treesnowski
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I have two flip flop sealed flower rooms. They're cooled by a 11.500btu window a/c. Humidity is controlled by a 70 pint dehumidifier. there's four 1000 watt HPS lamps, two on at a time, or one room at a time. The air is circulated 24/7 between both flower rooms and a buffer room that has the a/c and dehumidifier. For some reason I can't get the temperature below 80* or the humidity below 65% I know the general rule is 4,000btu of a/c for 1000 watts of light. So how come 11,500btu isn't cooling 2,000 watts? Meanwhile I have another sealed room, with 2,000 watts of light and 9,000 btu a/c and another 70pt dehumidifier, and this room works fine. The weather outside is around 40-50*, is this preventing the window a/c from operating properly? I can here the a/c making noises that sound like an ice cube dropped in a glass of warm water. The rooms are completely insulated. I'm beginning to regret this sealed room setup because all the extra expense, having to run a/c in winter, and still not getting cool or dry enough. I'm going through a twenty pound tank of co2 every week at least, and I'm thinking temp and humidity control is more important than supplemented co2. When I was vegging, it was okay, but now that I want to lower heat and humidity, it's a headache. Could it be that the outside temps need to be higher for my indoor temps to be lower? Ridiculous! 
