fans in the canopy

rams

rams

ramtheory
Alright I need to put fans in the canopy can't afford the chiller. Anyone who has done a diy canopy please chime in. First things first where can I get the fans. Looking for the cheapest and most reliable. Fade I believe I heard you say you just stopped in radio shack which type size did you go with? Any help with info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
rams
 
I had the IceCap fans in my 75, they worked awesome. They have variable speed with a heat sensor. The warmer it gets the faster they spin.
 
Ram

I have 1 extra fan, you are more than welcome to have it. What I did was go to EPIC on Cave Springs (It is a computer place that refurbished PC's and they gave me 3 120MM fans. They are not the quietest but work great. Let me know if you want it.

Arlo
 
Dennis,

I have two fans that I don't need. When I get back to STL on sunday, I will take a look at them and see if I still have everything that goes w/ them.

-Jeremy
 
you can buy computer fans on ebay for fairly cheap, and pay the couple of extra bucks for teh quiet ones. And all you need is a $10 universal power adapter from walmart and the just direct wire it or wire a couple in parrallel.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7183015#post7183015 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Markk96
How warm did your tank get?
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87 ya mark I am sorry to say the nana and my awesome birdsnest went. Sucks! Wife would kill the lights when she heard the temp alarms. She was gone for the day when it happened. I can tell you one thing when I do my SPS dominant tank I will have a controller. :mad2:

thanks for the replies, I have some pc fans do they work off of 5v? just buy the adapter from radio shack or wherever?

Ice Caps are nice but come at a price. Would love to diy this one maybe kurt has some whole saws I can borrow. :D Lonnie's canopy gettin some big holes this week :thumbsup:
 
Jeremy shoot me a price probably won't be looking for parts till Monday, ARLO thanks for the offer, Mykayel thanks for the tip. :D
 
I used an $8 computer fan from CompUSA and an $8 variable voltage transformer from wal-mart. I can adjust the speed to control the noise.

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-Mike
 
where do you find the variable voltage transformers in Wal-mart?

thanks for the pic mike. :thumbsup:
 
thanks kurt I will be in touch,

ya chad I try to keep my tank at 82 swings to 84-85 with the MH on during the day. This past week when it got up in the 90s my tank was beeping before the lights even came on. Bought a fan to cool the sump this has helped a bit but my light cycle has changed to 11 to 8 in the morning after the house is cooled off a bit. Don't want to kick on the AC just yet to early. My tank has done wonderful until these early days of summer hit. :mad2: well learned my lesson and no sps corals upstairs.
 
There is a whole sale electronics place in westport that I was told had muffin fans cheap all sizes and voltages and decibles can't remember the name though.Also if you can figure out a way to mount them I've seen small squirrel cage fans for computers that move a lot of air and are ve
 
My tank never got that warm I had just bought a $10 clip on fan about 6" wide, from K-mart that I clipped to the back and blew accross the tank, it worked great!!
 
Here's a pic of what I have Dennis. It's everything you need to get them working. It has heat sensors has well....



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I'd like to get about $15 for them, or a frag...

Just let me know...

-Jeremy
 
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