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Old 04-04-2003 | 03:16 AM
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Default Area Rule?????

Originally posted by Joey
As a general rule of thumb, the outlet should be about 75% of the fan area. Say you have a 5" fan, 5" x .75" = 3.75" for your outlet.

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Good Luck!!

Joey.
A 5" diameter fan has 19.62 square inches of area. 75% of this would be 14.73 square inches or a diameter of 4.33". It is a bit more math, you have to use pi and square roots.

Steven