Ac infinity fans

demarko

demarko

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Hi anyone use a AC infinity fan? Hopefully someone who once used old style exhaust fan like the Hydro Farm 6” fan…

I currently use my old Hydro Farm fan and installed a muffler on it. The muffler does lower the sound guessing I’ll say around 50%. But recently I switched to LED light and when installing the fan I didn’t put my muffler on because the light was so huge and in the mist of switching tents and not wanting to take forever because I’m in a chair and I do it all myself. So fast forward to now I notice how loud the fan really is and I’m considering getting a AC Infinity fan setup because is advertised as quiet lol.

Is it actually less noise that the older in-line fans? I hang out in my grow space a lot and I can appreciate having less noise so I can hear my tv lol. Thanks

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Billy the Mountain

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demarko said:
Hi anyone use a AC infinity fan? Hopefully someone who once used old style exhaust fan like the Hydro Farm 6” fan…

I currently use my old Hydro Farm fan and installed a muffler on it. The muffler does lower the sound guessing I’ll say around 50%. But recently I switched to LED light and when installing the fan I didn’t put my muffler on because the light was so huge and in the mist of switching tents and not wanting to take forever because I’m in a chair and I do it all myself. So fast forward to now I notice how loud the fan really is and I’m considering getting a AC Infinity fan setup because is advertised as quiet lol.

Is it actually less noise that the older in-line fans? I hang out in my grow space a lot and I can appreciate having less noise so I can hear my tv lol. Thanks

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The AC fans use EC motors which are virtually silent.

The difference is obvious at low speeds but air turbulence is the primary source of noise with increasing speeds, so the difference is minimal at higher ariflow
 
Blue brother

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They’re good, you can barely hear the motor, but the air movement through the casing seems to be louder than on some of my old rvks. Might I suggest just making an insulated box to house ur fan ? It’s quite easy and could all be done on a table in front of you in ur chair.

I would still reccomend the ac infinity and controller 69, makes monitoring things a piece of cake!
 
demarko

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Billy the Mountain said:
The AC fans use EC motors which are virtually silent.

The difference is obvious at low speeds but air turbulence is the primary source of noise with increasing speeds, so the difference is minimal at higher ariflow
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Sounds like what I need I don’t use it on high to often mostly 75% because after That 75% I get a whistle noise lol. Any tips of what caused that I’m thinking wind flow wasn’t perfect? I will have only one 90 deg bend this time vs up and down with the air cooled light.


Blue brother said:
They’re good, you can barely hear the motor, but the air movement through the casing seems to be louder than on some of my old rvks. Might I suggest just making an insulated box to house ur fan ? It’s quite easy and could all be done on a table in front of you in ur chair.

I would still reccomend the ac infinity and controller 69, makes monitoring things a piece of cake!
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Now that I do agree with when I first used my fan I had it in a box and that helped a lot but at this time a box can work but I would prefer to save the lil tiny space left lol I’m hoping I can save space by using a fan that makes less noise. And believe me I do know about the air noise that is spoke of. It mainly the fan noise at this moment that seem to hear the most.

It seems to make a humming/ buzzing sound
 
demarko

demarko

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demarko said:
Sounds like what I need I don’t use it on high to often mostly 75% because after That 75% I get a whistle noise lol. Any tips of what caused that I’m thinking wind flow wasn’t perfect? I will have only one 90 deg bend this time vs up and down with the air cooled light.




Now that I do agree with when I first used my fan I had it in a box and that helped a lot but at this time a box can work but I would prefer to save the lil tiny space left lol I’m hoping I can save space by using a fan that makes less noise. And believe me I do know about the air noise that is spoke of. It mainly the fan noise at this moment that seem to hear the most.

It seems to make a humming/ buzzing sound that’s separate from the whistle noise.
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LeastExpectedGrower

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They're quiet at their low to mid settings and get louder when they're in their upper range of their speeds, but that isn't due to motor noise but just airflow sound and those blades pushing air.

I think the real attraction of the AC Infinity stuff is on the control/adjustment side rather than the volume...I think there's probably a good handful of fans that are fairly quiet.

*I have a T6 & S6 in my setup...and have their newest controller (69wifi) plus one of the oscilating circulation fans coming later today.
 
demarko

demarko

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Blue brother said:
They’re good, you can barely hear the motor, but the air movement through the casing seems to be louder than on some of my old rvks. Might I suggest just making an insulated box to house ur fan ? It’s quite easy and could all be done on a table in front of you in ur chair.

I would still reccomend the ac infinity and controller 69, makes monitoring things a piece of cake!
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May I ask how you suggest making that box sounds like a good ideal I may still need that now or later
 
demarko

demarko

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LeastExpectedGrower said:
They're quiet at their low to mid settings and get louder when they're in their upper range of their speeds, but that isn't due to motor noise but just airflow sound and those blades pushing air.

I think the real attraction of the AC Infinity stuff is on the control/adjustment side rather than the volume...I think there's probably a good handful of fans that are fairly quiet.

*I have a T6 & S6 in my setup...and have their newest controller (69wifi) plus one of the oscilating circulation fans coming later today.
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Do that fan adjust its own speed according to temps or do it just display the temp?
 
Blue brother

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demarko said:
May I ask how you suggest making that box sounds like a good ideal I may still need that now or later
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It can be as simple as a storage tote with a duct hole cut in either end, 1/3 fill it with insulation, place the fan and fit the ducting through the holes to the fan then fill the rest with insulation and seal it up, I screw them shut then hang from the rafters in my loft.

