Sellasie I
Active Member
Greetings! I recently switched from LED panels to a 600 watt HPS set up. 4x4x8 closet. Things were going rather good at 1st with the LEDs. Temp was at a constant 74-79 degree F with the lights going 24/7. When the 600 watt came began using that and temps rose dramatically to around 110 F which forced me to have to open up the closet door to get air from the bedroom to keep things cooled down. My 8" fan just wasnt doing it anymore. I live in a cold winter state so I began opening the bedroom window too plus the bedroom has a ceiling fan. That helps a little but if I close the closet door-back to 110 degrees! I live in a condo and really didnt want to cut thru the walls to run ducts as I dont plan to stay here forever, I plan to move into a house somewhere down the line but until then I have to work with what I have. The closet does have entrance into the attic though. I also am in the process of wiring up a panel with four 80cfm computer fans (total=320cfm which should be more than enough for the size room) that Im gonna mount on the bottom of one of the closet shutter doors as an intake (When I move, these doors are old and will be replaced). I know one of my probs is that I have a batwing reflector. I am planning on getting one with the tempered glass and the 6" duct holes to reduce some heat but that wont be for another 3 or 4 weeks maybe (moneys kinda tight right now lol). I did just order a big 18" shop fan that Im waiting on to arrive. That should easily blow some of the cool bedroom air into the closet. I really have no idea where I would exhaust the heat from the bulb to? Maybe the attic? Should I also add 4 more computer fans (same model) to the top of the same door to exhaust the entire room?
Second problem: While using the LEDs I could always put a couple big buckets of H2O in the closet, turn my heat fan on for a couple minutes, turn it off and close up the closet and the humidity would reach about 49% which was acceptable. NOW...with the 600 watter there is no more closing the closet door till lights go off (had to go to 18/6 due to the heat issues) which means the 8" fan runs all day which makes the humidity stay under 20% (and thats with 2 big pots of water plus 3 large wet bath towels hanging in the closet). I even bought a humidifier off the net that sold as new but when I tried to use it it did nothing at all and began to flash the bad filter message. I contacted the seller and he's sending more filters cause maybe those went bad from the unit just sitting in the box for a year or so I guess but I'm SOL till they arrive. So how could I lower my temps of this closet while at the same time raising the humidity level? Any help is greatly appreciated!
Second problem: While using the LEDs I could always put a couple big buckets of H2O in the closet, turn my heat fan on for a couple minutes, turn it off and close up the closet and the humidity would reach about 49% which was acceptable. NOW...with the 600 watter there is no more closing the closet door till lights go off (had to go to 18/6 due to the heat issues) which means the 8" fan runs all day which makes the humidity stay under 20% (and thats with 2 big pots of water plus 3 large wet bath towels hanging in the closet). I even bought a humidifier off the net that sold as new but when I tried to use it it did nothing at all and began to flash the bad filter message. I contacted the seller and he's sending more filters cause maybe those went bad from the unit just sitting in the box for a year or so I guess but I'm SOL till they arrive. So how could I lower my temps of this closet while at the same time raising the humidity level? Any help is greatly appreciated!
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