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Need advice for attic grow room. I'm considering a dual-hose AC unit so that I can grow year-round. Air to be vented from inside house into grow room. Note that I do a lot of lighting with CFLs primarily because of the heat issue. Even during winter, temps can regularly get into the upper 80s, since I live in a hot and humid climate.
QUESTIONS:
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- Situation:
- ​Insulated attic grow room (15' length x 7' width x 7' height )
- 735 cubic feet; 105 sq ft
- Temps during dead of summer still hit in the upper 90s at times.
- Because of this, I've only been growing through fall and winter months.
- Veg Setup:
- ​light-proof grow chamber 4x4x7, framed w/ 2x4 and panda film
- CFL lighting w/ two 300w bulbs for clone mothers
- 12 27w CFLs for offspring.
- Air is vented from inside room, through grow chamber, and back into room w/ inline fan
- Flowering setup:
- main space w/400w HPS
- cool-tube and can fan (runs 7p-7a only - attic air from attic is pulled through cool tube and vented back into attic)
- Side lighting by 32 CFLs in DIY light boards.
- Constraints:
- Cost - don't wanna spend more than $500 US or so.
- Air from exhaust has to be vented into attic because of my situation.
- Can't use a split AC unit (see above).
- Weight is somewhat of a consideration (lighter is better, since joists were not reinforced before the attic room was installed (bought the house after the room was built).
QUESTIONS:
- Will a dual-hose portable AC do the trick?
- Are there other alternatives?
- Are there other threads that address this? If so, I've obviously missed them, even though I've searched fairly extensively.
Many thanks to you all - while primarily a lurker, I've learned a ton from the collective knowledge here! All of you rock!