Air conditioner/cooling advice

reallybigjesusfreak

reallybigjesusfreak

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I am looking to switch from a 600w cooltube to a 1000w DE ballast. I understand that the air cooled DE bulbs are bullshit, so I am looking into one of the models with the ballast built in. Temps are fine currently with the 600w MH bulb and a single inline fan pulling air out directly from the tube. Room is a 4x4x7

does anybody have any advice for cooling that sort of ballast? I've been told at that point to cool the room and not the light, and I don't have any experience with that. I've been looking for small air conditioner units, but they all look like they dont work well.
 
Rakin

Rakin

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Seems like a lot of trouble just to go to a bigger light in same size space. Personally if I couldn’t put a decent window unit in that room or keep it cooled with the lung room I would just go with 600w of led
 
NewCentralAC

NewCentralAC

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reallybigjesusfreak said:
I am looking to switch from a 600w cooltube to a 1000w DE ballast. I understand that the air cooled DE bulbs are bullshit, so I am looking into one of the models with the ballast built in. Temps are fine currently with the 600w MH bulb and a single inline fan pulling air out directly from the tube. Room is a 4x4x7

does anybody have any advice for cooling that sort of ballast? I've been told at that point to cool the room and not the light, and I don't have any experience with that. I've been looking for small air conditioner units, but they all look like they dont work well.
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Try a mini split. These units adapt easily to any space, you will be surprised how easy to install they are.
 
BigHornBuds

BigHornBuds

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You should keep your DE 36” above your canopy
The unit will take up 12” that leaves you with 36” to grow
I wouldn’t run a DE 1000 with 7’ of head room

I was playing with my temp gun yesterday and got temps off the bulbs over 600f
 
Oogsi

Oogsi

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Switch to a 1000w LED (not a pre built one) make your own with cobs or Cree and you will eliminate so much head you will save heaps on power and get a better yield , although it’s gonna cost any where from 300-600$ to make probably
 
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