Calling On Gavita Users

[jumpincactus]

I still dont have an answer on what is the effective footprint for 1 gavita reflector? Anyone????

Depending on the area covered maybe for my space I could get away with 2 rather than 3 which would reduce my heat signature.

I was also thinking, why couldnt I add another HO can fan and run a 3 way duct having the business end directly above the gavitas as heat rises and pull the excess heat right out into the attic. Seems like it would work. However it wont help with the radiant heat moving downward to the canopy.

 

[rmoltis]

@blazer it isnt so much that when the temps get up to a 100 deg swampers lose their effectiveness here in AZ due to the monsoon season when the Rh climbs thus it lowers the coolers efficiency due to excessive humidity.

I appreciate your looking out.

I Remember when I was a kid and we had that house in az with the swamp cooler. It used to work great. And I remember the temps getting above 125° some days outside.

I still dont have an answer on what is the effective footprint for 1 gavita reflector? Anyone????


Depending on the area covered maybe for my space I could get away with 2 rather than 3 which would reduce my heat signature.


I was also thinking, why couldnt I add another HO can fan and run a 3 way duct having the business end directly above the gavitas as heat rises and pull the excess heat right out into the attic. Seems like it would work. However it wont help with the radiant heat moving downward to the canopy.

You thought about seperating your hoods from one another? Then running seperate ducting for ea light. That way the heat being removed from the first light Won't reduce the ability to cool the 2nd light inline?

 

[blazer]

The RH during monsoon will drastically drop its cooling but also when it gets above a 100 even when it's dry as a bone
Sorry to go off on a cooling tangent on your gavita thread wish I could help you there!

 

[jumpincactus]

The RH during monsoon will drastically drop its cooling but also when it gets above a 100 even when it's dry as a bone
Sorry to go off on a cooling tangent on your gavita thread wish I could help you there!

No worries bro. thank you for any of your input. What do you think of the venting I talked about? Think it would work?

 

[madscrapper]

LOL ......you are willingly coming here??? This place isnt fit for man nor beast.... Look me up if you really do come down...........

Lol,,I kno,,its hot.but its better then the tri-state area(NY.nj.ct)..and I hate the cold.
Deffinetly..I'd like to hit u up w a bunch of questions about regulations out there once the time gets closer if that's cool

 

[blazer]

I Remember when I was a kid and we had that house in az with the swamp cooler. It used to work great. And I remember the temps getting above 125° some days outside.

Evaporative cooler gives a cooling affect like wind blowing across a sweating body you feel cool even if air is warm blowing across you a swamper pushes large amounts of moist air so it cools you but doesn't condition air and bring down temps of objects like water, Rez,walls, soil ect...

 

[jumpincactus]

I Remember when I was a kid and we had that house in az with the swamp cooler. It used to work great. And I remember the temps getting above 125° some days outside.




You thought about seperating your hoods from one another? Then running seperate ducting for ea light. That way the heat being removed from the first light Won't reduce the ability to cool the 2nd light inline?

Well Son your memory is failing you. Put down the dabz and the nail LOL. When the monsoons hit having just the swamper was horribly humid and uncomfortable.

 

[madscrapper]

I think they say the foot print on the 1000w is 15'x15',,and the 750 is 12'x12' if memory serves me right.I've seen warehouse grows where they hang gavitas 20' above canopy..think of it this way,,u may have to run an ac,but you can cover a lot of space with better light and less lights.

 

[jumpincactus]

Lol,,I kno,,its hot.but its better then the tri-state area(NY.nj.ct)..and I hate the cold.
Deffinetly..I'd like to hit u up w a bunch of questions about regulations out there once the time gets closer if that's cool

you got it bro. Anytime. We need 250,000 sigs to get recreational on the 016 ballot. We currently have 185,00 it looks like recreational and the ability to once again cultivate at home may become a reality here. Fingers crossed.

 

[jumpincactus]

oh BTW I know the area. Was born n raised in SE N.H. Cold as fukk in the winters. Walked to school on many a day with wind chills to -40 deg

 

[madscrapper]

you got it bro. Anytime. We need 250,000 sigs to get recreational on the 016 ballot. We currently have 185,00 it looks like recreational and the ability to once again cultivate at home may become a reality here. Fingers crossed.

That's what I hope..the politicians up here are so far up the asses of the rich its ridiculous,,don't think we'll have a rec state round this way for a long time

 

[blazer]

No worries bro. thank you for any of your input. What do you think of the venting I talked about? Think it would work?

It's always going to be an heat issue in summer with out A/C in The hot desert I know I live in one and lived in Phoenix for a bit also so I know the heat even at 3:00am it's 105 wtf lol
Easy enough to to exhaust the heat but what do you replace it with in the summer heat is the issue

 

[jumpincactus]

That's what I hope..the politicians up here are so far up the asses of the rich its ridiculous,,don't think we'll have a rec state round this way for a long time

Agreed

 

[madscrapper]

oh BTW I know the area. Was born n raised in SE N.H.

NH,vt,mn,,,all them northern states are cool imo.lots of space to be unnoticed in.hunting,fishing and all that cool shit.down were I'm at we are on top of each other..shit hole city

 

[jumpincactus]

It's always going to be an heat issue in summer with out A/C in The hot desert I know I live in one and lived in Phoenix for a bit also so I know the heat even at 3:00am it's 105 wtf lol
Easy enough to to exhaust the heat but what do you replace it with in the summer heat is the issue

Well I'm thinking the cooling would come from the rest of the house that is ACed by the main heating cooling system. So if I can effectivly exhaust the heat the cooler air coming from inside the house will help with keeping temps around 80-85 Not ideal I know but may be doable

 

[rmoltis]

Well Son your memory is failing you. Put down the dabz and the nail LOL. When the monsoons hit having just the swamper was horribly humid and uncomfortable.

I was outside with goggles on in the monsoon sandstorms throwing rocks at palm trees to scare pigeons out of their tree into the monsoon force winds. Then I would watch them try to fly back and fail everytime from the intense winds. I would do all this while avoiding passing palm frons in the wind lol.

 

[madscrapper]

It's always going to be an heat issue in summer with out A/C in The hot desert I know I live in one and lived in Phoenix for a bit also so I know the heat even at 3:00am it's 105 wtf lol
Easy enough to to exhaust the heat but what do you replace it with in the summer heat is the issue

Ac...you can use the electricity you save on not running multiple lights on a ac..jmho

 

[madscrapper]

Well I'm thinking the cooling would come from the rest of the house that is ACed by the main heating cooling system. So if I can effectivly exhaust the heat the cooler air coming from inside the house will help with keeping temps around 80-85 Not ideal I know but may be doable

Can you run some flex duct off the trunk of the central air?

 

[rmoltis]

If your environment is sealed would a heat exchanger on the end of your ducting being fed by an aquarium chiller help you out? I've been reading up on these systems lately just to see what they're about.

 

[jumpincactus]

Can you run some flex duct off the trunk of the central air?

That is possible. However the room is already ducted with ac from the main system. The issue is when temps hit 110+ the best our ac can do is 80 deg of cool air.

I guess what I need to figure out is how many gavita of the 600/750 w would I need to produce the same or better crops than the 2 1000w hps. I'm thinking I could get by with 2 as opposed to 3