herballuvmonkey
Well-Known Member
go on amazon and buy a velometer for about 60 bucks. Its a tool we use to get the cfm of air moving from a fan or vent. you can use dampers that would be the easiest way without doing a ton of calculations. The unfortunate part is people dont understand that duct is rated and it doesnt matter what size fan you use you can only get som much air thru a duct depending on size and shape. A six inch round duct with no bends you can put about 140 cfm through once you start adding bends or y splitters you reduce what the duct will move. When you use a larger fan with the duct you get a higher static pressure which will cause turbulence and slow the air movement down. you can end up making a 140 cfm duct reduced down to 80 because the static is to great.