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before i can start again i need a bigger better fan i noticed these fans are pricey but seem well worth the investment i just really cant find a good place with a decent price so im looking for help, something in the 465CFM range would be best......:thumbsup:
i dunno where you are, but every grower in the uk (that i know lol) seems to use RVK inline fans, they are powerfull and designed to work in negative pressure ducting, so no worries about that 4 meter duct you have on either end. reasonably quiet to. they come in a range of sizes from 4 in ch upwards, so thres one for every application.
i personally have found them to be easey to set up, reliable, and quiet ( provided some simple steps to elliminate vibration are used ) its not the fan itself that makes the noise its the vibration against whatever you mount it to.
they are available from many places, but this link shows most of the range.
i have the 8inch(i think) version, and its more than enough for my needs 4-8 plants, 1x400w hps
i could probably get away witha smaller one.
http://www.aquaculture-hydroponics.c...ts.aspx?sq=rvk
If your don't need to be stealthy....20" box fan $10 and 2000 cfm. Works great for me.
i'd like to know more about this 20$ fan, i paid 60$ for my inline duct.
Home Depot has a lot of different fans including the ones you're looking for
Invision, if you are wanting a centrifugal fan the best price I have found has been Maryland Hydroponics: $148 for a 6" 465cfm Vortex. They've got good prices on Can carbon filters too, and the cheapest cool tubes I have ever seen at $59.
Its just a standard box fan....every hardware store should have them. Well harder to find them in the winter.Quote:
Originally Posted by harris7
yeah i seen those fans at maryland hydro, do you think a squirrel cage fan would be just as good i seen a 465CFM for 89.99
Thats a pretty serious squirrel cage and not a bad price either. I'm not an expert on fans by any stretch but my experience so far has been that the centrifugal fans are better at dealing with negative back pressure (longer ductwork runs) than the squirrel cages which seem to be better at "pushing" air rather than pulling it. I have no clue why that is - maybe if I duct taped the hell outta my squirrel cage it would seal air leaks or something but I try to use about 15 feet of that flexible ducting crap and the squirrel cage is hardly pulling on the intake but has plenty of air output so it's getting in there somehow - I don't think all the ductwork helps it at all but my centrifugal fan has no problems with it...that thing moves some serious air.
So the bottom line is: how do you want to use it? Push: Squirrel cage is fine Pull: Centrifugal all the way.
i need it as a exhaust fan for my cab and maybe run a scrubber off it too, there may be 3 feet of duct work from the cab to the scrubber will this work the centrifugal fan is over 50.00 more i dont want to break my wallet to much.
I think with that short run it will work fine and give you some coin for more beans!