air conditioners/chiller

Does anyone do closed environment agriculture? Using air conditioners or chillers instead of in and out vents.
I'm looking for a fairly affordable way to keep my room cool. Around $300 or so. What is more affordable in the long run, chiller or conditioner? Any good or bad experiences with them please share.
Thanks.

what's a chiller?

10x12x7 with 10000 btu and 2k of lights will still pull the room down to 61. add a little co2 and put the thremostat at about 3-4 and your room should do fine. the co2 will cost more than the power!

UserFriendly said:

what's a chiller?

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chillers are units with built-in double fans that kind of look like those fans you put in a window,only larger. I think they are water cooled but I could be wrong.

hey there! i've been going through this issue with myself... every day that passes i think "shit, its gonna be getting hotter!" I just picked up a portable ac unit at home depot for 300.... its one of those mobile ones that can vent the air out through ducting. i originally picked up one of those window mounted ones, but while that cooled nicely, ummm there wasnt a place to vent the air
What info i got from the dude at home depot is that chillers use water to cool a room so they up the humidity a lot, and you might eventually get a wet musty scent left all over the place... i know a standard ac unit does take the humidiity out the ac so depending on what you want... i'd say the ac unit with the ventible ducting is the way to go!

any chance of gettin a picture of this 300 dollar home depot unit you are talking about? Im very interested and Home Depot is right around the corner.

i got 1000 hps between using 1/2 of my 10, 000 btu aircontioner and venting out temp stay right at 30 c

Im using ac for my grow. I have a 1000wt mh and a 1000wt hps light so i did have heat issues but now that i use the ac i can keep my temp at a constant 78 degrees when lights are on and 73 when they are off. The only drawback is that you will need to vent the room or us co2 or the room air will get stale. I get my co2 using dry ice.
Peace

reeffermadness said:

any chance of gettin a picture of this 300 dollar home depot unit you are talking about? Im very interested and Home Depot is right around the corner.

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hey bro! here's the unit i got, its 299 in the store... so add your tax and voila!
Everstar  MPA-08CR - $399.00 at The Home Depot

i hope that link works out, otherwise its the "
Everstar 8,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner With Remote
Model MPA-08CR"



good luck

CannaBoss said:

Does anyone do closed environment agriculture? Using air conditioners or chillers instead of in and out vents.
I'm looking for a fairly affordable way to keep my room cool. Around $300 or so. What is more affordable in the long run, chiller or conditioner? Any good or bad experiences with them please share.
Thanks.

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buy an air con you will never look back ,it is great,i use reverse cycle,cost 500 bucks best money i have spent,fuck all bugs,and the heat or cold makes no difference.

Gangaman - hey on that link they are charging $399 for that unit. Was there a special on it or something?