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Originally Posted by Psuedo
If you build yourself a self contained hood and install 2- 4inch fans on them this will dissipate most of the heat generated by the lights.
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yeah, I'll try that for the winter coming up and if it's getting too hot in the summer, I'll have cash then to get the chiller.
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Originally Posted by Ruth
If you basement is already hot and muggy what you may want to do is to figure out some kind of ventilation or you will probably be dealing with mould at some point in the future.
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The basement's not already muggy and hot. I meant when the 120 gallon tank I have was being run with a completely open top, THEN it was muggy in the basement. the basement's actually quite cool and dry normally. I WAS thinking of a way to vent air from the hood straight to the furnace room on the other side of the wall and tapped into the chimney piping. It would be hot air, so it should rise, right? Anyone think this would be a problem?
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Originally Posted by Psuedo
You might want to get another breaker installed just for your aquarium if power overload is a problem in the basement
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An electrician was by a few months ago to fix some of the "do it yourself" wiring the previous owners did, and installed another breaker. We stopped using the base heaters before then, so I don't know . Maybe I should get out a couple blow dryers, and turn on two irons to test the maximum capacity?