PLEASE HELP! temps are too high...

FootClan

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Hey everyone,

So im running a DWC PC case grow, and my temps are in the very high 80's - 93F. HELP me please. :confused:

I already took out some of the aluminum tape / insulation to help lower temps. but it didn't lower the temps much.

I have a usb powered fan blowing on where the plants will be and an intake and exhaust fan already... i dunno what to do.

I want to get this solved before my seeds become seedlings and it stunts growth.

Any help is greatly appreciated.. Pics attached.
what if you took out your little exhaust PC fan then connect 4" or 3" ducting to the open hole..... at the other end of the ducting attach a inline fan to it and exhaust it to someplace else.....that would give you plenty of negative pressure to cool that little case............theres nothing you can do to cool it besides add bigger fans and if your case is too small to mount a bigger fan then it only makes sense to add some small dryer ducting and a bigger fan.......

or lower your ambient temps those are your choices eather add more fan or cool ambient temps down to make up the difference in your case
 

FootClan

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^^^^thanks. I might just do that. id +rep ya but it wont let me.
lol why wont it let you have i been rep blocked? its ok i rep you so atleast someone got some haha.now where ever you exhaust the air thats where the smell will be so if you exhaust your PC case back into your own room then you can get rid of the smell anyways and making it air tight wont do anyting to help with smell ........further more its not air tight anyways you got all those fans intaking and exhausting thats not air tight.....
 

Top5

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what if you took out your little exhaust PC fan then connect 4" or 3" ducting to the open hole..... at the other end of the ducting attach a inline fan to it and exhaust it to someplace else.....that would give you plenty of negative pressure to cool that little case............theres nothing you can do to cool it besides add bigger fans and if your case is too small to mount a bigger fan then it only makes sense to add some small dryer ducting and a bigger fan.......

or lower your ambient temps those are your choices eather add more fan or cool ambient temps down to make up the difference in your case
Now that is a good idea +rep for changing subject lol
 

Top5

Active Member
might just be your case though cuz i have a case that will sit below 73 with the fans running and its big! with 10 fans in it
 

JonnnyPColeman

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Yea? I might do that.. only thing is will it still be air tight. Stealth from smell is important for where I'm at. Maybe Ill just tape the sides/corners. n paint.
 

FootClan

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Yea? I might do that.. only thing is will it still be air tight. Stealth from smell is important for where I'm at. Maybe Ill just tape the sides/corners. n paint.
If you have negaitive pressure exhausting it to outside you will have NO smell no matter how many leaks theres is....thats the whole point to negative pressure is you dont need it AIR TIGHT
 

wanabe

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80 degrees aint high i leave it like that can have them lower but my plants love it at 80 they grow fast
 

JonnnyPColeman

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ohhh man learning alot in this thread. Painting it white it is then. Well once the town gets off its ass n plows these roads. 2 ft of snow is really holding me up. lol
 

FootClan

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Yea? I might do that.. only thing is will it still be air tight. Stealth from smell is important for where I'm at. Maybe Ill just tape the sides/corners. n paint.
also if your exhausting your pc case back into your room then it will never be smell free no matter how air tight the case is........further more its not really air tight because you are bringing in air and exhausting out air so theres not really anything air tight about it not that it would make a difference eather way on smell if your just exhausting the old air back into your room......If you exhaust it outside then you will have no smell except for where ever it is exhausting outside, make sense?.....
 

JonnnyPColeman

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yea def. I mean i have a DIY carbon scrubber on the exhaust fan. so the weed smell should be gone (once it starts to smell anyway) . It will prob smell downy fresh or some shit in here. lol. but I hear you. good looks. Id rep ya but it says I cant give u anymore. quit helping lol
 
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