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 Peterthinks
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 Cheap squirrel cage blower substitute for flowhood 
#3640341 - 01/17/05 06:00 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hey you gotta work with what you got,so here it is...
The unsuspecting donor
Getting there...
and totally free
It's totally out with all the wiring including a light,switch and plug!
It's as loud as a FREAKIN DEMON THOUGH!!!!!
I have no idea how many CFM this thing does but I'll let everyone know how it works out.
I have to build a $10 4 foot by 4 foot HEPA filter now!
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 _Lucid_
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Re: Cheap squirrel cage blower substitute for flowhood [Re: Peterthinks]
#3640589 - 01/17/05 06:57 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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$10 4'x4' HEPA filter? Hmmmmm... this should be interesting, im strapping myself in and ready for takeoff... :P but no seriously i am interested. btw you can buy cheepo exaust fans at homedepo, but then again the cheep ones only seem to do around 80 cfm. I wouldnt think destroying a vacume cleaner for the purposes of a fan would be a good aternative for most though
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pshawny
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Re: Cheap squirrel cage blower substitute for flowhood [Re: _Lucid_]
#3641628 - 01/17/05 10:59 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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Free is good. For a 4x4 flow hood you pry want a blower in the 1200 cfm range. That's a pretty big filter. Let us know how that works out.
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Peterthinks
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Re: Cheap squirrel cage blower substitute for flowhood [Re: _Lucid_]
#3649498 - 01/19/05 04:58 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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well I need a good pressure difference for my filter to work an exhaust fan would just bog down.I got the vacuum dumpster diving so it wasn't really my main one.
I just lucked out.
you could get a vacuum motor for cheap if you're not picky about the make and visit a small shop.
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Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
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Re: Cheap squirrel cage blower substitute for flowhood [Re: Peterthinks]
#3650067 - 01/19/05 06:56 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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couldn't you just use a HEPA vaccum bag? they are relatively cheap and should fit the vaccum motor...
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metasin
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Re: Cheap squirrel cage blower substitute for flowhood [Re: Peterthinks]
#3650532 - 01/19/05 08:31 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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ya know a blower motor for a car is only about $25-30 for a mid eighties domestic car, with a little plexiglass its not to hard to make a housing for it.
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Peterthinks
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Re: Cheap squirrel cage blower substitute for flowhood [Re: metasin]
#3654974 - 01/20/05 06:10 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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yeah...I could have gone to the car wrecker,you're right there.
and it is a squirril cage that is pretty quiet.
I may change it out if I can't stand the vacuum motor but working with 12 volts will suck...transformers and all that crap.
I may hook the cage to a 120 volt motor and trash the 12 volt if I end up swapping it.
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Give a man a fire and he will be warm for the rest of the night.
Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
NEWB NEWBIE NEWCOMER IGNORANT? QUESTIONS?
Click HERE HERE HERE HERE For detailed instructions with pictures on how to grow mushrooms. There is a lot of info on the Shroomery and this is what you need to know.
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Peterthinks
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Re: Cheap squirrel cage blower substitute for flowhood [Re: JonnyPoo]
#3654980 - 01/20/05 06:11 PM (19 years, 2 months ago) |
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Good idea...I'll use a vac bag as a pre filter before the home built hepa filter!
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Give a man a fire and he will be warm for the rest of the night.
Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
NEWB NEWBIE NEWCOMER IGNORANT? QUESTIONS?
Click HERE HERE HERE HERE For detailed instructions with pictures on how to grow mushrooms. There is a lot of info on the Shroomery and this is what you need to know.
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