My apartment room gets to 81 degrees WITH AC, help me out pros!

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pompeii

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• Feb 24, 2008

• #1

Alright I live in an apartment and for some reason my room is hotter than the other rooms. With the ac unit @ 74 degrees my room is 81 degrees, then I have my grow cab inside my closet causing tempetures to easily exceed 85 degrees. Pumping out mass AC would be like killing a fly with a nuke... a very expensive nuke at that. Rather than making the whole apartment colder for my room I was thinking of buying a portable AC unit that runs works off the principle of evaporation. What do you guys think?

And why do u think my room is so hot compared to the main room? Anyone know of anything I can do to get more cool air in my room?

 

CALIGROWN

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• Feb 24, 2008

• #2

pull air from a cracked window....

 

stoner408

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• Feb 24, 2008

• #3

i got a window fan bringing in fresh air and three fans for my closet,one for bringing air in one for taking air out and one just to move air around in the room.

so what its ghetto i know.

 

tech209

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• Feb 24, 2008

• #4

mines are in the closet ...... just crack the door open a bit to let out some air........

 

stoner408

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• Feb 24, 2008

• #5

i always keep at least one fan on all the time. i never have stale air in there.

ever

 

tech209

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• Feb 24, 2008

• #6

stoner408 said:

i always keep at least one fan on all the time. i never have stale air in there.

ever

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x2 on that i set mine to low setting and when lights on to high setting.........

 

stoner408

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• Feb 24, 2008

• #7

x2? is that like x men 2?

 

stoner408

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• Feb 24, 2008

• #8

hey how you like that fox farm ocean blend? im using the same stuff amazing results im also using a 440 watt hps for the whole grow.im really happy with the results so far

 

tech209

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• Feb 24, 2008

• #9

stoner408 said:

x2? is that like x men 2?

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x2= me too or same here

stoner408 said:

hey how you like that fox farm ocean blend? im using the same stuff amazing results im also using a 440 watt hps for the whole grow.im really happy with the results so far

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i just started using them in my clones yesturday .....as for the bigger plants they are in supersoil.......sounds like you got things going good for you ..do u got a journal?????

 

stoner408

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• Feb 24, 2008

• #10

yea the link is in my signature im taking new pics soon i just transplanted,and they are starting to show sex on 18/6. haha but x-men 2 was stillpretty cool!

 

stoner408

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• Feb 24, 2008

• #11

hey tech i literally just put up some new ones

 

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pompeii

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• Feb 25, 2008

• #12

So ya anyone heard of portable AC units being effective? Is it a waste of cash?

 

Florida Blooms

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• Feb 25, 2008

• #13

I would also like to know the answer to that. And would a window ac unit work in a room like a closet or would i actually need the window? heh

 

FilthyFletch

Mr I Can Do That For Half

• Feb 25, 2008

• #14

you talking about a swamp cooler unit? or an actual portable roll around unit?

 

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pompeii

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• Feb 25, 2008

• #15

Swamp Cooler unit Filthy, sorry I didn't know the correct terminology.

 

Virulent Amoeba

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• Feb 25, 2008

• #16

pompeii said:

Swamp Cooler unit Filthy, sorry I didn't know the correct terminology.

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Why would you want to use a Swamp cooler? all that will do is push your Relarive Humidity thru the roof.

A refrigerated window AC would do you better.

 

OneCanSam

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• Feb 25, 2008

• #17

pompeii said:

Alright I live in an apartment and for some reason my room is hotter than the other rooms. With the ac unit @ 74 degrees my room is 81 degrees, then I have my grow cab inside my closet causing tempetures to easily exceed 85 degrees. Pumping out mass AC would be like killing a fly with a nuke... a very expensive nuke at that. Rather than making the whole apartment colder for my room I was thinking of buying a portable AC unit that runs works off the principle of evaporation. What do you guys think?

And why do u think my room is so hot compared to the main room? Anyone know of anything I can do to get more cool air in my room?

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Pompeii,

There are much easier solutions available for both you and your plants, instead of a portable A/C, have you considered a registry booster? I'm assuming you have central a/c by what you stated regarding the differences in the temps of the separate rooms. Some registry boosters have built in thermostats, when the room cools down to the temp of the other rooms, they can shut off. Others without a thermostat, simply run 24/7

Another cheaper DIY method is to simply slap a 120mm quiet fan to the air duct, this works ok, the fan can go inside the vent or on the outside. Just use an ac/dc $6 adapter to power the 12volt fan (reason I suggest a 12volt fan rather than a AC 120volt fan is that normally always, the 120volt fans are noisy. 12volt 120mm fans come in a plethora of CFM and dBA levels, some are uber quiet, some not so quiet, but nearly all 120volt 120mm fans are outrageously loud.



Floor and wall model vent booster

Wall model

It's worth the $$ since it can help cool down your 82* room, for you and the foliage

 

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pompeii

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• Feb 29, 2008

• #18

Sorry it took so long to reply, thanks a lot for the information OneCanSam. I'll look into it but recently I hooked an air duct from my air vent directly to my cabinet which has been giving me temperatures between 80 and 86 which is much better than before. I ordered some insulated ducting too so that should cool it down even further whenever it arrives.