Help with fans

contraptionated

New Member
You know I never thought of that because I'm so used to dealing with basements but you're right. Height is definitely a determining factor when sizing an air handler.
 

scovedog

Well-Known Member
2 600 watt lights know. may be a third in the future or a light hanger. i am looking to have this on a timer. TYhis looks like it will be suitable, what you think? 8inch fan 745cfm.

what you mean by hit or miss?
 

spex420

Well-Known Member
2 600 watt lights know. may be a third in the future or a light hanger. i am looking to have this on a timer. TYhis looks like it will be suitable, what you think? 8inch fan 745cfm.

what you mean by hit or miss?
if you run cool tubes in series 1 might even do it just to get the air out and away from your girls

i mean hit or mass thats a big grow room either you have a heat problem or you don't
 

jondamon

Well-Known Member
Here's the math.

6x15x7= 630 cubic feet of space. 630CFM fan for once a minute air exchange.

2x600w open reflectors we now need to add 15% of 630CFM for each of your lights. 819CFM so far.

We also need to add 20% of 630 for the restrictive force a carbon filter places on a fan. 948CFM.

So 948CFM fan to exchange air and remove enough of the heat within your area.

If you choose air cooled hoods instead of open reflectors then you only have to add 5% for each light. Now back to 819CFM.


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If you decided to run an air cooled lighting rig I would recommend running 2 fans.

Connect your air cooled hoods in a line and give the system its own intake at one end of the room and an exhaust at the other.

Connect a 500-700CFM fan to this system with ducting. This way no grow room air passes through the lighting rig.

Then you will only need a fan capable of exchanging the air in your room once every two minutes.

So a 400CFM fan and filter to exhaust the room.



Hope this made sense.



J
 
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