FamMan
Well-Known Member
Hello RIUers! I need some help. I am currently in Week 6 of flowering in a fully converted garage. ATM im running 5 1000w HPS. I have a 6 inch Hyper fan for intake and two 8 inch max fans for exhaust. I sorta had to piece this stage together without much funds.....so im using two vented reflectors and three non vented parabolic reflectors(I know not the most ideal scenario but it was my only way to up my light counts). The vented reflectors are open one on end and one 8inch pulls air through them up through my attic on top of garage and to the outside. The other 8 inch pulls air from directly from on top of the parabolics and also sends it outside. The exhaust are located on opposite sides of the room with intake coming in at the ground. When I run only one 8incher the room overheats. With both running it says 79-83 and the gurls seem to love it. Im in Colorado so the winter temps are keeping everything fairly managable.
So here is one of my problems: Originally I wanted to pull the air from my fans into a Y connector send it through a carbon filter then vent it into my house. However like a dumbass i didnt order an inline carbon filter. I got the normal one that only has one intake flange...the other side is sealed. So how should i set this up? Or should i return it and get an inline? The problem with that idea is 1) Im in week 6 flowering and smells should start picking up to the point that neighbors might notice. I dont know how long it would take to mail this one back and get a new one. 2) This is a 12 inch 1700 cfm filter. I couldnt find any inlines rated that high???? Do they need to be that high when they are an inline?
Here are some of my ideas if i kept it:
1) Put the filter at the top of my room. exhaust through it and into the attic to either go outside or hopefully into my house for some heat. I dont like this because I would only have one exhaust point in a rectangular room. Something about that doesnt seem right. Also how would I utilize both my fans in that scenario. I have read that they arent as efficent if they are used together inline like that with both going in the same direction???
2) Keep the fans they way they are and Y them in the attic and send it into the carbon filter up there. I dont like this beacuse the air would simply exhaust into the attic and not heat my house. But with this i would have two exhaust points in there room.
I like the filter because I would like to seal the room in the future and it would be perfect for that. However its not helping me right now with getting heat into my house. Sorry if I made this sound overly complicated. Happy safe growing to you all. PEACE!
So here is one of my problems: Originally I wanted to pull the air from my fans into a Y connector send it through a carbon filter then vent it into my house. However like a dumbass i didnt order an inline carbon filter. I got the normal one that only has one intake flange...the other side is sealed. So how should i set this up? Or should i return it and get an inline? The problem with that idea is 1) Im in week 6 flowering and smells should start picking up to the point that neighbors might notice. I dont know how long it would take to mail this one back and get a new one. 2) This is a 12 inch 1700 cfm filter. I couldnt find any inlines rated that high???? Do they need to be that high when they are an inline?
Here are some of my ideas if i kept it:
1) Put the filter at the top of my room. exhaust through it and into the attic to either go outside or hopefully into my house for some heat. I dont like this because I would only have one exhaust point in a rectangular room. Something about that doesnt seem right. Also how would I utilize both my fans in that scenario. I have read that they arent as efficent if they are used together inline like that with both going in the same direction???
2) Keep the fans they way they are and Y them in the attic and send it into the carbon filter up there. I dont like this beacuse the air would simply exhaust into the attic and not heat my house. But with this i would have two exhaust points in there room.
I like the filter because I would like to seal the room in the future and it would be perfect for that. However its not helping me right now with getting heat into my house. Sorry if I made this sound overly complicated. Happy safe growing to you all. PEACE!