Carbon Filter with or without Air Cooled Hoods

[itsallgoodsman]

I have a question a buddy and I are coming head to head on....... 4 air cooled hoods, 10 x 10 room, Phresh 950CFM filter with Hyperfan 1065CFM.

OPTION 1:
Through research I have seen it connected at the end of the chain of hoods, this worries me due to the glass not being completely sealed and odors could be sucked through this point, of course this can be circumvented with some proper sealing.

OPTION 2:
Carbon Filter and Fan mounted at the top of the room pulling air and exhausting, no exhaust on the hoods, glass removed.

Which would be a better setup?

 

[acridlab]

If they are 8" hoods ,, I would link them up to scrubber.. or get another fan and run lights separate.

I wwouldn't go bare bulb unless u have some good a.c

And if u hook the scrubber to fan and push thru lights u don't have to worry about smells leaking thru or anything,, peace

 

[itsallgoodsman]

There is an 18k btu unit running in an adjacent lung room that will be passively providing air.

 

[itsallgoodsman]

BTW there is nothing else in that room besides the A/C unit, that room is 13x9x10

 

[itsallgoodsman]

This damn no editing posts is for the birds, oh well one closer to the 50.....

They are 6" hoods

 

[acridlab]

Well, if it were me,, since they are 6", and u have a/c in lung room.. I would go bare for now..
U never want to link more than 2 or 3,, 6" hoods together.. they just get too hot..
Eventually u want to upgrade to 8" hoods.. run them separate from scrubber, that's where u will get best results... it all depends on the room tho.. I think u will b fine for a while.. I myself think air cooled is better than bare, but it's only when u run them properly.. if your on a budget,, rock em bare with ur passive intake,, and scrub your exhaust like your plan b.. peace

 

[Granger2]

So easy to completely seal lamps with something like this:
http://www.lowes.com/pd_66679-81-02...pl=1&currentURL=?Ntt=weather+strip&facetInfo=

Rather than linking lights, use a plenim so each lamp gets cool air. Good luck. -granger

 

[itsallgoodsman]

So easy to completely seal lamps with something like this:
http://www.lowes.com/pd_66679-81-02...pl=1&currentURL=?Ntt=weather+strip&facetInfo=

Rather than linking lights, use a plenim so each lamp gets cool air. Good luck. -granger

I like the plenum idea, I will have a think about how to do that, never built one before.

 

[Granger2]

If your lights are lined up end to end, you can use a large straight duct pipe cut w/ Ts added to run to each lamp. Exhaust to another pipe. Or you can build boxes. Good luck. -granger