Cool it down....
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d1hotblaze
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effective cooling methods
effective cooling methods
Actualy, what you guys are telling him to do is convection cooking...lol(not really helping at all). What you need to do is have a vent(intake) for fresh air to come in, and a fan or 2 exhausting the heat out the top(or sucking hot air out of the tank)...this way you are always pulling cool air over the surface of the water and never mixing hot and cool air within the tank.
effective cooling methods
Actualy, what you guys are telling him to do is convection cooking...lol(not really helping at all). What you need to do is have a vent(intake) for fresh air to come in, and a fan or 2 exhausting the heat out the top(or sucking hot air out of the tank)...this way you are always pulling cool air over the surface of the water and never mixing hot and cool air within the tank.
DiViNeLeFT
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i second what d1hotblaze said... fans work more efficiently at pulling air as opposed to pushing it. also placing two fans (one intake, one exhuast) doesnt help much since they are "inline" and only are able to push the ammount of air 1 of the fans is rated for. it is much more efficient use of two fans to have them both as exhaust fans and have a larger vent for intake.
d1hotblaze
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nice divine see im not crazy:loljavascript:smilie(':lol:')
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schristi69
Master of Space and Time
I would like to see the documentation on that. As long as you have a vent that allows the ari to exit at the same velocity coming in, there is no gain in efficiency. One method is with 2 fans running at the samd CFM. If you are pushing air into a chamber faster than it can vent, then yes, you will build up pressure in the chamber, decreasing flow to the velocity of the exiting air. So, have an exit big enough if you push air in or pull the air out. But then you get salt build up on the fan, decreasing its useful life.
Are you trying to say that by having fans blowing air in and venting through the top is detrimental???? no way! Redraw that cartoon to show a fan at the blue side to bring in cool ambient air and have a vent at the top venting hot air from the canopy and that is almost exactly what I have. If its so ineffiecient to have it set up this way, then whay does my tank DECREASE in temperature throughout the day?
d1hotblaze
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not detrimental, just less efficent
I will disagree.. but that is just me talking on my experience. As far as i am concerned there is no substitute for having a steady stream blowing across/on the water which leads to evaporative cooling (and gas exchange which is a good thing).
The moral of the story is, try it and see what works best for your application. (Mine works for me!)
The moral of the story is, try it and see what works best for your application. (Mine works for me!)
hooterhead
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who cares really?? try it one way. if you aren't pleased, try the other. just like blackdak said...just read it...
chocolateblnt
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wow ... cool down reefers!
DiViNeLeFT
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schristi69... if you dont believe me look at any CPU on a computer... the fan on the heatsink always pulls air away from the CPU, it doesnt blow air onto it.
DiViNeLeFT
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also in regards to placing fans inline. lets say you have two 80 CFM fans one intake, one exhaust. the max airflow through this setup would be 80 CFM. If you place both fans as exhaust fans with a vent for intake that is larger than the surface area of both fans you will be pulling 160 CFM out of the canopy. i guess i would be more concerned about getting the maximum airflow out of the fan rather than worrying about salt buildup ruining a $3 fan.
