Magdeck is a good system, here are contacts that may help you.Can you post a link to where you bought the fan from?
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This is the tube
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Do you think there is enough power in 24" fan or would you go bigger next time?Went for the 24" fan
Just tied some string round end of tube to seal it
Works well, the atmosphere is really good in there now
Seems ok for 75ftDo you think there is enough power in 24" fan or would you go bigger next time?
Made a few ourselves out of non perforated 12” twin wall, bit Agri looking but you notice a fair difference if they’re turned off
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The fan you select has to do 3 thingsSeems ok for 75ft
Any more and it would be drafty
Hi, I have just installed a tube ventilation system in my calf shed , it's 100 feet long and phemonia problems have worsened, I have a climate controlled curtain at each side, and suspect the tube is blowing the warm air and germs back down round the calves, has anyone had similar problems.The fan you select has to do 3 things
1. Give the right number of air changes to be effective.
2. Deliver the air in the right places draught free.
3. Cost no more to run than is absolutely necessary.
El Lewis does that for you and gives you a control to keep it right.
Anyone can milk a cow- doesnt make him a dairy farmer. Respect knowledge. You will always win.
Hi, I have just installed a tube ventilation system in my calf shed , it's 100 feet long and phemonia problems have worsened, I have a climate controlled curtain at each side, and suspect the tube is blowing the warm air and germs back down round the calves, has anyone had similar problems.
K.
Hutches are the only answer to calf pnuemonia dont care what fancy design people have in shed
You are right ,hutches are best for calves but not for calf person feeding in winter,
We have a set up like this.here`s a couple of pics of the finished job
did some smoke tests with it running and smoke soon dissipated.
Before it just lingered in shed
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How wide a gap do you have in the roof ridge? Can’t quite see from the pictures but I’d expect a good foot or so there for a cattle shed - or am I out of touch?We've lashed up a ventilator for our calves house, never had any problems til last year, vets always used ask if we pneumonia in that shed! Do now.
All deep cleaned since and fitted up this.
View attachment 1078892View attachment 1078893View attachment 1078894luckily the calf house is next to car shed that has open front so the extractor extracts from there into calf house, holes in waste pipe drilled at 4 and 8 o'clock.
Did a bit of research before adhb videos and stuff like that, reckons air needs changing four times an hour. This is the biggest cheap extractor tool station do and should do this shed on its own 3 times an hour, there's a bit of natural ventilation too so
The extractor is 150mm so I guessed needed the same area in outlet holes which works out at 150 ish 12mm holes, did 10mm cos tis easier make a hole bigger than smaller, on 15m of pipe hole every 100mm.
Bought a box of smoke matches from Toolstation lit before and the smoke lingered really bad, felt like plenty of air coming over the doors but seemed to just push smoke down to the calves, seem to have been lucky with hole size and spread, light smoke up at the extractor and it comes out the pipe nice and even, no draught at calf head hight but the smoke just about gets there, shed feels much nicer now, it's drier in there too, smoke soon vanishes now.
About £100 quid in bits and a few hours work, will hopefully pay off?