Homedepot Duct Boosters

Chumlie · Jun 22, 2009

Just wondering if anybody has purchased one of the duct booster from Homedepot?
Just want to know if they are effecient before I purchase them.
I was goining to use the 8 inch for exhaust, and use the 4 inch for cool tube.

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?keyword=in+line+fans&langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

pickleman · Jun 22, 2009

home depot dont sell those

johnny961 · Jun 22, 2009

Yes they do i just bought 4 4" & 2 8 " just 3 weeks ago. $14.00 & $29.00. They are where they sell heat/air cond stuff. they will work fine for a small grow!!!

johnny961 · Jun 22, 2009

That will work for sure Chumlie.

grobofotwanky · Jun 22, 2009

They work good until they fuck up. I'd buy a spare just to have

tom__420 · Jun 22, 2009

pickleman said:
home depot dont sell those

Home depot does in fact sell them. I bought a 6 inch and a 4 inch there. The original post even has a link lol how could you say that they don't sell them there. Fool....

johnny961 · Jun 22, 2009

Been using them for my whole grow & i always have backup.

kevin · Jun 22, 2009

i have 4 of them all together. 2 of them to vent my lights and 1 for my diy carbon filter. the forth is a spare. no complaints

northeastern lights · Jun 22, 2009

If you want to actually move air invest in a inline fan for 100-120 dollars. You wont regret it. I have tried the 6in home depot ones before, even bought bathroom fans for a few grows. Inline fan is the only way to go unless your running a 250 hps max. Also depends on your room size.

candycolas · Jun 22, 2009

northeastern lights said:
If you want to actually move air invest in a inline fan for 100-120 dollars. You wont regret it. I have tried the 6in home depot ones before, even bought bathroom fans for a few grows. Inline fan is the only way to go unless your running a 250 hps max. Also depends on your room size.

I agree. I'm completely new to this but I went out and bought a 4in version (from Home Depot as well). It has an 80CFM rating so I bought it for my veg room of 180cubic ft. It works okay to pull the air out but it really hasn't cooled my space at all. My space is pretty air tight so it helps with bringing in new air though. I've cut a fresh air port at ground level and the exhaust port is at ceiling height. Also, it's loud as hell. I have it connected directly to the wall flange so the sound resonates off of the wall. If you do go this route and you want stealth, I'd recommend hanging it from a bungee cord and then running ducting to help with the sound. This is probably how all fans should be hung though to prevent resonation.

I'll be getting a standard can fan once I can afford one for sure.

kevin · Jun 22, 2009

i vent a 1000hps and a 400hps with 2 6" fans. the reflectors are the sealed air cooled type. this is in a sealed 4x4 closet. they work great for me

Chumlie · Jun 22, 2009

Thanks for all the comments, the thing is they don't sale them at all homedeopot stores I'm going to have order mine of the website.
Now the 8in says it goes 200 and something cfms to 500 cfms. I was going use them for a cabby, and I was going to use the 4in for cooling off a 400 watt hps.

pickleman · Jun 23, 2009

sorry i was trying to help ive looked for those at my home depot and they didnt have them and the link he posted was for regular fan so i guess im a fool like the little kid said. by the way i found one at a heating and cooling store and was disapointed they dont move much air at all i have a bathroom fart fan that i use that has a lower cfm number and it moves air much better

tom__420 · Jun 23, 2009

The fans that we are talking are about are originally used as a booster fan. They boost the airflow to other rooms in your house by hook up one of these fans into your ducting. They work well with other fans

Chumlie · Jun 23, 2009

shit Its cool pickle man, nothing to be sorry about. Hey thats my older brothers nickname "pickle". I was thinking for a cool tube I find a big glass jar with screw lid , and rig up some way to screw it into the ducting that was hooked up to my fan. Then It would be easy to change the light bulb if it blown.
I don't know, still just an idea. I would have to figure out how to connect it to my bat wing.

pickleman · Jun 23, 2009

i know what fans ur talkin bout they have them at htg supply starting at 20 bucks online.http://www.htgsupply.com/products.asp?categoryID=7&subcategoryID=39
and i dont think that would do much good with the jar cuz it will be sealed on one side so air couldnt flow and also that glass would probably break eventually cuz its not tempured

communistcannabis · Jun 23, 2009

these duct boost fans don't more the air the advertise, so they are only good for cooling lights not rooms and even then its a stretch. the cooler the better, i
d get a real fan

pickleman · Jun 23, 2009

yup thats what i feel too. i put mine to a 6 inch hole in my shed to bring in a little more fresh cooler air. its at foot level

Chumlie · Jun 23, 2009

I don't really have a room I have a closet and a secrete cabby. I have A/C unit and I'm only using one 400hps and two foot T12s.
Does anybody know if you can bring a window unit inside? Cause it would just be cooling already cooled air, and I could catch the water and water the plants.

aceshigh69 · Jun 23, 2009

I use a 4 inch sqiurel cage. its sucks from the top of the room and blows out thru my clothes dryer vent. it works great.

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