Since the air inside the grow tent is exchanged so fast would it make more sense to put it outside the room.
Grow room intake and exhaust setup.
Whether you are growing a tent or a room you can apply soundproofing all around your grow space to diminish the fan humming.
Instead the inline exhaust fan will suck the air out of your tent creating a vacuum.
Two future chongers grow under 18 6 light in a 4 x 4 tent preparing for flower.
Combining grow tent set up with grow tent ventilation set up was one of the best decisions i ever made.
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Passive systems will actually not use an intake system.
There are two ways you can set up the intake system for your grow tent.
For the majority of grow tent growers a passive intake system works perfectly.
The final aspect that i will look at as far as the setup of the ventilation goes is the injection of carbon dioxide.
So to balance out the effect of one fan blowing out the air through the exhaust hole you have another fan bringing in fresh air through the intake vent.
Before you get invested in grow tent set up take a minute to read about grow tent ventilation.
The best time to install a ventilation system in your grow tent is during set up as you won t have to work around existing plants or alter your.
Place your tents or build your room in an area where you can exhaust smelly humid air to the outdoors.
Cold air sinks so these air intake holes should be positioned low to the ground to scoop the coolest air right off of the floor.
Intake is run next to the ac vent trying to think of the most effective place to put the dehumidifier.
To add further silencing to your active exhaust fan you can attach a silencer that will dampen the intake sound.
A better option for larger grow rooms is an active intake system in this setup an extra fan called the intake fan is added to the mix.
You may as well opt to install more than one passive intake hole to increase the amount of air flowing into the grow room.
I ve got a mini dehumidifier and i recently switched my setup to exhaust outside.
As you exhaust air you create negative air pressure a vacuum inside the grow tent.
You may also opt for insulated ducting instead of using standard ducting to reduce the whooshing wind noise.
Sizing to grow a pound a month you ll need a 4 x 8 area for flower and a 4 x 4 area for vegetative growth roughly 48 square ft total.
Opening some air intake vents will automatically allow cool fresh air to pour into the grow tent.
This is an essential element for transpiration to take place.