poppagetsbaked
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I'm looking at running my intake from my central ac ducting. I'm not sure if I'm explaining myself clearly enough so here goes a little bit more in depth...
My grow cab is going to be roughly 7ft long x 2.5ft wide to the ceiling which is about 8.5ft
since I'm going all the way to the ceiling I'm considering running a fresh AC duct directly to my cabinet, I know heat rises and have a couple ideas to deal with that 2 fold, extending the ducting to the lower area of the cabinet (thoughts on this? a waste of ducting?) and I plan on having an exhaust in the ceiling on the opposite end of the cabinet. I was thinking about putting an inline intake fan in to help create positive air pressure in the cab preventing it from sucking in dust, mold and possibly help with pest prevention.
My main concern is the temp/humidity my AC is putting out while on, I measured the Temp @ 54 deg and about 77% humidity in an area close to where I'm looking at putting the new vent in. I plan on having my plants "sleep" during the day because of the climate I live in (during the summers its hot and humid) so I'm hoping that would help keep the temps from dropping too low at night while the AC is running.
Unfortunately I don't really have any other options for fresh air exchange than what I have come up with but I'm willing to entertain other ideas, this is a semi stealth cabinet so I can't just open her up.
I should also note that I'm looking at dividing the grow space into a 2-3ft room and a 4-5ft room for veg/flowering, veg side will contain a single 2ft t5 4bulb flo fixture the flowering side a 600w HPS and either 1 or 2 t5 fixtures or a 400w MH to distribute spectrum. I want to keep 1-2 moms and grow out 6-8 plants in the flower side...
Again Thoughts, Comments, Questions?
My grow cab is going to be roughly 7ft long x 2.5ft wide to the ceiling which is about 8.5ft
since I'm going all the way to the ceiling I'm considering running a fresh AC duct directly to my cabinet, I know heat rises and have a couple ideas to deal with that 2 fold, extending the ducting to the lower area of the cabinet (thoughts on this? a waste of ducting?) and I plan on having an exhaust in the ceiling on the opposite end of the cabinet. I was thinking about putting an inline intake fan in to help create positive air pressure in the cab preventing it from sucking in dust, mold and possibly help with pest prevention.
My main concern is the temp/humidity my AC is putting out while on, I measured the Temp @ 54 deg and about 77% humidity in an area close to where I'm looking at putting the new vent in. I plan on having my plants "sleep" during the day because of the climate I live in (during the summers its hot and humid) so I'm hoping that would help keep the temps from dropping too low at night while the AC is running.
Unfortunately I don't really have any other options for fresh air exchange than what I have come up with but I'm willing to entertain other ideas, this is a semi stealth cabinet so I can't just open her up.
I should also note that I'm looking at dividing the grow space into a 2-3ft room and a 4-5ft room for veg/flowering, veg side will contain a single 2ft t5 4bulb flo fixture the flowering side a 600w HPS and either 1 or 2 t5 fixtures or a 400w MH to distribute spectrum. I want to keep 1-2 moms and grow out 6-8 plants in the flower side...
Again Thoughts, Comments, Questions?