Extractor fans

An air extractor fans are a fundamental tool for the recirculation and salubrity of the air and therefore for health. Depending on the type and air flow, this instrument can be used in multiple environments and situations, regulating the exchange and therefore the oxygenation of the environments.

In order to choose an air extractor, it is first necessary to consider the use to be made of it; moreover, it is essential to check the volumes of the room, to buy an air extractor of the right power. In this category you can find extractors and air aspirators suitable for every need and volume. 

Indoor crops need this attention to be able to grow adequately: without, in fact, there is the risk of an imbalance, even a subtle one, capable of compromising the entire cultivation.

What is extractor fan for grow tent used for?

As mentioned, the air extractor can be used in multiple uses.

In the case of indoor growing, therefore, a quality extractor fan for grow tent is an essential tool for the health and life of your plants. In fact, the extractors are essential to guarantee the correct recirculation of air inside the grow tent, but above all for the replenishment of the co2 in the air, which is essential for photosynthesis.

The use of the air extractors and fan for grow tent also allows the regulation of some relevant parameters for cultivation in a grow box, namely:

• The adequate ratio between oxygen and carbon dioxide (CO2), necessary for the process of chlorophyll photosynthesis; 
• The humidity;
• The temperature.

Furthermore, by sucking and bringing air outside the grow tent, the extractor allows, in addition to oxygenating your plants, also to avoid dangerous stagnant air which is a fertile field for the proliferation of parasites and diseases, such as molds and mites.

Types of inline extractor fan

Inline extractor fan can have various uses, not only the cultivation of cannabis and plants in grow tents. Just think of the kitchen extractors but also of:

• Air extractor for the bathroom;
• Industrial air aspirators;
• Soundproofed box aspirators;
• Kitchen extractors;
• Silent air extractors.

In "spoilt" environments such as a kitchen, where the heat of the gas stove and the smell of food can saturate the environment, compromising hygiene and making it difficult to carry out work inside, kitchen extractors are essential .

Just as they are also essential in other domestic environments, such as a windowless bathroom, and work environments.

Furthermore, the air aspirators also differ between helical and axial. While a centrifugal air aspirator is more powerful and suitable for larger growing, the helical extractor is a type of silent extractor , suitable for smaller grow tents.

How to choose a grow tent fan

When choosing a grow tent fan for your growing or indoor greenhouse cultivation, you must opt ​​for one tool:

• Suitable for the size of the grow tent or the place of cultivation;
• Proportionate, in terms of power, to the grow tent for which it is intended.

To calculate the flow rate of the grow tent extractor just follow a simple formula [VOLUME GROW-BOX/ROOM m3] x [1,5 ÷ 2] x [60 Minutes] .

However in any case, a fundamental rule to follow in any indoor grwoing is that the volume of extracted air must be greater than the incoming volume.

How an hydroponic extractor fans work

The operating mechanism of hydroponic extractor fans setups, in tandem with other tools, is basically this:

• The extractor sucks the air inside the grow box;
• The extraction pipe expels the air consumed by the cultivation outside;
• The fan at the bottom will inject fresh air into the grow box.

The air extractor is always positioned on the roof of the grow box, above the crops, because the air it has to eliminate is the hot one, which tends to rise.

Also, if you decide to use an indoor fan for grow tent to circulate the air better, it's important not to point it directly at the seedlings.

Buy the most suitable grow tent extractor fan for you online on Grow Shop Italia 

On the Grow Shop Italia website you can find a wide and well-differentiated selection of grow tent extractor fan.

Buy the air extractor that best suits your needs on Grow Shop Italia, at the cheapest price you can find online. With this essential tool for the grow tent, your growing will grow lush and with abundant harvests.