From: "Bob F" 
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Where to find:  casement window fans, air pump
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 14:00:45 -0700
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"Gary Fritz"  wrote in message 
news:Xns996673EB6A20fritzfriicom@216.168.3.50...
> We've got casement windows in our house.  I'd really like to be able 
> to put
> a fan into one or more of them, but it seems all fans are designed 
> to fit
> into standard "slider" windows.  Any suggestions for ways to put a 
> fan into
> a casement window?  The main one I'd like (it's a clerestory at the 
> peak of
> our roofline, would be great for exhausting hot summer air) has a 
> screen
> size of 25.5x55".
>
> Also, a bit more oddball:  I'd like to find an inexpensive and 
> preferably
> fairly quiet air pump capable of continuous-duty use, 50-100psi. 
> Our
> bedroom is on the 2nd floor and a long way from the AC.  I'm toying 
> with
> the idea of a putting a vortex tube in there, and sending the hot 
> air out
> the window.  And of course you could reverse it in the winter.  A 
> couple
> thousand BTU/hr could help the bedroom temperature situation a lot. 
> See
> e.g. http://www.airtxinternational.com/catalog/vortex_tubes.php or
> http://www.newmantools.com/vortex.htm.  Kinda crazy, but I'm sure it 
> would
> work...  *if* I can find an affordable air pump.

I suspect you'll find that this will be a very expensive to operate 
A/C system. A couple thou. BYU/Hr seems to require in excess of 25 CFM 
at 100 PSI. That takes a big compressor, which draws big power. A huge 
amount more power than a 5000 BTU/Hr A/C.

Bob