Canopy Vent Fan Idea

[Wes]

Hi everyone my new fans came in today for my new canopy. I got the Panaflo 120mm fans and MAN i didnt realize how big these freaking things were until i opened the box.

I originally planned on having a fan on each end of the canopy but now i think they may look kind of crappy with these huge windows in the side of my nice canopy.

My question is this, Since the back of the canopy will be somewhat open i am thinking about mounting the two fans on the top to pull the hot air up and out while fresh air comes in through the back. I imagine i can mount them to where there wont be much light escaping out of the top.

I am also thinking blasting the hot air straight up might work out nice as well since it's likely to stay up near the ceiling instead of blasting whomever happens to walk by the tank in the face with hot air.

I also will have a chiller on this tank so these fans will not be my primary cooling source.

I know the fans are likely to fail sooner w/ the humidity being pulled through them but it's not like they cost an arm and a leg.

Looking for some "validation" here

Sorry for the long post.

Wes

 

[tosiek]

Only thing you want to remember is air travels like water. So you need to create and in and an out that would flow over your lights to provide cooling.

Also don't forget that the intake needs to be a little bigger than the outtake or equal to. This is going to save you some noise of the fans overworking themselves. I ran into that problem with my fans in my stand for the fuge cooling and they started to sound loud after a month of use.

Forgot the math behind the openings.

 

[Wes]

thanks tosiek...my plan is have two fans mounted on the top of the canopy in the front corners blowing out. And the back is open so the air will travel into the canopy from the back and pushed up and out in the front...if that makes sense.

What do you think?

 

[tosiek]

Makes sense =0) Pictured them in the middle or back for some reason :fishhit:.

 

[Wes]

cool...another plus is the top of the canopy is going to be about 6'2"...so The average height person probably wouldn't even notice the vents are there...And the hot air will get blown up above peoples heads....hopefully lol

 

[fritz]

I've done it, it works well.

 

[Wes]

sweet!