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| HeXp£Øi± |
I've never seen much less used a fog machine. Are they dangerous to have around computer equipment? Can they be used in a house? Do they create a dry safe fog? I ask because i just bought some fancy lights for my livingroom and a fog machine would be the icing on the cake but at first thought it sounds kind of dangerous.
I was thinking about buying an American DJ mini fog machine. |
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| DannyO |
| My buddies got one and we use it when we spin at his house, we also used it at a NYE party afew days ago, that we threw, we had the house filled and have done many times, around pcs laptops, fridges, and of course DJ equipment, and we've had it to the point where you can't see your hand in front of your face, it hasn't coursed any problems, and I've never heard of it coursing any problems, so I say go for it, if you have some cool lights, the fog will make them look a million times better. |
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| Zewad |
in high school a buddy of mine had a fog machine and we used to fog up the garage all the time (umm... its more like a den than a garage)
long story short... we made the fog so dense that it left a residue on the tile floor and you could hardly walk on it b/c it was so slippery.... and all the mirrors in there had a filmy type layer on it....
so yes it does up stuff... |
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| HeXp£Øi± |
| Hmmm. Conflicting reports. What about this, what are the safest type of fog machines? Are there any that just use plain water? |
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| DannyO |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zewad
in high school a buddy of mine had a fog machine and we used to fog up the garage all the time (umm... its more like a den than a garage)
long story short... we made the fog so dense that it left a residue on the tile floor and you could hardly walk on it b/c it was so slippery.... and all the mirrors in there had a filmy type layer on it....
so yes it does up stuff... |
Dam, I've never heard of that, even in the clubs, what kind of liquid were you guys using, I don't know what liquid my buddy uses, but his machine is a small relatively cheap one, still is very good.
We've had the room with the DJ geared fogged up MANY times, over the last few months, and hes got a mirror in there that is still fine. |
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| Trance Nutter |
| quote: | Originally posted by HeXp��i�
Hmmm. Conflicting reports. What about this, what are the safest type of fog machines? Are there any that just use plain water? |
You definitely don't want one with plain water.
As soon as that liquifies again (which it will, it won't stay vapourised unless you really get the room really hot) it will coat everything, and electrical goods and water don't work too well together.
I'm not sure what fog machines use, I think they use dry ice, is that correct? That would stay vapourised pretty well as it is CO2 which is a gas at normal temperatures, so apart from a few breathing problems it shouldn't (in theory) affect computers and such. |
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| MrSquirrel |
All the fog machines that would be in the price range of someone wanting one for personal use use a glycerine based chemical fluid which when heated becomes a vapor that hangs for a while. This type of fluid almost always leaves a residue on surfaces and it will actually stain many fabrics. The fluid is also potentially harmful to your health, there are several long pending litigations between the Actor's Equity Association (the stage actors union) and Roscoe Labs which makes the most popular machines and refuses to disclose the exact ingredients of their "fog juice".
There are machines that use dry ice dipped in a warm water bath, but they are several hundred dollars each and you would have to buy dry ice each time. Dry ice fog also is low lying, it does not form a haze that allows the light beams to be visible in the air, which is what most nightclubs use their fog machines for.
There are no fog machines that use pure water because you need to push hot water vapor out into a colder atmoshpere to create a fog, and that is not feasible in most cases.
You could buy a LN2 (liquid nitrogen) system (which a lot of people call CO2 incorrectly) which is sometimes called "nitro" or "kryo" but even the smallest LN2 system will run you in the low 5 figures just to install. Those systems work by super cooling the humidity already in the air to create a very nice and safe fog.
I would recommend you don't buy a fog machine of any sort for inside your home.
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| Zild |
| I hate fog machines. I've had to clean up after events before and believe me it leaves a slight residue on everything. It also makes me feel like ass if I inhale it for too long and turns the mucus in my nose black. Some people I know call them "rave boogers" I dunno its meh to me i don't like it. |
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| {b.s.e.} |
| quote: | Originally posted by HeXp£Øi±
I've never seen much less used a fog machine. Are they dangerous to have around computer equipment? Can they be used in a house? Do they create a dry safe fog? I ask because i just bought some fancy lights for my livingroom and a fog machine would be the icing on the cake but at first thought it sounds kind of dangerous.
I was thinking about buying an American DJ mini fog machine. |
all that nonsense aside, how does one go about pronouncing your name? :conf: :wtf: |
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| {b.s.e.} |
| quote: | Originally posted by UWM
Hex-ploit |
bah, fooled by onethreethreesevenism! |
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| Gunyouken |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zewad
in high school a buddy of mine had a fog machine and we used to fog up the garage all the time (umm... its more like a den than a garage)
long story short... we made the fog so dense that it left a residue on the tile floor and you could hardly walk on it b/c it was so slippery.... and all the mirrors in there had a filmy type layer on it....
so yes it does up stuff... |
I've never see that... A buddy of mine also has a fog machine and we have fogged up his place alot, and they have tiled floor, no slippery there, Maybe you guys where using one of those snow machines or a foam machine that uses that soapy liquid. |
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