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I have been thinking about taking my carbon out the tent, and putting it in the room instead. I would still have an extractor on the tent, for RH and temp. It would just blow into the room though. The room would have the carbon extraction constantly, for keeping negative pressure in the room. This would mean an extra fan, but also that the tents extract can be turned right off, without loosing the rooms negative pressure. Switching right off allows co2. I'm more interested in getting the temperature up though, when running the lights at half power. Very soon the tent fills though, and RH drives the need to extract. Then I'm looking to conserve all the heat I can, and using heaters. Just to stay warm, because of the extract rate needed for RH control.
Currently, it's not even that poor. It's worse. I can't go to low speeds at all. Low light means heaters and humidifiers, as I constantly extract from the carbon in the tent, for the rooms negative pressure needs. I'm watering my humidifiers more than the plants, when in veg. Wasting heat. I think I'm doing this wrong. It's cold here, I don't wish to use lots of HID, I shouldn't be putting my extract in the tent as I have been doing.
I have my fan out the tent, away from the tent mounted filter. So the ducting between them opens up options. I could just slash it, with no effect to room negative pressure, but lowering tent extract rates. If that slash was a 'T' I could get a second year from the depleted filters. The room shouldn't actually smell anyway. I shouldn't be thinking it's colder and drier than wanted, while extracting. I think I have lost my way, applying with HID knowledge, and just making it smaller. I need to re-jig it all. Only then can I regulate tent extract based on RH and Temp, without the greater need for negative pressure, over-riding everything.
Yeah.. I think I talked myself into it.
Next filter is Spring time, as it should be. I don't think it should wait
Edit: While this seems a mile off topic, it's actually about getting minimum extraction rates for the tent. If your tent can loose all it's heat though it's walls, and you can tackle RH, you might have co2 options. Times like early veg, when you can get a little heat provoking dehu~ in there. Or in a second tent/box that has main tent air circulating through it.
I have talked too much co2. I don't agree with it. It's technically interesting, but I have too many good reasons to hate upon it's use from bottles.
Currently, it's not even that poor. It's worse. I can't go to low speeds at all. Low light means heaters and humidifiers, as I constantly extract from the carbon in the tent, for the rooms negative pressure needs. I'm watering my humidifiers more than the plants, when in veg. Wasting heat. I think I'm doing this wrong. It's cold here, I don't wish to use lots of HID, I shouldn't be putting my extract in the tent as I have been doing.
I have my fan out the tent, away from the tent mounted filter. So the ducting between them opens up options. I could just slash it, with no effect to room negative pressure, but lowering tent extract rates. If that slash was a 'T' I could get a second year from the depleted filters. The room shouldn't actually smell anyway. I shouldn't be thinking it's colder and drier than wanted, while extracting. I think I have lost my way, applying with HID knowledge, and just making it smaller. I need to re-jig it all. Only then can I regulate tent extract based on RH and Temp, without the greater need for negative pressure, over-riding everything.
Yeah.. I think I talked myself into it.
Next filter is Spring time, as it should be. I don't think it should wait
Edit: While this seems a mile off topic, it's actually about getting minimum extraction rates for the tent. If your tent can loose all it's heat though it's walls, and you can tackle RH, you might have co2 options. Times like early veg, when you can get a little heat provoking dehu~ in there. Or in a second tent/box that has main tent air circulating through it.
I have talked too much co2. I don't agree with it. It's technically interesting, but I have too many good reasons to hate upon it's use from bottles.
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