Thread: Endless fogger: Is it possible?

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We'd all like an endless supply of fog, wouldn't we? One of the more frustrating things for me on Halloween night is having the keep hitting the button (or remote) to create fog. Timers work ok but there's often still a lag while the unit recycles.

Just wondering if anyone's tackled this and has been able to keep the fog flowing all night long. Fog machines? Ultrasonic foggers? Propane foggers? A combination? What have you tried and what were the results?

Personally I'm looking to fill my front yard haunt with fog for several hours. Ideally you wouldn't be able to see the grass. Last year I got lucky and the breeze was slight, but other years it's been quite windy (it's a crap shoot).

Thanks for your input!

Possible? Most definitely. Cheap? Definitely not. I have two large commercial Foggers that blast continuously. It's an impressive show, but it tends to dominate everything on display. Manufacturers price was over $900 each, I got them for around $350 apiece. E-Bay.

I'd definitely go this route if I could find the price you got. Maybe have to spread it out over 2 years. What's the make & model of these?

So do you need both to get continuous fog? Or are you covering 2 areas?

How reliable have they been? (I had a $179 Chauvet that gave out on year #2 ).

I agree with Wolfman that to use the "master-blaster" method would be prohibitively expensive. In my experience it comes down to a mix of equipment and environment control. I use a Chauvet 1700 with an efficient chiller device to make the fog. But I also try to design the yard scene to block any wind and contain the fog. For instance, I found that installing a 12" high board on the bottom of my graveyard fence went a long way toward containing the fog and blocking the wind. They're painted flat black and disappear at night.

While spending mega buck$ on equipment might be an option for you, you may also run the risk of "over-fogging" your scene or having to constantly adjust as the night goes on.

Look for good equipment but don't forget the Feng shui of your scene.

I was looking on google at foggers and came acrossed this solution that would work pretty good
http://www.garageofevilnetwork.com/p...us-fog-yea-fog

This is great! I'd have loved a little more explanation of his wiring (as I'm not an electronics expert) but it looks like a reasonable project to try out. I'd kind of devised this already with my 2 foggers. No controller though, just me hitting the switch each time... but both were funneled into my trashcan chiller so they'd send fog to the same places.

I didn't mean to imply that I had unlimited funds for this project (I wish!) but if I'm already replacing my Chauvet (shove it?) I'd be willing to spend more on something that would fog more.

Could this be accomplished with three like-foggers by turning on the manual switchs for each one when the other one stops? You flip each switch and keep the switch ON, when the previous one stops. After the third fogger, the first one should be ready and will start automatically because the switch is in the on position. Three 400 watt foggers should be enough time to let the other heat up in sequence and even though it surely won't be exact like the relay box- I'm sure it's close enough. It's just a simple matter of staggering when you initially turn them on. I did this last year, but not so much for continuous from one source. I just staggered my foggers and fog props when I turned them all on initially and that kept fog mostly going somewhere around the display the whole time. The problem as I learned is that these suckers gulp fluid pretty quick and refilling is not a good thing at all. It's no less then a huge hassle getting to concealed foggers within a scene, mostly in the dark, fumbling with a flash light, a funnel, and a gallon container, and trying not to overfill. That task must be avoided. I believe this year I will try the siphon technique, where you keep a gallon of juice elevated a bit above the fogger with a feed tube into the tank. I hope this works out because refills are much too big of a pain. Beyond constant or near constant fog, siphon refilling must be addressed in the plan.

Dan

Originally Posted by joshua17ss2

I was looking on google at foggers and came acrossed this solution that would work pretty good
http://www.garageofevilnetwork.com/p...us-fog-yea-fog

I wonder if there is a potential, using the idea above, for burning up the foggers if you don't power them from the same power leg? Since typical homes are supplied with 220 volts single phase (which means there are 2 120 volt hot legs) it could be possible to plug one or two of the machines into different hot legs creating 220 volts, especially if you are trying not to overload one particular power circuit.

Edit: Well I could not abort this post - don't see how to delete it either. After looking at the schematic of the relays again i see that all the circuits are isolated.

not sure, if your talking about the trigger, or the fogger itself, if your talking about the trigger its and easy fix, just crack open the trigger and find the two wires running to the switch, then just get a piece of wire and solder one end to each contact, like a jumper cable, but if your talking about the fogger itself, im not sure

A few years back, Lite F/X sold a constant fogger that I really like. I have two of them and, as long as they've got juice, they'll keep pumping out the fog.

The trick is finding one for sale. If you're really lucky, you can find one on eBay every now and then. Usually, I search for "constant fogger".