Ventilation

Ventilation

Ventilation undoubtedly a very important factor in any indoor growing environment. The main objective of this, is to have a constant circulation and movement of air passing in, through and back out of your growing environment.

Lets start with the outtake also known as extractor or exhaust. An outtake is needed in order to expel hot, humid stagnant air out of your growing environment. This is achieved with the means of an extraction/exhaust fan, which pulls your unwanted air out by blowing it through ducting pipes, to get it out and away from your environment, whether you extract directly outside or into another room or space it is important to get your unwanted air completely away from your environment so that temperatures and humidity can be kept stable. A great range of fans come from companies such as an RVK Sileo, Can fan, Hyperfan, and Tornado. Which are available from sizes 100mm (4inch), 125mm (5inch), 152mm (6inch), 200mm (8inch), 250mm (10inch) 315mm (12inch) and in some cases 355mm (14inch) dependent on the size & scale of your environment. A little Grow it Yourself recommendation would be to use a carbon filter from companies such as a Rhino, Phresh, Mountain air filters in conjunction with your extractor fan to help get rid of any vegetative smells.

Next you have your intake which effectively does the opposite of what your outtake does. Its job is to pull fresh air into your environment again via extraction fan and ducting, which allows stale air to be replenished with a fresh supply. A GIY recommendation would be to attach a bug barrier if your drawing air in from directly outdoors.

Fan speed controllers are also a very handy piece of equipment to invest in, they range from your simple single fan which allows to regulate the speed of your fan, to your more advanced dual fan controller which helps regulate temperatures and humidity to your set optimum levels and pressure. Sms, Rhino, Gse do great range of controllers. Some models of fans i.e. Hyper fan, Rhino fan, Ruck fan and Q max fan have controllers built in or adapted to help efficiency of air flow.


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