ilovetoskiatalta
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Do you have an intake fan as well as exhaust? How big an area? How many plants? Sorry to say but if you are running a closed room then you will need a dehuey...this hobby gets expensive.
I absolutely cannot control humidity
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Budley Doright
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But he says his actual room is fine just not the tent, unless I’m missing something? I would try increasing airflow in tent first then try other suggestions as needed. Yes it can get expensive! Shut down my indoor setup 4 years ago now it’s cheaper to buy it here and grow outdoors lol.
ilovetoskiatalta
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I agree that’s why I asked about an intake. If he’s feeding a/c air from the room and exhausting from the tent( I did not pick up on the tent part tbh). I can’t imagine he has that many plants that his rate of transpiration is exceeding the a/c. I’m still a firm believer in duhuey and a/c working together but that is just for me.
ilovetoskiatalta
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If you put a variac on the 6” exhaust and add a 4” intake also on a variac you can keep negative pressure and move the air. Do you have a fan in the tent to aid in air movement.
do you exhaust at the top of the tent? If you add the intake at a lower inlet on opposite side it will help quite a bit.
NICK72690
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Thank for all the ideas guys I ended up getting a light proof passive intake for my flowering tent for 10 bucks, why are the portable ac a poor choice? I feel like returning it now lol, plus the heat wave just broke so temps are ok now, humidity is still a little high but doable, got a scorpion Diablo on the way baby
Budley Doright
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Not a poor choice if it’s doing the job and that’s what suits your setup. They IMO do not do what their rated size should be capable of so they typically need to be larger than a comparable ductless unit, which are more money and require installation. Is it double or single piped to outside?
ComfortCreator
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Use the portable ac for ac, not just dehumidify. They are inefficient compared to most other ac units but they work. The exhaust has to go outside.
The key is if you lower the temp enough, humidity will go with it because cold air doesnt hold as much moisture.
The key is if you lower the temp enough, humidity will go with it because cold air doesnt hold as much moisture.
Rootbound420
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Have you tried running a 4" duct from ac to bottom of tent? Might have to cut a hole but it can be sealed up around the duct unless you have an opening of course. Then put dehumidifier in front of the ac flow to cool it. Will keep your dehumidifier cool and still cool your tent. Might still have a 50% or so humidity due to AC but that should fix both problems better than where you were at. Just did this in my closet and it brought my temps down from 89 average to 78 and humidity from 70-75% averaging 50 now. I used zip ties to mount the duct to the ac vent then used tape to adjust the flow into the tent and room itself. Just had to play with how much vent i taped off to adjust the temp in my closet until i got it where i wanted it.
Run your air conditioner to set temp and just get a separate dehum?