My Secret Jardin DR300W setup and review
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I got a dr300w and I've set it up but im curious as to what temperature the air coming in fresh must be. I am going to have the a/c set to 75 as soon as we duct the hot air from the portable a/c in the tent and the air that is ducted out of the tent after being cleaned with the carbon filter and sent through the 2 air cooled hoods into a 8" hole in teh ceiling of the closet to rid that room of hot air... after that the a/c on 75 should be pretttty steady in supplying that room to be 75 degrees therefore giving a NICE steady intake of 75ish degree air into the tent. and when that portable a/c unit is running in a cooler environment i think it will do its job cooling as well. I'm just hoping for now because so far all tests have been performed with no lights on yet inside the tent as the temps were already 78-82 ish .. But that was with the cleaned air and the hot air from the portable ac unit venting into the closet right next to the tent rather than up into the actual ceiling once we cut an 8" hole and duct the air out 
any input is appreciated!
any input is appreciated!
Bublonichronic
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sounds nice....hope yours dosent have light leeks like mine....and when i had a portable a/c in my dr150 when it turned on it sucked the walls in so bad that there was damage to the seems where it had been sewd together....good luckI got a dr300w and I've set it up but im curious as to what temperature the air coming in fresh must be. I am going to have the a/c set to 75 as soon as we duct the hot air from the portable a/c in the tent and the air that is ducted out of the tent after being cleaned with the carbon filter and sent through the 2 air cooled hoods into a 8" hole in teh ceiling of the closet to rid that room of hot air... after that the a/c on 75 should be pretttty steady in supplying that room to be 75 degrees therefore giving a NICE steady intake of 75ish degree air into the tent. and when that portable a/c unit is running in a cooler environment i think it will do its job cooling as well. I'm just hoping for now because so far all tests have been performed with no lights on yet inside the tent as the temps were already 78-82 ish .. But that was with the cleaned air and the hot air from the portable ac unit venting into the closet right next to the tent rather than up into the actual ceiling once we cut an 8" hole and duct the air out
How is your portable ac sucking air? Mine blows air from a corner and then exhausts the heat it creates from the rear via ducting out the w
side which we are about to route into the ceiling to eliminate lingering hot air outside the grow tent so we can intake as much cool air into the tent.
I read a little on LTS I've been told will make it short and fat nothing really solid yet.. Anyone got a good link explaining how to do it as well as maybe pics/videos?
Bublonichronic
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i returnd the a/c...all i really remember was it didnt work out....but LST https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/181208-mammaths-stealth-cabinet-grow-journals-10.html < give that a little glance..
Hotwired
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A lil advice for you guys about portable a/c and tents.
You do NOT need to put the a/c inside of the tent. If you have your tent inside a room, like me, then you can put the a/c right outside your tent but inside the room.
For example, my room is 12 x 10 and my 5 x 10 tent is inside this room. I use central a/c to cool that room (and, of course, the rest of the house too). I use 2 separate fans. One fan to cool the lights and one fan to pull thru a filter and pull fresh air in the tent. Both fans suck the central a/c from outside the tent and exhaust into the attic.
The problem with this is that I'm wasting a ton of air cooling the whole house. All I really need is a portable a/c inside the same room as the tent. This way I only cool that room and not have my central a/c continuously on.
What you need to do is find a nice spot for the portable right outside the tent and vent the hot air from it outside or into the attic. This way the portable cools the room only and your fans will suck in all that cool air to keep temps low. Soon as I get a few $$$'s I'll buy a nice portable.
Keeping the a/c outside the tent but in the same room does a few good things for you.
1) You wont have to worry about odor control
2) You won't have to worry about the a/c pulling the sides of your tent inwards
3) You wont have to worry about extra space
4) You do NOT need to get a dual hose unit doing it this way. ANY portable will work
The pro's outweigh the cons by a mile. Just something to think about
You do NOT need to put the a/c inside of the tent. If you have your tent inside a room, like me, then you can put the a/c right outside your tent but inside the room.
For example, my room is 12 x 10 and my 5 x 10 tent is inside this room. I use central a/c to cool that room (and, of course, the rest of the house too). I use 2 separate fans. One fan to cool the lights and one fan to pull thru a filter and pull fresh air in the tent. Both fans suck the central a/c from outside the tent and exhaust into the attic.
The problem with this is that I'm wasting a ton of air cooling the whole house. All I really need is a portable a/c inside the same room as the tent. This way I only cool that room and not have my central a/c continuously on.
What you need to do is find a nice spot for the portable right outside the tent and vent the hot air from it outside or into the attic. This way the portable cools the room only and your fans will suck in all that cool air to keep temps low. Soon as I get a few $$$'s I'll buy a nice portable.
Keeping the a/c outside the tent but in the same room does a few good things for you.
