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Subject:Re: Link to 12v DC outhouse exhaust fan?
From:Michael Elliott
Date:Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:14:59 -0700

neil typed:
> Hi all.
>
> In my "travels" on the internet, I recall seeing a site that was
> selling fans used to vent gases from out-house "toilets". Yes. Such a
> nice thought.... ;)

Unless you're camped downwind of a particularly smelly outhouse. Those
gases are apparently heavier than air and come a-creepin' into the site.
In that case, additional venting could prove deadly to the hapless
camper. I'd seal the privy's windows and doors, and add a reverse fan to
the vent stack, trapping the oder within. Of course, with the buildup of
noxious fumes, there may be a casualty or two in the morning when the
first people who try to use the place open the door and get a whiff.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
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