Ceiling register with pull chain?

Posted by on January 22, 2009, 10:10 pm

I have a forced air system. At night I would like to be able to stop
or reduce the heat pouring in to certain rooms. Our current ceiling
registers can only be dampened with a screwdriver (what a dumb idea!)
and that sort of precludes daily adjustment.

Years ago, I lived in a home where all the ceiling registers had pull
chains. I've looked & looked & not found anything. Do any of you
gurus have a source?

Thank you,

ME

Posted by Steve on January 22, 2009, 11:02 pm

>I have a forced air system. At night I would like to be able to stop
> or reduce the heat pouring in to certain rooms. Our current ceiling
> registers can only be dampened with a screwdriver (what a dumb idea!)
> and that sort of precludes daily adjustment.
> Years ago, I lived in a home where all the ceiling registers had pull
> chains. I've looked & looked & not found anything. Do any of you
> gurus have a source?
> Thank you,
> ME

The registers are not supposed to be adjusted after the initial air
balancing. the system is designed to maintain a constant, even temperature
throughout the house. Closing off rooms is like trying to partition off part
of your refrigerator or oven that you not using. It will actually cost you
more in utility bills and comfort, not to mention that it can be detrimental
to the system itself. "pull chain" registers went out in the 1970s as techs
and contractors learned more about building science.

Posted by on January 22, 2009, 11:45 pm

> The registers are not supposed to be adjusted after the initial air
> balancing. the system is designed to maintain a constant, even temperature
> throughout the house. Closing off rooms is like trying to partition off part
> of your refrigerator or oven that you not using. It will actually cost you
> more in utility bills and comfort, not to mention that it can be detrimental
> to the system itself. "pull chain" registers went out in the 1970s as techs
> and contractors learned more about building science.

I see. Well, I think I have a bit of a special case, and would like
to find a source nevertheless. My home is over a hundred years old &
I have several rooms that get too hot or too cold, depending on where
the sun is. The folks that installed the HVAC system five years ago
tried their best, I'm sure, but we've never found a way to keep all
the rooms comfortable. Being able to adjust on the fly, while perhaps
not the best solution, is the the only one I can come up with.

Posted by Bipolar Bear on January 23, 2009, 3:20 am

> > The registers are not supposed to be adjusted after the initial air
> > balancing. the system is designed to maintain a constant, even

temperature

> > throughout the house. Closing off rooms is like trying to partition off

part

> > of your refrigerator or oven that you not using. It will actually cost

you

> > more in utility bills and comfort, not to mention that it can be

detrimental

> > to the system itself. "pull chain" registers went out in the 1970s as

techs

> > and contractors learned more about building science.

> I see. Well, I think I have a bit of a special case, and would like
> to find a source nevertheless. My home is over a hundred years old &
> I have several rooms that get too hot or too cold, depending on where
> the sun is. The folks that installed the HVAC system five years ago
> tried their best, I'm sure, but we've never found a way to keep all
> the rooms comfortable. Being able to adjust on the fly, while perhaps
> not the best solution, is the the only one I can come up with.

Yeah he is so full of himself <or full of bullshit take your pick same diff>

Sorry--dunno about your pull chain registers but zoned hvac system using
multiple thermostats and automatic opening dampers is still alive and in
fact is one of the few arena here that is still thriving, but he likes to
scare people and mis-inform them by saying shit like "its against the law
for me to install a used fossil appliance" and he thinks its okay to imply
that it will cost more to heat only a camp trailer that's parked in a barn
than it would cost for someone to heat the entire old drafty barn to the
same temp.

Nut job IOW

--

Posted by HVAC on January 24, 2009, 10:04 am

>>I have a forced air system. At night I would like to be able to stop
>> or reduce the heat pouring in to certain rooms. Our current ceiling
>> registers can only be dampened with a screwdriver (what a dumb idea!)

Dumb idea? Are you high?
WTF is so hard about turning a screwdriver?
Are you related to stormy?

What bullshit. I close off my kid's rooms when they go off to college.
I actually am so cheap, that I put cellophane under the registers.

When you go in these rooms on a cold day, you can see your breath.
I've never had any issues with condensation, etc.
The day before they arrive, out comes the cellophane and they're good to go.

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