First post and just want to say ive learned a lot fromt he forums. Seems to be a great community. I just have a quick question as my first cfl grow gets underway.
I have 5 plants in a 3x2x4 stealth homemade box. The box is in my closet in an airconditioned house. The house stays around ~75 but drops to ~70 at night. I started the room with just 5 26w CFLs. Today i added 5 more for a total of 10 26w CFLS. The problem i am having is, the air outside the box in the closet is around ~78-82 (based on digital thermometer). I have a 250cfm fan blowing air in with passive exhaust. Obviously this is plenty of air since it is cycling the air in the room over 10 times a minute. I have a wireless thermometer and i have tried many different places within the cabinet and get many different readings.
I honestly dont know which temp i should be relying on. At soil level which is pretty much where the foliage is right now sometimes it can read as high as 93 degrees. On the floor below the pots it can read ~82. At the very top it reads somewhere around 90 degrees. I honestly have no idea why the temps are so high. I am sitting 7 feet from this thing and its 77 degrees right here and im pushing about 15 times the volume of the chamber through it each minute. I would appreciate any help you can give.
Thanks
I have 5 plants in a 3x2x4 stealth homemade box. The box is in my closet in an airconditioned house. The house stays around ~75 but drops to ~70 at night. I started the room with just 5 26w CFLs. Today i added 5 more for a total of 10 26w CFLS. The problem i am having is, the air outside the box in the closet is around ~78-82 (based on digital thermometer). I have a 250cfm fan blowing air in with passive exhaust. Obviously this is plenty of air since it is cycling the air in the room over 10 times a minute. I have a wireless thermometer and i have tried many different places within the cabinet and get many different readings.
I honestly dont know which temp i should be relying on. At soil level which is pretty much where the foliage is right now sometimes it can read as high as 93 degrees. On the floor below the pots it can read ~82. At the very top it reads somewhere around 90 degrees. I honestly have no idea why the temps are so high. I am sitting 7 feet from this thing and its 77 degrees right here and im pushing about 15 times the volume of the chamber through it each minute. I would appreciate any help you can give.
Thanks