Intake/Exhaust question/advise expert needed

smokedup12

Active Member
Sup Sup Sup guys

Im building a new room and ran into a little problem

So im running 3 6inch aircool tubes 600w(red) (for now :)), Exhaust outside 6inch, 8inch inline fan 700+ cfm (green), problem is my a/c exhaust (yellow) is fuckin hot so i wanna exhaust it with my 700cfm. Soooo Ive been experimenting and having a problem with BACK DRAFT so it seems like the only way i can do this is Y it with this piece in this exact direction.

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So what is everyone experience:
how much cfm do u need to exuast 3 cool tubes?
will my cfm be cut in half for the lights or will this set up get me like 60/40%?
any other options?

My room is 8 feet by 15, my ac has about a 200 cfm moter built in, cutting another exhaust hole is not an option
 

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TheLastWood

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Fans suck harder than they blow, but why don't you put the fan in front of the lights and let the ac blow its air through the y by itself. The fan will still be sucking due to the ducting you have going down but will be blowing through the lights. That's how I have my fan, its only 400 cfm and cools my 2 400 watters pretty well.
 

smokedup12

Active Member
When i put the Y on the blower side it was causeing back pressure and blowing down the ac.

Im going to experment suck from the lights and the a/c spliting the cfm,

Any one ever hook up a fan to there a/c exhaust?
 

TheLastWood

Well-Known Member
If you put your fan before lights does it work well besides the backpressure on the ac? Cuz you can put a damper on the ac side of the y that will stay shut until the ac turns on
 
Im running a similar setup. 14000 btu ac unit exhausting into the light pipe ducting. After much testing... I found it best to run the ac exhaust into a Y pipe on the INTAKE side of the Light cooling fan. Yes seems like it would heat up
your lights more. But there was only a 7F temp rise in the air exhaust. On the Y pipe intake I placed a damper to adjust the flow from the ac unit.
I have insulation wrap on all my ducting as well...
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