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Greenthumbs256

Greenthumbs256

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Thundercat said:
I don't think it sounds like the worst set up at all and you obviously grow beautiful buds in it man. I've nothing against your system. All I was saying is the way you have your ventilation set up is why you can't keep your temps down. You need to get that heat out of the intake room to really be effective. Have you considered replacing the door to that room with a cheapo one you could cut a whole in. Put a exhaust fan in that hole, and run your ducting to the door. It would isolate that heat in the ducting and send it out to your hallway, and keep the intake room "sealed" so that the AC can actually get the temps down.



and here you go again with telling others they don't understand and acting like we are pushing you out. I think Water only organics is the only organics worth doing. I can't get into mixing fancy soil and then bubbling up teas and all the other cool organic stuff. Properly mixed water only living soil is awesome. I personally just got tied of soil in my house, and mixing it and hopeing you got the ratios right. To each their own. You don't need to run away and act like we care all clueless to organics, or dislike them. Most of us understand them just fine, but choose our growing methods for various other reasons. There are lots of great ways to grow that all work REALLY well. It really seems like your the one who isn't open minded to other options.
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you know that is actually the one idea, that I haven't thought of! screwing a new cheap door that can be cut out is very easy, when I move in strap in the old one!!!!

honestly out of all my guys that have been helping me look at options and me racking my brain, that has never came up! granted I would have to put my scrubber on the outside and in hallway, but it would work, and possibly solve my problem 100%
 
Greenthumbs256

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OK I g2g, go real fast and think and plan this, and look at all options!!

fucking amazing advise thank you a ton! but i g2g and think about this!!!
 
Thundercat

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Airwalker16 said:
Definitely don't mount an inline fan in a door. It'll shake through to the frame and the walls. Hang it with bungees before the door and use ducting through the hole on the door rather.
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Probably a really good point. You would have to see how it worked out. My fan is mounted right into a plywood wall and doesn't vibrate or make any noise I was kinda surprised. I had bungies ready and everything but figured I'd try it straight first because it was just easier :). Maybe I got lucky.

Greenthumbs256 said:
you know that is actually the one idea, that I haven't thought of! screwing a new cheap door that can be cut out is very easy, when I move in strap in the old one!!!!

honestly out of all my guys that have been helping me look at options and me racking my brain, that has never came up! granted I would have to put my scrubber on the outside and in hallway, but it would work, and possibly solve my problem 100%
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Well heck look at that, hehe some of us hydro guys do have good ideas. I'm just playing, but I'm glad that maybe we found you a really cheap option to help get temps in order. Once you get that hot air out of your intake room the AC will work much better if its even needed. You might be able to just turn it onto fan mode, and blow cool air in from outside since its winter :). Also like I said above make sure your intake flaps on the bottoms of the tents are all the way open. Just last week a guy on here was having heat issues, and after talked we realized his flaps weren't all open. He opened them and it totally improved his air flow.
 
Greenthumbs256

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dam and I could probably find a dam door in the trash and not have to spend a cent!

I have a few concerns tho, maybe u have an opinion on this!

1 my scrubber would have to sit in the hallway bc I only have one massive one, not a major issue sucks but I can live with it!

the actual problem I'm seeing tho, if I am pulling the air out, that would create negative pressure in the entire room, without an intake, would it pull from the window unit, or what? this is what I'm thinking about now, what do you think?
 
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I'm worried that it would get to the Point, Givin enough negative pressure, either the hot air would suck back in through the cracks, or it would get to the point, where air just isnt even coming out? am I making sense?
 
Thundercat

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You would be pulling air from the window that is your intake. You already have a fan in the window to blow it into the room :).
 
Greenthumbs256

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I can't open a window, they are sealed to hell! back out cutians then a thick plastic, shit is basically permanent, and like i said with neighbors and stuff, I can't a ducking hanging out the window!
 
Greenthumbs256

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Thundercat said:
You would be pulling air from the window that is your intake. You already have a fan in the window to blow it into the room :).
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well its an ac unit, granted the cheapo I'm using now, I'm sure it uses outside air, by my normal big one that I'm waiting to be replaced does not swap outside air! I do know that for a fact
 
Thundercat

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I've never seen a window unit that didn't pull out side air or have the option to pull outside air. Its usually a little slide adjustment that changes the position of the vents.
 
Greenthumbs256

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it has this wall blocking any outside air, and two fans one inside one outside, I only know this bc I broke and I have to take it all apart
 
Boatguy

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Greenthumbs256 said:
dam and I could probably find a dam door in the trash and not have to spend a cent!

I have a few concerns tho, maybe u have an opinion on this!

1 my scrubber would have to sit in the hallway bc I only have one massive one, not a major issue sucks but I can live with it!

the actual problem I'm seeing tho, if I am pulling the air out, that would create negative pressure in the entire room, without an intake, would it pull from the window unit, or what? this is what I'm thinking about now, what do you think?
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You are thinking too hard about this. Air will replace the air you remove.
 
Greenthumbs256

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Thundercat said:
I've never seen a window unit that didn't pull out side air or have the option to pull outside air. Its usually a little slide adjustment that changes the position of the vents.
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I can promise you it doesn't, there is a wall that's even insulated! it sucks from inside and blows out inside, on the outside there a separate fan that's attacked by a shaft, and I'm sure that's to vent the heat that the compressor or whatever creates
 
Thundercat

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Greenthumbs256 said:
I can promise you it doesn't, there is a wall that's even insulated! it sucks from inside and blows out inside, on the outside there a separate fan that's attacked by a shaft, and I'm sure that's to vent the heat that the compressor or whatever creates
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Sure no biggy, I really don't think it will matter honestly. Like Boat guy said the air will get replaced. Having negative preasure is generally what you want in a grow so that all the smells get vented through the scrubber.
 
Greenthumbs256

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OK well let's say, I just hooked the doors up, and vented out into the hallway, if zero air could get through that ac, although I'm sure no matter how well its sealed some still does. where would it pull the air from? the only place I can think would be the hallway or door where I'm venting, if that was the case, it would defeat the whole purpose, so I have to have an intake some how somewhere????
 
Greenthumbs256

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OK Ive got to take a break and smoke lol, that's an absolutely amazing idea! and I love it, I just need to figure out a way to have intake, maybe even cutting a small hole inside the wall of that new ac, wouldn't be hard, and I don't think it would affect much, or maybe some how hiding an intake inside the ac, the thing is massive, barley fits into the window as is! I'm sure I could find some kinda space! not like I'd need a massive hole, with the negative pressure the air would get in one way or another!
 
Thundercat

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Your walls and windows are not likely really sealed. Obviously an intake would be ideal, and didn't you say the current cheap AC pulls from the outside? So you currently should be pulling intake air in. Another option would be a shadow box window intake like guys have been doing since the beginning of indoor growing. If you used the broken AC shell it would be really stealth, and you could have as much intake air as you wanted from a fan inside.
 
Thundercat

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Greenthumbs256 said:
OK Ive got to take a break and smoke lol, that's an absolutely amazing idea! and I love it, I just need to figure out a way to have intake, maybe even cutting a small hole inside the wall of that new ac, wouldn't be hard, and I don't think it would affect much, or maybe some how hiding an intake inside the ac, the thing is massive, barley fits into the window as is! I'm sure I could find some kinda space! not like I'd need a massive hole, with the negative pressure the air would get in one way or another!
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now your getting it!
 
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