Portable A/C in tents, separate exhaust for lighting?

Discussion in 'Grow Room Design/Setup' started by quietlike, Aug 5, 2012.

  1. #1 quietlike, Aug 5, 2012
    Last edited by a moderator: Aug 6, 2012
    Hey all,
    I am running a portable a/c in the room where I have 3 tents. one 5x5, and two 2x4. I have ducts rigged to the front of that a/c unit, pumping cold air into all three. A booster fan can be added, should I? I probably will)

    Im using the two 2x4s for veg, clones, and mothers. I have a 4 bulb T5 in one, and a 250w CFL in the other... recommendations for which to house the mothers, and which to put the clones and veg plants in?

    My 5x5 seems ok, heat wise, but I have yet to turn on the 600w MH I have in there for flowering. The MAIN question I have is, in my 5x5 should I run my lighting:

    carbon filter (in tent)->cool tube->6" inline fan->outside (window)
    or room air->cool tube->6" inline fan->outside (window)?
    I'm not concerned so much about smell indoors, but am concerned about smell outdoors from a/c and carbon filter exhaust systems. am i wasting a/c if i pull air out of the tent, since im pumping a/c into them, should I NOT exhaust out of them?

    Please help, I have homeless plants right now!
    Thanks
     
  2. anyone please?
     
  3. Maybe pictures and a better explanation of your current setup would help. I know personally it SOUNDS confusing, but I'm sure it makes sense to you.
     
  4. Hit the vid in my siggy. Thats the inly way to rid the heat. Otherwise you will be like everyone else.... Pulling all cool air our of room through exhaust and still have heat issues. About five min in the vid shows how to do a small system like yours.

    To answer your question... Filter. Fan. Light. Exhaust outside. Have cool tube so hot it heats tent to extreme.

    My way is filer fan cool tube exhaust inside and have 70-78 degree air pumping back into tents.
     

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