Ventilation for 3x3 Hydrohut with 180W LED light?

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mr.awesome

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Hi,

I was wondering if someone could walk me through what I need to ventilate my 3x3 hydrohut. It's like 40 inches wide on each side and 7 feet tall. I'm running a 180W LED lamp and occassionally I'll turn on two 22 watt CFL bulbs for the light spectra the LED lamp misses. It's working great but that's because I only zip the tent up halfway!

I want to buy an inline exhaust fan and a charcoal filter but I don't trust the people at the shop to tell me what's best for me. Heat really isn't a big problem with my lights, I only need to move a little bit of air to prevent moisture buildup and it stinks really bad.

Basically I just need a little bit of airflow.

Here are my concerns:

1) Can I mount the carbon scrubber *inside* the hydrohut and have it on the intake end of the fan?

2) What brand/model of fan should I get?

a)
I am really picky about noise because I am in an apartment. It's legal for me to grow because of my medical condition but I'm paranoid.

b) I only need a little bit of air movement
 
redi jedi

redi jedi

Well-Known Member
mr.awesome said:
Hi,

I was wondering if someone could walk me through what I need to ventilate my 3x3 hydrohut. It's like 40 inches wide on each side and 7 feet tall. I'm running a 180W LED lamp and occassionally I'll turn on two 22 watt CFL bulbs for the light spectra the LED lamp misses. It's working great but that's because I only zip the tent up halfway!

I want to buy an inline exhaust fan and a charcoal filter but I don't trust the people at the shop to tell me what's best for me. Heat really isn't a big problem with my lights, I only need to move a little bit of air to prevent moisture buildup and it stinks really bad.

Basically I just need a little bit of airflow.

Here are my concerns:

1) Can I mount the carbon scrubber *inside* the hydrohut and have it on the intake end of the fan?

2) What brand/model of fan should I get?

a)
I am really picky about noise because I am in an apartment. It's legal for me to grow because of my medical condition but I'm paranoid.

b) I only need a little bit of air movement
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1- Yes, this would be fine, the fan could even be outside the tent if need be... Do not rigidly mount the fan, remove any mounting brackets and suspend the fan from the ceiling using bungee cords, rope, zip ties or anything of the sort.

2- as to brand...well...I use Can Fans? I have a 6" 440cfm and a 4" 178 cfm. The 4" is pretty quite and would be more than enough to do the job you need...There really isn't anything much smaller than this an I doubt much quieter?
 
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