Running Out Of Options For Cooling Need Help ..

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S3Q

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Problem: I can not get my Bud room temps down.. Just Upgraded too! Temps ranging from Low 80's to Low 90's!!

Setup: So I pretty much built a room inside a room in my basement and separated the two different rooms. Its a MI basement.. so you'd know why I built a sealed frame.

Bud Room Size - 5ft x 4 1/2 ft x 5 1/2 ft tall. (Sealed Room because of basement)
600w light (digital) with 440 cfm Carbon filter and 400 cfm inline fan (which i just upgraded from 170 cfm, but still with no temp change) venting outside of room outside house through window.
I now have cut a vent hole towards the top of the room and put my 170 cfm inline out side the room pulling more air out.
Double Fan in upper corner circulating air
and i Just added a Window 6,000 btu AC unit right outside the room with box fans pushing the air into the room.

Veg Room Size - 5ft x 3 1/2ft x 5 1/2ft.
T8's and T'5s running with a couple small fans circulating air. But with no temp problems.. rises a little but i know its because of the Bud Room.


Our recent weather of straight 90's and higher for about two months is killing me!

Too much light for size room?

I'm open for any suggestions!!
 
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MrMeanGreen

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upgrade them fans to 700+ cfm. Is your A/C vented outside the room and away from intake vent? Are you using cool tubes or cool hoods?
 
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S3Q

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MrMeanGreen said:
upgrade them fans to 700+ cfm. Is your A/C vented outside the room and away from intake vent? Are you using cool tubes or cool hoods?
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I have a Cool Hood and yea ac vents outside the house. really think 700 will do much different?
 
hiluxphantom

hiluxphantom

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get as big a fan as u can afford and use it as an exhaust fan
maybe you need to aircool lights
light is perfect size rooms a lil short though
 
WestCoastMaster

WestCoastMaster

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My set up is almost the same, but with tents in a garage, super Fkn hot outside... As long as your 12/12 room doesn't get above 90 deg f. Your all good bro, use some silica in your feeding regimens like Silica Blast, maybe use some Co2 Bags to help plants cope with the temp, my veg runs about 90 with T5 and all the right fans in an out 450CFM for a 4x4x8, flower room is the same w/ a 600hps in a vented blockbuster, ofcourse growing in winter is better but summer crops come out just fine bro..

When watering use a colder temp water( its the roots that suffer) you can also lay some ice cubes on top of your medium like a cooling mulch, make sure pots are WHITE.
 
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S3Q

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WestCoastMaster said:
My set up is almost the same, but with tents in a garage, super Fkn hot outside... As long as your 12/12 room doesn't get above 90 deg f. Your all good bro, use some silica in your feeding regimens like Silica Blast, maybe use some Co2 Bags to help plants cope with the temp, my veg runs about 90 with T5 and all the right fans in an out 450CFM for a 4x4x8, flower room is the same w/ a 600hps in a vented blockbuster, ofcourse growing in winter is better but summer crops come out just fine bro..

When watering use a colder temp water( its the roots that suffer) you can also lay some ice cubes on top of your medium like a cooling mulch, make sure pots are WHITE.
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alright thanks ill try them out. I think im gonna have to upgrade my fan again too. And i thought about CO2 bags before but with so much air being pulled out i dont know if it would help any.. and yea i have been doing a every two week pull and have seen a dramatic decrease in quality/size
 
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