how can i stop my light being detected
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indawindica
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Dont know if they work but they have the stealth hood covers. they say it disables FLIR detection. somebody else must have heard of these. I have the ad in a mag. Ill get the info. also the new darkroom tent is thermal lined.
Kludge
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FLIR cannot see through walls, it sees heat so if you are venting your hot air outside or even into your attic it can be seen by the FLIR. That's what they look for, differences in heat signatures between houses. If you are growing inside and not venting hot air outside then you will be fine. Just make sure your light can't be seen through the windows 'cause that's a dead give away but don't put black plastic on your windows either as that is just as big a give away.
Oh, and again, very importantly, even venting into your attic will make your house stick out because your roof, even though not glowing red hot, will be hotter than the surrounding houses so will stick out.
Oh, and again, very importantly, even venting into your attic will make your house stick out because your roof, even though not glowing red hot, will be hotter than the surrounding houses so will stick out.
THE HOODFELLA
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Super Advanced Technology!
robert 14617
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cfl produces less heat along with power board the styrofoam board with the foil on one side would hide your attic opp.
indawindica
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the site www.hydro-innovations.com they have thermal covers for ducting and hoods.
offgridgrower
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they dont look like their made from much, do you think you could use those good windshield blockers to insulate with instead and achieve similar results?
indawindica
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dont know, but I am going to get the hood cover and duct cover.
Hey this stuff is a little bit more expensive than mylar, but Its supposed to work just as good, as well as Block Infra Red. Take a look.
http://discount-hydro.com/productdisp.php?pid=552&navid=33
SOGrowing
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This problem can be easily fixed. Simply locate the air intake vents for your furnace of your house. Take a dryer hose from the intake vent to your grow room, and block the intake vents of your house. Direct the dryer hose up high, to suck out the air from your grow room and distributed it throughout your entire house.
By filtering the heat through out your house, it will not make a significant change in temperature. Just think of the 1500 want heater and imagine it heating your whole house, even in the summer. Simply not going to happen. Furthermore, seeing that the HPS light does not utilize the full 1500 Watts of power produced the heat, a lot of the energy is being directed into creating light. This is a comparison of a 1500 W heater which is very common, and comparing it to an imaginary 1500 W HPS light. Most growers use anywhere from 400 W to 1000 W so the heat production is most likely insignificant when its distribute it throughout the house. And the beauty of this system is that the thermostat in the house, can regulate the temperature. Either it be cooling or heathing the house, or both.
And if the grow light is causing too much excessive heat, you can easily set your thermostat to air-conditioning mode and to regulate the temperature of your house, at a steady level. Or simply open up your windows in the house to vent out the heat. And of course on cool days you can close your windows. Or you can open your windows and set the thermostat on your heater to the right temperature to make it look more normalized. Then you don't have to ever worry about helicopters or police officers detecting your grow operation with FLIR. As the air-conditioning system can easily cool your house off.
A quick note. Instead of purchasing a carbon can filter, you can simply go to Lowe's and purchase a carbon air filter for your furnace! This even saves you more money. It's a beautiful system!
This system is based on the idea that you're growing in the basement. As you have easy access to the furnace air intake duct work.
By filtering the heat through out your house, it will not make a significant change in temperature. Just think of the 1500 want heater and imagine it heating your whole house, even in the summer. Simply not going to happen. Furthermore, seeing that the HPS light does not utilize the full 1500 Watts of power produced the heat, a lot of the energy is being directed into creating light. This is a comparison of a 1500 W heater which is very common, and comparing it to an imaginary 1500 W HPS light. Most growers use anywhere from 400 W to 1000 W so the heat production is most likely insignificant when its distribute it throughout the house. And the beauty of this system is that the thermostat in the house, can regulate the temperature. Either it be cooling or heathing the house, or both.
And if the grow light is causing too much excessive heat, you can easily set your thermostat to air-conditioning mode and to regulate the temperature of your house, at a steady level. Or simply open up your windows in the house to vent out the heat. And of course on cool days you can close your windows. Or you can open your windows and set the thermostat on your heater to the right temperature to make it look more normalized. Then you don't have to ever worry about helicopters or police officers detecting your grow operation with FLIR. As the air-conditioning system can easily cool your house off.
A quick note. Instead of purchasing a carbon can filter, you can simply go to Lowe's and purchase a carbon air filter for your furnace! This even saves you more money. It's a beautiful system!
This system is based on the idea that you're growing in the basement. As you have easy access to the furnace air intake duct work.
TwistedBladez
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If I was using a grow light I would vent the hot air into an area and have a fan bringing cool air into that area to cool the hot air before venting it either into your house
juststartin
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SOGrowing
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Not to crash down on you, but what you just said made no sense. All you have to do is take the air intake of your furnace, to suck out the air of the grow room. As it sucks air out it's automatically going to implement it into the ventilation system of the house and spread it out equally throughout the house. From this point, the thermostat will take over on controlling the heat. Assuming you have central air.
As the furnace sucks out the air from the grow room, laws of physics will take over. As you remove air from a room, air will replace it. So hence, proper air circulation.
If you want to go as far as automated control, you can install a separate humidity and temperature control system, that will turn the furnace fan on and off on demand, depending on the current conditions of the climate of the grow room.
As the furnace sucks out the air from the grow room, laws of physics will take over. As you remove air from a room, air will replace it. So hence, proper air circulation.
If you want to go as far as automated control, you can install a separate humidity and temperature control system, that will turn the furnace fan on and off on demand, depending on the current conditions of the climate of the grow room.