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Thanks Red. I am going ot have to go back to the drawing board. I need to come up with a new cab before my babies get to big!
Just a word of advise... you would be wise to take off the fan from the intake. If anything at all happens to your exhaust pressure, (fan kicks out, etc...) then the intake fan will instantly start creating a positive pressure situation, and all the funk will start finding every nook and cranny it can to come out...and it will. It only takes a few short minutes of a funky grow to smell up a whole house.
Best to suck through a filter, rather than push into it..but it works.
If your intake fan is an inline, you could stack it together in series with your other fan, and make the work easier. The fan at the intake isn't helping things near as much as it would if it were part of the exhaust.
Redgreenry ~ I've read this thread, but still need your input.
Here's my situation: I'm growing in a 4'X4'X7' tent, which is located inside a spare bedroom. I'll be using a 400W HPS vented hood to flower. I'll run a 6" duct from the vented hood to the exhaust fan(S&P TD-150). From the outside of the tent, I'll connect a 6" 90 degree elbow pointing down and I'll then run another lenght of 6" duct to a Can 33 filter sitting on the floor.
My intake is a 4" pvc pipe that goes through my floor down into the crawl space under my house. I have a 4" 90 degree elbow connected inside laying on the floor. I then connected a 6" inline fan:
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to the elbow and then ran another 3' section of 4" pvc pipe into the bottom of the tent.
I read that the passive intake should be 2X the size of the exhaust, but I didn't want to cut that large of a hole into my floor. So I thought adding this booster fan to the intake would provide enough fresh/cool air to still have negative pressure inside the tent.
I don't have any temps to give at this time because I'm just getting this set-up running.
Any info that you can supply, I'd be grateful!!
Tks!
The "standard" configuration with a scrubber/vented hood is to locate the scrubber inside the tent connected to the hood, then the exhaust fan.
Hey Red,
Hola! I was hoping I could get your assistance. I'm trying to light-trap the intake for the light box in my Rubbermaid. I'm using 6x 23w CFLs, an 80mm computer case rated at 37cfm, with a 3" exhaust. My intake is a 3-1/4" x 4-1/4" rectangular cutout. My idea is this (please excuse my poor drawing)
This will be constructed out of 1/4" thick flat black foam board I found at a Big Box store. It will be approx 3-1/2" tall and 4-1/2" wide to accomodate the pre-cut hole without restricting it. My question is this...by placing the two 1-3/4" x 4-1/2" baffles inside the box to block the light, have I effectively halved the intake? I'm looking to light trap the intake without any restriction while maintaining a degree of stealth (no tissue boxes) and I have no room for a DIY light trap like Blue_Adept's.
I thought this would be a good solution as it would work on the same principle as the 4" darkroom louvers I have on the intakes for the grow area. I would like to place it inside the light box area and attach it to the intake cutout. Any thoughts? As of right now, my room temp is 89*, the exhaust air coming out is 102* and the grow chamber temp at approx 6" below the plexi is 92*. I figured worst case scenario if this does cause a restriction, I could create a box with a 90* bend in it similar to the 2x 3" 90* flat black painted PVC elbows I have attached to the exhaust fan for the light box, just rectangular instead of round.
Much appreciation for all the advice you have doled out here. It's complete awesomeness.
Hey colonelcrackers!
First, let me tell you that you nailed the ventilation design of the tub. You're running +10*F ambient on the lightbox with +2*F on the growbox. Too bad it's 89*.
Blocking up the intakes with baffels will reduce the airflow somewhat. I have found with a cooltube/lightbox design that you can run the exhaust as high as +30*F without affecting the growbox.
I would try to build the intakes and see what happens. If you measure the temps as you have done you'll know right away.
If you want to do the intakes in PVC piping, make sure that the intake area is calculated right.