garretsoccer2
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Hello all, I was just curious as to what type of fans everyone is running on their set-ups. I was thinking of adding some, what does everyone suggest? Thanks.
Cooling Fans?
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Haddonisreef
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On my cube i have a 4 in computer fan
46bow i have a 8in desk fan
16bow dont use one
And also thanks again for getting that 29 out of my house!
46bow i have a 8in desk fan
16bow dont use one
And also thanks again for getting that 29 out of my house!
Haddonisreef
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roguemonk
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The larger (120 mm ~ 4.5 inch) fans appear to be about five times more expensive, or more, than the 80 mm varieties, and they move only about twice as much air. So if you want to economize it might be good to get one of the bulk orders of smaller fans and use more of them. You can get ten 80 mm fans for less than $20.00 shipped on ebay.
I haven't finished any of my projects, so I can't testify to the success of my plan, but I think I'm going to use two of the small fans on each of the MH fixtures in my canopy, to keep them cool, and then move air both in and out of the canopy with two or more as well. I've cannibalized several 12 V DC transformers from light fixtures and bought one on ebay to support this (depending on the rating of the transformer it may only be able to support one, two, or five of the fans, which each pull about 110 mA).
It may be days or weeks before I have time to implement this (to replace the larger fans I'm running in the meantime).
FWIW,
Brad
I haven't finished any of my projects, so I can't testify to the success of my plan, but I think I'm going to use two of the small fans on each of the MH fixtures in my canopy, to keep them cool, and then move air both in and out of the canopy with two or more as well. I've cannibalized several 12 V DC transformers from light fixtures and bought one on ebay to support this (depending on the rating of the transformer it may only be able to support one, two, or five of the fans, which each pull about 110 mA).
It may be days or weeks before I have time to implement this (to replace the larger fans I'm running in the meantime).
FWIW,
Brad
stugray
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I have a $5 wlmart clip on fan on my sump running 24/7
In my display hood, I have two icecap fans which I prefer over the computer fans. They have temp sensing so when the tank gets hot, they crank up to max. I like it becasue it is an audible warning that it's getting warm.
Stu
In my display hood, I have two icecap fans which I prefer over the computer fans. They have temp sensing so when the tank gets hot, they crank up to max. I like it becasue it is an audible warning that it's getting warm.
Stu
