Need advice and tips on climate control

I want to build a 5 foot tall 3 feet wide box and paint it white and keep it in the garage, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to make a good climate for it.

Should I stick some little fans in and around the box, or create some air system. And if so, how?

well, this is the first problem that comes to my mind: garages are hot and hard to cool. If you are going to put the box out there I would definitely add fans to it. I would go for 120mm PC fans on a 12 volt power supply. For a box that large, I'd say at least 8 fans. 4 pumping air in and 4 pumping it out. You can take a look at the box in my sig for ideas.

<stealthgrowing> said:

well, this is the first problem that comes to my mind: garages are hot and hard to cool. If you are going to put the box out there I would definitely add fans to it. I would go for 120mm PC fans on a 12 volt power supply. For a box that large, I'd say at least 8 fans. 4 pumping air in and 4 pumping it out. You can take a look at the box in my sig for ideas.

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Thanks for the help man, +rep

Get a cheap window AC and cap it off then run ducting into your box. I found a $100 AC unit at home depot that works great. I ran it into my tent and it stays at 75 degrees all day long. Once youve done that just throw a few fans in the room to circulate the air and if possible get an inline fan to air cool your light (if your using a sealed hood which I would) Ill post a pic give me a few minutes.

As far as running it into your custom built box I would prob. precut a 6inch hole to make it look a bit cleaner and maybe use a bigger cap on the AC unit. I used a smaller cap so it would keep my room cool as well. But you can see the point and Im not bullshitting when I say that my tent is a constant 75 degrees. I also aircool my hood though. Attached is also some pics of the inside of the tent