tomatofarmer
Active Member
I was wondering if anyone here has knowledge of the heat transfer capabilities of aluminum.
Say for example, if one side of a grow box was a sheet of aluminum instead of wood - I'm thinking of avoiding exhaust fans for cooling and letting a sheet of aluminum roughly equal to 1/4 of a grow box surface act as a giant heat sink / heat exchanger helping to bring the temperature inside of the grow box in line with the temperature outside of the grow box.
Think heat sink on a computer processor.
Any thoughts on what type of aluminum would have better heat transfer properties? I know you can sheets of aluminum at any hardware store, I'm wondering of some will exchange heat better?
Say for example, if one side of a grow box was a sheet of aluminum instead of wood - I'm thinking of avoiding exhaust fans for cooling and letting a sheet of aluminum roughly equal to 1/4 of a grow box surface act as a giant heat sink / heat exchanger helping to bring the temperature inside of the grow box in line with the temperature outside of the grow box.
Think heat sink on a computer processor.
Any thoughts on what type of aluminum would have better heat transfer properties? I know you can sheets of aluminum at any hardware store, I'm wondering of some will exchange heat better?