Need some help...

jade2122 · #1 12/29/2007, 09:34 AM

Ok, so I am going to go to skycraft later today to pick up some fans to install into my canopy of 90gal. Question is, I am not very skilled with electrical things, what is the best way to install these? In the pictures of the fans it just has two small cords..no plug or anything...

So if anyone has pictures, advice, etc..that would be great. thanks! Also, is one type of fan better than another?

keithntracy · #2 12/29/2007, 09:51 AM

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...&Ntt=fans&Np=1

this is what i used. cut a hole, screw it on and plug it in!

mfp4073 · #3 12/29/2007, 10:02 AM

go ahead and check, but I have not always found skycrafts fans to be that great of a deal. Stop in cheapguys computers and price fans there too or newegg.com just to get an idea of new prices.

hexedagain · #4 12/29/2007, 10:38 AM

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Originally posted by jade2122
Ok, so I am going to go to skycraft later today to pick up some fans to install into my canopy of 90gal. Question is, I am not very skilled with electrical things, what is the best way to install these? In the pictures of the fans it just has two small cords..no plug or anything...

So if anyone has pictures, advice, etc..that would be great. thanks! Also, is one type of fan better than another?

You can go to home depot or lowes and get a two prong end cap(the plug end) and install it yourself. It doesn't matter which wire goes to which prong in this installation. It is a single phase motor and will work either way you wire the plug, and give you corrent rotation.

jade2122 · #5 12/29/2007, 11:13 AM

where is cheap guy computers at??

mfp4073 · #6 12/29/2007, 02:54 PM

they are around town at a couple of different locations. The one that I go to is across from best buy on colonial.

jay24k · #7 12/29/2007, 06:03 PM

I'd personally but the silverstone fans at Amazon.com (they were cheaper there then newegg last time I checked). Those fans rock. They are the 120mm and push 105 cfm and have an adjustable knob. You are going to pay 30%+ at any local computer shop so unless you need them asap, I'd order the other ones. Mine have lasted 2 years so far. Better then some of those cheapo ones I've gotten local before.

mfp4073 · #8 12/29/2007, 06:24 PM

yeah, I agree with going online. The fans at skycraft always seem kinda expensive considering they are used AND unwired most of the time. So by the time you put couplers on them you are not really that much ahead. I am NOT saying that for the most part skycraft is a goldmine!

venom00viper · #9 12/29/2007, 09:37 PM

I found sky craft to be very expensive when I was putting 4 fans in my canopy. I got them on ebay and they are great. 120mm 140cfm and only 31db. Quiet. There are some new ones out now that are blower style that move alot of air and are almost totally silent. good luck

-ben

orb · #10 12/30/2007, 08:35 AM

you will need to get something to power the fans. i use something like this http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=family

also, i get all my computer stuff from newegg.com may want to check them out for fan prices.

ben&bobbi · #11 12/30/2007, 08:54 PM

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Originally posted by jay24k
I'd personally but the silverstone fans at Amazon.com (they were cheaper there then newegg last time I checked). Those fans rock. They are the 120mm and push 105 cfm and have an adjustable knob. You are going to pay 30%+ at any local computer shop so unless you need them asap, I'd order the other ones. Mine have lasted 2 years so far. Better then some of those cheapo ones I've gotten local before.

have to agree with Jay here, i took his advice, and they are cooling 3 250w halides in my canopy for about a year now! Thanks for the tip!