im def. on board with the water cooling idea.. i think you could use some type of steel wool or brillo type material to help conduct the heat better. it would reduce the airflow however.. and i dont know how you could get it in bulk you would need.

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too difficult to coil the 1/2 inch soft copper (not so soft)
ill try to replace with a 1/4 or 3/8 tomorrow, will see how it goes

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good luck SoG.

you know we rooting for ya

and we got our brains. 2 or more brains are better than one.

and you know we love grow talk & grow brainstorming bro

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This thread is amazing, just wanted to say nice job sog, mad props.

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I think i have finally found my place in the world. In my grow room and here on RIU.

SOG this is a great thread and your room and engineering are top notch.

Your prototype is lookin good. I love how we diy things and they dont work so we scrap em and try the next idea. There is some sort of HIGH that comes along withing designing and building your own controls and components. I love this idea as it could be implemented in so many ways. I cant wait to see if it works im already thinking of the ways it could be used. I wonder if for a sealed room as i have if you could put one of those coils on the inlet side of a cool tube and one on the exit side and continually recirculate the air in the room through the coils and cooltube and thus cool the light and the room without exausting the air out of the room. Very interesting possibilities.
I also love to hear im not the only guy who works on his growroom till the sun comes up. I know this question has been asked and aswered many times but I feel the posters to this thread are reliable experienced vets. I cannot decide where to set my temps. I know the higher temps produce faster growth but you may lose potency. I know there isnt much confirmed data that says higher temps cause a loss of potency but I am weary. I do have controlled co2 which will stay at 1200 to 1500 ppm. My question SOG or any other experienced posters, is what max temp do you recommend. Please keep in mind I have read tons and tons about this and still have not found a consensus. I know 95 max w/ co2, i believe 90 is good and 85 optimal. If using co2 what temps do you guys run at.

Thanks!!!!

oops oh yeah the reason I started writing here is why not just cut some strips of copper sheet metal, put somefolds in it, ya know accordian style, and solder them to the inside of the coils. i know this would be difficult depending on the length of the coil but with some ingenuity im sure you could accomplish it. By soldering you would get a good transfer from the coil to the "fins"

I concur with Droski's comments and congrats on passing the 100 page mark, SoG! Just a great, great thread Bra!

Since you just went past 100 pages, I updated the PDF as I'll continue to do every 50 pages. For all those who d/l'ed the info and for those who want this thread in an easier to read format and for posterity...you can get the latest one here...and it's also in my sig.

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cheers guys
don't miss the new progress pics just uploaded in my journal

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Thank you and welcome to the thread danksmoker
always consult the guys over at Stinks thread for very reliable environmental and grow information
the panel there is much wider then my thread has at this point
86 is ideal temps, what is your grow medium/system

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made a wind twister, what you guys think?

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cool

when you putting in action? you already got chillers on deck?

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