Single hose a/c modify question

[deadhead77]

Hey, im currently modifying my single portable ac and It seems that the ac intake (which is just the smaller lower portion on the back of the ac...i believe. Correct me if im wrong) just needs a source of air. -Cool air being optimal for that but the ac will also pull hot air from outside the room and through the intake. My ac is in a separate room than my grow, there are two rooms next to one another in the house. I Have a duct attached to the top and sealed well, collecting the cold air from the ac and sucking that into the grow in the next room. So instead of venting that modified intake from the outside couldn't I either let the ac just use the hot air in the room that the ac is in and hallway instead of modifying it with a vent from the outside? Id rather not open a window. The exhaust heat from the ac is vented through house venting in the attic. If the ac just needs air and it can be hot i assume( if i vent from the outside and its 90° theres a good chance the growromm would be cooler than that so my questiom is couldnt i hook up the growrooms filtered exhaust to the intake of the ac? The ac needs air from somewhere and if id be using 90-100° air from the outside and my growroom is below that temp wouldnt that be a useful option. It would stop the air from getting sucked elsewhere and i wouldnt have to open a window.

 

[Speed of green]

"so my questiom is couldnt i hook up the growrooms filtered exhaust to the intake of the ac?"

yes, The hotter the ambient temps the harder the ac will have to work.

draw air from the coolest place possible and exhaust outside if possible, or seal the room and run the exhaust straight into the a/c. either will work well if you have the right size a/c


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[deadhead77]

Yeah i see a few places i could be more clear. Its not easy sometimes to describe the situation. Some on here definitely have a nack for it but i think i understand the answer. It seems easy as long as i keep the intake cool. Not sure why thats such a big deal for some but if my grow room is 77° then it would be more efficient than venting the ac from the outsude on a 90° day. Makes sense...not sure why more dont do that. Less their worried about lost c02 if there supplementing. Dont know thanks though

 

[nameless]

forever ago, i made a cardboard box with a 6" hole for an old one of mine and ducted it out the tent. worked great with high quality duct tape

 

[deadhead77]

It almost seems too easy to be right lol...usually in growing IME after i hook something up that seems to be too easy to be true the negative effects bevome apparent within a week lol will see thank you