I have a 11' x 11' room. my set up right now is 3 1000 watts (hoping for 4, maybe even 5). but i can't get my room to the right temperature. i have 2 wall oscillating fans, a 8" intake, and a 10" exhaust with a carbon filter, and even a portable AC unit. my temperature hangs around 87-89 degrees. i have spent a lot of money already, and am very limited financially to spend more. what else can i do to drop the degrees 5 maybe even 10 more degrees? advice would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.
Room heat issue! need help!
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DobermanGuy
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are your lights cooled? If not.......get it done. Get that heat out of there.run a seperate fan and ducting for the lights only. Will work miracles.
aficionado
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Heat exchange is a simple process based on physics. You have certain amount of heat (thermals) in one area that you need to transfer to another. Heat is not destroyed, only moved. If your temps are too high, then you are not either a) bringing in cooler temperature to effectively "dilute" the heat, or b) not moving enough of the heat out of your room to somewhere else (like outside). Here is probably the areas that will give you the most impact:
1) Move your ballasts out of the room. If you have magnetic ballasts, they produce heat as a byproduct.
2) Seal off your lights (glass) and duct them together if possible. The heat from the bulbs is massive, so use the air in the room to cool them and force the air to blow out of the room. Suck in through the light fixture, and blow out to the outside.
3) Make sure your AC unit has its exhaust tube pushing air outside and has a good seal. AC units take heat out of the air and move it from one place to another. Their usefulness is degraded if the exhaust is not sealed and heat is allowed right back in the room.
4) Make sure your intake is connected to an air source that is far less temperature than what you are moving outside. Do NOT use the same air that your exhaust is blowing out or you will end up bringing in air (and heat)that you just worked so hard to get out.
5) Upgrade your AC. It costs $$$, but more if more heat exchange is needed after all the easy stuff is taken care of, then you might not have a choice.
Hope this helps. You will want to take care of it now before summer - or your entire crop could suffer when the temps climb. Good luck!
1) Move your ballasts out of the room. If you have magnetic ballasts, they produce heat as a byproduct.
2) Seal off your lights (glass) and duct them together if possible. The heat from the bulbs is massive, so use the air in the room to cool them and force the air to blow out of the room. Suck in through the light fixture, and blow out to the outside.
3) Make sure your AC unit has its exhaust tube pushing air outside and has a good seal. AC units take heat out of the air and move it from one place to another. Their usefulness is degraded if the exhaust is not sealed and heat is allowed right back in the room.
4) Make sure your intake is connected to an air source that is far less temperature than what you are moving outside. Do NOT use the same air that your exhaust is blowing out or you will end up bringing in air (and heat)that you just worked so hard to get out.
5) Upgrade your AC. It costs $$$, but more if more heat exchange is needed after all the easy stuff is taken care of, then you might not have a choice.
Hope this helps. You will want to take care of it now before summer - or your entire crop could suffer when the temps climb. Good luck!