[mace]

The setup:
I have a 8 x 4 x 6 custom built grow box. Originally i was running two 1,000k hps in a sealed manner (drawing air from outside just to cool the lights). Well, last night my dumb ass decided to y section the exhaust of the a/c and the 6' fan running the lights and push the air from the two out the same hole. Big mistake!!! My royal soverign A/C has hurt it's compressure or fan from the backpressure and now the damn thing is LOUD AS HELL. gonna see if i can call sears to fix it, but till then i must do something.


The girls are 1 week in hydroton now. a 3x6 tray. still in veg


My question:
Should i just use the exhaust fan for the 1k's to build negative pressure in the box as it handles 650 qfpm of air, or should i go buy another fan on top. Im worried about it getting to hot in their as the box resides in the garage. The a/c handled this perfectly, but i have no clue what to do now. I really didn't want to use just outside air on this grow, but i suppose it maybe the best way to go.


Note, i have a small wall style A/c unit that would work, but that would require me to cut a hole in the side of the box and i don't really want to do that. Also, im afraid the exhaust would just heat up the garage more.


Thanks ahead of time.
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[og dmc]

Get your ac fixed asap. What do you mean buy another fan on top? If there is already hole in the top you can use for an exhaust then I would say get another fan if you can aford it. Its hard for me to keep my lights (1k) cool and they have air cooled hoods and ac in a large room. By fan for 1k do you mean your hood is aircooled? If so def dont remove that one, air cooled hoods will drop temps a full 10 degrees. Sonds like getting another fan is a good start, if that is not enough your gonna have to cut that hole for an ac, but I would try the fan first.