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Hey CJ, when you have time, im wondering if you have any pointers in regards to my set up. Currently in between runs at a new location.
First Run
- 5 ton heat pump/water cooled chiller in a "lung room" cooling two rooms that are flip-flopping every 12 hours
-The AC had a make shift hood-i think they are called- with 12 inch ducting leading to valves that flip flop with the lights, putting the cool air in the appropriate room
-The big room is roughly 14x14 and there were 15 vert 1000 watt bulbs (seemed to keep temps nicely around 78)
-The second room is 10x12 and had 12 vert 1000 watt bulbs and the temps were the same
-Both rooms had 12 inch exhausting into the lung room
-all rooms are sealed (not perfectly)
-NO CO2
Current plan for next run
-Same 5 ton chiller, new (proper) hood with 2 extra 12 inch take offs one to each room, plus the existing 12 inch take off into the 12 inch flip flop ducts
-2 12 inch exhausts in each room to help bring out the heat straight into the lung room (pulling though big can filters)
-hoping to cool 16 lights in each room to have an even 32 light flip
-Burning CO2
Just to clarify, when the lights are on in room 1, the ac has 2 12 inch ducts pushing cool air into the room, and the room has 2 12 inch ducts pulling through a can fan each into the lung room so the room continuously exchanges air.
So this is the plan, last run the ac would ice up if we tried to drop temps below 75, we suspect this was because of lack of return air combined with too small ducting from the AC.
I realize this is asking a shit load out of this ac, but it seemed to do fine with the 15 lights last time, and was running I would say 45% of the time- so we will see. If either room cannot be cooled properly, we can easily turn lights off to adjust. Naturally, we want as much light as possible to take full advantage of our space limitations.
First Run
- 5 ton heat pump/water cooled chiller in a "lung room" cooling two rooms that are flip-flopping every 12 hours
-The AC had a make shift hood-i think they are called- with 12 inch ducting leading to valves that flip flop with the lights, putting the cool air in the appropriate room
-The big room is roughly 14x14 and there were 15 vert 1000 watt bulbs (seemed to keep temps nicely around 78)
-The second room is 10x12 and had 12 vert 1000 watt bulbs and the temps were the same
-Both rooms had 12 inch exhausting into the lung room
-all rooms are sealed (not perfectly)
-NO CO2
Current plan for next run
-Same 5 ton chiller, new (proper) hood with 2 extra 12 inch take offs one to each room, plus the existing 12 inch take off into the 12 inch flip flop ducts
-2 12 inch exhausts in each room to help bring out the heat straight into the lung room (pulling though big can filters)
-hoping to cool 16 lights in each room to have an even 32 light flip
-Burning CO2
Just to clarify, when the lights are on in room 1, the ac has 2 12 inch ducts pushing cool air into the room, and the room has 2 12 inch ducts pulling through a can fan each into the lung room so the room continuously exchanges air.
So this is the plan, last run the ac would ice up if we tried to drop temps below 75, we suspect this was because of lack of return air combined with too small ducting from the AC.
I realize this is asking a shit load out of this ac, but it seemed to do fine with the 15 lights last time, and was running I would say 45% of the time- so we will see. If either room cannot be cooled properly, we can easily turn lights off to adjust. Naturally, we want as much light as possible to take full advantage of our space limitations.