Questions about the vent holes in my new tent - LED Wholesalers GYO1001 62-Inch x 36

Hi all,

I have been growing my plant under a T-5 fluorescent light on top of a work bench, and I recently decided that I want to kick things up a notch. I ordered a 626X20 grow tent, a 600 watt HPS light along with fans and such. The whole thing is all captured in my grow journal (link is in my signature if you are interested in checking it out).

I have the tent together now, and it's not really what I was anticipating. I was thinking that there would just be holes for the fans to be mounted to. This tent has long "sleeves" out of the vent holes. I'm I just supposed to jam the intake and exhaust fans in there and then somehow mount them to the frame with zip ties? I have a picture included of the inside of the top of the tent. Hopefully it will help better explain what I'm asking.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

Thanks for the reply!

Good to hear. I ordered 2 6-inch duct line fans, but they haven't arrived yet. I was planning on connecting them straight to the vent holes, but I think that I will have to run a piece of duct work tubing in the middle of them in order to make it work.... Something like the image I attached.

These are the fans I have on the way: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003YFADW8/ref=oh_o03_s00_i00_details

 

Does anyone agree with the approach I was thinking about?

 

[quote name='"joker865"']

It should work for you. I personally dont care for those fans. The cfm rating on those is measured unloaded. Meaning once you add a filter and ducting they wont flow anywhere near that cfm rating. I prefer the high velocity inline fans. They cost a bit more, but move twice the air of the small fans. This is the one I went with, got it off ebay for around $80 shipped. Even with a filter, air cooled hood, and about 10' of ducting it will suck the walls in on my tent a little with my speed controller on low. They are loud though at max rpms. The speed controller helps that tough.

http://www.htgsupply.com/Product-GrowBright-6in-High-Velocity-Inline-Fan.asp

You dont need an intake fan. If you have a good enough exhaust fan then passive intakes are more than adequate. Not to mention having one fan pulling in and another blowing out can make it harder to maintain negative pressure.

Theres quite a few ways to do things though. Its always good to consider what works well for your budget as well.[/quote]

Joker, I really appreciate all the info! I guess I will try using the two fans that I have ordered. One as an exhaust through the top, and the other on a direct line to cool the light with no intake fan. If I cannot maintain good temps that way then I will look to pick up the fans that you suggested. I'll have a much better idea what I will need to do once I get it all together early next week.

Thanks again!

 

[quote name='"MaineCronic"']Its simple ... I have the LED wholesaler 79x79x79 tent, just put it up yesterday, and I ran into the same issue ... that stuopid sleeve.

For 1, you dont just "stic your fans" in there ... you put ducting though those holes. then the ducting leads to your fan. The fans arent actually attached to the tent.

Here is an example ... I had to cut the sleeve 75% off to get my ducthrough through it ...

Here too ... you can see the ducting going out of the holes
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Cronic... You are the man! I will have to take that same approach and hope the two fans I ordered are strong enough. I really appreciate the pics too! Thanks, bro!

 

[quote name='"MaineCronic"']yea dude no problem ... maybe with using those you should have as little ducting as possible, as in try to get your fan as close to your tent as you can, and then use ducting to get through the hole.

If you ordered them, see if you can do an exchange, or get your money back.

the high velocity fans are SO worth it... I find those to be more for just moving air around the tent.

I have a 170CFM for the smll tent and a 424CFM fan for the big one... the great thing is they sell speed controllers for like 15 bucks ... so you can dial it into the exact speed you need / want...[/quote]

Ok cool. I'll try out what I have early next week and let you know how it's looking. Worst case I should be able to return them like you said. I'll post back next week with some pics to let you know. Thanks!

 

Mainecronic,

I finally got everything all set up... Long story short, I think the fans I picked up are fine. I have 2 fans as exhaust fans blowing out of my tent, and a third fan that sucks all the exhaust into a carbon filter. I put some pics up at the end of my grow journal (the link is in my signature if you are interested in checking it out). Thanks again for the advice!