<VV>Fanz, and how they work

[Ron]

"On the fact", What fact?  Where?
RonH


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Blackwell" <bryan at skiblack.com>
To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: <VV>Fanz, and how they work


> As an aside, Warren Leveque has reported a number of times on the fact 
> that the stock pulley setup consumes a considerable amount of power.
>
> --Bryan
>
> On Aug 1, 2005, at 2:42 PM, Bill Hubbell wrote:
>
>> Not entirely true - some of the wasted energy is kinetic -- turning the 
>> extra pulleys, overcoming friction, inertia, etc.  It is not unreasonable 
>> to assume a certain percentage of the energy used to turn the stock 
>> blower fan is wasted in this way.  Also, although the stock fan has 
>> inertial mass that must be set in motion, it lacks the efficiency of a 
>> better design, thus wasting horsepower.  Bottom line is to find the most 
>> efficient way to move the volume of air required to do the job, and no 
>> doubt the stock setup wastes some of its energy.
>
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