A question about heat and fans

willhelm

Member
Ok so this is first indoor grow and am starting to get all my stuff organised. Chamber is 175cm x 105cm x 55cm. Question is this haw big a fan will I need to empty chamber and if im running a 400 HPS will I need a vented cool tube or would this be a bit of over kill.

Edit: Also with the tube will this then mean I need 2 fans (an intake and blower) as I have read that its not good to suck air from tube into fan as this can cause heat biuld up in fan and cause fire or is that a load of crap
 

PlutonicChronic

Well-Known Member
My grow space is alot bigger prob 6x6ft. but I'm trying to figure out the same thing. How much cooling should a 400 watt hps need.... I was looking into squirrel cage fans but prices vary widely depending on cfms.

I do know that if you are pushing air through a filter squirrel cages fans are good for working under a load. Anyone have advise on amount of CFM's required to cool a 400 watt grow room sufficiently(pushing thru homemade filter into another room)? Is it as simple as adding up the cubic feet of grow space and finding a fan that matches that number in CFM?
I know I've read somewhere a formula for figuring out how much CFMs u should need for a grow space while pushing through a carbon filter, but that should vary depending on type of lights... in this case 400 watt hps.
 

robtoker

New Member
400 watters get really hot cool tube istheway to go just get a couple good squirel cage fansor something
 
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