Problems with heat in your growroom? Try this easy fix.

Hey everyone,

Wanted to share a little product that changed my ventilation ideas forever.

http://www.suncourt.com/DuctStat.html

No more timers or having to run the fans more on hot days. This puppy will replace these by measuring the actual TEMPERATURE so that your grow room will always be the right temperature.

Especially now that summer is upon us those of us that struggle with heat and a balance between fans on all the time ( and the noise related to most inexpensive inline fans ) I found a relatively simple solution to my cooling problem.

Designed to be used with inline duct fans this Independent thermostat is extremely inexpensive for how effective it is. Bought mine at Menards for $25.

It does not have to be used exclusively with duct fans... Simply mounted on a wall, the DuctStat will sense ambient temperature and turn ON or Off at the temperature you select.

You may control any device with a 5 Amp maximum load.

General operation is pretty care free after the simple setup. You install the thermostat downwind of your inline fan on your ducting to allow it to sample the air blasting through. By adjusting the cool knob to the left (clockwise) first until the fan turns on.. and then to the right ( counter-clockwise ) until the fan just turns off.

If you find your fans cycling too much ( too many on/off actuations ) you can flip the switch to MAX to let it run a little less sensitively. For an attic grower this was a godsend.

The last picture is unrelated I just fucking love that movie..

i think your better off with a more expensive optiom like CAP's thermostat, its strong enough to plug an a/c into, its $40

Of course there are other options out there for thermostats. I just found this one to be simple and inexpensive ( for what it does )

In learning on this website and others it seems that there are a lot of people with problems and not a lot of easy to find solutions. Even if this only helps one other person I will be happy Thanks for your input.

I think this post was targeted more towards groups with smaller grow operations that would not justify complete temperature management with a/c and water cooling devices.

great find.... I meant to use this a long time ago. Thanks for the info

Well I leave the fans running all the time. Dont see much sense to fiddle with it. It always too hot in my part of the world except when its winter then its too cold. Some dopehead said to leave em running all the time and it give them a stronger stalk etc.

bigwhee

Yeah good point. I guess for my grow I have fans for strengthening the stalks separate from the ventilation system. Glad to help where I can!

Ducstat is the bomb for the application..... I installed mine a few days ago and I am glad I got it now vice summer.....