active radon mitigation system monitor: Active Radon Mitigation Monitor - What's Wrong With This Picture? - 01/03/11 10:59 AM
January is National Radon Action Month.  Radon mitigation systems can be either passive or active.  Both systems provide a path of least resistance outside of the home or building.  The difference is that passive systems provide a passive path only and active systems include a blower that works continuously to pull air (and radon) from under the building and exhaust it at the roof line.  Active systems also should have a monitor to verify proper operation.  Look at the picture below.  What's wrong?
HINT:  Pulling air from beneath the building will create a pressure differential that can be monitored. 

ANSWER:  As it shoud … (5 comments)

 
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