window fans for cooling?
 

i was wondering if anyones tried anything like this on the back of their canopy or stand? seems like a super cheap alternative to a chiller and much more robust than the good ol clip-on's. i may just give it a shot.

http://www.rona.ca/webapp/wcs/stores...oductId=250502

Anything that moves the air is going to help. Depending on the speeds, looks like it might be stronger then the average 4" muffin fans.

The only concern is evaporation - I'm assuming you've got a nice big ATO though??

If so, looks like that would kick serious butt to keep the heat away, I know having my gimpy cilp-on fan has made a huge difference.

Also, changing the light cycle helps too at least somewhat :)

so i got one of these today, not the one shown in the above link but it rocks. i put it behind my canopy and it's dropped my temp down and holds it at 78.5f. waaaaay better than the old clip-on deal i had. i've been having a bit of a difficult time dealing with high water temps so far this summer and really didn't want to go the chiller route...this has been a very inexpensive alternative for me.

I actually had one of those that I recently replaced with one of these from Lee Valley it moves a ton more air.

Should also make sure you don't cool to much.

Having trouble keeping cool temp. this summer? What summer? It's been very wet & cool so far around the Lower Mainland, other than those few days of hot weather. I wonder how bad it'll be when it really heats up.

the fan's on a controller so there's no problem there...