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Very cool. Now what can we do about the eyesore factor? Does this affect the fans cooling performance? The air blows more straight down than diffuse I am ass

• sandbx 4y ago
  it could be pretty if you light it well
  • phabricator 4y ago
    I'm not sure mood lighting is going to do much for the duct tape on the ceiling (or what your ceiling will look like when you take it off)
• lkbm 4y ago
  If you push air down, it's going to displace the air below it off to the sides, so I don't think it'll make a big difference. My main concern would be that the filters limit flow, and thus it might be more likely to pull air up, causing a tight vertical loop (air goes down, turns outwards, and then back up while still inside the filter ring). I don't really have a solid mental model of how air flow works, though. Some experimenting with the shape (and some colored smoke, perhaps) could be interesting. What if the filters tilted inwards to be slightly narrower than the fan's reach? Or if they were shorter than the ceiling-to-fan distance and just inside? Or does it help to put them further out? (Seems unlikely, but would be a good thing to test.)
• s5300 4y ago
  A bit of wood stained black or vintage brown-ish + octagonal metal grid sheeting would look pretty nice. Search term may be “metal lattice sheet” Wood for the frame, metal grid sheet to cover the filters & still allow good airflow