Quick Info on Fog Machines

With all the different types and sizes of fog machines on the market today, its good to know alittle about them before you make your purchase. Whether you buy from HauntYourHouse.net or another site, we hope to give you alittle insite on these machines so you can determine for yourself which machine will work best for you.

The fog machines on this site are designed to be water based. Meaning the fog fluid they were designed to use is made up of water and glycol. Therefore its important to only use water based fluids with these foggers. To take that a step further, the manufactures of fog machines have designed their foggers to run on a specific blend of fog juice. Being each blend was chemically designed for peak aerosolization at a specific temperature, running the machine at too high a temperature for the fluid being used can produce harmful byproducts while running too cool will produce a wet fog that may leave a sticky film on whatever is close by. Either way can diminish the life of the fogger. Unless your totally confident with the performance of the fog fluid your about to buy, it may be best to stick with fog fluid made by the manufacturer of the fog machine your using.

Most manufacturers size there fog machines by wattage. The greater the wattage the "bigger" the fog machine. The wattage is actually the rating of the heat exchanger which heats the fog fluid to produce fog. Being the fluid going through the heat exchanger cools it as well, a cirtain amount of time may be needed for the heat exchanger to reheat before it will produce more fog. Generally, the larger the wattage of the fog machine the quiker the heat recovery time of the heat exchanger.

Being fog machines are powered electrically, it's also important to know where you will be powering the unit from. The greater the wattage the more amps being drawn by the fogger. You can determine the amps of the fogger by taking the wattage and dividing it by the voltage. The voltage of the foggers on this site are 110 volts (230 volt option where noted) which is your typical house hold electrical outlet in the United States. Your normal house hold electrical outlet will be on either a 15 or 20 amp circuit. Be sure that the total number of fog machine amperage is not greater than the circuit amp rating being used. Also, take into consideration whatever else is being powered by that circuit. DO NOT OVER LOAD A CIRCUIT!

Wattage of fogger / Voltage (110 volts in U.S.) = Amp draw of fogger

--Something to Keep in Mind--

While a smaller fog machine (650 watt or smaller) may produce enough fog for a small room (12 ft x 12 ft with an 8 ft ceiling height), that same fogger may not be large enough for an outside yard haunt (depending on how your using it). Multiple fog machines or a larger fog machine may be needed.

If the room your setting up for a haunt has a natural flow of air coming through the enterance and out the exit, a smaller fogger may have a more difficult time keeping a sufficient amount of fog in the room. You may have to consider closing some doorways, or using a bigger one, if not multiple fog machines.

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