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timmybro

Active Member

• Nov 15, 2014

• #1

Hello I'm in Australia and iT's 42 degrees c 110 f where I live my air-conditioning is not coping... inside my tent is 23 with the lights of and I run a hospital 400w ...anything I can do in this heat wave? BTW 1 week old seedlings in dwc

 

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Zaycor

Well-Known Member

• Nov 15, 2014

• #2

Hey buddy here's some suggestions for ya...im sure more will follow;

-add more vent fants &/or air conditioning.
-use a cooltube.
-run the lights at night.
-Move to Iceland!

Happy growing down under

 

MachiavellI420

Member

• Nov 15, 2014

• #3

if you're having that big of a heat issue, i would switch to some kind of florescent lighting for veg. or at least untill you can get your temps dialed in. What size is your tent? What do you have for ventilation? and how do you have it set up? Do you exhaust outside or at least out of the room your grow is in?

 

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timmybro

Active Member

• Nov 15, 2014

• #4

OK so I have my air-conditioning directly into my tent my light as now 4 feet away and my tent has a exhaust at the top it's usualy great in there 24 degrees on and 18 of but the house is very hot it's 30 degrees in the room and in my tent it's 4.30 pm it's 27 ...my air con is brand new and its on 16 ... I do run my lights at night ands just spent slot of money on this setup doing I can't get fluorescent atm

 

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timmybro

Active Member

• Nov 15, 2014

• #5

My tent is 31 x 31 x 62

 

LetsGetCritical

Well-Known Member

• Nov 15, 2014

• #6

that's why I don't grow inside from nov-march here. just grow outside in summer. aircon and lights ect with aus power charges just not viable for me

 

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timmybro

Active Member

• Nov 15, 2014

• #7

I live in units so I can't and I'm already so far in I can't stop

 

LetsGetCritical

Well-Known Member

• Nov 16, 2014

• #8

timmybro said:

I live in units so I can't and I'm already so far in I can't stop

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is the plants suffering? or are you just worried? have lights on all night and until about 10am? 6pm-10am =16hrs?

 

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timmybro

Active Member

• Nov 16, 2014

• #9

Can I change them? It's on 18/6 atm

 

LetsGetCritical

Well-Known Member

• Nov 16, 2014

• #10

4pm-10am is 18 hours yes you can change the cycle times

 

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timmybro

Active Member

• Nov 16, 2014

• #11

That's What it is on now

 

MachiavellI420

Member

• Nov 16, 2014

• #12

ive had the same problem while i was flowering in june and july, best way to keep your tent cool is to either suck cold air in the bottom of the tent if possible. try and cool the room it is in instead of the tent itself so the cool air isnt just being exhausted out almost intantly. hope that helps