Terrarium fan mounting?

Terrarium fan mounting?#309825

By Hungry Plants -  Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:09 am
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- Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:09 am #309825

I was just wondering how you guys mounted you fans in a glass tank.

Re: Terrarium fan mounting?#309859

By yukondave -  Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:42 pm
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- Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:42 pm #309859

I silicone a rare earth magnet to the fan frame then position the fan where I want it and put another magnet on the other side of the glass.

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Re: Terrarium fan mounting?#309860

By Rammplins -  Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:34 pm
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- Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:34 pm #309860

That's ingenious! I just might steal that idea for a future tank. The only fans I have in the tank are attached to my cooler, but those are only on at night. My day airflow comes from my fogger, I wired it so that the fan always stays on.

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Re: Terrarium fan mounting?#309866

By Hungry Plants -  Tue Jan 16, 2018 6:20 pm
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- Tue Jan 16, 2018 6:20 pm #309866

Ok sounds good. You have to mout the fan backwards so it blows in the tank right?

Re: Terrarium fan mounting?#309867

By yukondave -  Tue Jan 16, 2018 6:39 pm
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- Tue Jan 16, 2018 6:39 pm #309867

Hungry Plants wrote:Ok sounds good. You have to mout the fan backwards so it blows in the tank right?

I have 2 tanks with fans blowing in and 2 tanks with fans blowing out, I don't see a difference.

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Re: Terrarium fan mounting?#309887

By riveraXVX -  Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:59 pm
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- Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:59 pm #309887

yukondave wrote:I silicone a rare earth magnet to the fan frame then position the fan where I want it and put another magnet on the other side of the glass.

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that is a fantastic idea, I like a good simple solution to things like this and implore similar in other applications with magnets also!

Re: Terrarium fan mounting?#309896

By Hungry Plants -  Wed Jan 17, 2018 1:47 am
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- Wed Jan 17, 2018 1:47 am #309896

OK, my fan came in. It has three wires. Red, Black and yellow. Do I use all three or just red and black?

Re: Terrarium fan mounting?#309914

By yukondave -  Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:06 am
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- Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:06 am #309914

Hungry Plants wrote:OK, my fan came in. It has three wires. Red, Black and yellow. Do I use all three or just red and black?

The red and black, the yellow is usually used to read the rpm. The voltage should be marked on the fan.

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Re: Terrarium fan mounting?#309915

By Hungry Plants -  Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:21 am
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- Wed Jan 17, 2018 11:21 am #309915

Ok thanks . That’s what I thought but just wanted to dibble check

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