Thanks for the help. +rep
I have no odor problems but I have to be carefull of mites. Will the 3-M furnace filter keep them out? In this cold they're likely to follow the source of the heat right into the room.
I'm not sure what you mean by push vs pull.
blowing/pushing
Yes fan's do both, it depends on where they are placed in the system. So what you want to do is put your fan between the cool air source and have the fan blowing air into the cool tubes. That's blowing/pushing air.
Sucking/pulling air
If you put your fan at the end of the system, after the cool tubes you would be sucking/pulling air through the cool tube.
The problem with this is if you have any holes or cracks anywhere in the venting system you will pull smelly air into the cooling system out it goes. Not cool.
The way I have it in my head, I'll have an inline fan pointing in at the light at one end and the uninusulated vent starting on the other end (it's 20% humidity here, I don't really have to worry too much about condensation).
You got it covered. Its all good.
Then the duct goes into a bucket wtih a water & ONA solution that removes the smell really good. I'd rather vent it outside because it smells like a public bathroom that's just been cleaned when it comes out. There will be another in line fan as it enters the bucket.
I can move the bucket into the living room to vent in there if necessary or I can run it through another foot of duct or so to go out the door.
As far as I can tell the fans are pulling & pushing at the same time.
Also, the A/C vent is hooked up to the bucket right now so I'm thinking it might be better to splice the 2 exhausts together before it enters the bucket, and if I need more power I can add another in line fan as it exits the bucket or right at the door if I vent outside. I'll also need to add another in line fan where the A/C hooks up to the duct to prevent anything from backing up into the flower room when the A/C shuts off.
Yes they do stop mites. 3M has a Purple filter that is even better than the Red one they filter from .3 to 100 microns.
Will stop air borne viruses. You can also us a shop vac heppa filter.
go here for more info
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Filtrete/AirQualityProducts/ProductInformation/FiltreteProducts/
But if that furnace filter works to keep the mites out, then I can vent out the door and we're only looking at about 5ft, a bucket, and then another 1ft.
Does anyone know if there's a filter I can use that will keep mites out? (they're the size of a pin head)
