Ventilation Fan Electrical Question

[Zero Revolt]

Hello guys and gals. I'm thinking about purchasing a bathroom extractor fan for my new grow space. Just moved to a new apartment not too long ago and there is no box near the grow space for me to wire it too. So I was going to buy a seperate 15 amp extension cord with the white,black and green ends and wire it so it will be able to run it off a plug-in socket. The thing is that I'm not sure if the fan will automatically come on plugged into the wall instead of the direct wiring way it was meant to be used. Any suggestions are greatly appriciated since I don't know jack about electrity wiring except splicing. Thank you in advance.

Zero Revolt Reviewed by Zero Revolt on 06-08-2005. Ventilation Fan Electrical Question Hello guys and gals. I'm thinking about purchasing a bathroom extractor fan for my new grow space. Just moved to a new apartment not too long ago and there is no box near the grow space for me to wire it too. So I was going to buy a seperate 15 amp extension cord with the white,black and green ends and wire it so it will be able to run it off a plug-in socket. The thing is that I'm not sure if the fan will automatically come on plugged into the wall instead of the direct wiring way it was meant Rating: 5

[HARDDON]

If you plug your extention cord into the wall outlet, and your fan is wired, then yes, the second you plug it in it will be juiced and on.

Wiring....

white to white
green to green
black to black

you have a new apartment....where are you going to extract the heat / smell to?

[PartypokerPlayer]

nice point harddon...i hate to see good ppl try to grow in an apt... nowhere to exaust the smell to so you know damn well were the grow ends up = (

[Zero Revolt]

Aha! You ask to where? I bought a new closet door already to replace the one I'm using right now. To exhaust the heat I cut a hole in the top of the door and added a vent to blow out the heat and smell but get this I have activated charcol inside a cheese cloth that I sewed into a bag and I just insert it into the vent tubing. The best thing is that it completly eliminates the smell of cannabis flowering and only slows the extractors power down by an almost unnoticable amount and it disperses all of the unwanted heat. As for the intake I cut a square 18"wide by 6"high and placed a eave vent cover over the hole to intake air. Next I placed a box fan in front of the door to push air inside the room. It works great all around. Oh i forgot to mention just to ensure there is no detectable odor I went to target and bought an item called True Air. It is a inexpensive odor control fan with a small filter inside. They are excellent for this purpose and you can buy a two pack for only $17.99. Hope I gave you apartment growers some help.

[High Voltage]

I just started using an OZN-Jr/ Ozone generator and Ionizer from General Hydroponics and if you can handle the $90 cost I would recommend it. I've tried different ways of masking the odors over the years and I finally decided to try a better solution. I just run it on automatic and it switches from ozone to ionizer on a pre-programmed cycle all by itself.
On a closet grow using 1000 watts and with buds drying in the adjoining room, I was pleased to see how well it works and there isn't any overkill on the ozone either. Before, the odor was strong enough that it was starting to spread out of the area, and now it's no longer there to be noticed.
So far it handles the 100 square foot area quite well (as advertized), but anything larger and you will need to go bigger or use more of the JR's.

[Zandor]

I have activated charcol inside a cheese cloth that I sewed into a bag and I just insert it into the vent tubing. The best thing is that it completly eliminates the smell of cannabis flowering and only slows the extractors power down by an almost unnoticable amount and it disperses all of the unwanted heat.

How many pounds are you using using? What is the area of coverage and how many Sqft you are growing in.

I'm a fan of active charcoal and I know it works. I have found that 15 pounds in 3 layers works great for up to 60 Sqft and 20-25 pounds works as well for up to several hundred Sqft. I'm still trying to figure out the pounds to-Sqft ratio that will work for all but the difference in several makers of Active Charcoal may be an issue. I'm still reacharing this if you have information you think would help; that would be great, thanks