Happyjoy
Well-Known Member
hey everyone. i need some help.
i just added a 400w hps to my current grow. i was using a 96x3 led up till now.
basically my temps before adding the hps were 60f night, 70f day.
right now after adding the hps, the temps have gone to 87f day, 60 night. is that too drastic of a fluctuation?
my different options seem to be:
1)cool tube
2)heater at night (definately not an option)
3)to run the hps alone without the LED (that would knock the heat in the day to 80-82f,
4)to switch lights to be on at night etc. (i would rather avoid also, due to possible light leak if during night)
i could buy a cooltube here, but they cost about 50$, which i would rather avoid, since the hps is just on loan to me right now.
i dont want to invest in buying and running a heater
i could run the hps alone to make it about 10 deg less of a fluctatuion. my room is 2x3 feet, so a 400w hps will give me about 66W per sq foot. but i really like the idea of running it together with my LED (180w draw power), which gives me about 95W per sq foot of LED light mixed with hps. question is, if the 5-10 deg more that the led causes, will cause more damage, than the extra light...
any ideas?
i just added a 400w hps to my current grow. i was using a 96x3 led up till now.
basically my temps before adding the hps were 60f night, 70f day.
right now after adding the hps, the temps have gone to 87f day, 60 night. is that too drastic of a fluctuation?
my different options seem to be:
1)cool tube
2)heater at night (definately not an option)
3)to run the hps alone without the LED (that would knock the heat in the day to 80-82f,
4)to switch lights to be on at night etc. (i would rather avoid also, due to possible light leak if during night)
i could buy a cooltube here, but they cost about 50$, which i would rather avoid, since the hps is just on loan to me right now.
i dont want to invest in buying and running a heater
i could run the hps alone to make it about 10 deg less of a fluctatuion. my room is 2x3 feet, so a 400w hps will give me about 66W per sq foot. but i really like the idea of running it together with my LED (180w draw power), which gives me about 95W per sq foot of LED light mixed with hps. question is, if the 5-10 deg more that the led causes, will cause more damage, than the extra light...
any ideas?