passive air intakes in tents: Leave them open?

[nice fella]

I have 2 standard passive intakes in the bottom of my tent. Obviously when they are rolled up light is pouring out of them.

Is this acceptable, or do you guys generally use custom solutions?

 

[Gry]

I filter all intakes.

 

[troutman]

When the light is on I leave them open.

 

[xavier7995]

I set mine up so the open vents face the back wall. It's more about keeping light out than in.

 

[CannaRed]

don't really want light seeping in through the vents in the night cycle. So depending on your situation with light cycles you may want to close them. Especially if you have more than one tent side by side on different light cycles.

My buddy closes and tapes them shut. He made a box with a filter and attached it to the 6" duct port on the bottom as a passive intake. Then uses a fan in the 6" for active exhaust.

 

[nice fella]

Thanks guys. No light is getting into the tent during dark. I did not realize that this was the primary concern. I could have sworn I read that there was a significant risk of hermie if you have light leaking out during lights-on. Maybe I misread that.

Thanks again.

 

[Switcher56]

Yup you did. Light leaking in, not out