Issue with Room

[Groundup]

new room in garage ,all insulated, rocked, poly on wall and lid. two 1000,hortolux. 1 max fan,with a can 75 filter ducted sweet, with hard and soft. the room is a twelve by ten, grow area is 6 x 11 feet ( two 4x4 flood and drain tables).i only have one lite running and a 10,000 btu free standing ac unit and i cant hold a 75 degree temp.no way with two lites. should i not recerculate the air or direct vent the fan out side?
im new to indoor grow any input is appreciated

Groundup Reviewed by Groundup on 07-19-2010. Issue with Room new room in garage ,all insulated, rocked, poly on wall and lid. two 1000,hortolux. 1 max fan,with a can 75 filter ducted sweet, with hard and soft. the room is a twelve by ten, grow area is 6 x 11 feet ( two 4x4 flood and drain tables).i only have one lite running and a 10,000 btu free standing ac unit and i cant hold a 75 degree temp.no way with two lites. should i not recerculate the air or direct vent the fan out side? im new to indoor grow any input is appreciated Rating: 5

[stra8outtaWeed]

you have to vent the heat out of the room for both the lights and the AC unit...another thing you can do is find the sensor for the thermostat and pull it out and expose it to the exterior of the AC unit to help get a more stable temp in the room :jointsmile:

[Groundup]

ok ill try it that way, i already had the vent inplace, however, i was advised that with an ac unit you shoud reserc to not to vent out all the cool air, thanks for the reply ill change it asap to see the diff

[medicatedman]

Are you running your can filter constantly. I ran my filter and can fan 24/7 and had temp rise up to 92% and humidty drop to under 50%. Asking around some mention to only run filter and can fan for a certain time so I started to run 5min every 2hr, and my temp stabilized and humidity is staying around 50-60%. The only issue is that I am starting to smell the plants as I get closer to the room. I am now test to run 5 min every 1hr to see if that works.
I also am afrist time grower an the best thing I found was this site it has help me tremendously, I took on areo growing and build my own system and from all the info on this site I must say I am impressed even pat my self on back. I have pic but computor is so old ( windows millium) sometimes it frezzezz when trying to ready FROUM but I am working on new and will up date with all pic even start a log, also still learning who to work my way around this site. I am not saying or telling you my advice is right, just passing on info I have rec. One good advice I rec was to make sure that the PH is at correct level for nutrients to mix properly. This makes a very big difference, plants seam to grow much better, faster,greenner when PH is on. I keep it around 5.5-5.8, good luck I spent days reading and looking at good and problemed grows that had help alot. Good luck I'll keep looking out for you.:stoned:

[Groundup]

thanks for the input, i have my lites inline with can/fan so im married this way to keep cool at 18 hrs on at least. i also just tried direct vent now ill check on it in a bit

[disoBAYish]

Keep in mind that the temps will drop a little when you actually introduce the plants into the room with fresh cold water. You can also try putting the ballast/s outside of the grow box because they generate a lot of heat as well. Up to 3-5 degrees even. If you still cant get below say.... 90 Degrees. Try introducing Co2 into the enviornment. Good ventillation and Co2 will help overcome and offset high temps.

Happy Growing....

[medicatedman]

Keep in mind that the temps will drop a little when you actually introduce the plants into the room with fresh cold water. You can also try putting the ballast/s outside of the grow box because they generate a lot of heat as well. Up to 3-5 degrees even. If you still cant get below say.... 90 Degrees. Try introducing Co2 into the enviornment. Good ventillation and Co2 will help overcome and offset high temps.

Happy Growing....

I was told never to run Co2 at same time as running can fan. The fan is sucking all the Co2 out of room and it would be a waist.:stoned:

[disoBAYish]

I was told never to run Co2 at same time as running can fan. The fan is sucking all the Co2 out of room and it would be a waist.:stoned:

Right... which is why you need to find a happy medium. Not too much fan or the Co2 wont do its job, but at high temps like that.... Co2 will do you wonders which allows you to slow down the fans.

[Groundup]

now with both lites up ( 2x1000 ) its 94-99 degress , i put plastic up to split the room.well see. this blows, i have spent alot of dough and its failing!!
can i put a regulater or on a can fan?to mellow it out?

[medicatedman]

I hadthe same problem with the heat I am also running two 1000watt. I had a small window air condition and had to switch it to much larger unit I was running can fan all day temp went down some but the can fan wassucking to much air that when I put my can fan on timmer and find a good amount of time to run fan. with the new air condition my temp stays at 72% and it goes up to 78% to 82% when fan goes on for short time just to clear old air.:stoned: