Pictu of fan set ups and what your doing to keep it quiete pleas (electrician help needed too plz

[RIX]

Hi all,

Can you show me your fanf set ups please,picture or videos.

Im usin 10" VK on a CF1000 but over kill and wish id gone smaller but I do usually do huge grows.

Ive bought the expensive silencers that look like carbon filters and its bought it dow a bit,ive added a box to the fan and threw babby clothese in and its still loud,its not vybration its more of noise from the fan,

I have no alteranive but to get a speed controller,some are good money some are silly,I just dont want to blow my fan up or cause a fire risk

Now my fans 240v 173w 1.5amp from my understanding a 240v variac is what I need the 40 ish and what I might end up getting but to be fair I want to spend £20-30 max,my shit goes in flower and this thing cant be left loud as i got up and down staires..

Elecrtic man,what do I need?

Il post some links to what im thinking may do,ive seen people use dimmer switches but thats a hazard if you ask me.

What you guys using and on what fan???

Im really condidering a smaller fan and filter cuz I dont have much time,pluss there not much more money then variacs.

Please post links to what you think I should be looking at,baring in min im in UK.

Thanks guys sorry about quick bossy post but had a lot of shit over this on other forums.

Take care pms on

[RIX]

Man it busting my brain,I thought it was 1.5 amp as some one on another forum said so lol,

Just gone threw this

http://www.jobsite-generators.com/power_calculators.html

With the basic I knew 230v 176w and the thing aint even 1 amp lol.

Na im not building one,I just want to make sure I dont buy one that burns it out.

I done some calculating,I seen a few 230v controllers but there all 1.5-10 amp and when I worked that calculator thing the watts went up massively.

So the question is,

What sort of amp rated controller should I be looking at?and what harm will going ove on 1am and a bit of watts..

I know what your saying about the dimmers dell but I cant be arsed,I just want a unit I plug in and its done.

Guess there no leccys here?

Heres what I been looking at,1 is like £150 new and not even at a tenna.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180664645388&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

This was peanuts but US plug and 110v to much messing to get it 230v

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200463224784&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

expensive these ones are but going cheap,I bet it cuz no numbers with amps and watts

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140546306257&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180664655217&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

was thinking this my best cheapes bet but it 3amp

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110677523651&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120720506887&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120723008924&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Might be in luck with that 1,say 0.3-3amp

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260782892538&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

This is probably the best one from what ive read there good up to the amp,so I wont be able to go over my 0.8000 which is not much room is it really,what id I go over?

[Elektroski Justovski]

Im leccy

[Guest superbluehaze]

the main thing with an speed controller is to never start the fan up unattended on the low speed.

the fan can stall and over heat;

other than that it should be fine.

take care,

john

[RIX]

your right knuckles,

this bugging me out so il just take it in a see what they say,not like they want my address and stuff,i just get para moving things like this in and out my yard.

[lamsbread]

Hey Rix

Heres a link to a great fan site, you can e-mail questions and they will give you the answer.

It is where i got my fan speed controller,

Heres the link.

http://www.fantronix.com/acatalog/Domestic_Electronic_Speed_Controller.html

I hope this is of help to you.

Peace

Lamsbread

[bozoph]

thanks nazrat i am useing a c.a.p. speed controller and i thought of that happening and it scared me. but i desided to use cuz my fan is made by c.a.p. aswell and if they tested there controller it was on their fans.

[greystoke]

I went thru two 8in max canfans(At the time it was hooked up to two 1000w hps) before I found out that not all fans are designed to be variably controlled; yes the speed controller will control the fan's speed but its the design of the bearing or bearings in the fan that will determine if it will over heat and shut off til it cools off or burns out. At lower speeds it can be risky as not as much air flows over the moving parts so the heat isn't removed as well. Or you could be fine with a controller, I guess some people have all the luck.. I was told this info on the phone from the fan company tech. I use an 8in vortex fan now its designed to be variably controlled, I hope you get yours dialed in.