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Old 03-14-2008, 08:05 AM
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Default Re: A thought about fans...

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Originally Posted by CarWiz View Post
Calculate the volume of your oven. Moving that volume once per minute is more than enough. Half that would be better. WxDxH/2= CFM for the fan. (or nearest rating.) If you go too high, it will also diminish the effectiveness of your heating coils and raise heat-up times. In this case, more is not better. Also, any dust in your oven will be spread over your parts during curing if the fan is blowing too high a volume.
On that statement, my figures out to be 27 CFM. So I should be using that or half of that. So if I had double of that CFM, I'm defeating the purpose of the whole heating thing, correct? So would you say 12 to 15 CFM is better then 27?
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