Can i get by with a Swamp cooler in grow room?

Well guys heres my situation the small a/c I have now in my 8x8 insulated shed just don't cut it. I have a 600w digital light with air cool hood. My a/c iS set to 72 degrees any lower and it starts to ice over. A few days ago outside temp was about 98 and inside the shed got up to 92! The next size a/c will run me just under $200 but I have a window swamp cooler??? Between that and the vents in the shed at the very least it will force some of that hot air out replacing it with a lil bit of cooler air????

Try it....but I'm fairly certain you will need a de-humidifier with a swamp cooler....but the swamp will use 1/3 the power a air conditioner will

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Nobody has an opinion ??

Nobody has an opinion ??

Try it....but I'm fairly certain you will need a de-humidifier with a swamp cooler....

Seems like an opinion...sounds about right too IMO...

Good! Cuz that lil sucker hasn't stoped in 2 months!!! And Edison is killIng me!!

Hahaha....I wish I could negative rep

Thanks IF for posting the obvious....I wish the ignore button worked with the app

Lol if the ac ices shit over below 72, but doesn't cool enough at or above...

Something isn't right....

I have a huge 10,000 btu 1000w ac in my mega insulated shed and it works just fine

Edit: by ices over, I'm aware you don't mean it literally ices over, to clarify lol

Edited by SIRSOG, 14 June 2012 - 06:51 PM.

I know the heat exchangers in central air units usually ice up due to low freon levels...

Probably running way too small a unit...everyone always just buys a small A/C forgets to account for the massive amounts of heat created by all their equipment...

I know the heat exchangers in central air units usually ice up due to low freon levels...

Probably running way too small a unit...everyone always just buys a small A/C forgets to account for the massive amounts of heat created by all their equipment...

Yea, I had a smaller one first, it pretty much functioned as an expensive fan lol, didn't cool enough. This big one though, I leave it set at 75 and I took the heat sensor out of the front so its reading the air temp a bit away from the cool air, shed never gets above 77 in the chambers.

My bad... I posted to quick without reading that 1 person did have an opinion lol and yes it literally freezes up I have to chisel off the ice in front... And yes it's a small a/c and probobly 4-5 yrs old... Now high moisture is bad becouse of???? Mold???

Now high moisture is bad becouse of???? Mold???

Yup...

Moisture is especially bad in flower, it gets in the buds and can cause rot as well...

All bad!!! A dehumidifier will work? Now I have a swamp cooler and dehumidifier in sted of a small a/c that wasn't working rite anyways eating up my electricity!

A dehumidifier can work...it depends on what the humidity level actually is, the size of your room, and the size of the dehumidifier...

You won't know for sure until you try...just make sure you have a hygrometer handy so you can check the humidity...

I will put in the cooler this weekend and keep an eye on the humidity.... If it gets to I'll end up buying a dehumidifier and make sure it's for an 8x8 room or bigger.... By the way what shud the humidity be in there?

In veg...maybe 65%...flower 45-50% or so...

Ok thanx!

Seems a bit odd, that will a cooltube its still running that high. You should try a bigger/stronger extraction fan before a new AC..Is your shed insulated? Could also be a problem. If its one of those aluminum type sheds, try painting the roof.

We were having heat issues in my grandfathers shed during the summer because thats where his lawnmower and aerosol cans of w/e were at, so we painted the roof with some type of flat white enamel paint used for outdoors..Forgot what kind, and it reflected the heat and light from the sun a lot better, dropped it by by 8-10 degrees.

If it is indeed aluminum and insulated the sun is basically heating the shit out of the shed and its becoming an oven from the outside. If I were in your shoes I would first see if I had proper ventilation and strong enough vent fans. Then instead of forking out 200+ dollars on an AC unit I'd just buy a couple gallons of that and paint the roof, and any leftovers repaint the entire shed

If that doesn't work, it still helped a lot, which means if you did indeed have to through with buying a stronger AC you would be able to manage temps a lot better, and save on electricity from constantly having to run the AC

Edited by Nookies, 15 June 2012 - 10:00 AM.

No it's it's all plywood with a shingle roof top. And it's all insulated ceiling +walls not the floors. I think my biggest problem is it sits in the sun all day no shade at all.....

Shingles heat up out the damn ass, you're better off putting a water sealing primer on it then a coat of white paint made for outdoors.

Or hell, you could get a 10X10 canopy tent from a sports store for 50 bucks put a canopy over it

Yes! I have a 10x10 canopy.... But I use it for back yard party's..... No trees
But a few 4x4 around the shed and a tarp about a foot off the shed wud work???