is this too hiGH?

Ok so my cuttings (northern lights and blue cheese) are in the tent under a 600whps cool tube but my temps are 95!? are they going to be ok? i have a digital ballast but need a cable for it which im gettin tomorrrow hoping this may bring the temps down. its a hot summer here at the moment in the uk so imagine many people will be facing the same problem. there on 18/6. what do you guys think?

Wayyyyyyyy 2 high.....

Yeah, gotta fix it ASAP!!!


SLB

You have to vent the space as well as the light

like trying to store ice in the oven...... won't work..

cuttings? get yourself some t5 4 ft shop lights and root and veg under those.

cfl's work ok too! you should run with either the T5's or the cfl's, until you can get these temp figured out...


SLB

true, if youve got some cfls put em under those, the cutting dont need a ton of light, in fact too much light is a bad thing.

ive got 2x55w fluroesent light. The long ones that fit on top of the propagator but these are quite big for that now. I have put them in smaller pots and under the 600 now as im vegging through it aswell as flowering. I got no more money left to buy anything else. Im hoping the digital ballast may work and im going to put an extra fan in there today. Im ducting into the same room but im going to extend it further towards the window to see if that helps too. anything else i can try?

Go buy one of those booster fans,(6" fans are about $20 at Lowes) and have it drawing in fresh air from outside. If you run your lights at night, that fan should cool things down quite a bit, probably in the mid/lower 80's, which'd be much better. Not a good idea to blow any air outside though, unless you have a carbon filter setup, because the neighbors might complain about that funny smell coming from your house.lol

I'm assuming you don't have the cash to upgrade to air-cooled hoods? Of course, that'd be the best thing to do, but pricey. I finally got some earlier this year, and the temp drop was at least 10*, more, I think. Well worth saving for, as you get experience in the meantime.

so have the fan on the inside but next to the open flap you mean?

ive spent so much money on the kit that i got nowt left but electricity money (on a meter).

i didnt have a cool tube until recently but that hasnt doin very much to be honest. I thought it would of worked.

ive got a carbon filter and odorsok.

Your light will stay cooler if you draw in fresh air to cool that, so that's another option, as well. Do you have the carbon filter hooked to the end of your cooltube? That'll make things hotter, because the fan is pulling hot air from the room, through the light. The filter also slows airflow, so that'll contribute to the heat, as well. I never experimented with that, myself, I'm just repeating what one of our local heavyweights was saying, awhile back. Seems like either way would be close to the same, filter or not, because they both have their weaknesses. IDK. All I can say, is....ventilate!lol

lol

my rig is ODORSOK////////ducting///////FAN/////////DUCTING/////////[[_600WHPS/COOLTUBE_]]///////////////DUCTING OUTSIDE OF THE TENT

is this ok?

i think im gonna throw a few more fans in there too, ive seen pics on peoples journals with 3 or 4 in there at a time.