Well it's a good thing I'm kinda high reading this. I'll probably understand you better lol
...but could you not use a cool tube to bring in air and exhaust from the house, this would heat the house if needed. Then run intake and exhaust, on separate fan, outdoors, or from the house for extra cooling when needed. It would be nice to switch the pipes as needed for extra heating when heating season and outdoors when cooling season.
Heating the house in the Winter was kind of an afterthought, but the multiple ducts for the season is what I was thinking as well.
I've never had an issue running cold air over the light but I also only had fan on when light fired up.
I've read a couple places that cold air running across the bulb drops the voltage, effecting the output. While that may be true, I imagine having the ability to get your light close to the canopy makes up for it.
could you not use a cool tube? I now just use gull wings.
I'm going to be using a regular-sized ac hood, since I'll have the space. The cool tubes don't have the footprint of the larger reflectors.
What I was really trying to find out is, if I've isolated the hood from the grow by using outside air, will a 4" inline fan (say 200 cfm), and a 4" scrubber be enough to cycle the 4x4x7 tent air with the room air, incrementally.
I've built a few grows, so I know about keeping temps at bay, but not with the hood ventilation separate from the grow. What I don't know is how much radiant heat is left in the tent to deal with. How warm, and how quickly, does the tent get, even with the light heat removed? Would the tent temps stay relative to the room, to where I could cycle the air on a 15 minute timer with a 4" fan?
I was also wondering if I'd need a window ac if I've got the light heat isolated. Does the tent/room still get warm with that setup?
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