The right way to Put Together an Outdoor Misting Fan
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 | Places
Do-It-Yourself Mist Cooling Fan
These directions demonstrate the best way to assemble a low-pressure mist system ring on a light-weight home fan to create your own personal water fans. This setup permits you to create an good mist fan utilizing the water pressure out of your patio water faucet. It’s fantastic for cooling 1 or 2 folks on your patio. It can also be employed to cool off your dog or other pets, or even a small chicken coop or rabbit hutch.
Just what you will need:
- Mister Hoop with low-pressure mister nozzles
- Lo-pressure mister fan adapter kit (includes low pressure line, faucet connector, zip ties, push lock connector for the misting ring).
- Fan - 16 inches or larger
- Power cord extension
- Electrical power Outlet that has a Gfci circuit breaker
- Close by garden hose water faucet.
The faucet adapter should already be installed on the tubing, but if not, simply insert the tube into the little side of the adapter. This is a snug fit, hence in the event that you have difficulties performing this manually, use pliers to help drive the tube in.
If you bought a outdoor misting fan with a mist ring, a push lock connector for 1/8-inch tubing will already be set up on the ring. If you bought the misting fan kit separately, it will come with a push lock fitting that you will have to install on the mister ring. If the fitting does not have teflon tape wrapped around it, you’ll need to wrap the male end two to three times, after that install the fitting into the mist ring.
Push the hose completely in to the push-lock connector, then smoothly pull back to make certain the hose is secure in the connector.
For our demo, I’ll be using a cheap box fan I found at Lowe’s a couple of years ago. Put the fan down, then center the mister ring onto the exhaust side of the fan, with the nozzles directing away from the fan.
Affix the mister ring to the fan using zip ties that came with the low-pressure misting fan kit. Fold the zip tie first, which will make it much easier to thread around the ring and the grill of the fan shroud. Pull the ties tight, then snip off the ends to keep things neat. You can set the fan upright now, making certain the misting ring is secure.
Plug the fan into a ground fault protected electrical wall socket. A Gfci outlet is the variety with a black “Test” and a red “Reset” button. These kind of electrical outlets bread the circuit when there is a “ground fault,” which takes place whenever the electric current finds an alternate path to ground. For example, it might try to journey by way of your body if you are foolish enough to be standing in a puddle of water. Don’t be dumb - always be very cautious whenever using electricity in the presence of water. In today’s homes, electric outlets on the outside of the building are generally on a Gfci circuit or are ground fault outlets. In many homes, the entire ground fault circuit is governed by a ground fault wall socket in the garage. You should be sure to test that it is functioning properly before plugging in your mist fan.
Connect the tube with the water faucet connector to the water spigot.
Right after plugging the fan in and flipping it on, you may turn on the water to commence the misting. Now you may cool off with your mister fan!