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Old 12-27-2022, 02:56 PM   #33 (permalink)
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The best thing is just to keep the sun off exterior surfaces ( load avoidance ).
Trees and landscaping can do that. Solar fabrics and awnings.


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If one lives in a region known for haboob, or dirt storms, like Phoenix, Arizona, or Lubbock, Texas, the outside inlet can be closed off, and the entire house brought to a higher static pressure than the wind force, to prevent unwanted infiltration of the particulates.
Here in Antifa-fueled-wildfire country, I have a whole-house fan like this one:


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It blows directly into a MERV-[8? 11?] 14" square filter in a ceiling vent. Noisy though.
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