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Old 10-14-2015, 02:32 PM   #11 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Another question is how much energy it takes to drive the belt (plus any friction in the clutch &c) when the fan's not turning.

Seems like you could get a pretty good ballpark estimate of fan power requirements from an ordinary household fan of the same diameter.

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