Question about the ventilation
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NightOwlBono
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Fans are a benefit when growing
You should be venting that hot air from you cool tube out of your room though,unless you really need the heat n the room.
second the hot dry air should not be blowing on your plants,you should invest in a cheep oscillating fan to give your plants a nice breeze.
You should be venting that hot air from you cool tube out of your room though,unless you really need the heat n the room.
second the hot dry air should not be blowing on your plants,you should invest in a cheep oscillating fan to give your plants a nice breeze.
AimAim
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Hello,
I have a fan that cools down the HPS. It works non stop. The buds (2 out ofthat are getting hit by this constant flow of air seem to start drying out. Is there a problem if the plants get a constant flow of air?
If the buds are drying out it is a problem. Not sure I understand what you are describing fan-wise though, picture might help.
monkeybones
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yeah try to blow that air away from your plants. have the fan blowing directly over the tops of the plants if you can. a fan which oscillates is best
I personally prefer a fan which is blowing around the room enough to make the girls sway and jiggle, without blowing directly at the plants.
what I do to take care of the heat from the HIDs is to have the carbon filter drum hanging over the lights
I personally prefer a fan which is blowing around the room enough to make the girls sway and jiggle, without blowing directly at the plants.
what I do to take care of the heat from the HIDs is to have the carbon filter drum hanging over the lights
Hello,
well I took a picture. The fan is in the lower left. It blows directly into a small upper bud then into the HPS and then it comes back down from the reflector in that main bud. I don't think I can do just an extractor. I use it like that to cool the light bulb. So, any ideas? Ty
well I took a picture. The fan is in the lower left. It blows directly into a small upper bud then into the HPS and then it comes back down from the reflector in that main bud. I don't think I can do just an extractor. I use it like that to cool the light bulb. So, any ideas? Ty
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Hi,
I took some pictures of the bud I was talking about. This one is in direct path of the air going into the HPS. But for I was told now that a week ago the ventilator stoped working for some hours and it could just be burned from the heat. It just dried up slowly ever since. Is it ok or is it some kind of mold or other problems?
I took some pictures of the bud I was talking about. This one is in direct path of the air going into the HPS. But for I was told now that a week ago the ventilator stoped working for some hours and it could just be burned from the heat. It just dried up slowly ever since. Is it ok or is it some kind of mold or other problems?
Sand4x105
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Loola...
Just remember, if your RH is 35-40% down at the top of your pots...
It will be 15-20% or less up near the hot of your light. Heat goes up, RH goes down the closer to lamp you get...
Looks like heat stress, hope you didn't dry um up... either tie away and down from lamps, or raise up lights a bit...
Just remember, if your RH is 35-40% down at the top of your pots...
It will be 15-20% or less up near the hot of your light. Heat goes up, RH goes down the closer to lamp you get...
Looks like heat stress, hope you didn't dry um up... either tie away and down from lamps, or raise up lights a bit...
Any idea how could I rig up some exhaust or something so I don't dry up my plant? It's open on top so the heat doesn't build up or anything.
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AZPsyclops
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I run a 1000 w. HPS in my flower room with a 400 CFM exhaust fan and mine room is fine.
Do you have a glass cover on your reflector and does it have an exhaust hole in it?
Do you have a glass cover on your reflector and does it have an exhaust hole in it?
Hello AZPsyclops, as you can see in the picture above, I have a simple reflector. It is not ment to have an extractor or something like that. I could rig one with a tube and tape and a piece of glass underneath. It's not a cool tube sadly. How mutch lumens do I loose if I place a piece of glass under it? I was thinking to do this and get it to have an extractor but IDK if I don't loose too mutch light(I was told glass eats light).
since you can actually get the lights closer when air cooling you will actually gain lumens. good luck!
