Cooling for 4 600 watt air cooled lamps

I was thinking of running a 4x600 watt set up through air cooled hoods. For cooling I was thinking of having a 188 cfm booster fan near the intake window or perhaps just before the Y where it split into 2x600 lamps each then when it comes back together incorporate the carbon filter and the 475cfm fan. Th carbon filter recommend a 300-400 cfm so i figured id run a bend and some distance between the carbon filter and 475cfm fan.I live in cooler climate where it snows and stays below 70 for 10 months of the year.

Any input is good please helps ty :-o
 
was checking other threads and guess ill be getting 2 fans one for blowing air through the lights and one for sucking air through the carbon filter.
 

dudeface

Active Member
The carbon filter is pretty tough to include in an inline system unless its an endpoint, so if the carbon filter is before the lights, and all the hoods are sealed and then it goes out of the room you are just fine, you could have the blower pointed or guided to the carbon filter and the floor for circulation. Just my 2 cents.
 

ympb

Member
I could not get 4-600w lights cool enough with one 450ish cfm fan. I had to break it into two different systems with two fans....
 
Ya I think im gonna have to run 4 x 8" cooltubes with 8" ducting and use a 8" 720 cfm fan for the lights and a 6" 400 cfm fan for the carbon filter in order to keep heat down. Might even separate the carbon filter and lighting ducting for maximum efficiency as you did :D

YMPB you think that would cool it good enough? im runnin Co2 in sealed room so i just need to ventilate the lights not the room. :D
 

ympb

Member
I think you're on the right track with that setup. I wish I had gone with the 8" stuff. I run co2 as well, my exhaust is a completely seperate system. I also have two scrubbers constantly running.
 
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