Air Handling for 4'x4'x8' 430watt flower room

RandyRocket

RandyRocket

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A lot of people have asked about my air system. So here will be a picture run thru for all that asks me any thing.

This is the main flower room


It has the 430 watt hps and the ballest is in there.

For the rest of the pictures click for larger.

air inlet to the right of the door.

The dryer tube is attached to the inside of the inlet. On the othe end is a cheap AC fan , those little black or silver one i have a lot. The fan is on the 12/12 timer and only runs when the lights are on.

air inlet to left of door. It is set up for winter grow. With winter set up only the dryer box is attached to the inlet. I tape over the rest. AC/Heater vent is rignt there. so it is blocked off for winter. This room doesn't need more heat. Then look in the grow room and you can see the dryer hose attached to the inlet. The hose runs up to the ballest for the light.

The summer grow I let the AC blow in the vent. The grow room stays 76 deg f 2" under the 430 watt hps.

hose runs up to fan and ballast.

in the end of the hose is a little 12 volt fan that only run when the lights are on. The little black AC fan is just blowing on the 12/12 part of the grow I'm doing at the time of post.

stay cold.

The next part is the gutts of the system. I'm using a 350 fpm blower to pull air from the flower room thru the filter, thru the blower, and out of the room to vent out side on second floor window.

I never turn this fan off!

exit out top blower DIY filter.

I use this https://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/89078-diy-carbon-filter.html or this is the same https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/78637-coffee-can-filter.html

hose exhaust out side 2nd floor window.

fan under light to move hot air away.

winter tempature/humidity

Next is the Veg/clone/mother cab.


hose between both cabs. I have a little 4" inline fan from home depot in the white cab to blow air into the flower room.

inlet into flower room from veg.

I'll do an update with good pics of the veg room later.

Next is the Dryer box.

in use.

it's just a rubber maid box. I have a 12 volt DC fan that runs any time there is stuuf in the box.

one off the screens.

leaves for hash and yes I smoked them also.
 
odbsmydog

odbsmydog

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RandyRocket said:
Good question +rep,

No at the time no co2. If I add co2 I will update this. For now and I don't have the $ it's fine as is. You know "If it ain't broken".
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you could always throw a couple milk jugs in there with water yeast and sugar and poke a hole in the lid and get some fermentation co2 going on, it would probably work well with a room your size.
 
RandyRocket

RandyRocket

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odbsmydog said:
you could always throw a couple milk jugs in there with water yeast and sugar and poke a hole in the lid and get some fermentation co2 going on, it would probably work well with a room your size.
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That fan sucks all the air out every 3 minutes, so unless I invest in more equiptment, fan timers and co2 timers and all the other that go with it. It's on hold until this Pres. gives me $600 like the last one.

Thats about the only thing good from the last Pres. paid for my set up. :lol:
 
shefsmoke

shefsmoke

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thanks +rep

for the fan on the dryer box is it blowing in or out? and should I leave it on 24-7 when drying the bud? or however long it takes.
 
RandyRocket

RandyRocket

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shefsmoke said:
thanks +rep

for the fan on the dryer box is it blowing in or out? and should I leave it on 24-7 when drying the bud? or however long it takes.
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Good question. The fan (12v comuter fan) sucks air out of the dryer box and into one of the intakes for the flower chamber. That way I just need one filter. The mother/cloning/veg box also dumps into the flower room it just has a bigger fan (4" 120v inline).

And Yes! the fan on 100% with product in the dryer.

Thank for the rep those are always nice I'm at 269 now.
 
ideit

ideit

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Running intake through the dryer? That's a great idea, think I'll use it in my next setup. Though I do have an extra filter and fan, but we'll see what happens.

As for the dryer, are those screens pre-made or did you have to cut the screens and fashion the frames on yourself?
 
RandyRocket

RandyRocket

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ideit said:
Running intake through the dryer? That's a great idea, think I'll use it in my next setup. Though I do have an extra filter and fan, but we'll see what happens.

As for the dryer, are those screens pre-made or did you have to cut the screens and fashion the frames on yourself?
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I made them out of 1" x 2" wood strips cut to fit.

then I attached some alum. screen.

Stackable dryer trays then I hang the tops of my planys from the lid.



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The mother/cloning/veg box also works the same I just need the one big fan with the filter the small boost fans between the two attachments.

 
RandyRocket

RandyRocket

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Thank's all of you for the +reps, If this is a helpful thread please vote 1 to 5 stars at the top. I'm a big boy so I can take 1's thru thru 5's just vote I count how many vote not so much the value but I do like 5's.

Also the grow rooms are almost shut down for the move to a first floor flat (no stairs for MrsRocket).

I do like to be stoned but MrsRockets needs come first. So if growing is a possibalte in the new place (still looking no f'ing curb cut were i can aford, i not poor wtf does $950 a mount get f f f f f , i'm sorry) back on track, sorry.

So I plant to rebuild with a lot of up grads. Flee free to brainstorm away MrsRocket really want me to try ang grow, I can do very little for now. So this may be a smaller stelth.

Step 1 Find a place to live. 3 need:

1-MrsRocket can be alone at times.
2-In my budget.
3-some level of grow T-12 veg and cfl's flower of If I can I would like to use the 430 watt hps

This is the othe cabinet https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/176444-mother-vegging-clone-attachment-70-a.html
 
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10mm fan boy

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Does your blower suck all your cool air out?
That seems to be my biggest problem right now, and I have my fan turned all the way down on my speed controller.

How hot is the air in the room next to your grow?

I grow in my closet and my bedroom will get 90 easy during the summer months.
I would love to get my setup down into the 70s.bongsmilie

When you say AC do you mean central air?
I am forced to use a portable unit.
 
RandyRocket

RandyRocket

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10mm fan boy said:
Does your blower suck all your cool air out?
That seems to be my biggest problem right now, and I have my fan turned all the way down on my speed controller.

How hot is the air in the room next to your grow?

I grow in my closet and my bedroom will get 90 easy during the summer months.
I would love to get my setup down into the 70s.bongsmilie

When you say AC do you mean central air?
I am forced to use a portable unit.
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the fan changes the air in the room every few minites so if it cold or hot it takes it away and put air from the rest of the apartment in. with the ac in the summer it's easer to grow then winter when i have to run the heat.

but in the winter i shut the heat to the room off and above the light get warmish but its still ok at plant level.

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i'll be posting picks of the teare down soon the the extras i've added can be seen.
 
meridan13

meridan13

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good setup ill be trying to do something like this too. my closet is two glass sliders though. so ill try and keep one cracked with some sort of covering for it and a hole in the bottom and top for venting. ill be picking up some ducting and another fan tomorrow. hopefully home depot has inlines!
 
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