Hooking up carbon filter to cooltube

Oi, this is what I was hoping my setup could be. Is it efficient and is this the proper way to hook up a cool tube?

Basically I want to hook up the carbon filter to one end of the tube, duct, then have the fan on the outside. Here is a picture so you can hopefully clearly get the idea. Is this the way to go about it? I'm going to be running a 6'' inline fan/filter combo from GrowBright being purchased from HTG Supply. Also, this picture http://htgsupply.com/Files/Products/6inch_Combo_Specs.jpg states that "each fan filter combo should be separated by a 6'' piece of ducting" Is this true? Does it have to be done? Obviously having to attach a bit of ducting would be troublesome if I was wanting to hook up the carbon filter directly to one side of the cool tube.

afoaf has it this way. except there is like a foot between the filter and hood. afoaf isn't sure why you'd have to have 6" of ducting except to allow some flexibility. as long as the fan is pulling the correct cfm for the filter it shouldn't matter.

Just remember that your cool tube space will slow or slightly restrict your airflow and that in combo with having a carbon filter starting to plug up will start to eat away cfm or air exchange so keep in mind that with a fan controller you can always turn your inline fan down but you can't turn it up higher than its rated without buying a new inline fan. I guess all I'm saying is its better to have more cfm when adding things like: a cool tube, a second cool tube, carbon filter, and ducting and a muffler, and have room to expand than barely have enough air exchange... well you get the point.

oi, so basically I have a 400 dollar budget. I -might- be able to go up to 500.00 but that would push me back another month to get the rest of the things needed, digital hygrometer, an additional circulation fan,etc.

These are the two items im getting

http://www.htgsupply.com/Product-Lumatek- 400w-Digital-HPS-Grow-Light
http://www.htgsupply.com/Product-A-GrowBright-6in-Inline-Fan-&-Carbon-Filter-Combo

But this puts me at 512.00 w/shipping

Now I added the straight 6 cooltube to it adding 35.00. But using the standard reflector it comes with takes off that money. Would it be possible to only downgrade the 6 inch to a 4 inch inline fan but just use the reflector that comes with it saving me an additional 35 bucks without having to worry about heat? I obviously went with the cooltube for heat issues.

I have a window AC unit on 24/7. Brand new, and a 6400 btu. The closet runs at the same temperature as my room. I can keep my room 68-70 degrees during the summer no problem. I'd also have a 6,10,12'' fan or whatever blowing just on the bulb/reflector itself with another fan circulating air.

However I would eventually be switching to a tent (about 2-3 grows later) so I'm not sure if having a tent would actually affect the ambient temperature of the room and making it harder to keep cool.

Would I have heat issues with a 400 watt if I downgraded to a 4 inch inline fan and no cool tube?

As far as the ballast is concerned. I don't know what im looking for as far as brands go. The bad thing about greners and HTG supply is not only do they have "top sold items" but no review type system either..Basically I want to find a sweet spot between low and high quality, a little bit higher than middle of low/high quality.

So are there ballasts/grow light kits out there that isn't as expensive as a lumtatek but still good quality. I'm wanting to cover all my bases and research as much as I can before I put the order in.

Variables such as ambient temp.With an ambient temp of 70°F and a 4" 170cfm inline centrifugal exhaust fan,no carbon filter,minimal to no bends in the ducting run and you're looking at a t-diff of 10°F-12°F above ambient during lights on...so 80°F-82°F

But add a carbon filter,bends in ducting and you are looking at an even greater t-diff.

6" inline centrifugal + 6" carbon filter,minimum to no bends in ducting and you're looking at about 6°F t-diff.

Read ventilation 101 people!

K welp, back to the 6'' fan and lumatek. FML, I'll need to wait a month and a half to get the rest of the items. Oh well, better to do it right the first time around.

The carbon filter - what is it purpose in this grow?

Is it to filter air that is coming into the tent or to filter the smell coming out of the tent ?