Did I just fry my hood fan ?

ogreballerina

Well-Known Member
When I went into my grow room about an hour ago, I noticed the hood fan was not running and it was actually frosted on the bottom of the fan housing and moisture galore dripped from the outside of the hose. ( From the Bathroom in take all the way to way to the fan housing..maybe 5 feet. )

Bathroom intake is under an awning about 6 feet from any water source and too high and dry for any splashing. The whole area around the intake was nice and dry...and it has a shield to protect from any horizontal rain / snow attack.

It was snowing / raining for awhile today and the inlet pipe was freezing actually had to turn the heat on.

Waited for a few minutes after unplugging and removing ducting and checking fan housing for any sight of internal water damage....just seemed to affect the outside but the fan still stopped ?
It was maybe an hour before I noticed the stoppage since the last time I was back there messing around and it was running then. But who knows what happened in that hour ?

Inside of ducting and fan housing seem to be nice and dry and no water got to the light maybe another 2 feet away ( All I need is a 1000 watt exploding..lol )

Anyway after waiting I plugged it back in ... it started up !

I just checked it for a second in case there was any moisture I missed...but it seemed to be running fine.

I have it off now until I can look at it more closely tomorrow ( And I need help taking it down and disassembling it )

Lights off...gave them a nice bath to make up for the heat wave...was almost 90 f...just that quick ! From 72 to 90 in a blink of an eye..no to mention the RH.

Also making a window box so I can divert intake from outside to inside on days like these.
Cold and humid.

I'm not sure about the fan though...seemed to work when I tested it...but I don't like taking chances.

Would ice freeze it up ?

Light is off until 3pm tomorrow so I can have friend take a look at it and help me reduct it if it does indeed still work right.

Maybe it has a reset or something ?

Electronics that stop without me knowing why make me nervous.
 

TheDude0007

Active Member
All I know is that water can follow a trail. You only need a very small trickle to start down your pipe and more will follow. That is why it is so hard to find a roof leak, the stain in the ceiling is always far away from the leak source. Good luck man, seems like you have a slight problem to sort out :-)
 

ogreballerina

Well-Known Member
It turned out to be just ice build up..perfect conditions of humidity and cold.

Ran a bypass duct so I can open and close the hood fan ducting to inside air or outside air or combination of both. Combination is working best..not too cold but cold enough to cool the light.

I live at almost 9000 feet so it might be sunny and warm one day and two feet of snow the next.

Got it fixed. Fan seems to be running fine.
 
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