How's this for ventilation?

I'm deciding how to properly vent my brew shed. I was looking at commercial hood exhausts, but their to dang expensive. This shutter mounted exhaust looks good, I was thinking of getting a speed control for it also. What say you?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dayton-1HLA2-12...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9c7a39c2

Seems like it will work as long as the interior duct to your fume hood is not to long or narrow. Even thought the motor is enclosed I would find a spare motor fairly soon. Boils produce a huge amount of moisture. I would also leave it running during cleanup so most of the trapped condensate would evaporate.

beerthirty said:

Seems like it will work as long as the interior duct to your fume hood is not to long or narrow. Even thought the motor is enclosed I would find a spare motor fairly soon. Boils produce a huge amount of moisture. I would also leave it running during cleanup so most of the trapped condensate would evaporate.

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I wasn't planning to duct it, just put it at the top of the ceiling above the brewpot.

Are you going to have a hood to protect the ceiling and try to direct the vapors to the fan? If so I think you have a winning setup that will last for some time.

that looks like a pretty good deal ww. mcmaster doesnt have one under 170. the motor is sealed so wouldnt think that'd be a problem. as beer said keep it running during cleanup to exhaust the remaining moisture(just like your supposed to do with bathroom fans) and it'll do fine i think. my little range hood one was sufficient to exhaust most of my 6g boils.

beerthirty said:

Are you going to have a hood to protect the ceiling and try to direct the vapors to the fan? If so I think you have a winning setup that will last for some time.

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I'm planning on doing a steel ceiling, so it should be maintenance free.