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ProfessorGAC

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24. You're Actually On To Something

Reply to unblock (Reply #16)

Fri Jan 29, 2021, 06:35 PM

Jan 2021

I know you were tossing ideas out just musing.
But, larger restaurants with forced air exhaust for the kitchen have to bring in outside air, otherwise the joint would become a vacuum.
So, they could close down the recirculation damper, and draw more outside air!
It would be more energy intensive in hot & cold weather, but they probably could turn the building from a volume every 2 hours to 3 volumes per hour.
That increases dilution by a factor of 6. That has to help!
I think we may have something here, unblock!

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Am I the only one who sees no difference between a restaurant and a sealed tent on the sidewalk? [View all] lindysalsagal Jan 2021 OP

when it gets much warmer hubby and i are gonna try one of those locally.. samnsara Jan 2021 #1

Of course... I can't even imagine a setting where I would "eat-in" for the indefinite future hlthe2b Jan 2021 #2

This. MissB Jan 2021 #4

right. lindysalsagal Jan 2021 #6

Yep. ShazzieB Jan 2021 #23

I wouldn't call them 100% safe. Laelth Jan 2021 #3

I would guess that the crowded dining room SoCalNative Jan 2021 #17

No. They are sealed off, outside. No ventilation. we can do it Jan 2021 #18

If they're well ventilated, cleaned after each use and scheduled with a down time dem4decades Jan 2021 #5

hell, where I live d_r Jan 2021 #7

Same here exboyfil Jan 2021 #10

Laurie Garrett hates them... brooklynite Jan 2021 #8

In my state, the tents have to be open on two sides RainCaster Jan 2021 #9

I see some like that, many completely closed --south sound. Pobeka Jan 2021 #13

In many ways the sealed tents can be worse RAB910 Jan 2021 #11

filtering the air may be good (to some extent, anyway) but circulating air might actually be bad unblock Jan 2021 #16

You're Actually On To Something ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #24

There might be a marginal difference in air exchanges per hour Warpy Jan 2021 #12

You are not the only one Mattgoetznolovefromm Jan 2021 #14

There is little difference, but the die was cast when churches were exempted from the rules. PSPS Jan 2021 #15

the only unmasked people are the people you live with? Orangepeel Jan 2021 #19

Actually RobinA Jan 2021 #21

Like Us ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #25

No, I Had This Same RobinA Jan 2021 #20

I'm with you. gldstwmn Jan 2021 #22

exactly! no difference bc it is about ventilation and it is the same. That would be a hard pass Vivienne235729 Jan 2021 #26

I've Seen One That Made Sense ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #27

I miss dining out so much! redwitch Jan 2021 #28