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okay guys i have torn my drop ceiling out the basement and the old drywall out after a flood. it is being re-purposed as an expanding grow room. meaning i am starting with 4x8 canopy but one day would like it to be 8x8 and the other side for veg. anyway i keep going in circles on some things. for one is it a mistake to use a room around 8x8 to run a 4x8 canopy if you are gonna cool it as a sealed room. i plan on adding two more 600 watts into the room but tbh idk when because i need to get some electrical upgrades first. atm i use 2x600 hps with air cooled hoods.
so given this room size 8x8 and 2x600watt aircooled hoods with a canopy a little shy of 4x8 how would you design the cooling system. i am not buying new hoods tho. i am not sureif i should use a sealed room or not because of the variable temps in the room around my sealed room. the basement itself is 80+ in summer without central a/c in the house so the room sealed or not need a/c in summer for 3-4 months. the other months tho i feel the basement air in an open vent design wit air cooled hood be perfect and i wont need to run the a/c. should i commit to sealed and a/c year around or go open vent air cool the hoods vent out ceiling and just let the a/c work all day in the summer because it isn't sealed or try and seal the vent sfor those 3-4 months. please help my basement is naked and rdy to be re-built. i am stuck in indecision and on a budget can't afford mistakes and re-tearing down. i plan on re-using a 6k btu haier window unit sealed into my wall and 2x600w hps with air cooled hoods if need be, and as i said the issue is the wide temp range in the surrounding room makes one solution not perfect and idk if i seal the room if i will need a/c even in winter.
so given this room size 8x8 and 2x600watt aircooled hoods with a canopy a little shy of 4x8 how would you design the cooling system. i am not buying new hoods tho. i am not sureif i should use a sealed room or not because of the variable temps in the room around my sealed room. the basement itself is 80+ in summer without central a/c in the house so the room sealed or not need a/c in summer for 3-4 months. the other months tho i feel the basement air in an open vent design wit air cooled hood be perfect and i wont need to run the a/c. should i commit to sealed and a/c year around or go open vent air cool the hoods vent out ceiling and just let the a/c work all day in the summer because it isn't sealed or try and seal the vent sfor those 3-4 months. please help my basement is naked and rdy to be re-built. i am stuck in indecision and on a budget can't afford mistakes and re-tearing down. i plan on re-using a 6k btu haier window unit sealed into my wall and 2x600w hps with air cooled hoods if need be, and as i said the issue is the wide temp range in the surrounding room makes one solution not perfect and idk if i seal the room if i will need a/c even in winter.
