i have a heat problem

ok i have a heat problem.

i am using 12 26 wat cfls and with the lights and fan both on the temp hits 85 within 3 inches of the lights with the door open fan off it drops to 82 with door open and fan on it drops to 79. i live in an aprtment i cannot cut holes in the walls or the roof of the closet. but i also cannot keep the door open. how can i cool the room?

I would just grow and deal with the heat. thats what I do with my Cab... and I get decent results.

My cab hits 90 during the day somtimes. And its an average of 82 to 85, For The Veg part of the Cab.

Don't put them too too close to the CFLs, Thats all I do YOu can see my results

CFL Grow Cab Log

I open the door when the light is on in the 12/12 chamber but it still sits around 80 or above on any given night.

Two things I do is One get fans blowing air like mad around in there. SO even if its hot air at least its alwasy moving.

And two get some good stress relief vitamins. Superthrive or somthing A little more geared to heat stress and such. I use a product called BIO-GENSIS Synergy and man I'm not sure if Its helping with the heat like it says it will but since I replaced Superthrive with it My plants look 1 million times better. Thicker more vigrous etc. All kinds of Pluses.

chekc out my Log... those plants were grown at high temps 80percent of the time I would say.

Just grow and except there aint much you can do about it for this grow. QWhen you get a new spot to grow, hopfully it will be better.

kd

it is getting worse it is now with fan on high and lights on door closed it got to 99 and with fan off it is 104. and that is without any plants in there yet. they are still trying to germ. the busted but it has been a week and have not broke surface. HELP ME BEFORE I HAVE PLANTS READY TO VEG.

anybody have ideas on how to lower my temps?

i have a portable air conditioning outside...with ducting to the inside to my cab

dont be such a scardy cat and cut some holes and install some fans. Pretty plane and simple. You can cut holes in doors and just replace them or fix, rig em to look fixed. Patching drywall takes like two seconds. If you want more help just let me know because i feel your pain and the heat is now.

To keep heat down in my closet I had a big ass fan in there and left the sliding doors open a bit on each end. It created a nice flow. The fan is about 2ft in diameter and it blew right on the light (250W HPS), and under the light between it and the plants. Mind you I didn't have temps of 104! Good luck man.

I have plans to install a piece of Plexi glass right below my bulbs to seperate the rooms a little. So basically it will be one room for bulbs and one for plants. much like Invisions Cabinet...

do a search for it its really slick and he controls his heat that way.

kd

I've seen invisions grow and it looks good. Have yet to see how he's got that thing set up though. The plexi seems like a pretty good idea if you can pull it off nicely. Have you looked into an air cooled 250w or 400w. With the remote ballasts they make cooling a cinch if you have ventilation dialed in. I cool a 400w air cooled in a 5x2x8 clos with very little problems. Fan is 150 cfm, cut one hole. Set up is nice and easy and they put off a nice footprint. Squeezed 11 fems under it. You can set em up for no smell also, just havnt yet. Catch the drift?

ok if i cut the walls in my closet how hard is it to repair. And where would i cut. and would a 6" inline fan from lowes work to pump the hot air out?

and is the gap under the door good enough for intake or do i need to cut more then 1 hole. also how do i patch the hole when we move?

Repairing dry wall is not all that hard all you need is a piece of sheet rock and joint compound. If you really wanna know more I can help. Are you planning on upgrading the light?. Lotta people stay away from the home depot inclines, maybe as a duct booster if air has to travel through duct along way. Have you looked into a 4in fan like vortex, can fan or even the squirrel cage exhausts. Any of those would be plenty sufficient. Even could hook it up to a can filter and just leave it on 24/7. Replenishes air constantly, no smell, exhausts heat when lights are on. Hang it high in the closet. Fan can be in or out of the closet depending how you can set it up. And if you plan on putting holes in the walls, dont make a bunch of nice and remember measure twice and cut once.

ok so i have to cut in both closets there seems to be a 2" gap between the closets. the other closet is stuffed with christmass stuff so it will be some work. when i patch it i plan on attatching over the repaired wall one of those touch lights to hide the repair job. i just need to suck out the hot air. so one of those inline boost fans is all ill probably need. it will only have to pull the air through about 6" of 6" diameter flex hose then through the wall into a elbow pipe then into about 10" of flex tube. i should atleast move 80 cfm. if i need odor control i will make one of those 5 gal buckeyt deoderizers where you put in that polimer that absorbs the liquid with frabreeze in it and a fan in the top.
but i am going to be growing a lowryder for my first grow.(a very kind person from ireland is sending me some for free). and i was told they have almost no odor is that true?

Whats up spankey, wanna wish you luck with the cuts. Just did another cut last night to seal my air cooled light from the room. Used a nice sharp razor blade and it worked nicely. Are you still leaning towards an inline duct booster. Interested to see how you set this up. Can you get us some pics?

I cut a hole in the ceiling of my closet to vent the heat. The proper tool for this is a keyhole saw. They are not expensive and any home improvement store will have them. Keep the part you cut out and you can use it to plug the hole when you move. Even a half-ass patch job likely won't be noticed in the ceiling of a closet during your move out inspection. If you're really worried about it buy a book on drywall.

It is not healthy for the attic to vent heat into it, but if it is an apartment you don't necessarily have to worry. (Unless the smell is going into your neighbors apt.)

Ideally you want to pull the air through a carbon filter and vent directly out to the roof. This is how bathroom and some kitchen fans are vented. If you can get into the attic you'll see flexible tubes going from the vent fans to the roof. You can find all kinds of adapters and tubing at home improvement stores.

Good luck growing your broccoli:)