Grow Tent is 104 Degrees Farenheit

Which would be best in the long run?

  • T-5

    Votes: 1 5.9%

  • HPS + AC Unit

    Votes: 16 94.1%

  • STAL

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    17
brotherjericho

brotherjericho

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Wonder Boy said:
There is a 4" centrifugal fan exhausting the air through a carbon filter, so when I tried to use the 6" intake fan it was bringing in more air than the 4" could push out. All this equipment was previously used in closet and worked fine. I tried to adapt it all to a tent (cause I was tired of not being able to hang my clothes) but the transition has not been as smooth as I had hoped.
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Swap it up, 6" out, 4" in. You need negative pressure, not positive.
 
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mrmadcow

Well-Known Member
Wonder Boy said:
.... Since this is a tent and the old air is pushed into the room right outside the tent (rather than into the attic like my previous project) I believe this is resulting in higher overall temps since the hot air has nowhere else to go. I was hoping by using a tent I wouldn't have to cut any holes in this new house. Do you think it would help (enough to bring temps down to the desirable high 70s range) if the exhaust went into the attic instead?
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you found the answer to your problem. how hot is the room that holds the tent? you are just recirculating the heat.it needs to be vented outside or to another room.
and as stated already,use the bigger fan to exhaust or a passive intake. if getting rid of the hot air in the room doesn't solve your problem,adding cooltube will.
 
CanadianEh

CanadianEh

Active Member
You need a air cooled hood, get one off ebay.
Also EXHAUST outside if you dont the heat will climb higher and higher sometimes.

Cheers, 600watt will yield alot.
 
Alexander Supertramp

Alexander Supertramp

Well-Known Member
Wonder Boy said:
Thanks for the suggestions. I will probably go with the AC since changing my intake and outake would require buying a larger carbon filter as well. I do have a 6" inline I bought for this project but it is too loud and too powerful. It makes the tent swell like a balloon b/c the centrifugal fan and carbon filter are both 4", which is what was suggested in HT for this size setup. I used the same 600W HPS in a 6x3x6 closet previously with 3" fans a few years ago and the temp never got above mid 80s. This tent thing is a whole other ball game.
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If it makes your tent swell then its not exhausting the air from your tent rather
just pumping it in..you need to rethink your set up....
 
plantmagic

plantmagic

Active Member
Your best bet is removing the heat. Is attic access possible? I ran two 600's in a 4x8 tent in my last set up I used a 6" fan pulling air from the attic through the lights and back into the attic. I had a another 8" fan pulling through a phresh filter and blowing into the attic on a temp sensor. No intake fan just passive untamed on tent. No temp problems through the 119' summer in az. You should be able to accomplish the same with two 6" fans
 
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