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Originally Posted by JoeW
You also need to be careful of gas appliances with a whole house fan. I recall reading that if you don't have enough inlet area, the fan could draw spent gases from your gas hot water heater down the flue pipe. At work, we have a LARGE exhaust fan built into the wall. It will blow out the pilot light on the gas water heater if the garage door wasn't opened first.
Joe
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this is correct, fortunately, most modern stoves don't have a pilot light, and most water heaters are in the garage.
the instructions for whole house fans always have a warning that say not to run the fan unless you have a window open, otherwise you can burn out the motor. I hope that does not mean
electrical fire.