Airflow problems cheap tents leaking air

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Caution_baking

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So I was looking at the grow tent I set up the other day, bought from Amazon. When I realised there was light slipping thru the stitches everywhere, the zips stitching, ventilation holes stitching and even the side window panels it just uses velcro. Would this be enough to fault my air flow/stink up my room. would duct taping everything like a mad man be best or just upgrading the fan to create a better vacuum ( I have a cheap cultiv 8 100mm in-line fan hooked up to a 4 inch carbon filter) basically what looks like a computer fan. The box says 100m3h and I am skeptic as is, so I was going to upgrade to a fan around 150-190 m3h. My tent is only small at 50cmx 90cmx 160. Any help would be much appreciated and best off luck
 
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Billy the Mountain

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Caution_baking said:
So I was looking at the grow tent I set up the other day, bought from Amazon. When I realised there was light slipping thru the stitches everywhere, the zips stitching, ventilation holes stitching and even the side window panels it just uses velcro. Would this be enough to fault my air flow/stink up my room. would duct taping everything like a mad man be best or just upgrading the fan to create a better vacuum ( I have a cheap cultiv 8 100mm in-line fan hooked up to a 4 inch carbon filter) basically what looks like a computer fan. The box says 100m3h and I am skeptic as is, so I was going to upgrade to a fan around 150-190 m3h. My tent is only small at 50cmx 90cmx 160. Any help would be much appreciated and best off luck
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A computer fan won't work well with a carbon filter; airflow plummets with any static pressure

A proper fan will generate enough negative pressure in the tent
 
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Spindle818

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I used black tape around those Velcro windows because the light would keep me up at night. I use gorilla grow tents and they have little holes around the stitching as well. It’s more noticeable when the exhaust fan is running full
 
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