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Overview
I have a 12'x12' flower room that has been giving me issues for the longest time. The main problem here is that the room is right next to my furnace. So I am constantly battling heat issues. The summer time is bad because of the 90degree heat outside, and the winters are bad because the furnace will kick on and spike the room temperatures.
Set up:
I currently have one 600w HPS with Magnum XXXL reflector with the insulated jacket on it and another 1000w HPS with Magnum XXXL reflector with the same insulated deal on it. There is one 8" High Output fan hooked up sucking the air from the two reflectors and exhausting it outside.
I am running an aeroponics perpetual grow with 6 rubbermaid 10 gallon totes that are stacked on top of each other. Top tote has 4 net pots that have vegged plants,of desired size, in them. The bottom tote is the reservoir that sits on the cool basement floor. Water is pulled from bottom tote via hose and delivered up to the top tote and sprayed at the net pots and dangling roots. Water hits the plants and drains back to the bottom tote. Timer is set up to come on for 15 minutes and off for 45 minutes.
Problem
With that being said, my current high temperature hits 79 degrees with my flower room door closed. Not that bad, but not that good when you're having your reservoirs inside the flower room. I have no where else to put them because of the furnace in the winter time heating the reservoirs up past desired temperature. I want to get my room temperature down to 72-74 so The reservoir temps don't get much above 70. This is where I could use some intelligent feedback.
Options
I have been thinking of sealing the room and getting two of those "ice box" deals to put on the outside of each reflector, but don't those need some sort of reservoirs themselves that need to be chilled?
My other thought is to leave the room temperature alone and get a water chiller. But I have 6 of these setups that I run. What am I suppose to do, use the chiller on each setup for a day and switch it? No that cant do.
Another thought would be to get a mini split. But where should I mount it? On the outside wall of the flower room? Wouldn't be a bad idea if the room was sealed, but right now it isn't and the air gets pulled from that furnace room. So in the winter months I would have the heat of the furnace and the mini split.
Ive been running this setup for a year now with mediocre yields, but no where close to a gram per watt. I can hardly cover the costs to keep my medical grow going.
Help?
Think of this as a challenge. I consider myself an intelligent guy and I along with a friend cant seem to crack this case. Last resort is to go to soil and live with the temperatures. Any suggestions?
I have a 12'x12' flower room that has been giving me issues for the longest time. The main problem here is that the room is right next to my furnace. So I am constantly battling heat issues. The summer time is bad because of the 90degree heat outside, and the winters are bad because the furnace will kick on and spike the room temperatures.
Set up:
I currently have one 600w HPS with Magnum XXXL reflector with the insulated jacket on it and another 1000w HPS with Magnum XXXL reflector with the same insulated deal on it. There is one 8" High Output fan hooked up sucking the air from the two reflectors and exhausting it outside.
I am running an aeroponics perpetual grow with 6 rubbermaid 10 gallon totes that are stacked on top of each other. Top tote has 4 net pots that have vegged plants,of desired size, in them. The bottom tote is the reservoir that sits on the cool basement floor. Water is pulled from bottom tote via hose and delivered up to the top tote and sprayed at the net pots and dangling roots. Water hits the plants and drains back to the bottom tote. Timer is set up to come on for 15 minutes and off for 45 minutes.
Problem
With that being said, my current high temperature hits 79 degrees with my flower room door closed. Not that bad, but not that good when you're having your reservoirs inside the flower room. I have no where else to put them because of the furnace in the winter time heating the reservoirs up past desired temperature. I want to get my room temperature down to 72-74 so The reservoir temps don't get much above 70. This is where I could use some intelligent feedback.
Options
I have been thinking of sealing the room and getting two of those "ice box" deals to put on the outside of each reflector, but don't those need some sort of reservoirs themselves that need to be chilled?
My other thought is to leave the room temperature alone and get a water chiller. But I have 6 of these setups that I run. What am I suppose to do, use the chiller on each setup for a day and switch it? No that cant do.
Another thought would be to get a mini split. But where should I mount it? On the outside wall of the flower room? Wouldn't be a bad idea if the room was sealed, but right now it isn't and the air gets pulled from that furnace room. So in the winter months I would have the heat of the furnace and the mini split.
Ive been running this setup for a year now with mediocre yields, but no where close to a gram per watt. I can hardly cover the costs to keep my medical grow going.
Help?
Think of this as a challenge. I consider myself an intelligent guy and I along with a friend cant seem to crack this case. Last resort is to go to soil and live with the temperatures. Any suggestions?
