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DougV
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Morning all,
I’m going nuts trying to control temperature AND humidity during warmer months. In cold weather, no problem. This is for flower only.
Set up: 8x8 tent. One 4x4 space has 4 pot RDWC setup, one 4x4 space I’m using four 7.5 gallon smart pots. Each of these areas have 630 watt led lights. The remaining 4x8 area is used for equipment.
The tent is in a barn without heat or air. I have an 8” inline exhaust fan, two passive six inch ducts vent air directly on my lights when the exhaust fan is on. I’ve got a portable AC unit, a 50 pint dehumidifier with pump, a 16” oscillating fan, 16 inch box fan, five 6 inch clip fans for air circulation, and a water chiller. During winter a small 1000 watt heater keeps temps warm along with the heat from the dehumidifier and everything works great.
Summer months, I’m lost. Use a water chiller and the RDWC system sweats and drips water as the dew point rises. Turn on dehumidifier and temps climb into the 90’s. Use AC without dehumidifier and the walls of the tent sweat with condensation and I end up with a cold rain forest. Turn AC and dehumidifier on I end up with AC being unable to cool lights and dehumidifier, temps rise to the 90s. Bottom line, I can control temps or humidity, but not both. I can’t find an inline dehumidifier or AC so I can keep equipment outside the tent.
I live in central Virginia. Summers are hot, humidity ranges all over the place. Split AC units are way too big, as are most portable units, they cycle on/off way too rapidly. The only solution I can come up with is to build an insulated room, cool it with a window unit, and put my tent inside that. Hard to justify the costs and effort for a non-profit setup.
Am I overlooking something? Any wisdom would be much appreciated. I can’t be the only person running into this, but I have been unable to find a solution despite way too much time on the internet lookin for answers.
Thanks for yalls time.
Doug
I’m going nuts trying to control temperature AND humidity during warmer months. In cold weather, no problem. This is for flower only.
Set up: 8x8 tent. One 4x4 space has 4 pot RDWC setup, one 4x4 space I’m using four 7.5 gallon smart pots. Each of these areas have 630 watt led lights. The remaining 4x8 area is used for equipment.
The tent is in a barn without heat or air. I have an 8” inline exhaust fan, two passive six inch ducts vent air directly on my lights when the exhaust fan is on. I’ve got a portable AC unit, a 50 pint dehumidifier with pump, a 16” oscillating fan, 16 inch box fan, five 6 inch clip fans for air circulation, and a water chiller. During winter a small 1000 watt heater keeps temps warm along with the heat from the dehumidifier and everything works great.
Summer months, I’m lost. Use a water chiller and the RDWC system sweats and drips water as the dew point rises. Turn on dehumidifier and temps climb into the 90’s. Use AC without dehumidifier and the walls of the tent sweat with condensation and I end up with a cold rain forest. Turn AC and dehumidifier on I end up with AC being unable to cool lights and dehumidifier, temps rise to the 90s. Bottom line, I can control temps or humidity, but not both. I can’t find an inline dehumidifier or AC so I can keep equipment outside the tent.
I live in central Virginia. Summers are hot, humidity ranges all over the place. Split AC units are way too big, as are most portable units, they cycle on/off way too rapidly. The only solution I can come up with is to build an insulated room, cool it with a window unit, and put my tent inside that. Hard to justify the costs and effort for a non-profit setup.
Am I overlooking something? Any wisdom would be much appreciated. I can’t be the only person running into this, but I have been unable to find a solution despite way too much time on the internet lookin for answers.
Thanks for yalls time.
Doug