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Cool Tubes and Ventilation. Thread starter Tanuvan Start date Oct 5, Tanuvan Well-Known Member. Hi all, I am trying to understand just how effective cool tubes are suppose to be. I will describe my set up Setup is somewhat similar to the sunlight sheds mini cab. Cooltube is attached to w hps and is vented by a cfm inline duct fan.

About 4ft of 4in hose on exhaust side, and about 2 feet on intake side of cool tube. For cab ventilation I have a dayton cfm 4in fan located near the top of the cab, and a 4 in hole on bottom for negative pressure.

Ambient air temp is F while cab is always 7 or 8 degrees hotter. So approx 83F. Inside the cab I have an oscillating fan which is necessary to keep the temp at 83F. Without this fan, the temp will rise to about 87F. Not only is mold and mildew more likely to grow in a completely closed off room but the CO2 levels can easily reach unhealthy heights as well as you sleep.

Secondly, you must also make sure to keep windows open in other rooms of your house. This way your house can take in some of the fresh air from outside which can eventually drift it into your room. Once you have your door propped open, gather all the fans you can get. The more fans the merrier but you can significantly improve your rooms air circulation with just two.

Position the first one so that it is pointing into your room on one inner side of your doorway. Position the other so that it is on the other inner side of your open doorway so that it is angled to blow air out of your room. With this configuration, as illustrated in the diagram above, the fans can help to efficiently remove stale air. Given the angle of the first fan, the fresh air from outside of your room can have a chance to circulate around your room back to where it came from.

The second fan on the left can then pull this circulated air out from your room and back into the hall. This fan system creates a constant stream of airflow that continuously filters fresh air into your room and sends the old air back out. If you happen to just have one fan, using it to blow air into your room can still make a big difference. Leaving your door open, keeping your windows open in other rooms of your house, and strategically using fans is one of the most effective ways to ventilate a room without windows.

However, sometimes taking these measures might not be enough. You might want to take a few extra steps to ensure the freshness of the air in your room for a better nights sleep. Alternatively, if you do have fans in your room and the air in your bedroom is just particularly stale or humid, either of these two devices can help additionally. But what do these devices accomplish?

These devices have systems of fans that pull the air of your home through filters that catch pollen, dust and other air-born contaminants. In turn, air purifiers are excellent for freshening up some of the stale, stagnant air in your room. Dehumidifier- As you can probably imagine, dehumidifiers remove humidity from your living space.

These machines filter humid air and extract the moisture from the air through condensation along the cooling coils inside the device. The moisture condenses on these coils much like the way moisture condenses on the side of a cold glass of water on a hot day.

The moisture then drips into a collecting bucket. Free the tree content. How to choose your Cool Tube? Should you go for a Air Cooled Hood? Cooltubes, reflectors and hoods - Table of content. What is a Cool Tube? CoolTube out of the box. Pros and Cons of a Cool Tube? Careful to chose a good reflector. Can't find your answer? Contribute to our knowledge base Submit articles, videos or tips to enrich our library Make a contribution.

Different types of Cool tube reflectors. C The original cool tube is one the cheapest one out there and does the job. Small Plants — O. C light dispersion is sufficient Leaves starting to go vertical, reaching for the light source Intensity is not strong enough in those sections of the room. Check out all our articles on light systems. Cool Tubes vs Air Cooled Hood. Yes Both sides are opened allowing you to attach extraction tubes on each end. Reflector Wings Generally Small. On the basic version of the Cool Tube the reflector wings are very small cf picture above Wide.

The Cooling hood is large and the internal section facing down is fully composed of reflecting material. Height and width Short and thin. Wide and Deep. To Cooled Hood is much wider and larger than a Cool Tube. Same compatibility as the Cool Tube.