Tent walls sucking in, intakes big enough ?

tokingtiger

tokingtiger

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I filter both ends of my air leaving the grow tent. After 6 months I put a new filter inside and take the inside one outside.. the reverse direction gives it a longer life. I do not filter air coming in though.. you need a speed control on your fan, mine is set about 60% and still sucks in the sides a little.. I actually set my fan speed to the sucking in of the walls!
 
SouthernSoil*

SouthernSoil*

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tokingtiger said:
I filter both ends of my air leaving the grow tent. After 6 months I put a new filter inside and take the inside one outside.. the reverse direction gives it a longer life. I do not filter air coming in though.. you need a speed control on your fan, mine is set about 60% and still sucks in the sides a little.. I actually set my fan speed to the sucking in of the walls!
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I see what you mean, no intake filtering , im looking for the more porous filters though like the ones on my pc, cant find them in the area and only on order now : /

My fan speed controller has 5 settings its currently on 1 & sucking in hard.
 
Johnny Retro

Johnny Retro

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SouthernSoil* said:
Sure Johnny ill just throw my tent away and order a new one, who says there's anything wrong with my tent ? U sure are no help.
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"now the problem is my walls are still getting pretty sucked in & my DIY tent is taking some strain but might be able to survive"

You said there was something wrong with your tent buddy.
 
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SouthernSoil*

SouthernSoil*

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Johnny Retro said:
"now the problem is my walls are still getting pretty sucked in & my DIY tent is taking some strain but might be able to survive"

You said there was something wrong with your tent buddy.
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I said there is some strain on my tent, it doesnt mean my tent is completely broken and a new one is needed, i have two options i get more porous filters or i just secure the tent more, there's no need to go buy a completely new one, there's already alot of waste on this planet if you havent seen buddy.
 
SouthernSoil*

SouthernSoil*

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Heavy Consumer said:
Might it be that the fabric of the tent canopy is a little too light? I'm no expert, just throwing an idea out there. Perhaps a sturdier material next time you do a DIY tent will cut down this effect. For now though, it seems that there are quite a lot of different PC fan filter options on Amazon. I'm sure you'd find something cheap either there or on ebay... http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_13?url=search-alias=computers&field-keywords=pc fan filter&sprefix=PC fan filter,aps,378
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Im using pvc plastic sheeting its perfectly fine, i actually like the suction in a way cause it flattens out any creases in the material but now i want to tame that suction down a little so i get more air flow i dont want it completely gone but yes like i mentioned better fan filters are the way to go, i know a few places who can order them for me i was however looking at some places today that had them in stock so i could go collect them this weekend, not really any need to order them off ebay i found some really good ones for like 5$ a piece locally but ill only receive them monday or tuesday if i order tomorrow, the thing is my seeds are in their pots & i wanna get them inside before they germinate but i just cant find anybody who has the filters in stock, shit maybe i should just take them out of my computer for the mean while while i get the new ones, just aching to get this tent going its taking way too much $ & time now ! Peace :peace:
 
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