DIY Beat The Heat.

[Sauce]

So I have my grow room out side and now the temps in the room are getting to be... well unexpected. Even more so, my grow room temps are getting 90, and will only go up from there.

So been looking for a cheap way with out having to hook a window ac up, and tunnel all the way to the window I do have. I came a cross a pretty neat (Donno if any one posted sorry).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3YvF4eVQO0 I am going to do something like this, will post some pics and results when done. Plan on attaching a ducting house from it and into my tent. Only concern I have is if it will mess with my RH numbers.

Plan on getting the stuff tomorrow, and using about 2 frozen jugs. I think it may last me at least 5 hours or more. I also bought a temperature plug. This will allow the project to turn on when it reaches say about 85 degrees. I think this will help reserve the ice jugs as well keep power use low.

Will take pictures of every thing and update with some results when I have it running. If any one has any input or tried something like it let me know.

Thanks!

 

[barnsie2212]

quick tip/thought: why not try outside ventilation, cool air from around your tent gets sucked in by a fan, circulated around the tent, sucked through your carbon filter and extracted back outside the tent, just a thought, might be a lot less hassle and keep costs to a low, ill be following and having a little input where i can help, wishing good karma your way brother, peace out, BARNSIE

 

[Sauce]

Tents in a room with in a room. This will be temp till the next grow. I need to build and secure the area even more. But for now, the room that its in gets about 80+ atm. So you can see the tent will get pretty hot. But with that in mind later on I will move the tent near a window and try to pull in out side air, but for now thats really not possible.

The total cost of this project for me is prob around 40$. Some one could do it the same way for cheaper I am sure. Or if you wanted to run it none stop, be around 15 dollars, for the cooler, attachment, and fan.

Just a side note, I did try and rig a fan up with a trash bag as a reducer to go on my 8'' ducting to pull air in from the room. I didnt get the results I was looking for.

 

[VARick]

I wonder if using dry ice might have a double effect, adding CO2 to the tent? Or would that possibly be too much CO2 for an extended amount of time? Some food for thought as I too have some heat issues.

 

[Sauce]

I did try this normal way. I had 2 gallon jugs in there, they melted so fast so to me it was not an good way to go. I maybe got 2-3 hours at best out of it. I didnt try it with the timer because I moved the tent else where. Not sure about the dry ice bud ^^. Just becareful.

 

[Eyes on Fire]

for a second there I thought ya'll were talking about dry Ice CO2 enrichment.but a nice AC unit in yer grow area would be pretty frigin awesome.Im curious as to how you do that.I thought about getting one of those cruddy lil stand alone for smaller spaces to see if it helps my tent.I got a 5X5X7'

 

[Sauce]

Well this test did fail. I saw a video about using copper tubing around a fan, and a pump to pump cold water through it. So when the fan blew, it was blowing on the very cold copper making cold air. Now for some one like me, cutting holes in my floor to keep the project stealth isnt the right idea for me. So I will be testing an idea I have. Getting ice water in a big cooler having the water pump to the fan. But having my exhaust attached up to the fan. This way I can pump my exhaust through the fan and have it turn to cold air. So the room doesnt get so hot.

Just a theory. But with a basic test of this with a cheap cooler and that video, the jugs didnt last more then 2 hours. And that just wasn't great.

 

[Johney]

http://burningman.rengeekcentral.com/swampcooler.html

 

[Sauce]

http://burningman.rengeekcentral.com/swampcooler.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHbQYajfGqM

I don't know how well that would work or last either. Doesnt say sadly =/