dazed but not confused
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how far is the light from the plant?
1st Grow!(Clone!) Need help! Pics!
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kolz2788
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its atleast 20" from the light to the top of the plant.
the room gets in the high 80s/low 90s. Its in a 3 and a half foot tall cabinet with 2 doors that open in the front. I have a fan on the side with a hole cut in the cabinet so the fan can blow in, but I cant maintain the heat at 80. I've also put holes in the top so the air can vent out.
and I took the reflector off!
the room gets in the high 80s/low 90s. Its in a 3 and a half foot tall cabinet with 2 doors that open in the front. I have a fan on the side with a hole cut in the cabinet so the fan can blow in, but I cant maintain the heat at 80. I've also put holes in the top so the air can vent out.
and I took the reflector off!
dazed but not confused
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I'm no expert but maybe you might want to consider blowing a fan across the light itself. I've heard this helps. Also what is your watering schedule?
InsaneMJ
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get a blower, and have it connect to your light if possible, if not close to it. and it will suck out all the hot air and move it anywhere but that room. i use a 6'' blower hooked up to my 1000 hps and mh and it does a damn good job for a 13x6 room keeps it between 84 and 70 at all times
smellmyfinger
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If you can't vent the light directly, try cutting a hole in your box and using a computer fan in the hole to vent the air out. You will also need a second hole somewhere in the box to let fresh air in. Mine is on the bottom. You can also go with a "duct fan" that connects in line with metal ducting. Look at your hardware or HD, it would fit perfectly in a hole in the top of your box.
kolz2788
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Any good medication for this sucker?
oh and ive switched back to the lowes light I bought, its pretty bad but it gives off a good amount of lumens and keeps the room at 80 degrees unlike earlier when I opened the box in the morning it was at 105 F. I'm going to try to get a 150w instead to see if it helps the heat situation :/
oh and ive switched back to the lowes light I bought, its pretty bad but it gives off a good amount of lumens and keeps the room at 80 degrees unlike earlier when I opened the box in the morning it was at 105 F. I'm going to try to get a 150w instead to see if it helps the heat situation :/
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kolz2788
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ok so I've switched it around. I took the roof off the box along with the doors. I raised the hps(250w) light up about another foot. I now have the hps going on it with a temp of 83/84 which is improvement from 105... I've got a fan on the bottom on the outside blowing in and I have the side where the door was being covered by a towel and i have it slightly opened for air flow. The top of the box is covered by the ballast and runs along perfectly on the top edges of the box. I dunno if I should put a hole in the top of the box and put a CPU fan there to make sure the top isnt getting too hot even though its reading 83/84. I also put a wet towel at the floor of the box so the humidity rises since I'm sitting at 40% right now
you might want to put a fan in even though. just to keep it extra cool. and as far as the towel goes for humidity it works, but they dry out quick and you have to change them out or it molds. use paper towels and just throw them away, or a glass of water works also. and if you want some CO2 you can mix baking soda and vinegar to get some.