Thread: Wall Fans

A while back when I was in Petchabun, some old bugger there said that wall fans were a good alternative to air-conditioning. Obviously, they won't chill the house like AC does, but I think they would make a difference to the inside temperature, especially at night.

I'm not going to put in AC in a rented house. These I can fit and leave when we eventually move on.

Most wall fans seem to be aimed at the commercial or domestic kitchen. I will need something with a bit more oomph (which they do have here) and which is designed to draw air into the the room, rather than expel it.

This is the kind of thing I mean.



Does anyone have any experience with these in their bedrooms or living rooms?

Does anyone have any experience with these in their bedrooms or living rooms?

Nope - but whenever/wherever I've seen them they seem to be more for ventilation than cooling.

What about one of those free-standing air con units?

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

wherever I've seen them they seem to be more for ventilation than cooling.

And the award for stating the bleeding obvious goes to................

even what they sell as 'Air Conditioning' should only really be termed as comfort coolers, they do not condition the air.

They won't cool anything down just suck out bad oddurs.

^ They will if the outside air is cooler than the rather stale fart filled air in marmites bedroom at 3am.

I'd say install if only fror the midget's sake.

I'd have thought directional pedestal fans would be more effective and no installation.

they have a company making these mister fans in Thailand now. How about something like this. You can put freezing water in them and get a nice effect for about 8hours on a fill. I have one in the living room now.

Portable Misting Fans for Outdoor and Indoor the site given is for looking only. There is a Thai company making these. I am looking now.

If placed closed to the ceiling they may improve the room temperature by sucking out all the hot air and creating a ground to ceiling air flow circulation.

I always use ceiling fans in the bedroom and living areas and they seem to work well for all but the hottest time of the year in LOS.

Originally Posted by aging one

Portable Misting Fans for Outdoor and Indoor the site given is for looking only. There is a Thai

Yea, They got some of those in that Mex food joint that Frisco likes in CM, they do seem to work OK and kind of like that High pressure, fine misting systems that they use at carnivals and state fair exibits in the US the last few years I was there too.
But I do use air conditioning in my house,, and they do condition the air thru filters, dehumidify, and cool it down with mechanical refrigeration systems.

I have air and ceiling fans up stairs, but the downstairs is very open and the prevailing winds come over a lotus klong so its not too bad. On the nights of March through say September that their is no wind the mister fan makes life a lot nicer.

I thought it would get too humid but it does not. I think I paid about 1500 baht more than a big floor fan. Say 3.5 to 4000 baht.

I'm not interested in the portable water loaded cooling thing. They're crap, expensive for what they are and will probably give me Legionaries Disease.

Also, I see a lot of you can't read. I want to bring in the cooler air from outside, not remove my fart odours.

Originally Posted by jandajoy

I'd have thought directional pedestal fans would be more effective and no installation.

So you think fans that move the internal warmer air around would be better than bringing in the cooler air from outside?

I knew I shouldn't have bothered asking all the geniuses on here.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

not remove my fart odours.

So you wanna keep them?

Install it backwards and it will work.

Or you could take the fan blades of the spindle and put it back the other way round if it will fit.

Leave the fans alone. Never do the job of cooling at all. Just move air.
Install Air Cons in your house and then remove, when you move out.
Simple really.

The room I work in at night has two windows. If it is cooler outside than it is inside I aim a regular room fan out through an open window.
With the door to the room closed, cool air gets drawn in through the other open window which is next to where I sit. Works a treat for me at this time of the year.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Also, I see a lot of you can't read. I want to bring in the cooler air from outside, not remove my fart odours.

As it was I who mentioned your farts, I think you'll see that I was discussing bringing air in.

And it doesn't even take someone with my qualifications to know if you bring air in the air (fart filled) already inside will have to go somewhere, so they will be diluted at worst and removed at best. as I said, great benefit to the midget.

I do however agree that many didn't read and were discussing extract.

Mate had things like this in one place yeas ago, they were bloody great for getting some air flow through a hot Bangkok townhouse. Very cheap too. Was more effective than the aircon in summer.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by jandajoy I'd have thought directional pedestal fans would be more effective and no installation. So you think fans that move the internal warmer air around would be better than bringing in the cooler air from outside? I knew I shouldn't have bothered asking all the geniuses on here.

so open the fokin windows dick head.

nothing personal mind.