I pluged my inline blower into a speed controller and the blower just made a noise its a vortex 4'' inline blower I had it set at var medium position also is there a there a thermostat i can plug my light into that will shut it off if the temps get into the 95 area thanks
The speed controller is most likely not rated for the draw... specs man. What volt/amp/watt controller and what volt/amp/watt fan??? annnd yes there is. its called a thermostat. thats what they do. Buy one and wire it in.
speed controller is 120 volt/15 amps. For use with brush type motors only. I think the vortex 4'' inline blower has a ball bearing motor. thanks seen the thermostats are close to 100.00 bucks but well worth it if my inline blower goes out
No no you dont need a whole power handling one... One like this, but not in a 5 pack... although 4 bucks might as well just get 5 lol... point is they are dirt cheap. http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-pcs-Tempe...ltDomain_0&hash=item3cc99beacb#ht_1265wt_1111
not sure if im understanding this right those appear to be for the operating temp of the appliance im looking for something that will monitor temps in grow room and shut down at a certain temp
yea man you just get one of these for whatever temp you want to call your safety temp... say 90 F... then wire it into your setup like you would, say, a light switch... just splice it into the hot terminal anywhere and then just have it just far enough from the light that the air there should never hit 90 unless there is a problem... then if the fan goes down and the light heats that thing up to 90 F it will pop and shut your power down... then when it cools to whatever temperature specified (i think it was 78 for the ones i linked) it will pop again and your shit will come back on. its exactly what you want, you just gotta get your hands a little dirty... operative word being little... this is an easy one. 2 wire nuts and a one dollar ebay purchase.
This is what I use on my vent fan in cold weather, range is 40f to 90f heating/cooling http://www.amazon.com/Eco-Heater-Digital-Thermostat-Timer/dp/B005YR2MQE I suppose it could be used on a light as a fail-safe, you can set the on/off temp swing to 10 or 15 degrees so your light isn't switching on and off right away.