Considering the cost of installing equipment such as vent boxes and power vent machines, why shouldn I consider just going with curtain or board cracks as inlets for minimum ventilation?
Just few years back, using curtain cracks and then board inlets with power ventilation was certainly an improvement over natural ventilation, without fans. Today, however, this technology is no longer competitive in many parts of the world. Curtain or board cracks must be controlled manually, if they can be controlled at all. The chief drawback, however, is that they do not allow adequate control of the incoming airflow direction and therefore air mixing in the house. Incoming dense or heavy cold air tends simply to drop toward and chill the birds. Over the life of the equipment, the flock performance gains from much more precise and automatic control of the incoming airflow more than justify the investment costs in most market conditions.
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