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[Bree1978]

I forgot to add that I do not have a glass cover on the hood as of yet...snowed in ......But will have one cut soon. Does this affect anything temp wise, or worthless?

Thanks again, :jointsmile: Bree

[Tokudai]

Heya bree - I totally understand about the budget thing. Nothing worse than buying something insufficient and then having to get ANOTHER one. If I could count how many times... ok nevermind

Glass will cut down the lumens from the light a little, but will definitely help with the air cooling of that hood - I would highly recommend it. I even use a glass cover on my 150W/70W DS fixture, and I can almost touch the bulbs with no fan on em.

The main issue is exactly how much room you have and how you want to run vents. To just cool the light alone and not worry about smell, then you need the intake and the exhaust of the fan to be outside the room - that way the outside non smelly air cools the light, and leaves, still non smelly just warmer. Since the cooling air never touches the buds, this can work. This is the ideal solution when using CO2 also, as you can leave the fan on the lamp constantly and it is still a "sealed" room. A little tricky to hook up for most locations though, and a bit overkill for not using C02

A carbon scrubber on one end keeps you from having to have a clean, direct intake source, but will increase the amount of fan needed. You'll also want to use a bit bigger materials when making it, to make sure it doesn't choke the fan. In my bloomroom the route goes filter-fan-light-out. Intake to the room is passive.The fan sucks through the filter and then blows the de-stinkified air through the cooltube and out the roof. This wouldn't work for a C02 setup though.

A larger fan will always be better, because you can adjust the voltage to it with a rheostat to make it turn slower, moving less air, but a lot quieter. Also if you find you need more fan , then adjusting the rheostat will increase the fan speed. It's easier to make a larger fan move less air by underdriving it than the reverse. Plus when you are using "too much fan" then the routing, 90 degree bends and dryer hose won't make that much of a difference

With your room size and if you are not going with C02 anytime soon, then the Dayton 465 should cover everything you need for light cooling and odor control when you add a scrubber onto the end of it. The ionic breeze does not work that well when fully in bloom, they just get overwhelmed from my experiences. Great for a mother/veg/clone room though. With the Dayton you will also need some flanges to route the flow, as its a rectangular outlet.

Here is the cheapest I have found the Dayton 465 for - 96 bucks! Compare that to 140ish at specialty "indoor" shops

Grainger Dayton 465 cfm

Of course with grainger it must be mail ordered unless they have a pickup location near you - but they are an industrial supply co and it shouldn't raise any red flags. Hope this helps a little and let me know if I can be of more assistance. Good luck!