major bad heat problems

Tranceus

Active Member
i got some serious fucking heat problems goin on man. i checked my room after i got home today and it was 90 damn degrees. i have a 400 cfm squirrell cage fan pulling new air in and a 190 cfm carbon filter circulating the air in the room and guess what. my hps lights werent even running when the temps got hot so it had nothing to do with lights its hot ass weather. what the fuck should i do? please any suggestions i gotta do something the hot months arent even here and i havent even started the 12/12 with the HID yet.
 

jpockets420

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sounds like your only route is an expensive ass portable ac unit...unless you can put a small window unit in your area...
 

jpockets420

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I feel your pain though...my lights off temps have been in the low 80's and when the hps pops on it rises to 88. My ac broke so I am left with pulling air from my living area that has a wall unit 12500btu and that just keeps my living area about 77F. Cool air is pouring in my garden room but the heat outside radiating through the walls keeps the temps high no matter how low of a temp i keep the ac in my living room. So I supplement with lots of co2 and they seem to be doing ok for the most part.
 

Tranceus

Active Member
well this sucks seeing as i dont get paid for 2 weeks and a sufficient unit will cost around 500 bucks oh well. ill make that back off 2 ounces right
 

jpockets420

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500 for a window unit? How big is your area. I was cooling my 8x12 room off with a simple $100 fedders 5200btu window unit. Temps stayed a cozy 75F...oh how I miss those times! lol
 

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
well this sucks seeing as i dont get paid for 2 weeks and a sufficient unit will cost around 500 bucks oh well. ill make that back off 2 ounces right
Jpockets has a point ... Mall-Wart has units for way cheaper. The real cost is in running it imo. cn
 

HeartlandHank

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Yeah, definitely put a window unit in the room. I'm guessing you are running in a closet or tent? If so, use a fan for your intake air. Run ducting off the fan right up to the vent on the ac. I have to do this every year in July and August.
 

skunkd0c

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if you can keep the air moving with plenty of fresh co2 rich air coming in from outside, the plants will be ok in high temps, they will drink a great deal more to keep themselves cool, using A/C is not efficient it uses a lot of power to cool the air down, using water to cool the lights is more efficient in the long run but more involved and costly to first set up

i would personaly try using lower wattage lights first, and remove the hoods the metal reflectors act as heat radiators, maybe look at vertical growing
or even at least the glass tube cool reflectors you can attach the extractor to
also use a powerful extractor fan, the quicker you can remove all the air in the grow space and replace it with new air that is lower in temp and has more co2 the better,
i would get an 8 or 10 inch extractor fan, it will cost a fraction of the price of an a/c ,
the extractor will not reduce the temperature by as much as an a/c, but it will cause much more air flow, and bring in more co2 from outside,
a standard portable a/c has a small fan that moves only a small amount of air, compared to a large inline extractor fan

during veg they can handle very poor conditions, but once the buds come, they will get sick turn yellow and crispy the leaves will die quickly heat damage and lack of co2 when they get over 90f in poor air conditions
remember though plants will thrive in 90f if you can give them enough fresh air / co2 , food and keep the humidity under control, heat actually makes them grow faster

peace :)
 

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
no its all unobstructed space
Is it well-insulated? If so, a split-system fixed unit is much more efficient than a portable. Higher initial cost / lower op. costs.
Also consider building a room within the space, esp. if it's garage or shop. You can insulate that and use a small window-type unit, exhausting either into your larger space or directly out. This option requires some carpentry skill and dedication however. You did imply that you're a homeowner. cn

<edit> If you're west of the Divide, also consider two-stage cooling: a swamp (evap) cooler for the main space and an AC for the subspace.
 
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