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Tempest 110v Ventilation Blower - Update with Video
For another three weeks, I am going to be working in the office in my departments Logistics Section. One of the cool things about working in Logs is having various vendors stop by and show us the latest and greatest things on the market for firefighters. Having served my departments apparatus committee now for over 25 years, I have a pretty good idea as to what people need to see and hear when it comes time for seeing and accepting new technology or equipment.
Note: I work full time as a Fire Captain and have no monetary interests in sharing this information. I just think it's a cool way to do business and predict that eventually, everyone will switch over to this new technology. Think Green!
Editorial: To use hydrocarbons for ventilation operations is just wrong in my opinion. Using clean electrical energy to power a blower is cleaner, more efficient, just as noisy and provides greater flexibility when determining which way you want to move the air.
Electric Blower
Last week, I was visited by a fire equipment distributor and a representative from a company that manufactures blowers. They wanted to share the latest in blower technology that uses household current (110v) outlets to power the blower. I took both still photos and a video to share with my departments apparatus committee and chief officers. This is what I am also sharing with you...
The link below shares a video demonstrating what I thought was really cool... the ability to regulate how much air we move... Not to be Mr. Predictor but it should not be long before all the manufacturers offer an electric blower. When I was videoing this, I asked him to reduce the volume of air being moved...
Here's some basic views of the blower:
The blower can be angled by stepping on a bar with your foot and leaning the blower forward or backward, or even flat for confined space rescue...
Here's the control head... or what ever you call the thing on top with buttons that make the fan go fast and slow... : )
Here's the technical motor data on the data plate:
Moving the blower around is pretty easy with the grab handle and wheels. I will say that the unit is as heavy as a standard gasoline blower due to the weight of the electric motor.
Stay safe!
SB Mike
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Permalink Reply by Engineco913 on
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In a situation where you are in a long building or have limited ability to evacuate smoke in a confined area of a large building, this is the way to go. We own one and it has worked perfectly. No gasoline fan could be used in a building safely due to the CO issues whereas the electric fan is perfect for it.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on
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We have had electric fans for ventilation in the past but never this snazzy. Does your existing fans have the ability to control air flow velocity ?
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Permalink Reply by Ben Waller on
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A neighboring department's truck company just put one of these in service.
I'm intrigued by it, as CO from hydrocarbon PPV fans is a big and generally-unrecognized issue.
Ours are gasoline-powered, but this is a good starting point for additional research.
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Permalink Reply by T.J. on
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Very cool Mike, my thing would be having to run power to it all the time.
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Permalink Reply by Bill Muehsam on
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We have a variable speed electric PPV Fan on our first out Engine Company. It works extremely well and have had no problems with it on the fireground.
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Having the ability to plug it into a wall outlet or run it off the engine generator seems to be an easy fix here... We always have power.
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I understand, but here in north we've got a lot of homes that are way off the roadway and when snow settles in there's times we can't get within 100 yards of a structure.
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I finally re-figured out how to post a video on the FFN. It adds a whole different perspective on ventilation blowers. Is this the type that your department has? TCSS, Mike
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Permalink Reply by mike mcintyre (mac) on
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we have only gas but i think thats gonna change now!
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Permalink Reply by Justin Buck on
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im going to pass this on to my fire department to check it out.
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tell me that the video didn't help change your mind... I checked on the cost and they were comparable to what a gas one would cost. They also weigh a little more or about the same. Electric motor is damn heavy... but it moves easily and with two firefighters, no problemo...
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Have you checked out the new Honda portable generators? They are small and really quiet. It would be interesting to see if they could handle the electrical load from the blower. I'll ask the rep and see what he says. The Honda Generators cost less that 1400.00 last ad a looked at.
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