kratos015
Well-Known Member
Well I'm running into some temp problems and I really can't quite tell why. I have a 6x10 room that's about 7 ft tall that I built within a 10x12 room and it's pretty much completely insulated, some patches on the wall aren't completely insulated but the roof and bottoms of the walls are. I'm running two 1000 watt bulbs in there now and here's how it's set up.
ducting out of the box <- 720 CFM inline fan blowing air out < 1000 watt air cooled hood < ducting < 1000 watt air cooled hood < open ducting hole
So that one fan is blowing the hot air from the lights out as well as sucking some of the hot air out through the opening in the end of the hood.
My other 720 cfm inline fan is the exhaust for the entire box and it's blowing the air out of a window. I also have a tiny booster fan blowing air in from the bottom of my house since it's probably the coolest air I'll have access to even in the summer.
My neighbor has a grow room that's about 10x12 and he's running 3200 watts with no temperature problems at all. He has no exhaust for the box at all and is only running one single fan for all 4 of his lights. And not only that, he's somehow using less electricity than I am.
The only conclusion that I can possibly come to is that I'm royally screwing something up and something isn't being as efficient as it should be. What are common problems that would result in my temps being this high with all the fans that I have? One 720 fan should be plenty to keep the two lights cool, yet they aren't as cool to the touch as I want them to be. They don't completely burn my hand but they aren't completely cool to the touch either. Is it perhaps that my room isn't insulated properly? Maybe there's some hot air seeping in from some cracks that I don't know about and my room isn't insulated enough?
Should I be finding ways to cool the room my grow room is in as opposed to my grow room? The exhaust for the box itself is blowing outside of my house but the exhaust from the vented hoods is blowing into the room my grow room is in.. do you think that's raising my temps a little? I'm doing my best to avoid using an AC because the way I see it that's electricity I can use for more lumens and I don't want to raise my electric bill anymore if I don't have to. My temps get to 85 and I want to be able to maintained 75-80 degrees. Will this be impossible if the ambient temps of the room my grow room is in aren't cooled? Should I focus on cooling the room the grow room is located in instead of the grow room itself? I've done so much reading and research and thought I did everything right but this is just stumping me. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated because I know there's something wrong, I just don't know what.
Edit: Oh and by the way, I have 3 oscilating fans in the room for air circulation.
ducting out of the box <- 720 CFM inline fan blowing air out < 1000 watt air cooled hood < ducting < 1000 watt air cooled hood < open ducting hole
So that one fan is blowing the hot air from the lights out as well as sucking some of the hot air out through the opening in the end of the hood.
My other 720 cfm inline fan is the exhaust for the entire box and it's blowing the air out of a window. I also have a tiny booster fan blowing air in from the bottom of my house since it's probably the coolest air I'll have access to even in the summer.
My neighbor has a grow room that's about 10x12 and he's running 3200 watts with no temperature problems at all. He has no exhaust for the box at all and is only running one single fan for all 4 of his lights. And not only that, he's somehow using less electricity than I am.
The only conclusion that I can possibly come to is that I'm royally screwing something up and something isn't being as efficient as it should be. What are common problems that would result in my temps being this high with all the fans that I have? One 720 fan should be plenty to keep the two lights cool, yet they aren't as cool to the touch as I want them to be. They don't completely burn my hand but they aren't completely cool to the touch either. Is it perhaps that my room isn't insulated properly? Maybe there's some hot air seeping in from some cracks that I don't know about and my room isn't insulated enough?
Should I be finding ways to cool the room my grow room is in as opposed to my grow room? The exhaust for the box itself is blowing outside of my house but the exhaust from the vented hoods is blowing into the room my grow room is in.. do you think that's raising my temps a little? I'm doing my best to avoid using an AC because the way I see it that's electricity I can use for more lumens and I don't want to raise my electric bill anymore if I don't have to. My temps get to 85 and I want to be able to maintained 75-80 degrees. Will this be impossible if the ambient temps of the room my grow room is in aren't cooled? Should I focus on cooling the room the grow room is located in instead of the grow room itself? I've done so much reading and research and thought I did everything right but this is just stumping me. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated because I know there's something wrong, I just don't know what.
Edit: Oh and by the way, I have 3 oscilating fans in the room for air circulation.