Intake idea. opinions?

axeman916

Well-Known Member
Alright so im baked and an idea pops in my head. Im sure its veen done but ive nevrr seen it.

So ive got a 4x4 grow tent and it has two 6in intakea at the front lower corners. I first thought of was a simple inline fan blowing through one. Now im thinking wat if I run ducting around the inner walls just above the pots and poke holes as to point the air flow under the canopy and over the pots.a tower fan to circulate the air and a 6in maxfan as exaust. it will be run around a 16 plamt sog w 2gzl square pots.
just lookin for some input on weather ittl work or not or any added benefit from evening out the intake flow.
 

Green Troll

Active Member
That made about as much sense as Bush as president, but i think i know what you are saying. You want to duct your inlets so they are underneath your plants, so when your negative pressure pulls air in, it directly draws underneath your plants?

Couple of potential problems, if your outside ambient temperature gets cold, your intake air has no time to warm to the temp of your tent, which way flow the growth a bit of your plants. If you can control the outside ambient temp, then sure, go for it. Also control dust with some cut up tights and rubber bands to act as filters over the holes. You will need to make the holes large enough to be the overall surface area of the 2 x 6" intake holes, otherwise you are bottle necking your intake. I would suggest you get yourself a fan controller too, a 6" fan is a bit heavy duty for a 4x4 tent. I run a 5" in a 4x4 and it is a little OTT.

The general idea, especially since it is a ScrOG, is sound. It is important to get good air flow under your ScrOG, prevents mould. You could perhaps try a few 120mm PC fans sat pointing up under the canopy?
 
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