Deep Water Culture Question.. (83 Degree Water. Too Hot?)

hi evryone....im hoping to get some advice from those in the know....

im doing deep water culture in 5 gallon buckets, everything is goin pretty good, BUT, the temps under the light are about 88 degrees which is heating my water up to about 83 degrees.

as far as the question goes....i know that 88 is to hot...and that 83 degree water is too hot.....heres my dilemma.....i installed an air conditioner in the room....but when the condenser runs, it sucks all the humidity out of the room, leaving me at about 38% humidity.......so i have a choice....run the air conditioner to cool down the room at the cost of lower humidity (38% or so).......or not run the air as much to keep the humidity above 50%, but at the cost of higher temps....what should i do??

also....i have a vented reflector hood.....does anyone know if i am to put an exhaust fan on the hooded reflector, and run flex tubing into the attic, will that lower the temps underneath the light?? and or in the room?

thanks in advance for any help, or suggestions....

sure you can put a fan on it, mine actually has holes drilled for it & yes that will help, I would run the A/C ans see if it had ill affects on the plant i think a cooler res is more important than the humidity.

83 Degrees=plants are goners,
40 humidity should be fine.

ok....i have been runnung the ac more constantly....its cooler....but the humidity is down to 30% .......still ok.....or way too low????

see what it does 1st, if you have to hang wet towels in there, or use a humidifier. give it a chance 1st

Igloo Cooler.

I can guarantee temps staying between 65-67f for days on end.

It's cheap and easy and you don't ruin the cooler for later uses.

Let me know if you want to see how to build one.

madds

ftp

so what are the normal temps on a 5 gallon bucket hydro grow ?

I say 60-68

Hey boomer bloomer57 I would like to know how you made your coolers. Share your plans I need a cooler for my closet.

https://www.rollitup.org/dwc-bubbleponics/313745-best-damn-reservoir-you-can.html

holy shit boomer, you're back with a vengeance... i'm utilizing your cooler setup, and it does keep the temps real real easy to manage... literally every couple days we toss 1 20oz bottle of ice in there, and that is it...

Your humidity is fine. Actually in flower 30% is a good target for humidity. It keeps mold away and some say it makes the plants produce more trichs. Your temps are obviously too high, but I didnt have to tell you that.

Glad it's working for you. Takes all the headaches out of dwc as far as I'm concerned.

Keep it up. Keep them girls happy-happy.


bb57

ftp

this has got to be one of the best cheapest water chillers that i have ever seen to bad i couldnt think about this sooner cause i already bought a water chiller DAMN

SnOoPXIV said:

this has got to be one of the best cheapest water chillers that i have ever seen to bad i couldnt think about this sooner cause i already bought a water chiller DAMN

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Of which do you speak of?


bb57

ftp

leave the AC on and just spray your girls every few hours. just make sure you dont spray in the vicinity of an HID light. and yea, if you can exhaust the heat outside of your house, or at least into your attic, your ambient temperature will drop, which will also lower the temp of your res

hey bloomerbloomer can u show me your way of building your system with coolers bro? looks really good... thanks man

BoomerBloomer57 said:

Igloo Cooler.

I can guarantee temps staying between 65-67f for days on end.

It's cheap and easy and you don't ruin the cooler for later uses.

Let me know if you want to see how to build one.

madds

ftp

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