Recommendations for electric fans for light/tank

Joe5688

Joe5688

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I picked up a new fixture and the fans are noisy as shat. I wanna replace them and put them on a seperate circuit and have a controller turn them on/off depending on water temp.

Anyone have recommendations for quiet *** fans. It's in my living room and i dont want to hear them lol.
 
I use the 6" clip on fans to go over my sump & across the top of my tank. I bought a case of 6, off of Amazon for $6 ea.
 
Those can be replaced with those PC fans for computers, I think. I'd suggest you keep the control up to the lights though. You don't want to stress them from the heat.
 
Not looking for anything big jenni, Looking for something to replace the current fans with. Think they are like 3-4"

Walt the fans are always on when ever the lights are on.
 
Joe5688 said:
Not looking for anything big jenni, Looking for something to replace the current fans with. Think they are like 3-4"

Walt the fans are always on when ever the lights are on.
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that's what he is saying. The lights need to be cooled by the light fans, not the tank. If you hook the fans to the controller based on tank temp then the lights could melt themsleves short.
 
hmm, i was talking to a few people and some say they dont run any fans at all on their fixtures. I have no splash shield and the canopy is vented so no heat gets held in. I was hoping i could go without fans lol

But the bulbs do get hot as shat
 
Herbie said:
that's what he is saying. The lights need to be cooled by the light fans, not the tank. If you hook the fans to the controller based on tank temp then the lights could melt themsleves short.
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Yeah...you want the fans activated by the temp of the fixture and not the water. You will be risking the lamps overheating themselves and start a fire. You could have just kept the Odyssea fixture for that.
 
haha ok ok ok! But my fans run at 100% any time the fixture is on. Guess i'll just replace them with new quiet ones
 
Joe5688 said:
hmm, i was talking to a few people and some say they dont run any fans at all on their fixtures. I have no splash shield and the canopy is vented so no heat gets held in. I was hoping i could go without fans lol

But the bulbs do get hot as shat
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yeah, the manufacturers just put those fans in there to annoy us and charge more. . . .

With enough heat sink you could probably do it, but turning electricity into light is a high temp affair.
 
madjoe said:
If u use no fans u bulbs wont last as long and it will end up costing u more
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Exactly!!

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