Help! Why is my tent heating up so bad

SpawnOfVader

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Pretty sure the suggestion to move the thermometer uncovered another piece of gear that needs to be replaced..... put it next to my normal thermostat with another thermometer next to it. The one from my grow tent read 75.6 and the other two were sitting at 72....
 

TreeFarmerCharlie

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so how is your fan any different? if it breaks down in say 3 years due to wear and tear you wouldnt be covered either would you? and that fan moves more than double the air the hurricane i posted, mines industrial and should last longer than 3 years if it breaks down due to wear and tear before that ten years would that be on the manufacturer? i mean they designed it to last ten years. how long is yours guranteed for? you may be right on the crap fans that i bought, but are you right on that one, noise isnt a issue here lol. probably no louder than a furnace blower
A 10 year warranty doesn't mean the fan is designed to last 10 years. What it means is the manufacturer decided to give you 10 years to have it repaired or replaced if your fan has a manufacturers defect. They put those long times on the warranties because manufacturers defects are far and few between and people mistakenly believe it means the product should last that long. As far as noise is concerned, the fact that the manufacturer doesn't list the dBA for the fan is a red flag that it is a loud fan (probably 55+ dBA) which is comparable to a window air conditioner unit.
 

igrowpot87

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if you want use for a uv light find out if your city uses chloramine or cholorine for treatment, if it uses cholormine you can use the uv light to break down the chloramines if you use chlorine you can just bubble it out, or let it sit out for 24 or so hours
 

igrowpot87

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oh and dont put that light anywhere near your plants find one of of them you can drop right in the bucket and submerge it
 

SpawnOfVader

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if you want use for a uv light find out if your city uses chloramine or cholorine for treatment, if it uses cholormine you can use the uv light to break down the chloramines if you use chlorine you can just bubble it out, or let it sit out for 24 or so hours
They make some pretty decent chloramine filters as well. I think I paid ~60 each for the ones I'm using across my property and as long as the flow is on low-medium low I see a massive reduction in chlorine and chloramine (it's critical for biodynamic farming to keep out anything antimicrobial).
 

TreeFarmerCharlie

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if you want use for a uv light find out if your city uses chloramine or cholorine for treatment, if it uses cholormine you can use the uv light to break down the chloramines if you use chlorine you can just bubble it out, or let it sit out for 24 or so hours
Neither chlorine, nor chloramine, is an issue for cannabis (or most other plants) at the levels that are permitted in public water supplies. There's been a lot of discussions about this lately and there is plenty of science out there that proves both are fine at those levels.
 

Macncheesehaze

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Neither chlorine, nor chloramine, is an issue for cannabis (or most other plants) at the levels that are permitted in public water supplies. There's been a lot of discussions about this lately and there is plenty of science out there that proves both are fine at those levels.
I always use spring water, 39 cents a gallon at Walmart. I bring a few 5 gallon jugs and then mix my nutes with that when I feed.
 

igrowpot87

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its industrial.. im not sure if it needs to be listed, not so much a red flag. im sure the info is availble if i call that 1 800 number
 

SpawnOfVader

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Neither chlorine, nor chloramine, is an issue for cannabis (or most other plants) at the levels that are permitted in public water supplies. There's been a lot of discussions about this lately and there is plenty of science out there that proves both are fine at those levels.
It's not the plant itself that's the issue. It's the microbiome/mycorrhizae that you're cultivating that produces the nutrients for the plants. They are much more sensitive to chemicals like chlorine and chloramine.
 

TreeFarmerCharlie

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They make some pretty decent chloramine filters as well. I think I paid ~60 each for the ones I'm using across my property and as long as the flow is on low-medium low I see a massive reduction in chlorine and chloramine (it's critical for biodynamic farming to keep out anything antimicrobial).
I'll see if I can find the article I read recently. The research team fed plants highly chlorinated water (I believe over 100ppm) for a pretty extended period of tiem. Even though the microbe population took a small hit, the pupulation was back to their per-treatment levels in 48 hours.
 

kmog33

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And you do not need ac in a 4x4. Period. Adequate passive intake cfm and 1000-1100 watt no issues in 15 years. If you’re running ac in a 4x4 you probably have the leasea efficient 4x4 on the planet.
 

igrowpot87

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why would i add more water to a room i want less humidity in, i live surrounded by lakes high humidity is an issue here
 

TreeFarmerCharlie

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i dechlorinate.. always.
I bet it works for you, right? I used to, and then I stopped...guess how much of a difference I've seen in the plants? BTW, I'm also growing completely organic right now with chlorinated water. You've seen my plants, do they look like they are suffering or that the soil is ruined?
 

SpawnOfVader

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I'll see if I can find the article I read recently. The research team fed plants highly chlorinated water (I believe over 100ppm) for a pretty extended period of tiem. Even though the microbe population took a small hit, the pupulation was back to their per-treatment levels in 48 hours.
I would actually be really interested in seeing that study when you find it. A lot of organic/biodynamic farming is based on less-than-scientific testing conditions and traditions passed down for generations....which definitely doesn't mean it's correct.
 
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