Ventilation question

[arod]

I have some plants in a dresser that is 36" wide 18 " deep and 38" tall and im having some serious issues with ventilation. It gets up to about 84* in the dresser and seems like it is causing hinderance to every new sprout that comes up. I have lost one sprout already do to what i figure to be heat and i have 3 more sprouts just pop out and i dont want to lose them. I have a nice plant about 4weeks old that is doing very well. I have 2 42 watt CFL's and one 26 watt CFL on them. I cut a circular hole in the back and put a dryer air duct in the hole and it runs to a cool part in my room and there is a fan in the dresser sucking the air out of the hole and blowing it into the dresser but it doesnt seem to be keeping it at 80* and below which is what i need. i thought about just cutting another hole in the back so there is more air flow coming in, but im not sure that will cool it off enough either. So i was hoping i could get some suggestions from people that have similar grow boxes on what they did, or ne suggestions from people that know what they are talking about. It needs to be concealable and somewhat quiet as well, so no extravagant set ups. So if ne one could give me suggestions on a place to get some stuff or a particular set up idea, that would be greatly appreciated, i need to fix this problem pretty soon. Thanks a lot in advance.:rasta:

arod Reviewed by arod on 08-25-2006. Ventilation question I have some plants in a dresser that is 36" wide 18 " deep and 38" tall and im having some serious issues with ventilation. It gets up to about 84* in the dresser and seems like it is causing hinderance to every new sprout that comes up. I have lost one sprout already do to what i figure to be heat and i have 3 more sprouts just pop out and i dont want to lose them. I have a nice plant about 4weeks old that is doing very well. I have 2 42 watt CFL's and one 26 watt CFL on them. I cut a Rating: 5

[phytokind]

You'll want one fan venting hot air out at the top, and one or more holes or fans bringing in cool air at the bottom, or near the bottom. If you vent hot air out near the bottom, there will still be a lot of hot air at the top.