guy incognito
Well-Known Member
How the hell do you guys control your environment during the transitional seasons? The temps here got to mid 80's yesterday, then down to 64* last night, back up into the 80's today, then it's gonna dive down and only have a high of 54* tomorrow. I can't run the AC when the temps outside are going below 60*. It seems incredibly wasteful. I also can't keep my temperature in check if the ambient temp get's above 70*. I cannot exhaust air fast enough to keep a reasonable temperature. My grow is upstairs and consists of 2 1,000 watt hps, 1 400 watt hps, and about 150 watt of cfls right now. The hps are all cool tube with a fan running 24/7 pulling air from an outside source and dumping into the attic.
I think I can close the room and have the AC run and cool it during the summer when it's hot. Or I can hook the scrubber to exhaust into the attic and hook that up to my controller when it's not as hot. If im using the AC I need to set the scrubber up to not exhaust and just recirc the air within the room, so it's a mild pain in the ass to switch between the two set ups. This would be fine if I simply had to make the transition from winter set up to summer set up once, but it looks as though I will need the AC during a few evenings in the week, but not the rest of the time. The whole point of getting an environmental controller though is so I don't have to sit there and babysit it.
Any advice? Or should I just plug the AC in and just deal with wasting lots of electricity to maintain the perfect temp?
I think I can close the room and have the AC run and cool it during the summer when it's hot. Or I can hook the scrubber to exhaust into the attic and hook that up to my controller when it's not as hot. If im using the AC I need to set the scrubber up to not exhaust and just recirc the air within the room, so it's a mild pain in the ass to switch between the two set ups. This would be fine if I simply had to make the transition from winter set up to summer set up once, but it looks as though I will need the AC during a few evenings in the week, but not the rest of the time. The whole point of getting an environmental controller though is so I don't have to sit there and babysit it.
Any advice? Or should I just plug the AC in and just deal with wasting lots of electricity to maintain the perfect temp?