[Greenbuilding] Question on tight house, carbon monoxide

[KTOT (g)]

Hmmm, sounds good that 1) I don't fry and 2) I bought an inexpensive vent, 
figuring I'd rarely use it so why pay a lot for an energy-efficient one? 
That said, this one draws very little power, fortunately. I do think it 
helps take moisture out, however, as without it my windows do fog up.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Anne Judge
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 2:11 PM
To: Green Building
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Question on tight house, carbon monoxide

> On Feb 17, 2012, at 2:23 PM, Reuben Deumling wrote:
>> I've never understood the purpose of those vent hood fans that have no 
>> provision to connect to the outside?
>
> As far as I can tell, they're supposed to suck in & filter out the flying 
> grease from your frying pan. . .
> Anne

On Feb 17, 2012, at 3:54 PM, KTOT (g) wrote:

> In which case I'm accomplishing nothing by using it when boiling liquids? 
> Since I don't ever fry, that use isn't relevant to me. Being 100% 
> off-grid, I'd prefer saving the electricity and not using it if I'm 
> accomplishing nothing with it.

I can't think of anything it would do then. It does just seem a waste of 
energy.  Does anyone else know of a reason to keep it on?

The ones I've dealt with aren't even that useful for grease - the fans 
appear too weak & don't suck in the exhaust, so every time I fry meat I end 
up with droplets of grease all over my stove - and me (as I can tell from my 
glasses).

Anne


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