How to find a fan that blows 90° from intake?

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How to find a fan that blows 90° from intake? - Lemmy.zip

I’m trying to circulate air in my house. We have a split level home (lower, middle, upper) and the lowest level is always too cold and highest level too warm. I want to move air from the lower level to at least the middle level. I need a fan, preferably small or thin profile that blows 90° from intake. Ideally a box fan that has a horizontal intake but exhausts up or sideways. What I’ve done in previous years is have a rotated fan that pointed up, intake from below, and was raised off the ground. The closest I’ve found is a carpet dryer drum style. It has round intakes on the side and a rectangular vent on the front. That would totally work but it’s way over powered for my situation. Also, it’s a bit wider than ideal, though slimmer than what I used last year.

you’re looking for a radial fan, as opposed to the normal axial kind.

be warned though, they need to spin faster to move the same amount of air and so tend to be a lot louder.

Are they worth it vs just redirecting the input/output?
Redirecting the input from the designed direction will slow down the airflow and often increase the noise level as it struggles to draw the air in.