Need Help

[marcaka]

I am inclined with some things... such as the inline fan and carbon filter... I have just used a small fan previously.... but now I have a nice little room 4x4' Mylar HYDROPONIC GROW TENT 48x48x76 HYDRO BOX HUT. It has places for ducting to come in and I think I put it together right.... ANYONE WHO HAS ONE PLEASE PLACE INPUT--- I have the flat bar going across the top from left to right and the bar with the little bump going from back to front... I am not sure what the other 2 bars are for because they are so far apart... BACK TO MY QUESTION HOWEVER.... CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME THE PROS TO THE INTAKE WITH CARBON FILTER, AND WILL MY 400W HPS HANG FROM IT? IS IT BAD TO NOT HAVE AN INLINE FAN? AND JUST AN OSCULATING FAN INSIDE? PLEASE HELP

[maro69camaro]

I am inclined with some things... such as the inline fan and carbon filter... I have just used a small fan previously.... but now I have a nice little room 4x4' Mylar HYDROPONIC GROW TENT 48x48x76 HYDRO BOX HUT. It has places for ducting to come in and I think I put it together right.... ANYONE WHO HAS ONE PLEASE PLACE INPUT--- I have the flat bar going across the top from left to right and the bar with the little bump going from back to front... I am not sure what the other 2 bars are for because they are so far apart... BACK TO MY QUESTION HOWEVER.... CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME THE PROS TO THE INTAKE WITH CARBON FILTER, AND WILL MY 400W HPS HANG FROM IT? IS IT BAD TO NOT HAVE AN INLINE FAN? AND JUST AN OSCULATING FAN INSIDE? PLEASE HELP

the bars are just for bracing for if you want to mount the blower and filter in the tent up top. i have my blower and filter out side the tent and am blowing into the carbon filter. yes i know they are made to suck thru but i dont want to give up the room in the tent. the intake air really dont need to be carbon but hepa filter would be best. you just want to keep all spores, dirt, and bugs out of the tent. have the out going air go thru the carbon filter to kill the smell. the tents have no problem holding 50 lbs or more. i had a built in ballist hood hanging in one for my first grow. i also dont run a lnline fan on the tents. the sides of the walls will suck in a bit depending on the out going blower but mine is exchanging the air three times a min in my set up so it pulls in a little but thats what keeps the smell from getting out. just put a filter on the inlet and blower and carbon on the out. then i got two small osculating fan in the tent. let me know if you got anymore?:thumbsup:

[marcaka]

So if i got a HEPA filter and put it inside the tent with my osculating fans I should be alright?? how do you pull your air out to go through the carbon filter without having an inline fan?? I am just confused on the setup.
From what you say... I dont need an inline fan? I only need a HEPA filter in my tent? and then the carbon filter on the outside? just how does the air get to the carbon filter? Im confused about the blower?

[maro69camaro]

lol blower is the inline fan. put the hepa filter on your inlet and then on the outlet put the inline fan blowing in to the carbon filter.

[marcaka]

hmmm ok starting to come together haha.. sorry I have a hard time picturing it. So have the inline fan in the tent hooked to ducting taking the air out and into the carbon filter?? and then you have another inline bringing air in???

[maro69camaro]

hmmm ok starting to come together haha.. sorry I have a hard time picturing it. So have the inline fan in the tent hooked to ducting taking the air out and into the carbon filter?? and then you have another inline bringing air in???

yes but i dont run a inlet blower so the one sucking everything out will keep smells from leaking out anywhere. dont want no one smelling them before it time to :jointsmile: this is how they say to do it.

[marcaka]

thanks that diagram def helps me see what the hell is up.... i def get it now.... i think haha... smoked one too many i guess... is the hepa filter connected to anything? like ducting? and then to an inline fan? or is it just hanging out outside the tent?? the carbon filter---inline fan----ducting--outlet is that how it goes?

[marcaka]

i dont see any hepa filters that look anything like it would connect to a 4 or 6in ducting to hook an inline up to...

[maro69camaro]

Paradigm Gardens :: New Products :: Organic Air HEPA Filters (http://www.paradigmgardens.com/hydroponicstore/store/product.php?productid=2453&cat=184&page=1)
ask and you shell recive you could add a small peace of ducting or anything really. just make sure it can flow the cfm you inline fan can move, if not add a second inlet.:thumbsup:

[marcaka]

hey thanks a lot... thats def cool as hell and I think i get it... if you look at the grow tent on that site it is similar to what i have... i have 2 exhaust and i intake in it.... so i will put that hepa filter from that site you had, inside the outlet sleeve? and connect the inline fan to it with ducting? with air moving into the growtent?

[maro69camaro]

hey thanks a lot... thats def cool as hell and I think i get it... if you look at the grow tent on that site it is similar to what i have... i have 2 exhaust and i intake in it.... so i will put that hepa filter from that site you had, inside the outlet sleeve? and connect the inline fan to it with ducting? with air moving into the growtent?

put the hepa on the inlet then hang the carbon filter and blower in the top of the tent. suck the air thru the carbon filter, and run the duct from the inline to out of the room. you want to suck the air out of the tent. the hepa filter is just the keep dirt, spores, and as many pest as you can.

[marcaka]

I REALLY appreciate all of your input you def are making the whole inline exhausting and shit make sense. just another question more bc i just have no idea... the hepa filter... will it just sit in the little inlet sleeve? or will i need to support it somehow?? not sure how heavy it is and everything.... also the website with the filter you posted... is that the whole hepa filter??? you just add an inline fan to it?

[maro69camaro]

the filters come ready to connect to any 4" or 6" inlet, in your case just slip the inlet sleeve over it and tie the ties. im sure you can just have it hang there just make sure you have good air flow around it.