Air Conditioning -- Do You Use It Year Round?

[cat of curiosity]

you guys smoke way too much...

a portable can be used to replace your extraction fan, as you will be venting fresh hot air out at all times. this is your best bet for that small of a room, 4x4x6. the 12-600btu will be way more than enough, and you can box up your blower.

 

[chemphlegm]

you guys smoke way too much...

a portable can be used to replace your extraction fan, as you will be venting fresh hot air out at all times. this is your best bet for that small of a room, 4x4x6. the 12-600btu will be way more than enough, and you can box up your blower.

what about the odor?

 

[cat of curiosity]

what about the odor?

simple can and fan to recycle in the area, so no need to filter exhaust. 4x4x6 is only 96 cubic feet

 

[chemphlegm]

I run four huge cans full time in a space 3x that and when I open the door to my flower room its on . when I popped a new ac

simple can and fan to recycle in the area, so no need to filter exhaust. 4x4x6 is only 96 cubic feet

that may be dependent upon the odoriferous reports of one's garden habits
one of my chems in a 2x4 tent by itself with a 3 foot full time can would not contain any smells using one of those shit can swamp coolers. been there done that, stunk up the yard.

 

[Blenko420]

those portable units have disappointed everyone I know that used them in conjunction with their marijuana garden.just saying

Really? I found an ancient portable ac unit in my partners cellar and that allowed me to use 2x600 watt hps lights when without the unit the heat was too much with just 1 600watt hps and with that the ducting on both ends is held together with nothing but duct tape heres a pic a of the old gal set up. Im not saying you are wrong but i am saying it worked for my setup. However, i should state for accuracy that i added a 6 inch inline fan on the end of the duct into the tent to boost the flow.

 

[chemphlegm]

Really? I found an ancient portable ac unit in my partners cellar and that allowed me to use 2x600 watt hps lights when without the unit the heat was too much with just 1 600watt hps and with that the ducting on both ends is held together with nothing but duct tape heres a pic a of the old gal set up. Im not saying you are wrong but i am saying it worked for my setup. However, i should state for accuracy that i added a 6 inch inline fan on the end of the duct into the tent to boost the flow.

thats a bad ass ancient model !
could be anyone I know that used one was in a bigger space, or more lights too? also though, the stink man, sometimes folks dont notice, sometimes their weed smells stronger than other times, some strains smell more than others. if I hooked one up, and indeed did in a small space...my disappointment was for the little cooling effect I got, not horrible, but mainly for the odor management.

 

[Blenko420]

Guess it must be badass then ey haha what do you mean about ac unit effecting the smell? Mine is only cycling air outside of the tent and putting nothing but clean 15 degrees C into the tent the ac exhaust is ducted out of the window.

 

[chemphlegm]

Guess it must be badass then ey haha what do you mean about ac unit effecting the smell? Mine is only cycling air outside of the tent and putting nothing but clean 15 degrees C into the tent the ac exhaust is ducted out of the window.

the portable units share the inside/outside air, unlike a window or split style. if it stinks in the cool room it will stink in the exaust area is my experience with portable units. did something change since my last follies years ago?

 

[chemphlegm]

Guess it must be badass then ey haha what do you mean about ac unit effecting the smell? Mine is only cycling air outside of the tent and putting nothing but clean 15 degrees C into the tent the ac exhaust is ducted out of the window.

yours rocks !

 

[Blenko420]

Ahh i see what you mean now yeah. Hopefully if my carbon filter and extractor does its job that wont be to much of a problem, mind the room outside the tent will almost definetly experince smell leakage during feeding etc....perhaps a carbon filter on the exhaust of the ac? F*ck that that can wait for the next grow spent enough this time round already haha

 

[Sir Stanky]

I can't say enough for air cooled hoods. I'm running a 1000w in a 4x4 tent in my garage. No ac or anything just a 6" inline fan sucking air out of my tent at the top and pushing that air through the hood and then outside. Fresh air is supplied via two passive 6" intakes (no fans). The temp got up to 27 degrees once when the outside temp was 36 degrees but for the most part my temps are 22-25 degrees. Also it's as simple as it gets.

My set up is similar except I use a 600 watter and one intake with a fan/dust filter and my tent is inside the house. This year has been pretty mild in SE Michigan so I have only used about two weeks of air conditioning this summer. I run my lights at night when the temps cool off. Usually only have to run the air when the temps outside get north of 85 during the day and 70 or higher at night.

 

[NugHeuser]

Ahh i see what you mean now yeah. Hopefully if my carbon filter and extractor does its job that wont be to much of a problem, mind the room outside the tent will almost definetly experince smell leakage during feeding etc....perhaps a carbon filter on the exhaust of the ac? F*ck that that can wait for the next grow spent enough this time round already haha

If you have it on the outside of the tent it won't effect smell as long as outside of the tent doesn't smell. Did you read my post about 10 messages back? I had the same heat problem, in a tent, in the northern states, my setup sounds about identical to yours. So the solution that fixed the entire problem for me, I don't see why it wouldn't work for you. Portable ac was no problem for me, I was able to drop temps to the 50s. I didn't run my temps at that, just stating how effective the 250 dollar portable ac i bought from target was for my temps inside my tent

 

[Huckster79]

Portables seem to lack "ooomph" like those condenserless regrigerators, the beer aint warm but shes not rocky mountain cold either....

If ur not big enough for professional grade unit, window shakers seem to pack more punch than portables.

My window shaker tho digital restarts on last setting. I was able to get a thermostat switch that looks much like a timer for $40 at menards, can set day and night diff temp levels..just turn ac to lowest temp possible, program ur temp highs in it kicks on. If u dont have unit like this u can only set one temp on a window unit, i like ability to make night cooler if ambient temp creats a need to do so..

I did all this after not doing AC and having a beautiful crop on its way, got a heatwave it finished in the 90s... smelled like hay, effects tho there were very short lived... ac is worth every penny

 

[Huckster79]

You can make air filter too cheap, not as powerful but helps. A bucket filled w lump charcoal not briquettes but u can still get it for grilling. Drill the shit outta the bucket fill it w lump charcoal and on lid fasten ur duct work.... cheap and relatively effective...

 

[Huckster79]

Lump charcoal looks like pieces of a burned out bonfire not factory pressed briquettes...