KINGOFTHEWEED
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right i've just ordered a inline kit.4 inch 100cfm it should b here by tues.is 100cfm enough if my cuboard is 2x3x6.so i'll have both next week.
too hot
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ganjagoddess
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Is it one the suncourt ones?
KINGOFTHEWEED
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dont know but its inline 4 inch extractor fan kit cfm is 100
KINGOFTHEWEED
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anyone who hase helped me i gave +rep thanks alot people
panhead
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Bathroom vent fans are not worth a shit unless they are mounted properly & the base plate is used,without the base plate very little air will be pulled from the room,the base plates are designed to create a vaccume,without it the blade spins with no suction.
I'd look into how you have it installed before i changed anything, but be forewarned,bathroom fans are not designed for constant useage & are known to catch fire.
Anyhow whatever you decide to do about ventilation you must have 2 things,powered exhaust (you allready know this) & at the very least a passive intake to allow fresh air to be brought in,relying on air to be sucked in the cracks is not the most efficient approach & will cut the cfm's of your exhaust,if your going to be running a 4" inline fan then you should have a 1" passive intake cut in the cabinet but preferabally a 2" hole for an intake,if the light is bothersome you can make a light trap quickly & easily out of pvc plumbing parts from any hardware store,the trap can be made exactly like whats under the kitchen sink,no light will escape but due to the negative pressure in the grow room being created from the powered exhaust fresh air will be oulled through the light trap.
The fan in the pic is a good reliable fan but its noisy as it sits out of the box,i measured the noise level of that fan at 71 dbl's which is a pretty irritating sound level,if you wrap the outer hull of the fan in several layers of quality heat resistant duct tape it will lower the sound level by 10 dbl's,every 10 db's the noise level you hear is doubled, so by lowering the noise level those 10 db's you'll be cuttting the noise you hear directly in half,its a cheap tweek that should not be overlooked.
I'd look into how you have it installed before i changed anything, but be forewarned,bathroom fans are not designed for constant useage & are known to catch fire.
Anyhow whatever you decide to do about ventilation you must have 2 things,powered exhaust (you allready know this) & at the very least a passive intake to allow fresh air to be brought in,relying on air to be sucked in the cracks is not the most efficient approach & will cut the cfm's of your exhaust,if your going to be running a 4" inline fan then you should have a 1" passive intake cut in the cabinet but preferabally a 2" hole for an intake,if the light is bothersome you can make a light trap quickly & easily out of pvc plumbing parts from any hardware store,the trap can be made exactly like whats under the kitchen sink,no light will escape but due to the negative pressure in the grow room being created from the powered exhaust fresh air will be oulled through the light trap.
The fan in the pic is a good reliable fan but its noisy as it sits out of the box,i measured the noise level of that fan at 71 dbl's which is a pretty irritating sound level,if you wrap the outer hull of the fan in several layers of quality heat resistant duct tape it will lower the sound level by 10 dbl's,every 10 db's the noise level you hear is doubled, so by lowering the noise level those 10 db's you'll be cuttting the noise you hear directly in half,its a cheap tweek that should not be overlooked.
ganjagoddess
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Really 6 inch suncourts run at 71 db? seem quiet to me.
Shoot my Can Fan Max is way louder, wonder what it tunes in at.
Shoot my Can Fan Max is way louder, wonder what it tunes in at.
KINGOFTHEWEED
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cheers mate good info
KINGOFTHEWEED
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i got it done but temp is 90 but i can live with that.here's a couple of pics of my girls 19 days flower
the first one is ak and the other is earley skunk
the first one is ak and the other is earley skunk
blackcoupe01
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Plants are looking good my friend, beautiful. What did you end up doing about ventillation?
90 is still hot, Id def. consider adding co2 if you cant get the temp down to 80ish.
90 is still hot, Id def. consider adding co2 if you cant get the temp down to 80ish.
ganjagoddess
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Looks kinda like the plants can barely live with that either, there fan leaves are pointed upwards because of the heat.
I would try upping the 4 inch to something bigger...
KINGOFTHEWEED
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i put a 4inch to extract and a 4 inch to bring air in and it depends what the weather is like outside for temp but its been as low as 84 and as high as 95 so i'm gunna change the fans to 6 inch as soon as i can afford it until then i'll just keep opening the door every hour on hot days.
KINGOFTHEWEED
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just a couple more pics.
this is the ak it's about 14 inch it was 9 inch when i started to flower.
this is the outdoor skunk it was 9 inch when i started flowering now its 28 inch been flowering 3 weeks.i also gave them 32hrs of darkness before flowering and they both showed sex in the first week.shit you carn't see the skunk properley.its got 2 main stems like the ak.
this is the ak it's about 14 inch it was 9 inch when i started to flower. this is the outdoor skunk it was 9 inch when i started flowering now its 28 inch been flowering 3 weeks.i also gave them 32hrs of darkness before flowering and they both showed sex in the first week.shit you carn't see the skunk properley.its got 2 main stems like the ak.
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