Portable a/c for small semi closed room...??

[zoomatl]

I have a 10x10 grow room ...in the grow room i have 2 hydro huts ...a deluxe and a regular ...in the regular ..(veg room) i have about 600 watts of compact fluorescent light ...in the hydro hut deluxe (flower) i have (3) 600 watt air cooled hps lights ....the normal outside room temp is about 76...but with all the lights im running into temp problems...i need to get an a/c unit to supplement the air supply to that room ...any suggestions...??? :smokin:

zoomatl Reviewed by zoomatl on 06-07-2008. Portable a/c for small semi closed room...?? I have a 10x10 grow room ...in the grow room i have 2 hydro huts ...a deluxe and a regular ...in the regular ..(veg room) i have about 600 watts of compact fluorescent light ...in the hydro hut deluxe (flower) i have (3) 600 watt air cooled hps lights ....the normal outside room temp is about 76...but with all the lights im running into temp problems...i need to get an a/c unit to supplement the air supply to that room ...any suggestions...??? :smokin: Rating: 5

[anbesol]

can you exhaust the air out? that may help... or if you can run a duct into a room with air conditioning, i wouldnt want to just sit an air conditioner in a closet. I have a sunbeam window air conditoner, pretty cheap, like 50 bucks.

oh yeah, if you can, try cool tubes, that would bring the temp down too. good luck! post picks if you can!

[zoomatl]

I saw a post where stinky says she uses a window banger to cool her grow...i just realized my grow room is next door to my garage...i figure ill get a cheepo window a/c and have it hang into my garage from the grow room...just not sure what btu rating to get ....the grow room itself is 10x10...and i have approx 12x10 room that is connected by a framed wall ...i plan to seal this room off from my grow...i figure as a supplemental unit the 8,000 btu should do the trick....

[daihashi]

They do make truely portable Air conditioning units that sit in the same room that is being cooled.

I'm not sure how it works exactly but I've seen them. They're pretty pricey. Somewhere in the tune of like $500-800 I think for the ones I was looking at a while back.

[killerweed420]

Yeah I've thought about those little portable units that aren't window mounted too. I've seen them for $300 around here.

[zoomatl]

ended up getting the 10,000 btu model...i'll install it in the morning ...they only had 3 models to choose from ...the 5...10 and 12.....the 10 ran me $208.00....plus tax...the 12,000 btu was $268...

[GreenLeaf420]

Good choice I always say go a little bigger then what you think. I purchased a 12000 BTU portable unit and it was $600 bucks. What a piece of shit did not cool down at all. I returned it and was able to purchase 2 window units and 2 fans for the cost of one of those portable units. hope all goes well with your climate issues

GL420:jointsmile::jointsmile:

[killerweed420]

Target has a cheap 5200 btu one in this mornings ad for $80. I think I'm going to try it on my small room. 4'X8'X8'

[BigKrew]

you cant beat a window a/c for the price and performance!!! its just not fair that my girls are sitting in a 70-75 deg. climate and im suffering in the 90s!!!!

[NaughtyDreadz]

central AC... allllll riiiiight