1) You wont have to worry about odor control
2) You won't have to worry about the a/c pulling the sides of your tent inwards
3) You wont have to worry about extra space
4) You do NOT need to get a dual hose unit doing it this way. ANY portable will work
The pro's outweigh the cons by a mile. Just something to think about
i got a journal started now. have the a/c outside the tent like you recommended and both the hot air from that a/c unit that ducts out the back of it hooked to a tee wye connector where the air that is cleaned thru can filter then blown threw the 2 air coole dhoods and out the tent vent into a 6-8" hole in the ceiling of the closet getting that hot air ducted out . now just trying to get that room to cool as much as possible. so the little a/c unit can keep it cool in that room also installed an oscillating fan in the corner and will install another one soon.
also installed an oscillating fan in the corner and will install another one soon.A lil advice for you guys about portable a/c and tents.
You do NOT need to put the a/c inside of the tent. If you have your tent inside a room, like me, then you can put the a/c right outside your tent but inside the room.
For example, my room is 12 x 10 and my 5 x 10 tent is inside this room. I use central a/c to cool that room (and, of course, the rest of the house too). I use 2 separate fans. One fan to cool the lights and one fan to pull thru a filter and pull fresh air in the tent. Both fans suck the central a/c from outside the tent and exhaust into the attic.
The problem with this is that I'm wasting a ton of air cooling the whole house. All I really need is a portable a/c inside the same room as the tent. This way I only cool that room and not have my central a/c continuously on.
What you need to do is find a nice spot for the portable right outside the tent and vent the hot air from it outside or into the attic. This way the portable cools the room only and your fans will suck in all that cool air to keep temps low. Soon as I get a few $$$'s I'll buy a nice portable.
Keeping the a/c outside the tent but in the same room does a few good things for you.
1) You wont have to worry about odor control
2) You won't have to worry about the a/c pulling the sides of your tent inwards
3) You wont have to worry about extra space
4) You do NOT need to get a dual hose unit doing it this way. ANY portable will work
The pro's outweigh the cons by a mile. Just something to think about
Hotwired
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Am I understanding you right? Do you use only 1 fan to exhaust the tent AND the lights? It may work but not as efficient as separating the tent air from the air cooled hoods.
I have a TD-150 pulling thru a can filter and exhausting into the attic. This pulls fresh air in automatically from outside the tent thru 2 passive intakes.
I have another TD-150 pulling thru 2 air cooled hoods. This air is also sucked from outside the tent and exhausted into the attic.
If I understand you right..........you have a fan pulling thru a can filter which is in the tent and then pushing it out thru your air cooled hoods and exhausting into the attic?
It's ok to do this....if you can keep the temps down. The reason I use 2 fans separately is:
The air being pulled thru the lights is much cooler because it's coming from outside the tent and not the already heated air from inside the tent. This in turn keeps the lights cooler and temps lower in the tent.
You, on the other hand, are pulling air from outside the tent, thru the filter and then thru the lights. The air will already be much hotter while going thru the lights and will not cool your tent off as much as you would like.
Try using 2 smaller inline fans like me and keeping the tent air separate from the air cooled hoods. Just something to think about
I have a TD-150 pulling thru a can filter and exhausting into the attic. This pulls fresh air in automatically from outside the tent thru 2 passive intakes.
I have another TD-150 pulling thru 2 air cooled hoods. This air is also sucked from outside the tent and exhausted into the attic.
If I understand you right..........you have a fan pulling thru a can filter which is in the tent and then pushing it out thru your air cooled hoods and exhausting into the attic?
It's ok to do this....if you can keep the temps down. The reason I use 2 fans separately is:
The air being pulled thru the lights is much cooler because it's coming from outside the tent and not the already heated air from inside the tent. This in turn keeps the lights cooler and temps lower in the tent.
You, on the other hand, are pulling air from outside the tent, thru the filter and then thru the lights. The air will already be much hotter while going thru the lights and will not cool your tent off as much as you would like.
Try using 2 smaller inline fans like me and keeping the tent air separate from the air cooled hoods. Just something to think about
tea tree
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man, i just tried changing my tent around and using it with the light on one circuit and adding some spare inline fans as outakes.
An hour of sweat and I got one degree cooler. That is with the same air and same room exhaust setup ( the whole room being pulled clean out a sliding door). I am stuck at 80 with my house air at 70.
So I guess what I can tell is that if you are going to change everything aorund make sure you get a cooler intake for the light than you had before and some extra way to ehaust1
Really I guess was that it is not a huge diference unless you make some major mods to a system that uses an eight inch fan to pull through an eight inch cool tibe with a 600 watt. My fan is big.
An hour of sweat and I got one degree cooler. That is with the same air and same room exhaust setup ( the whole room being pulled clean out a sliding door). I am stuck at 80 with my house air at 70.
So I guess what I can tell is that if you are going to change everything aorund make sure you get a cooler intake for the light than you had before and some extra way to ehaust1
Really I guess was that it is not a huge diference unless you make some major mods to a system that uses an eight inch fan to pull through an eight inch cool tibe with a 600 watt. My fan is big.
Bublonichronic
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a good cheap fan is..... http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1747223 actually got more expencive since i bought mine...lol also i been leaveing my tent unzipd at the top and my temps chill at like 78-79
iloveit
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How loud is it at high setting?
Bublonichronic
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kind of loud....but not like weird "wtf is that" kind of loud, lol