Anyone Help me with this cool tube question pls!

[turtle420]

thanks turtle...so you like your's huh? Sounds like you need more fan though...at least now we have a benchmark...now, if someone builds CT with bigger fan, such as above, we can eventually come to a cfm, that makes BAKE-A-ROUND cooltube 'COOL' to the touch.lw

Hey LateWood,

As you so kindly suggest, now we've got a "benchmark" to the lowest possible CFM rating for a cool tube. So, anybody that's a cheap MoFo (like me), can use 90CFM. lol !!!

I want to upgrade my fan... maybe something around the 200's CFM. Less than 300CFM. It would use that fan to cool the cool tube, and the ballast. Something I'm thinking: If I get that bigger fan, I can get a dimmer switch... then, "dim" the fan until I find out what speed (aprox CFM) will the cool tube be, um, "Cool".

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Buk,
A 465CFM fan? Dude, you'll be set with that thing. No doubt. I don't know about the noise, but it'll definitely exhaust your room. For NVH (Noise, Vibration, Harshness), you could install the fan inside a box, and hold it down with bungee cords or something similar. ???

Best everybody,

-turtle420
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