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Western
HVAC News
Ecotone Products Now Stocks and
Distributes Advanced Panasonic WhisperGreen Ventilation
Fans.
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 Ecotone
Products is now distributing green building standards
complying Panansonic WhisperGreenTM ventilation fans. These
fans are made to be installed in residential bathrooms and
are built to continuously operate at a low adjustable cubic
foot per minute (CFM) rate 24/7. This feature supports a
continuous supply of fresh air in residential homes while
exhausting stale or contaminated air to the exterior of the
home.
“Property managers and housing authorities are often
confronted with mold and mildew situations in apartment
complexes. Some apartments simply do not get a sufficient
supply of fresh air. Mold and mildew can be caused by
overpopulated apartments, individual lifestyle choices by
tenants or simply by poor building design”, states Crystal
Zeigler, account manager with Ecotone Products. Existing
bathroom fans often run less than the recommended 30 minutes
after taking a shower or bath. This causes the apartment to
be exposed to elevated levels of humidity allowing for the
onset of mold or mildew.
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The continuously
running Panasonic WhisperGreenTM fans offer an easy and
cost-effective retrofit option to combat poor indoor air
quality. The most common Panasonic WhisperGreenTM models,
Panasonic FV-08VKM3 and Panasonic FV-13VKM3, can be adjusted to
run at two speeds: one lower adjustable speed that provides an
ongoing fresh air supply (30-110 CFM) and one higher adjustable
speed (80-130 CFM) that kicks the ventilation fan into high gear
when the bathroom is in use. Humidity, stale and contaminated
air is removed from the living environment, thus supporting
improved levels of indoor air quality.
Another feature that makes retrofitting apartments and homes
with this technology easy is the use of a smart motion sensor
that is included with the Panasonic FV-08VKM3 and Panasonic
FV-13VKM3 ventilation fans. Having a motion sensor in place
allows for the fan to be installed without a wall switch.
Instead it can be hard wired and run entirely automatically. The
motion sensor acts as a trigger to kick the Panasonic
WhisperGreenTM into high speed while the bathroom is occupied
allowing for odors or humidity to be removed quickly.
An adjustable delay timer that is built into these fans allows
for the high operating speed to drop back to the low continuous
running speed after a certain amount of time. The delay timer
used in the Panasonic FV-08VKM3 and Panasonic FV-13VKM3
ventilation fans can be adjusted to continue to run the fan at
high speeds for between 30 seconds and 60 minutes after the
occupant exits the bathroom. Most apartment managers adjust the
timer to run for 30-60 minutes to maximize the removal of
humidity from the environment.
Ecotone Products carries a wide selection of Panasonic
ventilation fans in stock. Factory trained Ecotone Products
staff is available discuss your Panasonic ventilation fan needs
via email and phone Monday through Friday, 7AM-5PM PST.
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