[smokiemcpot]

Hi everyone Im having a few problems keeping temp down in my grow tent can any one please help ? . i have a darkroom grow tent 100cm X 100cm X 200cm , with a 400w sodium bulb inside a PowerPlant AeroWing Reflector & a 150 tt incline fan to pull air through the reflector . last of all i have a 9inch Oscillating fan but inside the tent is still at 80f-84f ,i just seam to spend money to try cool it down & nothings working iv even tried puttin a 100m tt incline fan to pull air out the tent... itself . can anyone give me any tips to keep get it to 74-78

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[KimboSlice]

are you extracting through the light? try that if not. open a window in the room

[B-high]

Try pointing you fan directly at the lamp, turn off the oscillator.

Make sure your extractor is on full speed.

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[B-high]

Try pointing you fan directly at the lamp, turn off the oscillator.

Make sure your extractor is on full speed.

Edit: fuck knows what happened just then sorry for double post, meant to say 28 29c isn't a major concern at the moment but will be in the summer, you should concider an intake fan then.

B.

[smokiemcpot]

yeah am extracting through the light i'll take some pics & upload them give you all a better idear of what am working with. big respect for taking the time out to help

[komodod]

if you have an aircooled light, the fan is obviously too weak for the job. id get a stronger fan

[trichomedome]

I,m not familiar with a tt150 incline fan ? however if it,s reasonable at all it should be fine just now, Are you using it to pull the air out the tent ? also is the air inlet on the reflector conected to an air inlet on the tent ? CR

[smokiemcpot]

thanks every one for the advice i had a 150 incline fan pulling air through the reflector 1 9inch fan to cercleate air & a 100mm incline pulling extra cold air from outside but just wouldnt do the job. I came to the concltion that the tent was just too small , So i went out & bought a much bigger tent and have been spending all my time, energy on the pineapple chunks & CH9 jack33 which are around 6ft fecking huge plants which look stunning just cant wait till harvest not long left now i hope will upload pics soon then onto the blue cheese

[Frank Lopez]

Where's your temperature probe?

If its in the light it will give a false reading, has to be in the shade

FRANK

[MED]

not sure about those fans. but something aint right if its getting that warm. pics needed i reckon

[reg llama]

28-29c aint so bad

i'd get rid of the air hood, get yourself a standard one and just run the fan and filter normally. ive got a vents 150 as my spare and theyve enough suck for what you need. where do you extract to? e2a- and have you got any vents open at the bottom of the tent?

This post has been edited by reg llama: 16 April 2012 - 05:09 PM

[komodod]

if you run an aircooled light you need to make sure its pushing the hot air out of the hood or tube. it shouldnt get that hot if its aircooled. if its still hot, whats the point of running aircooled lights?

[pandeviant]

Hi smokie,

You haven't said when you have your lights on. You could try running them overnight (say 6pm to 6 am) if you aren't already. This should save you a few degrees.

[trichomedome]

pandeviant, on 22 April 2012 - 07:01 PM, said:

Hi smokie,

You haven't said when you have your lights on. You could try running them overnight (say 6pm to 6 am) if you aren't already. This should save you a few degrees.

A must in the summer imo but some do insist on daylight timing ??? each to his own

[smokiemcpot]

i had it all set up air coming through the reflector using a 150mm incline fan aswell as a 100mm incline fan bringing cold air inside the tent . one 9inch oscolating fan & 3 temp readers bottom ,middle & 20inch from bellow the ight , tried everything to get it right running it at night moving things around inside the tent where i just gave up & got a bigger problem solved right away & my grow is flurishing so much thanks to every one for all the advice your all spot on tried every thing sugested till i was biting fingers . i just started it on a budget so its been hit n miss a bit main problem was having a 6ft high grow tent my own dumb fault really but its been a big learning curve but i have learned so much from it all & had a bit of help from other people in america giving me lots of tips .

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