Total Newbie needs help with temp and humidity system

Hey everyone! I am a long time lurker. The science and engineering behind marijuana cultivation and horticulture has been intimately intriguing to me for years now. I have just made an account with RIU, along with a few other forums with the intentions to stat my first grow in the next few weeks and finally start a journal of my own. I'm very excited to start my first grow journal and I'm looking forward to sharing my experiences for years to come and be a part of this community.

I have build a custom stealth cabinet that is well insulated and has great circulation and ventilation. My biggest, and honestly my only concern, is temperature and humidity. I have read the cannibus, piles of high times, thousands of forums. I have also watched hundreds of hours of videos. I have seen many monitoring and controlling systems. I have also seen humidifiers, dehumidifiers, heaters and a/c units. My question is this -- Is there a system that generates AND regulates all four functions? I have not seen any, at least not anything suitable for anything less than an entire house.

My problem is that I am growing in a bare attic and I live in New England. Currently the temperature up there is below 20. On the other end, in six months, I will have to worry about the attic being a stagnant ninety-five degrees. Between the changes of the seasons and the lighting schedules, I would be so much more confident in this grow if I could find and all-in-one type system.

Even larger systems would be considered. I am a carpenter by trade and would be able to easily build a larger cabinet or even frame and entirely new grow room.

Thank you all so much for reading! Please give me any info or advice you might have. Looking forward to hearing from you all!

-Drumfounded

Portable air conditioner with a heat pump. Will handle at least 3 of the 4. It can cool, heat, and can be used as a dehumidifier.
I run an ac and a separate dehumidifier so that they can run at same time

My ac unit runs ac or heat or dehumidifier but not at same time. But for some bucks they got unit that switch auto. It's hard find one cuz who needs one now where we live. I live in Washington similar climate. But not so extremely cold. Lol

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alwaysgreen420 said:

Portable air conditioner with a heat pump. Will handle at least 3 of the 4. It can cool, heat, and can be used as a dehumidifier.
I run an ac and a separate dehumidifier so that they can run at same time

My ac unit runs ac or heat or dehumidifier but not at same time. But for some bucks they got unit that switch auto. It's hard find one cuz who needs one now where we live. I live in Washington similar climate. But not so extremely cold. Lol

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Thanks for the reply Alwaysgreen! I have seen such systems but nothing that seems like it will really give me what I need in a compact system. Could you pissibly shoot me a link for the ac/heat/dehumidifier you use? Or something similar?

Thanks Thurgood!

Not sure how to do the link thing at least from my phone.
What I did was go to hsn.com
A searched portable ac.
I got the 12k btu ac w 9k heat pump
On payments for under 700 don't remember exact.
I also for different room had bought
The 14k btu ac and dehumidifier brand on that is fridgedair that works great just no heat pump. But you could always just get Lil cheap heater and hook to thermostat to kick on when needed

And then I searched dehumidifier and I just got the one that had the biggest holding tank. So I didn't have to worry about it filling up and turning off when lights out.


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