WeedFreak78
Well-Known Member
I'm confused are they or aren't they air cooled? Asuming they ARE cooled, If you're pushing air through the hoods you shouldn't be losing CO2 through them. The hoods would end up being pressurized, so there would be no way for CO2 to get into them and get sucked out. You could put the lights on their own cooling circuit, pull air from outside the room and then exhaust it out of the room so it's not interacting with room air at all. Unless I'm misunderstanding everything....If you are running 3600 watts in a 12x8x8 room would a 16000 btu portable dual hose ac be able to keep Temps around 90 if the hoods are all opened and not being air cooled with a fan pushing air from another room. Trying to get co2 running but the air is coming in and dissipating my co2 too fast went through 40 lbs in 6 days. Besides that the room is sealed and I thought the lights where air tight but apparently not.
I'm using the big king cobra reflectors but they seem to leak air really bad when air is being pushed through them even when I tape around them they leak around the glass.
So tldr version can a 16000 btu ac keep 3600 watts of lighting at 85 to 90 degrees for co2 with the hoods open in a 12x8x8 room.