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Aeroknow

Aeroknow

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Tangerine_ said:
I've had yet another fan up and die on me. This time it stopped oscillating. I took it apart and the plastic piece arm was broke.
They're Hurricane 16" wall mount. Three of the four have either stopped oscillating or stopped working all together. I'm frustrated from searching online.

What does everyone use?

Edit - I'm not too concerned about price as long as they move air and are durable. I'm thinking I should go with metal over plastic? The reviews for all are very mixed.
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I went with those same piece of shit cheap fans in this new build because of budget and i’m not sure what fans i’ll replace them with. How long did yours last before they failed?

I’ll usually get around a year outta the cheap fans
 
Tangerine_

Tangerine_

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Aeroknow said:
I went with those same piece of shit cheap fans in this new build because of budget and i’m not sure what fans i’ll replace them with. How long did yours last before they failed?

I’ll usually get around a year outta the cheap fans
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four months and one by one they've failed. I put them last fall, the first went in Feb.
The cheap active airs I replaced them with I'd had going for 3 solid years.
 
Aeroknow

Aeroknow

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Tangerine_ said:
four months and one by one they've failed. I put them last fall, the first went in Feb.
The cheap active airs I replaced them with I'd had going for 3 solid years.
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Wow, that sucks! I don’t have much hope for these new ones now lol.

Had active air ones too. What usually happens to mine first are they don’t blow as much and so i’ll take the front off to help then i’ll replace them. The worst ones I had were those figure 8 ones, can’t remember the name, from Advanced i think, those things straight up blew up. Those red blades after only a couple-few months would just fly apart lmao. Those were bad.
 
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Tangerine_

Tangerine_

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manfredo said:

I'm running 5 Lasko cheapo Walmart fans and have had great luck with them...Just bought another one of these in the link and have had them 3-4 years with heavy use. Super easy to clean too. I was going to switch to wall fans but like the portability of these.
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I don't have the floor space in the bloom room for those. I use them in the in the veg room though. Same brand. I like that I can move them around too.

I cant decide so I think I'm going to do a mixture of two metal 18" Air Kings and 2 cheap 16" Active Air or Hurricane. We'll see which ones hold up the longest.
 
manfredo

manfredo

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I am sooo pumped....The weather has finally broke here today, in the southern tier of New York!! May 14th, yeah!! Last night was the last freezing night according to the weatherman, and I am wasting no time....Planting some vegy's today! I have squash plants in my grow room that already have little yellow squash on them, lol. Apparently they like the super soil! Also have 2 varieties of tomatoes, cukes, and peas started, and gonna start lettuce & spinach in the ground. Oh and I have a tray of flowers started too! And with any luck, a bike ride later on...
 
Chunky Stool

Chunky Stool

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Laughing Grass said:
Are you using your new black dog light in that garden?
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Yep, I'm running the big dog and 3 platinum units. The platinums are running at half power "veg" mode and only pull 250 watts each.

During my last grow I was way too reactive with nutes and there was always a problem somewhere.
This time I went with relatively hot organic soil and it has kept all the girls happy so far.

This morning I noticed that the biggest plants are starting to show N and Mg deficiencies on lower growth, so a Ca deficiency is probably on the way.
Gonna start boosting the soil with nutrient tea.
Since I just flipped em, I'll go with bat guano, insect frasss, epsom, and a little alfalfa.

Anyone else do a slow flip?
Went from 18/6 to 16/8 a week ago and this week I'm at 14/10, which should make em start flowering.
Next week I'll go to 12/12.
 
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