patrickkawi37
Well-Known Member
lmfao. i wrote the same shit down and was like... fuck it, if he wants to lie to himself let him lie to himselfso let me get this straight, you have 6 1k lights non air cooled in a sealed room with no AC running and your temps are at 83* .. Thats bullshit.. If your in a sealed room with no AC and 6 1k adjust a wings your temps would be well over 100*F .
i agree that a mini split is no way going to cover all the dehumidifying for that room. i also had to get an industrial dehumidifier because the 2 small ones sucked and produced too much heat. i get about 20 gallons a day between the dehumidifier and the condensation the mini split gets.if your counting on your AC to act as your dehumidifier it wont work out as planned. Granted an AC unit is technically "somewhat" a dehumidifier, it wont handle the amount of moisture that is going to be in your room, at least not in my room anyway which is 400 sq ft.!! I have a 4 ton Central AC and needed two separate dehumidifiers for my room. With the central AC and two dehumidifiers the humidity is still at 50% ! Its fucking terrible ! I decided that I have no choice but to go and buy an "air sponge" from Home depot, its a commercial dehumidifier that eliminates 130 pints a day. I have no choice, the standard 50-70 pint dehumidifiers break within 1 year and they cost anywhere from 200-300. I know this from experience, you have to run the dehumidifier non stop so it breaks within a year / year n a half.
ricky you arent going to get a mini split for 600 bucks unless your buying a used one. mine was 1600. get a good one, that works efficiently, that will save you on your electricity costs and a good one hopefully wont shit out on you. 4 lights is way more efficient in that sized box. over killing watts just makes the gram to watt ratio further apart making bills harder to pay.
let me say this as ive said to like 6 people this week on this website that dont listen. if you dont have co2, or a fresh air exchange, your choking your plants, no matter what you do, you will NOT do well. so if you decide that you dont want to do co2 the first run.. you need some sort of fresh air exchange and im not talking about the air cooling your lights.
a tip... get co2 and dont waste putting holes in your area that your going to have to seal after one run. if you dont have the funds, dont start yet. i skimped on co2 for 2 runs and choked my plants and it was the most miserable top ramen eating 6 months of my life. dont cheap out on something that your relying on.