Before I blow anything up, how do I wire this!
- Thread starter jixan
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Honkeycorn
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Hi bud,
The third wire (yellow) is to be connected to a fan controller. It is not necessery though, if you only wire the red and black wires to the two from the power supply it will work, as long as the power supply you are using is the right voltage.
I currently use many sycthe silent 38mm thick 120mm fans in my growdrobe connected to a computer fan controller with is powered by a 550w computer power supply I modded to just be able to plug into a wall without a case button to turn on for power
Happy Growing!
The third wire (yellow) is to be connected to a fan controller. It is not necessery though, if you only wire the red and black wires to the two from the power supply it will work, as long as the power supply you are using is the right voltage.
I currently use many sycthe silent 38mm thick 120mm fans in my growdrobe connected to a computer fan controller with is powered by a 550w computer power supply I modded to just be able to plug into a wall without a case button to turn on for power
Happy Growing!
ValleGrown
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Red is power black is neutral
ValleGrown
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Connect accordingly
hoagtech
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he got it running already but thanks for your shit twice on top of it.
Heres one: plug the ac into the wall to power your fan on. It doesn't run unless its plugged in. Maybe I should've posted the second sentence in another comment.
triedntrue
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those are great fans.. i run like 6 of them and not one has died. quietest fan i could find as well
KevinSmith
Active Member
If you get a computer power supply you can power many on it instead of a bunch of plug transformers.
jixan
Active Member
I am working with limited space so I have found that this way would work best for me. I have 8 of these fan in total. I believe that I will be using 4 for intake and 4 for exhaust. I have two of they power supplies shown above so each set will have their own plug.
With an entire computer power supply I would have to use 200+ volts to power the PSU, here I only have to use 24V. (one adapter per set of fans)
Thanks for thinking of that though, I was initially going to just use a PSU.
The small 12V 1A power supplies were only $4 too, so win win in my opinion.
With an entire computer power supply I would have to use 200+ volts to power the PSU, here I only have to use 24V. (one adapter per set of fans)
Thanks for thinking of that though, I was initially going to just use a PSU.
The small 12V 1A power supplies were only $4 too, so win win in my opinion.
KevinSmith
Active Member
Nice! Just think about position of your fans so you don't create whirlwinds in there
You want a solid exchange of air to really benefit from them.
jixan
Active Member
Gotcha, I was planning on having 4 on the right side for intake and 4 on the left for exhaust. Due to the limited depth of the cabinet I belive I will try to place the 8 at about ground level (of the plants that is).
I have also thought potentially of putting the 4 exhaust at the top of the left of the cabinet instead of straight across from the other fans. this would cause the new air to be drawn up through the canopy and help to further introduce beneficial air to the plants. The only issue I can see with this is that the reflectors for the lights may not allow as much air flow as if the fans were directly across from one another.
The space between the fans will be about 30" if they are configured on the first potential setup up, being left and right that would allow the space to have additional air to be pulled in to the exhaust and not just cause a current of air flowing right in and out again
I would like to know what everyone else thinks, should I place the fans to the left and right of the plants, or have one set low and the other higher in the cabinet?
Thanks!
I have also thought potentially of putting the 4 exhaust at the top of the left of the cabinet instead of straight across from the other fans. this would cause the new air to be drawn up through the canopy and help to further introduce beneficial air to the plants. The only issue I can see with this is that the reflectors for the lights may not allow as much air flow as if the fans were directly across from one another.
The space between the fans will be about 30" if they are configured on the first potential setup up, being left and right that would allow the space to have additional air to be pulled in to the exhaust and not just cause a current of air flowing right in and out again
I would like to know what everyone else thinks, should I place the fans to the left and right of the plants, or have one set low and the other higher in the cabinet?
Thanks!
KevinSmith
Active Member
the usual standard is intake at bottom on one side and outlet on the opposite side on the top.
Reason being this will cause a flow through the cab. and that's what you want.
If they are 'inline' at the same height it will just pull air right across and not really change all the air. Just cause turbulence below with no heat exchange.
Reason being this will cause a flow through the cab. and that's what you want.
If they are 'inline' at the same height it will just pull air right across and not really change all the air. Just cause turbulence below with no heat exchange.
