I need help dialing in my grow room can anybody take a look at these pictures and give me some advice

Rickypsimer

Rickypsimer

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Hey guys thanks for taking a look at my grow room this is a 2x4 with a t s 600 get so damn hot and a Chinese knockoff with the same Spectrum I've got six pack plants in 3 gallon fabric pots Fox 4 Forest ocean Farm I've got plenty of fans if anybody could take a look at these pictures and tell me where to put things so I can get the air to come in circle and go out the top I feel like I've tried every combination of opening ports allowing for more air or maybe I just need to upgrade my exhaust possibly the exhaust is exhausting allot of air though!!
 

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ThatKidiscrying

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Raise your lights and put plants up on buckets. Ideally you don’t want a lot of space between the lights and the top of the tent for hot air to collect.
Use the top of the tent for exhaust port if possible. Have 4 times the opening size at the bottom as the fan.....if the intake is passive( no incoming fan ).
2- 4” AC infinity fans with a temp/humidity controller that will run both of them would work perfect.
 
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Mak'er Grow

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Looks good...only thing I notice off hand is the 2 vents going out the back. I'm guessing 1 is air in (bottom) and other is air out (top) ?
You may want to put an elbow pointing down on the air in (@bottom) and move the air out to the opposite side, as far away from air coming in as you can...maybe even add an elbow and short piece of pipe to point it to the top right corner. That way the cool air doesn't come in and go right out and has a little more chance to circulate.
I'm sure theres more, but thats where I'd start.
 
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Mak'er Grow

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1 other thing...pull it out from the wall more so the air can vent away from the tent...maybe another elbow there too...looks like its kind of restricting the flow and it will end up damaging the wall with warm moist air blowing that close.
 
Rickypsimer

Rickypsimer

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Mak'er Grow said:
Looks good...only thing I notice off hand is the 2 vents going out the back. I'm guessing 1 is air in (bottom) and other is air out (top) ?
You may want to put an elbow pointing down on the air in (@bottom) and move the air out to the opposite side, as far away from air coming in as you can...maybe even add an elbow and short piece of pipe to point it to the top right corner. That way the cool air doesnes more, but thats where I'd start. I had also turned the main circulating fan and forgot...
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I got it figured out !!!!!!!! Thank you all. There was some kinda cross current recycling hot exhausted air... I got it figured but I'm worried about summer time cuz this winters grow was so easy but during the summer I feel the AC cost is gonna hurt
 

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coreywebster

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Rickypsimer said:
Duct boosters I guess they are I'm dialed back in now THANKS GUYS
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You don't want to be measuring the air temp directly under the lights, especially with a black thermometer.

Put them above the light line or shade them with white card and make sure air is been circulated around them.
 
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Mak'er Grow

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Yes, AC costs are a bitch...I'm in the same boat...my building charges $75/month...lol
I try to grow as much as I can before the heat wave hits and hope it last me until I start up again.
Best of luck and happy growin' :P
 
Bignutes

Bignutes

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Rickypsimer said:
I got it figured out !!!!!!!! Thank you all. There was some kinda cross current recycling hot exhausted air... I got it figured but I'm worried about summer time cuz this winters grow was so easy but during the summer I feel the AC cost is gonna hurt
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Build an evaporative cooler, so much cheaper to cool, just the cost to run a fan.
 
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