Air cooled vrs standard hoods in sealed room

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Sr. Frosty

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What's up! Planning on building a completely sealed room in my garage and had a few questions regarding heat management and hood choice. Room will be roughly 16' x 8', with 2 1000 watt lights and ballasts inside (10' x 5' grow area). Planning on getting a 12,000 BTU mini-split to cool her down. Should I run air-cooled lights (ducting from inside of house-kind of a hassle) or just use standard hoods and pray the mini-split can keep up (with all of the other heat generating gear in the room), and keep the temp between 75-80 F?​
 
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Crab Pot

Crab Pot

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No, I'm beginning to look myself. Starting the build on a new freestanding room/shed for my projects and I'm going to need a 24,000 btu mini-split myself.

I see that Amazon has a Pioneer 24,000 btu on sale for $1635.73 with free shipping. Sounds like a good deal, 4.5 star review. Looks like you have to use a licensed HVAC person to install it in order to receive the one year warranty (two years on compressor). I like the price and most of the reviews on this unit but I wish it had a little better warranty. I have a Diakin mini-split installed in our main living area this past summer and we love it. It was expensive but did come with a 12 year parts and labor warranty.

I found another unit on Amazon that's a install it yourself model. Mr Cool DIY 24k btu, $1199 on Amazon, warranty 7 years compressor and 5 years parts and it comes pre charged for home owner installation.

I'm going to keep looking... I need to educate myself on what's out on the market..








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patrickkawi37

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12k btu will do 2 lights no problem non aircooled . But if you choose to go 24k btu there are plenty out there for under 1500 bucks. I buy the cheap ass cool marts for a grand a piece . 15 seer and They seem To work fine, I have 3

Air coolinghoods is nice but they are made very cheap now a days and it is very hard to get them to not leak smell.
You have to tape the shit out of everything and then it becomes a pain to clean glass and bulbs
 
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Sr. Frosty

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Crab Pot said:
No, I'm beginning to look myself. Starting the build on a new freestanding room/shed for my projects and I'm going to need a 24,000 btu mini-split myself.

I see that Amazon has a Pioneer 24,000 btu on sale for $1635.73 with free shipping. Sounds like a good deal, 4.5 star review. Looks like you have to use a licensed HVAC person to install it in order to receive the one year warranty (two years on compressor). I like the price and most of the reviews on this unit but I wish it had a little better warranty. I have a Diakin mini-split installed in our main living area this past summer and we love it. It was expensive but did come with a 12 year parts and labor warranty.

I found another unit on Amazon that's a install it yourself model. Mr Cool DIY 24k btu, $1199 on Amazon, warranty 7 years compressor and 5 years parts and it comes pre charged for home owner installation.

I'm going to keep looking... I need to educate myself on what's out on the market..








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Yeah. I'm building basically a flat-roofed shed in the corner of my garage. A do-it-yourself mini-split would be nice. I was going to decorate the grow room like an extra bedroom before the electrician showed up (just in case).
 
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Sr. Frosty

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patrickkawi37 said:
12k btu will do 2 lights no problem non aircooled . But if you choose to go 24k btu there are plenty out there for under 1500 bucks. I buy the cheap ass cool marts for a grand a piece . 15 seer and They seem To work fine, I have 3

Air coolinghoods is nice but they are made very cheap now a days and it is very hard to get them to not leak smell.
You have to tape the shit out of everything and then it becomes a pain to clean glass and bulbs
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Thanks Patrick. Being able to keep the entire setup sealed and quiet is what i was going for. Gotta nosy neighbor who basically lives outside (annoying as shi*). I was hoping if I go with a higher BTU system, i could go bare bulb with some cooling power to spare. If it starts getting too hot I can always switch to air cooled.
 
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