Desertvw94
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First time grower here, and looking for advice on the design of my ventilation/cooling system. I'm fixing up a wooden shed into a grow room. It's 8.5 x 5.5 x 6 ft, and I'll be using a 1000 watt hps (cool tube) with the electronic ballast in the same room. It will be insulated, dry walled, painted, and the door is pretty close to air tight. I was planing on ventilating it by bringing in air from the outside (filtered) and exhausting through a scrubber and the light fixture.
From what I understand, you want to exchange the air about once every minute. It's been over 90 degrees the past few days and that got me thinking, "how the heck am I going to cool this room with 90-100 degree air?" Utilizing an air conditioner while also replacing the air every minute doesn't seem efficient or even feasible.
So my question is this: What's the best way to cool my shed while also bringing in outside air to replenish c02, maintain proper humidity, etc? Or will I be better off with a sealed room using an A/C, thus requiring c02 supplementation? I would rather not mess with c02 right now as I'm a beginner and don't want to make this any more complex than it already is. Regardless of how I ventilate the room, the hot air off of the light will exit immediately, and might be used to heat it during the winter if needed.
I'm in Southern California, so its only this hot a few months out of the year. Nonetheless, I want to design this system to operate year round. Any and all advice welcome, please let me know what you guys think would be the best ventilation/ cooling setup for my shed. Thanks !
From what I understand, you want to exchange the air about once every minute. It's been over 90 degrees the past few days and that got me thinking, "how the heck am I going to cool this room with 90-100 degree air?" Utilizing an air conditioner while also replacing the air every minute doesn't seem efficient or even feasible.
So my question is this: What's the best way to cool my shed while also bringing in outside air to replenish c02, maintain proper humidity, etc? Or will I be better off with a sealed room using an A/C, thus requiring c02 supplementation? I would rather not mess with c02 right now as I'm a beginner and don't want to make this any more complex than it already is. Regardless of how I ventilate the room, the hot air off of the light will exit immediately, and might be used to heat it during the winter if needed.
I'm in Southern California, so its only this hot a few months out of the year. Nonetheless, I want to design this system to operate year round. Any and all advice welcome, please let me know what you guys think would be the best ventilation/ cooling setup for my shed. Thanks !