Resolution to tent being sucked in by fan ideas?

[dbButlerdb]

I have a tent setup with a 4 in fan and it sucks the walls in Hella.
I have the walls reinforced with bamboo on the outside of the poles and used tuct tape.
The filter is in tent and fan outside.
Also I'll provide pictures of my filter cradle and pictures of my first setup with this style.
Thanks for the help

 

[420Andrew]

Add a smaller intake fan to keep your room well ventilated and to reduce the effect of negative air pressure (sucked in tent) , it's CFM rating should be smaller than the outtake fan's or you'll be getting positive pressure in your growroom instead which will mess with your carbon filter's ability to clean the odor. Looking great though, nice job!

 

[dbButlerdb]

Add a smaller intake fan to keep your room well ventilated and to reduce the effect of negative air pressure (sucked in tent) , it's CFM rating should be smaller than the outtake fan's or you'll be getting positive pressure in your growroom instead which will mess with your carbon filter's ability to clean the odor. Looking great though, nice job!

I'm worried of bacteria? Or dust? Or am I being annal

 

[dbButlerdb]

Add a smaller intake fan to keep your room well ventilated and to reduce the effect of negative air pressure (sucked in tent) , it's CFM rating should be smaller than the outtake fan's or you'll be getting positive pressure in your growroom instead which will mess with your carbon filter's ability to clean the odor. Looking great though, nice job!

 

[Beachwalker]

I'm worried of bacteria? Or dust? Or am I being annal

Add a speed controller to slow the fan down

They sell filters for your intake, or use nylon stocking

 

[dbButlerdb]

Add a speed controller to slow the fan down

They sell filters for your intake, or use nylon stocking

I heard fan being turned too low isn't good for it. Power thing I heard. But regardless, it still sucks in the walls at low levels. But that nylon sock is a great tip. Thank you.

 

[Beachwalker]

I heard fan being turned too low isn't good for it. Power thing I heard. But regardless, it still sucks in the walls at low levels. But that nylon sock is a great tip. Thank you.

We all have fans; we all run them at various speeds; relax, it's okay if it sucks the sides in a little, you need negative pressure. I ran thin wire around 3 of the 4 sides in my tent about halfway up to help hold the sides out a bit

 

[MIMedGrower]

Bigger intake area will reduce the wall suck.

 

[BudsAlive]

Hey had you thought about the filter, maybe your charcoal crystals are worn and is not filtering properly anymore, and imo the covering looks like it could do with replacing.

 

[4plant]

You need an adjustable passive intake. I use spray booth prefilters and adjust the size of the opening depending on how high my exhaust fan is set. Try to keep a small amount of neg pressure inside the tent

 

[ozarkgrey]

i'm going with a curved shower bar. i'll report back after i finish up

OG

 

[MIMedGrower]

i'm going with a curved shower bar. i'll report back after i finish up

OG

My newest secret jarden tent has bars half way up all round. The old ones did not.

I have seen growers wedge all kinds of stuff to do the job like you are. Works fine.

 

[ozarkgrey]

secert jarden may be my tent purchase than, ty for heads up !


OG

 

[MIMedGrower]

secert jarden may be my tent purchase than, ty for heads up !


OG

Bet you could find rods that work at a home improvement store. Maybe even get them cut to fit there. And some connector clamps or something. Get creative.

 

[Dbear180]

Gorilla grow tents make poles & clamps just for this. I'll come back with pics when I get outta bed lol.

 

[ozarkgrey]

sold out in the 2.5 i assume you connect two 2.5's to make a 5' rod ?

 

[Dbear180]

sold out in the 2.5 i assume you connect two 2.5's to make a 5' rod ?

Nah mine were fitted to tent. Goooossshhhhh let me get up & go see lol jk. It's not me who has trouble getting up it's my cat lol.

 

[Dbear180]

They aren't anything special, but they do fit very well.

 

[oldskol4evr]

i seem to ave lost a couple of my support poles the last time i put my tent away,so i built the inside frame of tent with 3/4 pvc ,sturdy and strong added in 2ft off bottom a support going all around the sides like i said 2ft off floor,works great and even better than original poles especailly the roof handles a lot more weight ,guess what about a month after i did this looking for some lights ,found the support post for the original tent hahahah,so now all i need is a new tent shirt to go around the old set of poles and have 2 sorry ass tents hahahah

 

[GREEN GURNER]

A friend used plastic strips glued them on to the tent and it work well lol ended up with an oval shape kinda