Question about fans...

[trynagethigh]

I happen to come across an almost new humidifier unit for free:thumbsup::thumbsup: that had this blower motor in it. As luck would have it I am in need of free:thumbsup: shit to finish this cabinet I am working on. It will fit perfectly after some slight fan housing and cabinet mods. The way I am figuring, this assy can mount to the top of the cabinet thus using the top of the cabinet as one of the housing walls. The motor hangs down so that the hot air can be sucked up, thus cooling the motor as well, and then blown out the back of the cabinet from the exit port on the housing. My question is will this be enough in a cabinet that is 30 inches wide 16 inches deep and 50 inches tall. I will be running 6 26watt 5000K cfls on 2-4 plants for vegetation and 12 26 watt cfls at 3000K for flowering.

pic1 is the blower itself. This is the side that will be against the top of the cabinet. The fan itself is about 10" in diameter, has no cfm rating on it, but by just spinning it with my hand its kickin some air out big time. I also plan on wiring in a rheostat to control the motor speed.The exit port is at the top left corner area of the blower and will need to be modified (cabinet cut) to make the vent to exhaust.

pic2 is the bottom part of the motor that will hang down, the heated air will get sucked up into the blower and i will have to make an exit port on the back of the cabinet. Secondly i would also like to come up with some sort of carbon scrubber screen to cover the bottom part of the motor so the air gets scrubbed as its being pulled into the blower.

pic3 i need some help on. does anyone know what all these colors are for on the blower. Its 110v so without tinkering around with applying live voltage which 2 colors do i use?...LOL. I really hate to have to go tapping wires to see what works and what doesnt. Opinions please....

trynagethigh Reviewed by trynagethigh on 08-25-2007. Question about fans... I happen to come across an almost new humidifier unit for free:thumbsup::thumbsup: that had this blower motor in it. As luck would have it I am in need of free:thumbsup: shit to finish this cabinet I am working on. It will fit perfectly after some slight fan housing and cabinet mods. The way I am figuring, this assy can mount to the top of the cabinet thus using the top of the cabinet as one of the housing walls. The motor hangs down so that the hot air can be sucked up, thus cooling the motor Rating: 5

[BongHitBoy420]

Multimeter? Should be able to determind ground vs +/-

[trynagethigh]

damn didnt even think of that..thanks

[BongHitBoy420]

welcome

[trynagethigh]

damn that fan needs a capacitor to start and run. I am not tryna figure out the wiring so i said fuck it and took an old microwave apart and behold...an exhaust fan, not the biggest,4", but it should do for now...always a friggin problem with something. This fan has two outputs for exhaust so now i need to block one off.