Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:21 pm
#3381
This year I've decided to step it up a notch for decorations, I went out and bought a Fog Machine and made my own Fog Chiller(Instructions from www.gotfog.com).
I'm hoping to have a low floating fog(Hence the Fog Chiller) drift around my front porch and down the brick stairs towards the yard. In a few test I've noticed that any shift of wind can throw the fog way off to one side and ruin the look. To prevent this I've purchased these 4 foot black printed fabric with tome stones on them to put on each side of my porch to 'somewhat' control the fog area.
My question is, if anyone else has used a fog machine and or fog chiller before, how have you controlled the fog output and have you used a strobe light/black light to accentuate the fog at night?
Another question is, if you have used the Fog Chiller, do you recommend dry ice or normal ice?
And last but not least, I have a slight problem with the sound the Fog Machine makes when going through the Fog Chiller, the fog out put shooting straight into the pipe is making a pretty loud noise, although it may be easily covered up by some 'halloween music'. I've heard of maybe some pipe insulation to tone down the noise.
The Specs of my system-
Fog Machine- 1000 Watt Heater, 8000 cubic inch coverage.
Fog Chiller - 2in pipe, cooler holds around 1 1/2 bag of ice.
Porch- 20'x6'
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
Liderc,
Nosferatu's Paragon
I'm hoping to have a low floating fog(Hence the Fog Chiller) drift around my front porch and down the brick stairs towards the yard. In a few test I've noticed that any shift of wind can throw the fog way off to one side and ruin the look. To prevent this I've purchased these 4 foot black printed fabric with tome stones on them to put on each side of my porch to 'somewhat' control the fog area.
My question is, if anyone else has used a fog machine and or fog chiller before, how have you controlled the fog output and have you used a strobe light/black light to accentuate the fog at night?
Another question is, if you have used the Fog Chiller, do you recommend dry ice or normal ice?
And last but not least, I have a slight problem with the sound the Fog Machine makes when going through the Fog Chiller, the fog out put shooting straight into the pipe is making a pretty loud noise, although it may be easily covered up by some 'halloween music'. I've heard of maybe some pipe insulation to tone down the noise.
The Specs of my system-
Fog Machine- 1000 Watt Heater, 8000 cubic inch coverage.
Fog Chiller - 2in pipe, cooler holds around 1 1/2 bag of ice.
Porch- 20'x6'
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
Liderc,
Nosferatu's Paragon