Inline fan with air cooled reflector

Hey RIU,

I was wondering if a 6 inch inline fan will be able to completely cool down a air cooled reflector,

the 6 inch inline fan is 424 cfm, im using a 600 watt mh/hps light.

Thanks

Depends on how much ducting your going to use? It should be enough..

should be ok

anyone else?

Yes, it's enough. I have only a 190cfm 4" fan cooling my 600 right now. I do run my lights at night, but my 4x4 tent has been around 75 degrees lately. I'll prolly have to get a bigger fan like your for the summer though.

As long as you don't have more than 1-2 90 degree turns and you aren't running the ducting for long distances then you should be fine.

AWESOME, thanks guys

also should i run it like outside-->hood-->fan-->outside or
outside-->fan-->hood-->outside ?

You got it right the first time. Try and set you fan up to pull as much of the ducting run as possible. So get it as close to the side of your tent as possible.

dopeman442 said:

AWESOME, thanks guys

also should i run it like outside-->hood-->fan-->outside or
outside-->fan-->hood-->outside ?

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I pull the air from the inside of my tent through the carbon filter and hood, then out the tent. So I do: inside>carbon filter>fan>hood>outside