Club 600

bassman999

bassman999

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I got a speed bully from local hydro store for $20
POS...came in one day while it was set to half or so, and it failed on me.
I opened it up, and it had a terrible cold solder joint that came off.
It was 108* in my tent when I noticed.
 
budolskie

budolskie

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flaming pie its about 2 or 3 inch away from glass tube the closest buds, but they get swapped around every watering so front ones get moved to back and so on every watering
 
jigfresh

jigfresh

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Nice view Bob. Wasn't the sky yesterday afternoon something else. It was from my view at least.

Here's some video veg action.

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Javadog

Javadog

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Flaming Pie said:
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Yes, that is the one. It works great.

jigfresh said:
I got that one. I didn't work on my fan. :(
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This had to do with the fan and not the controller.

I found that my Whisperline did not like scaling down at all either.
It seemed to ignore the controller until I turned it down to
near the end of its range and then the operation jumped down.

I am not sure what is going on, but I do not think that a different
motor speed controller would solve that problem.

Good luck,

JD
 
FuckJeffGoldbloom

FuckJeffGoldbloom

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Flaming Pie said:
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I wouldn't recommend something like that it will hurt the life of your fan, and not save any electric. And usually they will not work on a real inline fan, they are made for the little in duct inline fans you see at home depot for 25 bucks...

You need something such as this http://www.amazon.com/Variac-Variable-Transformer-300va-Output/dp/B006NGI8VS

A variable transformer is the best thing to use, It will lower the actual wattage going to the fan, not just the speed. Speed controllers are hurtful to the lifespan of any inline fan, plus with a variac you will save money by lowering the amps being used so less electric. With a controller they are just lowering the speed, not the actual electric.

I use mine to really dial in to temps. and at night when i don't need as much negative pressure, i lower it some more, save more electric...

FJG
 
jigfresh

jigfresh

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Right on Fuck. Haha, sounds funny saying that. I always wondered what people used aside from the one I got. I seen some that are over $100. In fact, just read a thread the guy paid $120 for a fan speed controller. Yikes. $50 ain't too bad. Might have to pick something like that up and put the big fan back in the closet. I swapped my 6" 435 cfm fan out recently for a 50 cfm bathroom fan. Would have been nice to just dial back the big one.

And yeah JD, I figured it was the cheap controller and not the cheap fan lol. :) I usually surprised when cheap things work, instead of being annoyed when they don't.
 
Javadog

Javadog

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Fuck is on it. Listen to him. :0)

I do use el cheapo (practically my knickname ;0) with my
laminar flow hood and so I know that they work fine with
some fans. (that is a 465 cfm squirrel cage fan)

Also that they do not mesh with all circuits, as I have seen.

Those are not nearly as expensive as I expected when I first
saw their photo....added to Wishlist.

JD
 
HydroGp

HydroGp

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I think this is the best buy ive made for my grow room. Back from Christiania. Smoking sorcerers mix :) kashmeere and maroc in a blend of ultra lemon haze :D
No more work for me this year. Off to some classes. Nice able to smoke all day :D
 
supchaka

supchaka

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Flaming Pie said:
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jigfresh said:
I got that one. I didn't work on my fan. :(
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Mines been working fine ever since my room was set up and I'm on like my 4th grow in there. My filter however is starting to let stink thru. When I run just the 600, I'm able to turn the speed down to nearly nothing. When I added the 1k I had to increase the fan to full speed to keep the AC from coming on too frequently. Any time I make an environmental change in my room I reset the kill-a-watt that my AC is plugged into and then over a couple days I can see whats really happening as opposed to trying to sit in the room and "witness" it which is impossible really.

I've used 2 fans with the controller, both 6" inline 435cfm. The first fan had an issue where if the fan wasn't on full speed it had a lot of vibration and was noisy (cheap fan, not very balanced) It worked but I didnt like the extra noise. The fan I use currently didnt make any extra noises at different speeds.
 
bassman999

bassman999

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I have the cheapo as well, and works fine after I took it apart and re-soldered the connection.
The cheapos vary the frequency not the voltage, and the good ones the voltage.
My Active air fans dont mind the cheapo, but the Valueline will burn out I have heard.
I want to try that variable voltage controller
 
bassman999

bassman999

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The problem with variable frequency as opposed to voltage is that the motor loses ability to cool itself as full voltage is there but blades arent pulling much air to cool it off
 
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