Yeah I have been wondering if my ventilation is too strong. I have a 4x4. I use a 6 inch AC infinity t6 with speed controller and no carbon filter for exhaust. It is set on 4. For intake I have a cheap 6 inch duct fan with an analog speed controller. It is at its lowest setting. My main problem is I'm in AZ. Humidity outside right now is 7% and my house is 25%
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mines a high speed 5 inch 323 m3/hour i know that helped mine but your getting your fresh air another way .also let me tag someone else @Arthur also i wish i could help more and @RustyStarbuck72 said he will pop in soon as i know he mixes soil etc and they may be able to give some more guidance bro
Where is your tent located? I grow in a big walkin closet. I have no heater, humidifier/dehumidifier or a/c in the tent, I use the closet as my lung room. I control the closet environment and the tent exhaust to fine tune the tent environment. This gives your tent environment a buffer of sort and you can keep it more stable without large cyclic fluctuations.
You'll struggle growing in AZ without some sort of adaptation of that. Not to say it can't be done, it's just more difficult.
My tent is in my office. It is an upstairs bedroom really. I rely on my central air. I keep my house 78 degrees, which costs about $400 a month in the summer, so I can't cool it any more than that. I have my exhaust vented through my ceiling, to the eave vent in my attic so it goes straight outside.
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that sound very similar to mine but i just use the vents for my fresh air from the room its in i don't know if any of that helps you but i use to vent it out of the room and with the longer ducting my RH was a lot better but when i put it in the loft my extraction became too powerful and was taking the air out to quick and my humidity was dropping to below 30 till i lowered my rvk extraction fan
That's a struggle then. I had mine set up like that on my first run. Worked well until the heat hit. LOL!
If you have a window in the room. you could get a portable a/c and vent it out the window. Then just vent the tent to the room with the carbon filter hooked up. This will lessen the load on the house ac without having to make up the conditioned air you're venting to the attic.
I'm bringing in another circuit to my closet and I'll have a portable ac in the closet and use the vent to the attic to vent the ac unit.
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Trying to control the temp & rH in a tent thats moving air through it is pretty difficult. Better to try & control the lung room environment as it's the air getting circulated. I get the cost issue, my power is over 400 if I'm running my 4x4 at any time of the year. I try shut down indoor runs in May and fire back up mid to late September to avoid making that climb another 50%.
Humidifiers and dehumidifiers I run in the 144 sq foot room that feeds the tent. Both rated for 2 to 3 times that space.
AZ is going to be a rH nightmare...
In the end, it may be best to check the cost per gram of growing, and then factor in your usage to see if dropping a tent size or something else will help.
I average about a buck to a buck and a quarter a gram. Run I'm on now I expect that to drop to maybe .75 cents a gram
That sounds fantastic till you figure I'll see anywhere between 450 & 700 grams out of the 4x every 90 days. Normal run costs me right in the area of 600 for all.
But my usage is probably on the high side, I probably make 2 lbs dissapear annually by my lonesome.
Humidifiers and dehumidifiers I run in the 144 sq foot room that feeds the tent. Both rated for 2 to 3 times that space.
AZ is going to be a rH nightmare...
In the end, it may be best to check the cost per gram of growing, and then factor in your usage to see if dropping a tent size or something else will help.
I average about a buck to a buck and a quarter a gram. Run I'm on now I expect that to drop to maybe .75 cents a gram
That sounds fantastic till you figure I'll see anywhere between 450 & 700 grams out of the 4x every 90 days. Normal run costs me right in the area of 600 for all.
But my usage is probably on the high side, I probably make 2 lbs dissapear annually by my lonesome.
Yeah this is all getting pretty grim. I was REALLY enjoying growing until they started going downhill. Any thoughts on how my plants look and a good next step?
I've been worried about how it will effect my house AC. I may just get a window unit. I do have a window in this room.
Yeah, your ac is working MUCH harder with the venting the conditioned air out to your attic instead of it being recirculated.
Pretty sure this unit is overkill for your situation. I got it for inverter tech and to possibly use it later in a purpose built growroom in the future. Being wifi too, I can control the environment remotely. That will come in handy when I get my Pulse Pro system.
A portable could actually lower your electric bill.....especially in the next few months! LOL!
With the ac added you could lower your exhaust fan to where it's mainly for smell control and temp control and fresh air becomes secondary.
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