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[John Arnold]

Never seen these useless things either! "Ductless" exhaust fans in the bathrooms.

[Jerry Peck]

Never seen these useless things either! "Ductless" exhaust fans in the bathrooms.

You haven't? Used to install them in condos in Miami-Dade all the time, wrote an exception in the code to allow for them as they were listed and labeled and had that charcoal filter doo-dad.

Then someone got wise and realized that, even though they are called "fart fans" (that was the reason for the charcoal filter - odor control) they really were supposed to be for exhausting the excess humidity *not* odor control, and that those little old charcoal filters did nothing for excess humidity.

After a few code cycles that exception disappeared.

In the meantime, though, thousands and thousands were installed in condos.

[Ted Menelly]

Never seen these useless things either! "Ductless" exhaust fans in the bathrooms.


I have one in my bathroom. They are useless. One thing with mine is you can put a carbon filter in it. I guess we know what that is for cause it does nothing else.

[John Arnold]

...One thing with mine is you can put a carbon filter in it....

Yep. That's what's in my left hand in the photo.

[Ted Menelly]

Didn't even realize what you were holding. Mine is a little different

[Jerry Peck]

Mine is a little different


John said his was "useless" ... your is different than that? :)

[Ted Menelly]

John said his was "useless" ... your is different than that? :)


Mine is less than useless. Put a piece of paper against it and it won't hold it up.