.80 WC

[smwilliamson]

Was at house today with a pellet insert running upstairs in the living room and a pellet stove running in the basement. I set up the Magnehelic gauge and it was pushing .80 WC in the basement and nearly 2.31 WC upstairs. YIKES! I asked the customer if her or him (the husband) was irritable or augmentative all the time and the answer was yes...

So is the life of folks living in a "sick house" constantly under negative pressure....OAKS are important.

 

[Don2222]

Hi Scott

augmentative? Do you mean argumentative?

It is interesting about the pressure. Where did you connect the guage? What should the normal reading be?

 

[smwilliamson]

that was the reading in the room...not connected to anything.

 

[Wachusett]

I asked the customer if her or him (the husband) was irritable or augmentative all the time and the answer was yes...

That's a loaded question

 

[SmokeyTheBear]

The normal reading should be very close to zero.

That's a loaded question

Scott, a woman is always going to answer that question yes.

 

[Don2222]

The normal reading should be very close to zero.


Scott, a woman is always going to answer that question yes.

Unless they are not married.

 

[SmokeyTheBear]

Unless they are not married.

You don't get out much these days do you?

 

[bill3rail]

Was at house today with a pellet insert running upstairs in the living room and a pellet stove running in the basement. I set up the Magnehelic gauge and it was pushing .80 WC in the basement and nearly 2.31 WC upstairs. YIKES! I asked the customer if her or him (the husband) was irritable or augmentative all the time and the answer was yes...

So is the life of folks living in a "sick house" constantly under negative pressure....OAKS are important.

Sorry to be stupid, but WTF does all of this information mean?

Bill

 

[mepellet]

Was at house today with a pellet insert running upstairs in the living room and a pellet stove running in the basement. I set up the Magnehelic gauge and it was pushing .80 WC in the basement and nearly 2.31 WC upstairs. YIKES! I asked the customer if her or him (the husband) was irritable or augmentative all the time and the answer was yes...

So is the life of folks living in a "sick house" constantly under negative pressure....OAKS are important.

What?!?! Did they have a while house fan running and all the windows and doors closed? That seems excessive. Certainly coming from more than a dinky little pellet stove exhaust fan with no oak.

 

[SmokeyTheBear]

Two pellet units and likely a couple of chimneys.

 

[mepellet]

Two pellet units and likely a couple of chimneys.

At least...
Edit. Maybe an ERU and the outside air fan is not running?

 

[smwilliamson]

Two pellet stoves and a gas hot water heater... All it takes

 

[SmokeyTheBear]

Two pellet stoves and a gas hot water heater... All it takes

It doesn't take much.

 

[Ejectr]

Unless they are not married.

They're all sisters.........

 

[mepellet]

Just for a reference, when doing a blower door test on a house, they usually pressurize to 50 pascals which equals 0.2 inH20.
And
0.8 inH20 = 199 pascals
2.31 inH20 = 575 pascals

 

[Ejectr]

Just for a reference, when doing a blower door test on a house, they usually pressurize to 50 pascals which equals 0.2 inH20.
And
0.8 inH20 = 199 pascals
2.31 inH20 = 575 pascals

Well that's a lot of mathemeticians in one house!