Learninglots420
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It seems to be the standard for the exhaust fans in grow cabs to be fitted right onto the back (or top) panneling of the cabinet. I was curious, since my stealth cab would be less stealthy sticking too far out from the wall, if it were plausible to have the exhaust fan sit a couple inches inside the cab to reduce the distance my ducting + carbon scrubber will take up behind the cab. Should i expect any efficiency loss this way as long as i can "afford" the room im losing on the inside of my cab?
I'll be using a DIY carbon scrubber which is smaller than average (scotchbright towels sewed together filled with activated carbon.) I'm also hoping this makes it easier to do scrubber maintenence since It'd be a pain to get behind my cabinet without removing everything inside it first. For what it is worth my grow cab is about 4 feet long, 1 and 2/3rds feet wide, and 5 and 2/3rds feet tall. I plan to grow up to 4 plants in 5 gallon DWC bubble buckets. The cabinet is slightly angled against a wall so that one side sticks out 7 inches from the wall and the other side 2 inches.
Lastly this is just a PC fan carbon scrubber outtake fan, not a cooltube. I hope I gave as much information as would be needed, but to be honest i haven't seen any designs that had the exhaust fan placement anywhere other than flush with a wall of the cab.
*Edit* I may be using an inline duct fan for higher CFMs on the outtake, unless I find a local PC dealer that sells powerful enough PC fans.
I'll be using a DIY carbon scrubber which is smaller than average (scotchbright towels sewed together filled with activated carbon.) I'm also hoping this makes it easier to do scrubber maintenence since It'd be a pain to get behind my cabinet without removing everything inside it first. For what it is worth my grow cab is about 4 feet long, 1 and 2/3rds feet wide, and 5 and 2/3rds feet tall. I plan to grow up to 4 plants in 5 gallon DWC bubble buckets. The cabinet is slightly angled against a wall so that one side sticks out 7 inches from the wall and the other side 2 inches.
Lastly this is just a PC fan carbon scrubber outtake fan, not a cooltube. I hope I gave as much information as would be needed, but to be honest i haven't seen any designs that had the exhaust fan placement anywhere other than flush with a wall of the cab.
*Edit* I may be using an inline duct fan for higher CFMs on the outtake, unless I find a local PC dealer that sells powerful enough PC fans.