600W HPS Heat issue

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missveeve

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Hi,

I've got a 600W in a 6w x 3d x 8h closet and i cant shift the heat.
I've got a 6" exhaust fan and a 5" intake fan with 2 oscilating fans but still wont go below 84F.

Dont know what else to do. Will it help if i put another exhaust fan?
Or should i take out the intake fan, cut another hole and use it to help exhaust?

Suggestions very welcome
 
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missveeve

Member
Just a bat wing. i was thinking of buying a cool tube today but i read a few negative things about them. do you think this will solve the problem?
 
jondamon

jondamon

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If you dont like cooltubes look for an aircooled hood instead.


Cooltubes are cheap

Good aircooled hoods are not.


I personally use a SUNLIGHT SUPPLY BLOCKBUSTER.


And to answer your question, YES it will definately help.... but if your ambient intake air temps are higher than 75F you'll struggle to keep temps below 80F.





J
 
Stickystickyganja

Stickystickyganja

Well-Known Member
I had the same issue. I attached 2 120mm pc fans to the batwing blowing in the direction of my exhaust above the lights. worked like a mexican. Or....this is a bit extreme but you can run a duct or some hosing from a window or outside into your grow area.
 
randomseed

randomseed

Active Member
Real brand cooltubes are really good at cooling the lights but cheap ones suck royal balls.
That being said most high grade air cooled hoods are about as good.
Problem with cool tubes is you lose light out the sides where the hoods are better at directing it in the right place, but the tubes are usualy more efficient at getting the heat out of the tube then a hood is.
 
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missveeve

Member
got an air cooled hood today. ive put it on for an hour to see if it helped and put my girls under some T5s. Fingers crossed
 
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missveeve

Member
:wall: New prob. Just found my timers out. it seems to come on for 12 hours then goes off for 4 hours then on for 12 hours. dont know how long this has been goin on. how will this affect my girls?
Cheers
 
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tellno1

Well-Known Member
sometimes it will hermi or slow their growth .. the best you can do is fix your timer and watch them to see if it did effect them

happy growin
 
azman

azman

Active Member
i ended up scrapping my t ubes, they cooled well but footprint was disgraceful and affected yield badly.
 
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missveeve

Member
I been reading up on it some more and some sites say you can almost touch the plants with the glass. how bad was it affected?
 
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