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Gro-n-again

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A topic that rarely gets mentioned here...quality fans.

I've abandoned the "grow room" in favor of tents in order to get better environmental control. Seems pretty straightforward with the exception of finding good quality circulation fans. With the brief reading I've done here and on Amazon's reviews....They're all garbage!

There's great tents, exhaust fans and lights...how have fans slipped by?

Originally intended to buy the acinfinity fans but the reviews are terrible. Help me out here folks. Which is the right path, "cheap and replaceable" or "buy once cry once"?

And Which is Which, what works for you, what's out there?

Discuss
 
MtRainDog

MtRainDog

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Gro-n-again said:
A topic that rarely gets mentioned here...quality fans.

I've abandoned the "grow room" in favor of tents in order to get better environmental control. Seems pretty straightforward with the exception of finding good quality circulation fans. With the brief reading I've done here and on Amazon's reviews....They're all garbage!

There's great tents, exhaust fans and lights...how have fans slipped by?

Originally intended to buy the acinfinity fans but the reviews are terrible. Help me out here folks. Which is the right path, "cheap and replaceable" or "buy once cry once"?

And Which is Which, what works for you, what's out there?

Discuss
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They're hit or miss, regardless of brand. I've used them all. Some last a long time, some crap out quickly. You hit the nail on the head with "cheap and replaceable".
 
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Instape

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I use PC fans (140mm) ,some attached to a frame in banks of 3/4 and singles hanging throughout the tent,only .25 watts per fan and they can be run through a cheap speed control. Certainly works in my small scale setups 1.2m(4'x4') tent. They seem less inclined to " go on fire" than the clip on variety.
 
coreywebster

coreywebster

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Instape said:
I use PC fans (140mm) ,some attached to a frame in banks of 3/4 and singles hanging throughout the tent,only .25 watts per fan and they can be run through a cheap speed control. Certainly works in my small scale setups 1.2m(4'x4') tent. They seem less inclined to " go on fire" than the clip on variety.
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Done that myself too in various spaces.

They are lovely quiet
 
coreywebster

coreywebster

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Gro-n-again said:
A topic that rarely gets mentioned here...quality fans.

I've abandoned the "grow room" in favor of tents in order to get better environmental control. Seems pretty straightforward with the exception of finding good quality circulation fans. With the brief reading I've done here and on Amazon's reviews....They're all garbage!

There's great tents, exhaust fans and lights...how have fans slipped by?

Originally intended to buy the acinfinity fans but the reviews are terrible. Help me out here folks. Which is the right path, "cheap and replaceable" or "buy once cry once"?

And Which is Which, what works for you, what's out there?

Discuss
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So I've used tower fans and pedestal fans and don't like the space they take up ..
Used many clips on fans and most vibrate or just don't last long .

I have an ac infinity which I recently got, like 3 or 4 month ago and I do like it but I'd need 4 or 5 in an 8x4 tent..

What I do like and is my go to is 16" wall mounted oscillating fans which I make a plate for and mount to the ceiling central.

They are powerful and one in the middle creates a good breeze across the whole canopy.

Now there's negatives, they eat up a bit of space but that's dead space to me anyway because I always gave at least an 8" filter one side in top corner. Then my lights hang and the fan sits between the lights. It also blows across all the heat sinks.

Ive had a few conk out on me after maybe two years of use, but fans aren't really made to be in grow spaces.
You can service them and they will last longer.

These cost about £25 - £30 to buy.

One thing though, don't buy ones with remote controls because if you ever had a power cut for a few minutes and didn't know about it your fan won't come back on. Learned that the hard way.

So go for analog fans with a pull string which switches between 3 speeds and controls oscillation
 
iggy097

iggy097

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My Lil Blizzard fans have lasted a couple years now. My new AC infinity fan has already started hitching after a month or so.
 
CaptainCAVEMAN

CaptainCAVEMAN

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I use these and point it at the tent walls. I have 3 in a 4x4 and the plants are dancing pretty well.
I buy 4 or 6 at a time, some last years others months.

Not this brand just this style. The brand is whichever is cheapest.
 
HydroKid239

HydroKid239

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coreywebster said:
So I've used tower fans and pedestal fans and don't like the space they take up ..
Used many clips on fans and most vibrate or just don't last long .

I have an ac infinity which I recently got, like 3 or 4 month ago and I do like it but I'd need 4 or 5 in an 8x4 tent..

What I do like and is my go to is 16" wall mounted oscillating fans which I make a plate for and mount to the ceiling central.

They are powerful and one in the middle creates a good breeze across the whole canopy.

Now there's negatives, they eat up a bit of space but that's dead space to me anyway because I always gave at least an 8" filter one side in top corner. Then my lights hang and the fan sits between the lights. It also blows across all the heat sinks.

Ive had a few conk out on me after maybe two years of use, but fans aren't really made to be in grow spaces.
You can service them and they will last longer.

These cost about £25 - £30 to buy.

One thing though, don't buy ones with remote controls because if you ever had a power cut for a few minutes and didn't know about it your fan won't come back on. Learned that the hard way.

So go for analog fans with a pull string which switches between 3 speeds and controls oscillation
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I had a tower fan standing in the tent until it just became a nuisance on potential plant real estate. Since I’ve had it in use the fan no longer oscillates, so I took it off the stand & now it hangs. 1AB95A9C-9D3E-478B-ADAF-3344BC1DB0EA.jpeg
 
Hollatchaboy

Hollatchaboy

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If you're talking about clip on fans, they're just like anything else. Take care of them, keep em clean, and they should last a while.
 
420 Garden

420 Garden

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16 inch Walmart. 1 on top for canopy and 1 at floor of tent gets it done for me. Runs 24/7 oscillating fans.
 
Laughing Grass

Laughing Grass

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OneHitDone said:
Won't be long till the clicking sets in :peace:
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In the manual it says you should not have it oscillating for more than 18 hours in a 24 hour period. I have my main cabinet set to cycle on for 45 mins off for 15 and they alternate so there's always a fan on. In my clone cabinet oscillating is turned off and it's running on 1 so it's barely a breeze. I consider circulation fans a consumable that need be replaced from time to time.
 
MissinThe90’sStrains

MissinThe90’sStrains

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Cheap electronics can be fire traps. Running multiple high-failure products at the same time seems like a heavily-calculated risk to me. I don’t like any sentence that has both “consumable” and “electronics“ in it. The state in which I live also massively sucks balls, so getting caught is a bigger deal. Fires bring police too.
 
Laughing Grass

Laughing Grass

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MissinThe90’sStrains said:
Cheap electronics can be fire traps. Running multiple high-failure products at the same time seems like a heavily-calculated risk to me. I don’t like any sentence that has both “consumable” and “electronics“ in it. The state in which I live also massively sucks balls, so getting caught is a bigger deal. Fires bring police too.
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Every piece of electronics has an MTBF
 
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