Hotwired
Well-Known Member
It's about ventilation and my stoned ass is trying its best to comprehend the situation.
Here is the scenario:
I have central A/C. All the windows and doors stay closed all day.
2 grow tents in one room that is a bit over 1000 cubic feet worth of air.
The first tent (5' x 10' x 6.7') has an 8" 720 cfm fan exhausting 2 1000 watt lights (totally sealed) and a can filter 33. All of the air from the tent will be pulled from this fan thru the carbon filter and lights and exhausted into the attic.
Total cubic feet in tent is around 325. Intake will be passive as the cool 77 degree room air will be taken into the tent from the bottom flaps. This is my theory anyway.
Second tent is 4' x 4' x 6.7'. I will be using a 1000 watt light and using a 240 cfm fan to cool it pulling thru the light and into the attic. No filter for this veg room. Total cubic feet in tent is about 100. Intake will also be passive collecting air from the cool room.
Now here is where my brain kinda says something won't work well here.
I ask myself...........If I'm sucking air out of that room and into the tents at a rate of 400 cfm.........Where the hell would the extra air come from to fill the void?
The room would be empty of air in about 2 and a half minutes.
So...................With the door open the rest of the air from the house will take its place.
But what happens when all the air in my central A/C cooled house gets used up?
Do I suffocate? Wake up gagging? Does the house implode and I get sucked into a black hole?
Seriously tho.....I know some air will seep in from the windows and doors......but will it be enough?
The air in the attic has plenty of bolt holes so that's not a problem. My problem is I'm worried about how my air will be replaced and fill my house back up.
The process must be slower than I'm imagining. I suppose plenty of air leaks into the house by some means. But I'm not sure if I will have any problems.
So...who here knows the deal? Should I stop toking for a few days and think about this
Here is the scenario:
I have central A/C. All the windows and doors stay closed all day.
2 grow tents in one room that is a bit over 1000 cubic feet worth of air.
The first tent (5' x 10' x 6.7') has an 8" 720 cfm fan exhausting 2 1000 watt lights (totally sealed) and a can filter 33. All of the air from the tent will be pulled from this fan thru the carbon filter and lights and exhausted into the attic.
Total cubic feet in tent is around 325. Intake will be passive as the cool 77 degree room air will be taken into the tent from the bottom flaps. This is my theory anyway.
Second tent is 4' x 4' x 6.7'. I will be using a 1000 watt light and using a 240 cfm fan to cool it pulling thru the light and into the attic. No filter for this veg room. Total cubic feet in tent is about 100. Intake will also be passive collecting air from the cool room.
Now here is where my brain kinda says something won't work well here.
I ask myself...........If I'm sucking air out of that room and into the tents at a rate of 400 cfm.........Where the hell would the extra air come from to fill the void?
The room would be empty of air in about 2 and a half minutes.
So...................With the door open the rest of the air from the house will take its place.
But what happens when all the air in my central A/C cooled house gets used up?
Do I suffocate? Wake up gagging? Does the house implode and I get sucked into a black hole?
Seriously tho.....I know some air will seep in from the windows and doors......but will it be enough?
The air in the attic has plenty of bolt holes so that's not a problem. My problem is I'm worried about how my air will be replaced and fill my house back up.
The process must be slower than I'm imagining. I suppose plenty of air leaks into the house by some means. But I'm not sure if I will have any problems.
So...who here knows the deal? Should I stop toking for a few days and think about this
