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dyson fan (no blades)
- Thread starter dragunn
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cyberwax
I seriously doubt the pulling/pushing power of that unit through a carbon scrubber tho :| But very cool! And probably very silent.
Tho upon further view of videos the fan actually has blades, in the bottom part that shoots the air around the circle and also its completly useless with duct tubing as it uses some sort of "viscous sharing" to pull air around the circle. But would make a great fan to keep the air in motion.
Tho upon further view of videos the fan actually has blades, in the bottom part that shoots the air around the circle and also its completly useless with duct tubing as it uses some sort of "viscous sharing" to pull air around the circle. But would make a great fan to keep the air in motion.
PeteWeedSeed
Member
That thing just looks pretty.. its really junk.
Take an old tire, cut hole out the bottom, hook up the blower into the hole, then seal the inside of the tire except for a slit around one side. And there ya go, same thing. Attach a speed controller to the blower and you have their "infinity controllable" feature...
No way worth the amount of cash their trying to rip off, cause they think their brand name is now so popular.
Take an old tire, cut hole out the bottom, hook up the blower into the hole, then seal the inside of the tire except for a slit around one side. And there ya go, same thing. Attach a speed controller to the blower and you have their "infinity controllable" feature...
No way worth the amount of cash their trying to rip off, cause they think their brand name is now so popular.
GSGrowdaddy
Member
Looks like more of a conversational piece than a usefull growing tool. Is that the same Dyson that makes the overpriced Vacuum cleaner. I bet it is. $300 you could get 15 regular oscilating fans for that. to me it looks like a waste.
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medi-useA
I was net-surfin'...as as Am want to do @ times and came across the Dyson Bladeless fan...
here and here
It got me thinking...if one of these was hooked up to an air intake...but instead of being powered by the motor and impeller/regulator, it was powered by compressed air?...
Think it would work?...even if you had it on an electronic timer to do it in microbursts...and control the speed...?
Can compressed air make this stronger than a turbine?
muA
here and here
It got me thinking...if one of these was hooked up to an air intake...but instead of being powered by the motor and impeller/regulator, it was powered by compressed air?...
Think it would work?...even if you had it on an electronic timer to do it in microbursts...and control the speed...?
Can compressed air make this stronger than a turbine?
muA
PeteWeedSeed
Member
Well your asking about using an air compressor. And using it would cost a hell of alot more then a fan.
A continuous supply from a compressor, requires industrial grade equipment to run non-stop. Actually looked it up before, but to use as a huge supply of air to run tons of air stones.
Of course it would be stronger, air pushed vs. compressed air shot out is two completely different things. Air can be compressed to extreme densities.
And what exactly are you trying to achieve by doing this?
A continuous supply from a compressor, requires industrial grade equipment to run non-stop. Actually looked it up before, but to use as a huge supply of air to run tons of air stones.
Of course it would be stronger, air pushed vs. compressed air shot out is two completely different things. Air can be compressed to extreme densities.
And what exactly are you trying to achieve by doing this?
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medi-useA
I was thinking th@ as an oscillating fan they look crappy...but as a potentially powerful Air Intake......well, how much air can an airtank hold?..@ wh@ rate would it be used?...could something like this be used to regularly temporarily increase air flow...even if there is an inline fan in the ducting to push it forward down the ducting...
just spitballin'....the IDEA seems sound...just wondering if it can be practically done..
muA
just spitballin'....the IDEA seems sound...just wondering if it can be practically done..
muA
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cyberwax
It cannot be used with ducting as it uses the outside of the "ring" aswell for "viscous sharing".
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medi-useA
Th@'s a bummer...here was me thinking it might be useful for increasing air intake flow..
muA
muA
I saw it a while back and wasn't impressed with the idea. Good effort on dyson's part but a miserable fail from an engineering perspective. I mean really, did they really think they were going to invent new wind forming potential from "viscous sharing". That sounds like something bacteria does in a test tube, "viscous sharing", give me a break.
