Im gonna set up a 20k watt unducted setup. Instead of using air cooled lights im just gona be using a 5 ton a/c also using co2 in this room btw. Im going to be doing an air exchange 2x during the day and 2x at night. Im wondering if i just use my carbon filter to exchange the air, and not have it run during any other times of the day because there is no air escaping? Also do i need to bring fresh air into the room after its exhausted, or does that beat the whole purpose of a sealed room?I guess im just having a hard time understanding exactly what a sealed room is defined as. Its hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of exhausting air 4 times a day and bringing nothing else in the room except the co2 thats being generated. Simple questions, but id appreciate your help
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Basic Sealed Room Questions Please Help!
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the only time, IF you want to exaust air would be at nite when RH spikes,
and a dehuey solves that issue.
why would you want to do it in the day time?
seal means sealed.
the plants use the Co2 you provide and exhale O2 simple as that
I'm sealed day and nite except when the door opens for in or out.
some people exhaust at nite but its ime its better to run the dehuies to deal with the humidity.
exhausting air means pulling it in from *somewhere* that usually means it has to be condition for RH, temps
and your also adding a vector for molds and bugs and you'll need a scrubber to top it off.
a good dehuey scraps all that extra time money and labor.
and a dehuey solves that issue.
why would you want to do it in the day time?
seal means sealed.
the plants use the Co2 you provide and exhale O2 simple as that
I'm sealed day and nite except when the door opens for in or out.
some people exhaust at nite but its ime its better to run the dehuies to deal with the humidity.
exhausting air means pulling it in from *somewhere* that usually means it has to be condition for RH, temps
and your also adding a vector for molds and bugs and you'll need a scrubber to top it off.
a good dehuey scraps all that extra time money and labor.
the only time, IF you want to exaust air would be at nite when RH spikes,
and a dehuey solves that issue.
why would you want to do it in the day time?
seal means sealed.
the plants use the Co2 you provide and exhale O2 simple as that
I'm sealed day and nite except when the door opens for in or out.
some people exhaust at nite but its ime its better to run the dehuies to deal with the humidity.
exhausting air means pulling it in from *somewhere* that usually means it has to be condition for RH, temps
and your also adding a vector for molds and bugs and you'll need a scrubber to top it off.
a good dehuey scraps all that extra time money and labor.
why would you need to scrub air coming into the room not going out. nobody will smell the air going in the room just going out. and im pretty sure exhausting air is blowing it out intaking air is taking it in. im exhausting 4 times a day via spurr a legendary person on icmag
I think you may need more than 5k btu for a 20k lighting setup. esp if it aint air cooled.
sorry, meant to add you need the scrubber on the exhaust for odor.
you'll need to filter the intake for bugs,
even then i don't kno if you can stop the mold spores unless you go with a pricey hepa grade filter.
and yeah, what cartel said,
a 5 ton isn't even close for 20K of lamps.... even aircooled.
and i suggest using multiple units to cool.
i'm not being bad on ya,
and i'm not sure what you have under your belt as far as indoor experienece.. BUT
20,000watts is a pretty ambitious gro for someone that seems to still be learning basics.
i know that a 3 ton a/c will do for ten lights(3ton ac will do 35,000) and i plan on building a wall in the room to split it into two so i can alternate light cycles and put in a damper.i understand about what you mean by scrubbing now. Im pretty sure once i split the room in half the the 5 ton should be more than enough.i just wanted insight on your guys' definition of a sealed room, like i said it was just hard for me to wrap the concept around my head of bringing in no fresh air. Makes sense though plants breath co2 and exhale oxygen..So you dont exhaust your room at all even when lights go out, to get out all of the co2?
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I run half of what you're planning and use 5k btu.
Sealed does mean just that, sealed. The co2 is the plants life line. Yeah if your running a flip flop five ton will probably work but you gotta take into account the multiple dehueys and co2 burner as far as heat output goes.
Some folks swear by night time exhaust some don't. I don't in my setup.
Some folks swear by night time exhaust some don't. I don't in my setup.
i base alot of my co2 work off of this article. i think youd find this interesting and might consider exhausting at night depending on what your co2 is at during that time
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=221893
