Well i went and bought an adapter and i'm very disapointed. When i hook up two pc fans and turn it to 12 volts it barely moves any air... I don't see how you guys hook up 6 fans to a single adapter.
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Well i went and bought an adapter and i'm very disapointed. When i hook up two pc fans and turn it to 12 volts it barely moves any air... I don't see how you guys hook up 6 fans to a single adapter.
Hmm... that is odd. I cooled a 70w HPS cabinet for years using only 2 12v computer fans. The must be something wrong. Mismatched voltage, or maybe your adapter is running short in the milliamp department (maybe it is a cellphone charger or a trickle charger). Or maybe you were expecting hurricane for winds out of a couple small fans? Try a different adapter.
It's ood because it says 1300mA, but then i found an older phone adapter laying around the house that is 12V and 500mA and it blows stronger than the 1300mA one.
buy these 115volt , 81cfm, quiet, computer fans, http://www.coolerguys.com/840556026389.html ... and be done with all that adapter crap ... I have one, and it is very heavy-duty, seems like it will last a long time ... :smokin:
I like those 115v fans myself, and use one in each of two small cabinets. They've been working great, for quite a while. I tried that computer fan wiring shit too, but that just didn't work out well for me, so I got those ones that just plug in. I like simplicity!
Well i've figured out how to wire the fans fairly well just wish i didn't spend the money on that weak adapter as i don't even need it.
Yesterday i had one exhaust fan running and temps went to around 93F i just installed a second exhaust and i'm going to run it for an hour and see what the temps do.
Yeah let us know how those fans work out???
Well temps are down to about 89F I still need to add a nice inlet... i'm gonna mess around some more and see what i can come up with.
Ok today ambient air temps was cooler and so was the cabinet. I've measured it a couple times and it seems to be staying around 79F. So i still need to make a decent inlet and add a ciculation fan inside the cab. That will come tomorrow, i should also have pics soon.
Has any one had the problem of their week old seedlings falling over and the stem being bent? Two out of three have done that to me, but i recently taped them to a toothpick to keep them up right, but the stems are pretty bent. I'm hoping the nutrients can get through and they live. Other temps have been good.
I had that happen with a seedling. I propped it up vertically, and it's doing fine now. Not sure what made it bend and fall over like it did.
just remember, if those plants were outdoors, they would be about 100 degrees today ... :D