I’ve made boxes with mdf and ply but the last couple have just been storage totes cos the first one was so easy and works just the same. I get that it takes up more space, but I allways opt to position them outside of the tent anyways so this doesn’t bother me
 
LeastExpectedGrower

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demarko said:
Do that fan adjust its own speed according to temps or do it just display the temp?
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The newer controllers you can have them set to trigger by temps and/or humidity. You can set a 'base' level (lower level that's the default), then you can pick trigger temps (high & low) or Humidity (high & low), and you can pick how the fans transition (aka how they ramp up or down as the temp/humidity changes).

You can also program it to act as a timer, or you can set up separate programs for different times of day (so it acts differently during lights on vs. lights out).

Edit: For instance, right now I have my tent in veg...so there's no smell and I don't have a 'base level'...it's just off if not triggering. Once I get closer to flower and things get fragrant, I'll have a base speed of 2 or so...and I have the fans trigger around 82f. Right now I have the humidity setting to trigger above 60% but will bring that down into the 40's once I'm in flower.
 
demarko

demarko

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LeastExpectedGrower said:
The newer controllers you can have them set to trigger by temps and/or humidity. You can set a 'base' level (lower level that's the default), then you can pick trigger temps (high & low) or Humidity (high & low), and you can pick how the fans transition (aka how they ramp up or down as the temp/humidity changes).

You can also program it to act as a timer, or you can set up separate programs for different times of day (so it acts differently during lights on vs. lights out).
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Now that’s how I like things lol fully controllable you guys have me SOLD SOLD SOLD! Lol
 
demarko

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Blue brother said:
It can be as simple as a storage tote with a duct hole cut in either end, 1/3 fill it with insulation, place the fan and fit the ducting through the holes to the fan then fill the rest with insulation and seal it up, I screw them shut then hang from the rafters in my loft.

I’ve made boxes with mdf and ply but the last couple have just been storage totes cos the first one was so easy and works just the same. I get that it takes up more space, but I allways opt to position them outside of the tent anyways so this doesn’t bother me
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Last time I think I used a cardboard box lol that’s on the safer methods. Safety is always in mind with me.
 
LeastExpectedGrower

LeastExpectedGrower

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I'm looking forward to some time with the Controller 69wifi. My current 67 only does bluetooth, so that's a reasonable bonus. The new one also allows you to control multiple fans independently of each other. So I can have slightly different settings on my intake fan vs. the exhaust fan. It'll also control their circulation fans.
 
LeastExpectedGrower

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Isawthelight said:
I have the 4" & 6" Cloudline fans & love that I can set the OFF parameter to not 0 because odor control needs the fan to keep running.


I'm testing these parts that just arrived: Controller 69 Pro, UIS Type A Lighting adapter , & UIS Control Plug.
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How do you like the new stuff so far? Mine is sitting at the garage doors, just dropped off by UPS about 20 minutes ago (won't get to it until I'm out of the office in a few hours).

I 'sprang' for one of the new 6" oscillating fans as well, though it's a needless splurge/expense. I may grab one of those UIS control plugs eventually too, though I have my other circulation fans on smart plugs and that works fine too. I know they suggest ~18hours per day for the oscillating fans, and I figured I'd keep my other honeywell 6 in the tent and set up a timing scheme so they alternate.

My real interest is that I can program my intake fan at a speed lower than the exhaust and maintain effective negative pressure in the tent. Right now I do that by using two layers of MERV13 over the intake.
 
Isawthelight

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LeastExpectedGrower said:
How do you like the new stuff so far? Mine is sitting at the garage doors, just dropped off by UPS about 20 minutes ago (won't get to it until I'm out of the office in a few hours).

I 'sprang' for one of the new 6" oscillating fans as well, though it's a needless splurge/expense. I may grab one of those UIS control plugs eventually too, though I have my other circulation fans on smart plugs and that works fine too. I know they suggest ~18hours per day for the oscillating fans, and I figured I'd keep my other honeywell 6 in the tent and set up a timing scheme so they alternate.

My real interest is that I can program my intake fan at a speed lower than the exhaust and maintain effective negative pressure in the tent. Right now I do that by using two layers of MERV13 over the intake.
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I forgot that I own their oscillating fan. I'm aware of the 18 hour/day suggestion (mine runs all the time for now) and I plan on using the controller 69's Cycle Mode to maybe run the fan 3 minute on and 1 minute off (same ratio as 18 on / 6 off). I'll play with those number later today. Also will see if my Grow Light Science Progro 320 works with the UIS Type A lighting adapter.

I keep my cloudline fan OFF speed at 1 in the 4x2 and 2 in the 4x4. Very quiet. Outside the tent - I hear mostly the oscillating 6" fan only when it changes direction.

Get the Wifi version of the Controller 69 - the chronical data graphs load so slowly with bluetooth.
 
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LeastExpectedGrower

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Isawthelight said:
I forgot that I own their oscillating fan. I'm aware of the 18 hour/day suggestion (mine runs all the time for now) and I plan on using the controller 69's Cycle Mode to maybe run the fan 3 minute on and 1 minute off (same ratio as 18 on / 6 off). I'll play with those number later today. Also will see if my Grow Light Science Progro 320 works with the UIS Type A lighting adapter.

I keep my cloudline fan OFF speed at 1 in the 4x2 and 2 in the 4x4. Very quiet. Outside the tent - I hear mostly the oscillating 6" fan only when it changes direction.
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In the past I've tried a few things, but I have 2x honeywell 6" fans that are hung from above on each end of the tent, I then had them on timers that alternated hourly, so the airflow would change directions across the plants. If I like the AC-I fan, I'll buy a second and do similarly with them...the Honeywells are a bit stronger than I'd like, even at their lowest strength.
 
demarko

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This AC Infinity fan rocks! I’m going to guess with no scientific proof that this fan is about half of the noise level of my old hydro farm fan on level 10. Yes I still here the air and sounds like a jet sure but no where as loud as the other fan I’m happy so far I only tested it the floor lol
 
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