Will someone please build a low profile A/C for small grow tents!!!

My flower space is only a 4x4 tent with a 1000watt HPS, but I want to supplement CO2 and control other parameters (temp/humidity). Although I can have much higher temps with CO2 supplementation, a higher humidity is usually recommended as well, right?

If I use an exhaust fan, not only do I loose CO2, but I pull in air that is only 30-40% humidity (NOT good if my temp is 80+ as it "should" be with CO2 supplementation). All other small A/C units are still too tall and big (so they'd take up 1-2 sq feet plant space in the tent or they are meant to be used outside where hot air can be exhausted into the open so in a tent it would actually just heat the space more!

With the industry where it is today, why can't one of you smarter engineering folks out there just build an A/C, heater, dehumidifier, humidifier all in 1 that is long and flat (less than 1foot tall) to fit under a grow table?

Does anyone else have a solution to this that they have actually done? ...Keeping in mind that I want the advantages of a sealed room (total control over temp/humidity/CO2) without 100 sq feet of space?


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BobThe420Builder said:

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So you want me to hang a mini split in my 4x4 grow tent?...

Not saying that, but they are available

You could make a frame for it inside or outside your tent.

Point was there are low profile ac available

Just put the ac outside of the tent and and use a fan for intake.

Titikshu said:

So you want me to hang a mini split in my 4x4 grow tent?...

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I'm installing a minisplit in my 4x4x6.2 cabinet in 2 weeks. I'll be loosing 1ft head hight, but I'm running led so it shouldn't be an issue

I've thought the same about an all in one, environment in a box that handles all 4.. heat, cool, humidify, dehumidify.

Would be nice if the rez for the humdifier could use the dehumidifier/cooling byproduct, etc. I'd say a tower that eats up a 1x1 space would even be acceptable. Gotta sacrifice some space inside tent for some crowds... But I'd also want to be able to duct it and have it outside the grow space.

Couple different sizes, etc. Any angel investors listening?

Check that out.

Build one your self. Take a fridge apart. Use some hoses. Build it first. Then investors will steal the idea and make it cheaper.

Then china will build the knock-off and wreck the investors business.

420burn420 said:

Just put the ac outside of the tent and and use a fan for intake.

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I guess I could make some kind of make shift vent from the A/C into the tent...will consider it. Thanks

NewGrower2011 said:

Then china will build the knock-off and wreck the investors business.

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Um...the investors would use China to begin with, hehe. Where else is the American Dream made and manufactured?

lazaah said:

I'm installing a minisplit in my 4x4x6.2 cabinet in 2 weeks. I'll be loosing 1ft head hight, but I'm running led so it shouldn't be an issue

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Yeah, I may have to lose the dinosaurs and get a good LED...

NewGrower2011 said:

I've thought the same about an all in one, environment in a box that handles all 4.. heat, cool, humidify, dehumidify.

Would be nice if the rez for the humdifier could use the dehumidifier/cooling byproduct, etc. I'd say a tower that eats up a 1x1 space would even be acceptable. Gotta sacrifice some space inside tent for some crowds... But I'd also want to be able to duct it and have it outside the grow space.

Couple different sizes, etc. Any angel investors listening?

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Yes, a duct system that could run everything into one of the tent inputs would be great, right?

HydroKid239 said:

Check that out.

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Interesting for sure.... Rather than dealing with ice and taking some points from @420burn420 and @NewGrower2011 I could put the A/C in a small tent outside the room and run a circular duct system from and to that tent so air would be automatically circulated from the A/C tent and back.... mmm....All good ideas!!!

Thanks for the tips and ideas. Indoor growing certainly does exercise the creativity muscles.

Maybe bust out of the tent, it's cramping your style. Get into a room sized grow and you will have plenty of space for gear.

Maybe something like this will help you out

Well I guess that unit uses 24VDC power.

Renfro said:

Maybe bust out of the tent, it's cramping your style. Get into a room sized grow and you will have plenty of space for gear.

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Actually, the biggest room I could build would be just under a 12 x 12 and I would still have the same issues since I focus on cloning, not flower. The flowering area is just for testing genetics. The overall 12x12 space is easy since it can fit an A/C, humidifier, etc, but the environmental conditions for veg are different than flower and my flowering space would still only be 4x4.

I could solve it all with the purchase of 2 A/C units and 2 CO2 controllers, but I'm trying to work it all with only 1...

Renfro said:

Maybe something like this will help you out

Emerson Quiet Kool 1,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner in Grey and Yellow EAP01 - The Home Depot

Grab an outdoor camping portable air conditioner for a fresh cool summer. The light-weighted and compact design can save your space while cooling down a small space (65-85 sq. ft) by 16F in just a few

www.homedepot.com

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I saw that. It cycles air though so in a closed space it would eventually just heat the whole thing up Thanks for the research though!!!