venting a 400 watt cooltube in a closet

THISguyy

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okay so i'm going to be putting the laides into flowering in a few weeks here and i recently just placed my order for a 400 watt hps with lumetek ballast with a 6" cooltube. My question is, will a 4" inline fan be enough to cool down the light (with duct reducers) as well as feed a carbon scrubber that will be inline with my exhaust? Or will it be necessary to upgrade to a 6"? My grow space is 4'x3'7'. any imput would be appreciated. (i'm also on a budget so lets keep that in consideration haha.) :mrgreen:
 

Budsmoker187

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I use a 6in vortex fan as my outtake and a 6in inline as intake in about a 2'Wx3'Lx8'H bathtub using a 400whps on a winged hood. Temps stay around 65ish when the lights are on. If i were u i would get maybe 2 inline fans at 6in or atleast a higher powered fan and a small inline fan.
 

THISguyy

Member
maybe a 6" inline fan for exhaust (and scrubber as well as venting for cooltube) and maybe 2 6" in-line duct booster fans for my intake into room?
 

mrmadcow

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cant say if it will work or not, best way to find out is to set it up & see
if it does't work & you are on a budget, 2 pc fans can work. 1 on intake & 1 on the exhaust w/out a carbon filter. just take fresh air from outside your grow and run it through the light & out the room. since the air never comes in contact w/ the plants, it wont pick up the smell so you dont need a filter. also keep ducts straight & short. I did this a few yrs ago w/ 3 feet of ducting and a sweeping 90 bend feeding to the light and about 6 feet straight out(all 4 in) on a 400 watt mh running 18 hr days without a problem. temps in the closet only went up about 3 degrees by the end of the day cycle. air was from basement so it was fairly cool (under 70).
 

Budsmoker187

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the inline fans are not very powerful. if you can seal your area well enough having one for exhaust and two for intake my work.
 
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