The Air Foxx AM4000a is a 1 HP air blower designed for air moving and drying applications. Most of the time, something like this is used for carpet drying or air circulation applications.
This Air Foxx can move a phenomenal amount of air. Airflow is rated at 4000 CFM, and there are 3 speed settings for those times when you don’t need max power. It also has 3 positions – horizontal, angled upwards at 45°, and angled vertically.
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Features & Specifications
- 1 HP, 10.8A motor
- 3 speeds: 2,500/3,300/4,000 CFM
- Heavy duty plastic housing, metal blade
- 25-foot power cable
The Air Foxx AM4000a, at $260-280, is considerably pricier than a lot of other popular air blowers. But then when you look at the specs, the reason becomes clear. Other models, such as the Stanley Mighty Mini air blower ($60 via Amazon) and Lasko pivoting air blower ($70 via Amazon) are considerably less powerful. The Stanley Mighty Mini blower outputs up to 500 CFM, and the Lasko less than 400 CFM.
Air Foxx also makes 1/2 HP and 3/4 HP models that deliver less – but still great amounts of air.
Although pricy, the AM4000a is a great option for very demanding air moving applications. Another option is to deploy multiple lower powered blowers – which might also be a better idea in some cases when you want broader blower coverage.
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For light duty applications, consider the above linked-to Stanley and Lasko models, or any of the other lower powered utility blowers on the market.
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fred
You may wish to check out the prices at Global Industrial
Stuart
$250 + $48 shipping.
Home Depot also lists for $250, but doesn’t have any of the Air Foxx blowers in stock online or locally.
fred
I was actually thinking of buying one from Global – but wow – those shipping charges – put me off. Also looking at the HD site and Amazon I see that the reviews are kind of bi-polar on this and the negative reviews might just be grumbling or could indicate some QA issues at the factory. How about testing one out for us?
Stuart
Unfortunately, I don’t really have any jobs or projects coming up where I can sufficiently test this or another blower.
Jimmie
Do blowers like this have any advantages over, say, 18″ or 24″ fans that offer much higher CFM at lower prices? I know are typically used for drying carpet but is the drying time substantially lower versus using, say, a 24″ fan rated at 7500 CFM?
Stuart
Yes. Blowers tend to be more directional and maintain greater airflow velocity over distance. Their nozzles are also better suited for close-to-the-floor air moving applications, such as drying steam-cleaned carpeting.
It might help to think of water flow. A common shower head will spray water with a max 2.5 gallon per minute flow rate. A waterjet cutter might have a pump with 1.0 gallon per minute maximum flow rate. The shower head will move any volume water a lot quicker than the waterjet, but that only shows that specs are best used to compare products against other like-tasked products.
It’s unclear as to how big the Air Foxx’s nozzle is, but let’s say it’s 18″ wide and 6″ tall. That gives it a cross section of 108 square inches. A 24″ fan will have a cross section of 452 square inches. That’s also only the right-in-front cross section. The floor fan will have diffuse spread above, below, and to all front sides of the fan blade, while the blower will have a much tighter airflow pattern.
joe
“…such as drying steam-cleaned carpeting.”
These are over-kill for that. Industrial carpet cleanin will dry with just the ceiling fans or the AC on (faster on heat) in 4-5 hours. (or less depending on the technology they use)
Same applies to consumer carpet cleaners (like from hoover)….in 3 hours it dries if you follow the instructions right.
Just thought I would point that out because I have experience in this area….Carpet cleaners do works.
Koko the Talking Ape
How about for flooded carpet in a mold-prone area? My apartment building has 50-year old galvanized water pipes that break regularly. With regular fans, it takes days for carpet to dry.
mnoswad1
just for curiosity, what is a blower motor in a home furnace/ac rated for cfm?
Stuart
I just checked a few online listings, and HVAC blowers seem to top out at ~1200-1500 CFM.
joe
The property where I work as a maintenance has galvanize water pining through out all of the property. Recently, we have been getting a lot, and I mean, a lot of leaks developing here and there. And indication of all the pipe needing to be replaces. The owner probably does not want to tackle that because is going to cost shit load of money. So he/they opt to fix the leaks as they show up.
For me as a worker is a pain because if at 3Am in the morning a pipe develops a leak, I need to go find it and temporarily patch it. If the resident finds it 8 hours later, I have to vacuum all of the water out, remove the padding and carpet by myself…
I know for a fact that one of this blowers will my my life less stressful. I recently was called on a Sunday morning to go check out a reported water leak…turned out three 2 bedroom units had flooded. I had to first find the source, fix it, then get rid of all of the water before mold developed and before the water damages the structure of the building….Sheetrock, wood, etc…the sooner you remove the water, the less damage.
I have HVAC blowers hacks to do this job….but they cannot blow as much as these air blowers….I don’t remember the brand of blowers I used at my company but these will dry a 2” of water flood (after being vacuumed) over night. Mildew/mold starts to grow after two daws….mildew will start to grow first and you will smell it after two days of the property not being completely dry….mold starts to grow after a week for sure….
just thought I would share that…these things are beasts for drying.
The blowers I used to dry three flooded units over night- I only used two in each unit and they dried the units over night…I don’t kno the specs of them so I cannot compare them with this one, i’m just saying these will save your ass for a maintenance man or a property owner.
P.s. The source of the water leak was an old toilet hose that developed a leak.
jason. w
Are you using dehumidifiers along with the blowers? Otherwise you could cause secondary damage. That moister has to go somewhere!
joe
It’s only a matter of opening the windows (front and back acting as intake and outtake).
Also, during the summer, the AC acts a dehumidifier via the evaporator coil….set on cool (below 70*), it will remove a lot of moisture from the air and throw it out via the drip line. Literally, when the AC is on, it’s dumping all of the air moisture out…there is a constant small river flowing when the AC is on. Best dehumidifier there is :).
Some would say it is not ok to keep the ac on while the windows are open, but mostly they say this to save money. The units are tough with build in protection. But that is going towards another can of worms.