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Old 10/24/2007, 07:20 PM
MIKE ALERS MIKE ALERS is offline
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wtb fans

anybody got fans for sale.im in need to lower my temp in my tank and dont want to spend a lot of money in fans for nothing.i might still have to run a chiller.
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Old 10/24/2007, 09:12 PM
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save your money for a chillerrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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Old 10/24/2007, 09:21 PM
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Order some cheap computer fans from newegg.com . Much cheaper than a chiller, and if you can get away w/o a chiller than why not?
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Old 10/24/2007, 11:12 PM
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i used cheap walmart fans they are clip on fans work great 7.99 each
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Old 10/25/2007, 09:56 AM
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yeah i tried looking for clip on's.but since the cold is coming now is an out season item.but my tank don't seem to know that a cooler season is coming.i just added 2x400w m/h and it's reaching 86degrees.
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Old 10/25/2007, 10:22 AM
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Quote:
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i used cheap walmart fans they are clip on fans work great 7.99 each
We are using basically the same thing. 4 6 inch fans. Got them on clearance for $3! lol
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Old 10/25/2007, 10:23 AM
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if you are ever near skycraft they have some pretty sweet fans there to. But a lot of people use the walmart clip ons.
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Old 10/25/2007, 12:21 PM
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Have you tried ACE hardware? I got lucky and found two there..
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Old 10/25/2007, 02:45 PM
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I've had the WalMart clip on fan over my sump for a couple months now.
It's lookin pretty nasty.....

I finally broke down and bought a hole saw for my Ice Cap fans.
Next day off I'm going to drill 2 holes in the top of my canopy and wire in the IC's to suck the hot air out.
I need to drop the temp a couple of degrees - hopefully this will work.
I really don't want to break out the chiller.....
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Old 10/25/2007, 05:52 PM
MIKE ALERS MIKE ALERS is offline
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hey fuzzy that's funny...because that's the same thing im trying to do.im gonna drill the top of my canopy and add 3 fans.u think this will work?
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Old 10/25/2007, 08:02 PM
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Well, I drilled 2 holes, each one is 4.5" diameter in my 3/4" canopy - that was fun........
I haven't wired in the fans yet but I can definitely feel the heat rising out of them.
So I'm thinking 2 x 100 cfm fans should do the trick.
I just need to make a set of filter foams for the fans to hopefully reduce the salt build up.
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Old 10/25/2007, 08:59 PM
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im thinking of putting speaker grilles on the fans to prevent salt build.some of them come with a mesh cover on the inside to protect speaker from dust.
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Old 10/26/2007, 07:13 AM
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That's pretty much what I'm doing except not using the grille. I'm gluing velcro strips on the fan and sticking speaker grille foam on the intake.
Easy to clean, porous enough to let air flow, and hopefully dense enough to trap the salt.
I'll post pics when I'm done - if it works....

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Old 10/26/2007, 08:26 AM
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Any pc store should have fans around $6.00. I used 2 to pull air in on the sides and 2 to pull air out of the top. The fans are most likely going to be 12v. Go to radio shack and for $24.00 you can get a plug in converter for 110v to 12v.
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Old 10/26/2007, 09:01 PM
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I bought a box of 30 brand new computer fans off ebay for $15 shipped to my door. No one else bid on them and I got the whole lot for the $3 starting bid. I took 10, used 5 in my canopy and gave the rest to my LFS friend to sell or use.
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Old 10/26/2007, 10:20 PM
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I got 4 120mm fans on ebay for 25 bucks. they flow 96cfm and are pretty quiet. Just have to get a power adapter at radio shack. They are computer fans. good luck.

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Old 10/26/2007, 10:22 PM
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i just got some fans and power supply at skycraft.
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Old 10/26/2007, 11:13 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by MIKE ALERS
yeah i tried looking for clip on's.but since the cold is coming now is an out season item.but my tank don't seem to know that a cooler season is coming.i just added 2x400w m/h and it's reaching 86degrees.
I saw 3 or 4 of them in Office Depot in Ormond today, with the discontinued stuff.

They are a seasonal item.
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