New Grower Gorilla Glue Autos in a 4x4 tent. New grower. Advice welcomed.

[Suki]

It was sucking, the walls were coming in, with just the exhaust fan.
Now, with the intake fan + exhaust fan, it looks like the walls are expanding. Not as bad with intake at Medium power, and exhaust at max but i rather not have to run the exhaust fan at max 24/7 if i can prevent it.

The back left is a dehumidifier. Thinking about replacing that with an AC/dehumid combo if i cant manage to get the temps lower.

Dehumidifiers put off a LOT of heat, and really aren't needed till mid to late flower, if they end up needed at all. I would definitely take that out. You also have to figure, the air coming through the intake fan is being heated by both the motor and the friction of the fan blades, so that may be doing more harm than good. Open up the passive intakes at the bottom and see if that helps.

 

[Suki]

Another thing to try is angling your clip fans up towards the light, which will help push any hot air up and out of your exhaust. At this point you really don't need all of them pointed down, as the airflow you get from them isn't super vital until you need to keep air moving through the canopy.

 

[ItzSticky]

Dehumidifiers put off a LOT of heat, and really aren't needed till mid to late flower, if they end up needed at all. I would definitely take that out. You also have to figure, the air coming through the intake fan is being heated by both the motor and the friction of the fan blades, so that may be doing more harm than good. Open up the passive intakes at the bottom and see if that helps.

Okay, I'll go shuffle things around now and see if I can get the temps to drop some more.

 

[Suki]

Idk what your living situation is, but if you've got control of the thermostat (lol) keeping it set between 65 and 69 can help a LOT. Also, (if its central air) keeping the fan set to on will help keep up the air exchange through the house which will help pull the hot air from the room the tent is in.

 

[Suki]

This is something I've struggled with quite a bit, if you can't tell lol. Watering your pots will help boost the humidity in the tent, and since the moist substrate will hold water and thus be cooler than the air temp, that may also help bring it down some.

 

[Suki]

For sake of reference, this is a pretty average day for my 4x4.

The girls don't seem to mind!

 

[ItzSticky]

Idk what your living situation is, but if you've got control of the thermostat (lol) keeping it set between 65 and 69 can help a LOT. Also, (if its central air) keeping the fan set to on will help keep up the air exchange through the house which will help pull the hot air from the room the tent is in.

This is something I've struggled with quite a bit, if you can't tell lol. Watering your pots will help boost the humidity in the tent, and since the moist substrate will hold water and thus be cooler than the air temp, that may also help bring it down some.

Lol, well I'm considering all the tips i can get to get these temps down. I think its this LED light that's really causing this ~5F change.
I moved the dehumid out and opened up all the access holes the tent has. The fans are now pointing upwards towards the light.

Its in a central air environment. Its usually kept around 75F.

 

[Suki]

And the 2x2

 

[ItzSticky]

Heres mine, the upward trend was when i started to apply light.

After about 8oclock is when i started get the temps to drop.

 

[Suki]

Lol, well I'm considering all the tips i can get to get these temps down. I think its this LED light that's really causing this ~5F change.
I moved the dehumid out and opened up all the access holes the tent has. The fans are now pointing upwards towards the light.

Its in a central air environment. Its usually kept around 75F.

Are you in the northern hemisphere? Regardless, lol, bringing the temp in the house down will definitely help. Hard to keep the tent <80 when the air its pulling in is that warm. Opening a window in the room may help, if its cooler than 75 outside. And tbh I can't believe I forgot to suggest it, lol, but you could also switch when your lights are on, if you run them at night when its cooler, vs during the day, it will be easier to keep the temps down.