First lemme say i have a 8x7x7 room, refletix on the walls and DOW TR5 insulation board as the ceiling, Im running two 1000 watt next gens which are mounted out side the room, and thye are pushing agrosun bulbs in magnum xxxl reflectors. I have a 6' active air exhaust fan sucking air through both magnum reflectors out through my houses ducting (man is it hot upstairs lol).
I have no intake fan, so i had been trying combinations of leaving the door open and closed. It was to the point where i had to put a portable 8k btu air conditioner in there and pipe the hot air out through the reflectors and out with thhe 6' fan. The room reached a maximum 91 with just the exhaust fan pulling air through the lights and our the room into the house ducting, with the ac ive seen it as low as 77, but with that being said my exhaust fan that is being ran bya sentinal thermostat never ever shuts off and being connected to the air conditioner is leaving my humidity to high around 60+%.... So at night when its cooling down and hte lights are off the damn humidity dosnt go anywhere because i have the ducting from my exhaust fan hooked up to my ac and I think it isnt really exhausting that much air all tho i disconected it from the house work and it was blowing some what cool air and alot of it but for some reason it just dosnt feel like 456 cfms(not that i really know what that feels like).
So a couple questions, i have one or 2 sharp 90 degree bends in my flexible insulated ducting could this be the culprit?
Will i need to install another exhaust fan, and or an intake fan? And if so will my intake fan be okay just drawing in outside air from the room(my basements kind of warm since venting these lights now...)or will i have to get air from outside the house?
Should I be able to keep a room this size cool enough without an AC, with the active air 6' exhaust fan sucking air through the lights? Or is an ac generally recommended for a room this size or bigger?
What is a good way to keep my temps down in my DWC buckets that are hooked up to the bigg active aqua air pump it seems to be running at around 113 degrees which i know has to be blowing hot air into the buckets..
Could the reflectix i have up be retaining to much heat?
Sorry for the long post just a local grow shop informed be that one 6" hooked up to both thousands hooked up to my carbon filter should be enough to cool it.. and it sure as hell wasnt doing a good job till i put that ac in but my main concern is the exhaust fan and ac have to run 24/7 which shouldnt be the case, id like to have the room dialed in to where the exhaust fan can turn on and shut down being controlled by the thermostat to get it cold enough to give the poor things a break and then turn back on. All comments welcome thanks for the help on my first grow, pictures of my room can be seen in my grow journal thread i seriously APPRECIATE all the help i can get.
I have no intake fan, so i had been trying combinations of leaving the door open and closed. It was to the point where i had to put a portable 8k btu air conditioner in there and pipe the hot air out through the reflectors and out with thhe 6' fan. The room reached a maximum 91 with just the exhaust fan pulling air through the lights and our the room into the house ducting, with the ac ive seen it as low as 77, but with that being said my exhaust fan that is being ran bya sentinal thermostat never ever shuts off and being connected to the air conditioner is leaving my humidity to high around 60+%.... So at night when its cooling down and hte lights are off the damn humidity dosnt go anywhere because i have the ducting from my exhaust fan hooked up to my ac and I think it isnt really exhausting that much air all tho i disconected it from the house work and it was blowing some what cool air and alot of it but for some reason it just dosnt feel like 456 cfms(not that i really know what that feels like).
So a couple questions, i have one or 2 sharp 90 degree bends in my flexible insulated ducting could this be the culprit?
Will i need to install another exhaust fan, and or an intake fan? And if so will my intake fan be okay just drawing in outside air from the room(my basements kind of warm since venting these lights now...)or will i have to get air from outside the house?
Should I be able to keep a room this size cool enough without an AC, with the active air 6' exhaust fan sucking air through the lights? Or is an ac generally recommended for a room this size or bigger?
What is a good way to keep my temps down in my DWC buckets that are hooked up to the bigg active aqua air pump it seems to be running at around 113 degrees which i know has to be blowing hot air into the buckets..
Could the reflectix i have up be retaining to much heat?
Sorry for the long post just a local grow shop informed be that one 6" hooked up to both thousands hooked up to my carbon filter should be enough to cool it.. and it sure as hell wasnt doing a good job till i put that ac in but my main concern is the exhaust fan and ac have to run 24/7 which shouldnt be the case, id like to have the room dialed in to where the exhaust fan can turn on and shut down being controlled by the thermostat to get it cold enough to give the poor things a break and then turn back on. All comments welcome thanks for the help on my first grow, pictures of my room can be seen in my grow journal thread i seriously APPRECIATE all the help i can get.