Post by Tais on Jun 13, 2021 3:42:54 GMT -5
After so many years of dreaming, scripting, planning and saving up for the workshop, it is finally done! here ill post all the timelines of progress from its beginning until the end
the beginnings:
as i acquired the land back in 2013, the first thing aside of the house to have was the fan workshop, it remained an obstacle for so long i didnt know how to allocate it or set the appropriate size, initially it was planned to be an underground workshop, but due to huge costs i scrapped it out
a lot of alterations have happened since then until i finalized the layout in 2015, a big space with a narrow washing/painting area
the scripts:
i was drafted back in 2016 for a year and during that time i took the opportunity with the notebook i had and used the english side of it to draw, calculate and set all the hooks and switching points, a few times i was caught working on it during classes, but that didnt stop me from achieving my target
initially i thought of using beams instead of hooks to have more free wires on ceiling, but the cost was higher than simply using hooks, and i wanted to maximize the number of fans under one ceiling while providing flexibility in placing the fan wherever i wanted
the workshop ended up with 70 hooks with specified spacing between them to ensure maximum fans can be installed without blade tips hitting each other, initially it had 40 electrical points, which later on i halved it to 20 due to load limits + making more use and not having many unused ports
the scripts initially showed the workshop width was 5.4m which i thought it was that length at first before i realize it was 4.55m
summary of the initial setup, although the wiring lineup has changed a lot due to limits of electricity load supply
the initial drawing of the load distribution (each column had 7 hooks divided into 4 electrical loading points, marked in color)
the final drawing, halving and making better use of load points and saving up
phase division
switch division
The switching layout
another challenge was the switch layout of the fan workshop, initially it was divided into 3 sections, then later on 2 which i sticked on towards the end
the first (and main) has the lighting, wall fan and the blue phase section of ceiling fans (group 4 and 5), which is all connected to the main control switch (cooker switch), which i used to cut off neutral and live from the circuit
the second has 3 sections of 4 gangs each controlled by a water heater switch also to cut of the neutral and love from each section for maintenance and installation purposes
i have always wanted a setup where i could install the regulator and change without facing any problems with different shapes and sizes of the regulator, so i came up initially with a board that had multiple screw holes and lines where i could mount the regulator in
those are the summaries i had and the initial design of the flexible regulator mounting kit, nicknamed flexifix
the design was later on scrapped due to having too many holes and fearing it wouldnt function as intended, so a simpler more practical design was made
images as follows (self explanatory)
old wiring to fan layout:
the regulator mounting panel in box (box wasnt used later on)
one panel temporarily mounted
air pressure control:
in addition to the fan workshop design, i added an indirect air pressure control system using 3 extractor/intake Xpelair fans, 1 WX9, 1 WX12 and 1 GX12
the pressure control helps mainly in painting in the small painting/washing area so no fumes or paint dust goes to the main workshop, and will help regulate the airflow in the workshop, hopefully reducing the dust formations due to extracting and intaking air, as the xpelairs are equipped with filters
the 60s Xpelair WX9 in the wash/paint area
lighting layout:
lights were placed on the wall 1 meter below the ceiling for maximum illumination of fans without glares that affect cameras, some light bulb sockets and fixtures (which were extra points) were placed on the ceiling, and will be used mainly for additional effects instead of main lightings
some other pics of the workshop
workshop is getting completed soon and ill edit this post for all progress updates
the beginnings:
as i acquired the land back in 2013, the first thing aside of the house to have was the fan workshop, it remained an obstacle for so long i didnt know how to allocate it or set the appropriate size, initially it was planned to be an underground workshop, but due to huge costs i scrapped it out
a lot of alterations have happened since then until i finalized the layout in 2015, a big space with a narrow washing/painting area
the scripts:
i was drafted back in 2016 for a year and during that time i took the opportunity with the notebook i had and used the english side of it to draw, calculate and set all the hooks and switching points, a few times i was caught working on it during classes, but that didnt stop me from achieving my target
initially i thought of using beams instead of hooks to have more free wires on ceiling, but the cost was higher than simply using hooks, and i wanted to maximize the number of fans under one ceiling while providing flexibility in placing the fan wherever i wanted
the workshop ended up with 70 hooks with specified spacing between them to ensure maximum fans can be installed without blade tips hitting each other, initially it had 40 electrical points, which later on i halved it to 20 due to load limits + making more use and not having many unused ports
the scripts initially showed the workshop width was 5.4m which i thought it was that length at first before i realize it was 4.55m
summary of the initial setup, although the wiring lineup has changed a lot due to limits of electricity load supply
the initial drawing of the load distribution (each column had 7 hooks divided into 4 electrical loading points, marked in color)
the final drawing, halving and making better use of load points and saving up
phase division
switch division
The switching layout
another challenge was the switch layout of the fan workshop, initially it was divided into 3 sections, then later on 2 which i sticked on towards the end
the first (and main) has the lighting, wall fan and the blue phase section of ceiling fans (group 4 and 5), which is all connected to the main control switch (cooker switch), which i used to cut off neutral and live from the circuit
the second has 3 sections of 4 gangs each controlled by a water heater switch also to cut of the neutral and love from each section for maintenance and installation purposes
i have always wanted a setup where i could install the regulator and change without facing any problems with different shapes and sizes of the regulator, so i came up initially with a board that had multiple screw holes and lines where i could mount the regulator in
those are the summaries i had and the initial design of the flexible regulator mounting kit, nicknamed flexifix
the design was later on scrapped due to having too many holes and fearing it wouldnt function as intended, so a simpler more practical design was made
images as follows (self explanatory)
old wiring to fan layout:
the regulator mounting panel in box (box wasnt used later on)
one panel temporarily mounted
air pressure control:
in addition to the fan workshop design, i added an indirect air pressure control system using 3 extractor/intake Xpelair fans, 1 WX9, 1 WX12 and 1 GX12
the pressure control helps mainly in painting in the small painting/washing area so no fumes or paint dust goes to the main workshop, and will help regulate the airflow in the workshop, hopefully reducing the dust formations due to extracting and intaking air, as the xpelairs are equipped with filters
the 60s Xpelair WX9 in the wash/paint area
lighting layout:
lights were placed on the wall 1 meter below the ceiling for maximum illumination of fans without glares that affect cameras, some light bulb sockets and fixtures (which were extra points) were placed on the ceiling, and will be used mainly for additional effects instead of main lightings
some other pics of the workshop
workshop is getting completed soon and ill edit this post for all progress updates
