i had an intake and exhaust. 5/11 lights on. my plants were hitting up to 100+ degrees so today, i rearranged my lights left 8 in the room, and here is the finish product. the temp is still around 88 with 4/8 lights on. im fucked. help me. im thinking about quitting.
88 degrees and up fml. PICS INCLUDED
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Irie Genetics
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rethink the ducting. reconsider amount of light per plant. reconsider A/C to light ratios. Just because you have room for 11 lights does not mean you need them.
What is the size of your room? How much dried bud do you need and how often? You can save it. Anybody can grow. Growing in the summer weeds out the chumps from the growers.
What is the size of your room? How much dried bud do you need and how often? You can save it. Anybody can grow. Growing in the summer weeds out the chumps from the growers.
diamondjackdallas
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i would think 11 lights going on would raise suspicions to the power company not to mention your electric bill would sky rocket. try using only two lights.id imagine thats plenty for atleast 8-10 plants easily. it could be a problem with not enough air being moved out and in could be why its not cool enough. not circulating fans but the intake and exhuasts fans i only saw two of them, i dont see how that would work with 4 lights, try having two lights on with all your fans and if the temp is stable and maintanable then id imagine you buy more of them fans to use more lights.. Goodluck man im not too expierienced myself!
fans were down for the construction, my monthly bill is about 600 dollars. i am actually growing for a collective which allows them to grow up to 99 plants
silusbotwin
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Is it just me, or does it look like his exhaust fan/carbon filter isn't even connected photo 1?
diamondjackdallas
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if your growing for a collective i guess that means you live somewhere that its legal to grow cannabis for medicinal use? that would help out with not being so suspicious. i wouldnt give up i tried a closet grow 2 yrs ago it didnt work out and i gave up myself now im back i went the right way about it actual lights and a grow tent, i had an issue with my heat aswell it was because i didnt have enough air from inside being pulled out, so i put a bigger exhuast fan in or i guess you could say the correct size fan lol, a cfm fan isnt enough to cool a 600 watt mh/hps in a 4x4x6.5 tent lol, but i am managing it now. and yes it does look that way, i had trouble setting up my one light and ducting i could not imagine trying to do 11 lights and exhuast!
diamondjackdallas
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it does but blackbloc wrote just above you that someof his fan were disconnected so i imagine that is why it looked that way.
fir3dragon
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the solution to high temps is simple. more air circulation
drgreentm
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i see allot of ducting but no where explaining where it is all going??? i see your portable ac compressor exhaust is Y'd into something and i would like to know what that is??? the ac unit needs to be ducted out on its own ducting to make sure you are not back pressuring the unit and throwing hot air in the room from the compressor. also if you are running 11 lights i sure hope you have 4-5 more of those little portable units in the room lol. what size lights are they?? what size is your room?? i think you are way WAY overkill on your lighting. i see a few trays in the pics. how many trays you running under 11 lights??
Irie Genetics
Active Member
I agree with the Y duct on the AC and also agree that you are in OVERKILL mode.
UnderBelly
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Here in Arizona, we dream of rooms that get to the low 80s. I'm not even talking about grow rooms. I'm talking about summer days where you have the AC running full tilt just to get the inside of the house to a comfortable sub-90. People grow very successfully in those conditions. Are you actually having problems from your "high" temperatures, or are you just worrying because you'd like them lower?
the ac compressor is duct to the y that shoots up through the roof on the other side of the y is a 12 in fantech, im not using 11 lights anymore, and only 8. i only have 1 one ac unit. how do i check if there is back pressure?
there seems to be normal heat coming from the back of the compressor. my ac unit is a 10000 btu unit. i was thinking about upgrading to 12000. the lights are mixed 1000w hps and mh for veg. the room is 15X15 but there are many things in the way. so it is hard to make it really clean. im using 3x6. the pictures are showing my new setup which is 5- 3x6 under 6 lights.
well the plants you see on the tray have been stunted from the heat and have been in veg for 2 months. im thinking about throwing them away but i need something to fill the space. So i have had problems from the high temp.
drgreentm
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ok i can tell you right now you are back pressuring the unit, i have a 8500 btu portable and had to have a separate vent for it straight out the room. is the 12" fan what is cooling the lights? how often does the 12" fan run, all the time? if the 12" fan is running when your ac compressor kicks off the pressure of fast moving hot air from the 12" fan is prably coming out through the ac unit. now that my unit is ducted on its own the compressor stays on much longer and cools much better. you will prably get a few degrees out of changing that but your ac unit is much to small for x5 1000 watts. my 8500 btu ac barely keeps up with my 2 1000w air cooled lights lol, definetly need to incorporate a much better ac unit but im sure the one you have is not running properly due to the compressor overheating.