ventilation and aircooling ducting question

ismokebomb · #1 10-20-2009, 11:23 AM

when you aircool your reflector with ducting do you need ducting on both sides of the lamp? i can have the ducking exhaust the air into the attic right? if i need ducting on the intake side, where does the air need to come from? im confused about this ducting stuff

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doitinthewoods · #2 10-20-2009, 11:28 AM

You should have your air cooled light hooked up on both sides. The intake ducting or hole shouldn't be connected to the light ducting. Its point is to introduce fresh air in to your room. Your carbon filter should be attached to a piece of ducting going in to your light, and another piece coming out the other side that goes to your exaust fan. So, what you're doing is pulling the old air through the filter, through the light, and out the exaust fan. If you don't have a carbon filter (and you should ) just leave one end open, don't cap it. You'll stress your fan and it won't work as well.

True Stoner · #3 10-20-2009, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by doitinthewoods

You should have your air cooled light hooked up on both sides. The intake ducting or hole shouldn't be connected to the light ducting. Its point is to introduce fresh air in to your room. Your carbon filter should be attached to a piece of ducting going in to your light, and another piece coming out the other side that goes to your exaust fan. So, what you're doing is pulling the old air through the filter, through the light, and out the exaust fan. If you don't have a carbon filter (and you should ) just leave one end open, don't cap it. You'll stress your fan and it won't work as well.

I have a fan hooked up to mine and i have the exhausst from the lights out of the room and i have a seperate fan for air intake for the room for fresh air which is hooked up to a carbon filter!!

ismokebomb · #4 10-20-2009, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by doitinthewoods

You should have your air cooled light hooked up on both sides. The intake ducting or hole shouldn't be connected to the light ducting. Its point is to introduce fresh air in to your room. Your carbon filter should be attached to a piece of ducting going in to your light, and another piece coming out the other side that goes to your exaust fan. So, what you're doing is pulling the old air through the filter, through the light, and out the exaust fan. If you don't have a carbon filter (and you should ) just leave one end open, don't cap it. You'll stress your fan and it won't work as well.

i dont have a carbon filter.. so should i have the intake side of the reflector open and ducting with an inline fan going to my attic? and have an intake hole with a fan going into my room? could i put this intake hole in my door?

doitinthewoods · #5 10-20-2009, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ismokebomb

i dont have a carbon filter.. so should i have the intake side of the reflector open and ducting with an inline fan going to my attic? and have an intake hole with a fan going into my room? could i put this intake hole in my door?

That's the idea, as long as the attic is where you're planning to exaust in to. You COULD put it in the door if it's your only option. I usually put mine on opposite and opposing corners of my area. So, if you put the intake near the floor in the a corner (where it should be) you would want your exaust on the opposite wall in the upper corner on the other end of the area. If you had a carbon filter, you would want it up about as high as you can get it without touching the ceiling, and then run ducting down to the light, and back up to the fan/exaust hole. You want the filter high being that it's the point of intake for the exaust.

ismokebomb · #6 10-20-2009, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by doitinthewoods

That's the idea, as long as the attic is where you're planning to exaust in to. You COULD put it in the door if it's your only option. I usually put mine on opposite and opposing corners of my area. So, if you put the intake near the floor in the a corner (where it should be) you would want your exaust on the opposite wall in the upper corner on the other end of the area. If you had a carbon filter, you would want it up about as high as you can get it without touching the ceiling, and then run ducting down to the light, and back up to the fan/exaust hole. You want the filter high being that it's the point of intake for the exaust.

this is very helpful information thank you!

so could i put the intake hole straight up in the wall? what about the exhaust hole? so if i had a carbon filter i would try to get it as high as i can.. should it be at the opposite end of the exhaust hole as well, or just near the ceiling? what are the benefits of having a carbon filter?

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