less heat or more lumens

bigj1208

Active Member
First thread on this site (not new to growing but just to this site) Im growing one plant scrog style in a cab that is 26''x20''x5 feet tall witch is in a closet ventilation is a 6 inch sucourt duct fan atached to a diy cooltube with passive intake coming through the botom via a false bottom hideing five 2 inch 90 degree pvc I've recen
tly upgraded my light to a 400w hps with digital dimmable ballest witch I curently run on 75% and keeps my temps at 88 sometimes 89 or 90 when the girlfriend turns the heat to high in the house if I dimm to 50 I can keep temps around 80-82 my question is would it be more beneficial to the plant to have a lower temp and less lumens or the higher temp with more lumens as I said I am not a noob but also not a pro and I am open to any advice people may have

thanks in advanced
 

Agito

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i find little to no benefit going over 60-70w psft
and your on 100w psft at 100% so 75 at 75% there is scope to turn it down a little bit if it brings your temps into touch it may yield more at a lower wattage

200w is fine 50psft is still a sweet spot but turning your thermostat down a touch would be better
i would rather run this than silly temps

you could try venting into the living area and intake cool air in may help
 

bigj1208

Active Member
Thank you both for the input I have thought about venting into my main room but am trying to keep things as stelth as possible. Last night before I went to bed I pointed a small desk fan at my intake holes and just came home for my lunch break and temps were 86 lights have only been on for about 2 and half hours so they may go up
 

bigj1208

Active Member
Unfortunately I was right temps rose back to 88 any other opinions or cheap ways to drop a few degrees?
 

keep it real.

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try to exhaust more air or bring in colder air. maybe air from your basement or air closer to your window were the airs a bit colder, can you close the heating vent to the room your tent is in that way that room gets alot less heat? i have no idea heats a hard thing to manage.
 
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