottest nights do I ever put it higher
than the lowest setting.


I have got the B&Q ceiling fan and we have the window open but the room
is south facing and centre terrace BUT set back by 15 foot from the
others in the block so the front of the house is a sun trap and has very
little passing air.

Due to light in the mornings streaming in blinds have to be used and
they fill the gap in the window so the air is even harder to move around.

We also have a yellow street lamp at the bottom of our garden (They are
surprisingly bright)

The fan in the light is fab but hot air is hot even if it is moving around.

Gary

On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:23:34 +0100, Gary wrote:

On 06/09/2012 20:20, polygonum wrote:
On Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:03:10 +0100, Dave Liquorice
wrote:

On Thu, 6 Sep 2012 08:43:07 +0100, Paul D Smith wrote:

And having a large, slower fan means it's quite quiet so on really hot
nights I leave it on.

Ceiling fans are good as well, doesn't take much air movement to make a
hot humid room bearable. 30rpm or slower is enough with a 4' dia fan
and
should be virtually silent.

Trouble is most modern UK homes don't really have the ceiling height or
room space for a ceiling fan.


I'd agree if you said that our low ceilings are not optimal for ceiling
fans - but usable they most certainly are.

At low speed they make very little noise but achieve a huge difference
in comfort. Only on the very hottest nights do I ever put it higher
than the lowest setting.


I have got the B&Q ceiling fan and we have the window open but the room
is south facing and centre terrace BUT set back by 15 foot from the
others in the block so the front of the house is a sun trap and has very
little passing air.

Due to light in the mornings streaming in blinds have to be used and
they fill the gap in the window so the air is even harder to move around.

We also have a yellow street lamp at the bottom of our garden (They are
surprisingly bright)

The fan in the light is fab but hot air is hot even if it is moving
around.

Gary

Might not work for you, but we have one of the simple awnings above our
south-facing living room window. Sticks out quite a long way when fully
extended and helps a lot with reducing the sun coming in - without making
it too dark.

Nothing is perfect but it was modestly priced simple enough to fix.

--
Rod