Walter Mozart
New Member
Hey everyone this is my first post on 420Magazine and I'm hoping some of the most experienced members can lend me some ventilation advice.
This is my first grow. I'ts a few plants Deep Water Culture and a few plants organic soil. Jock Horror and bagseed (commercial indica stuff). Closet grow, 6' wide x ~1.5' deep x 8 feet in height. I've got a 400w MH warm deluxe, a 400w hps full spectrum, and 10x 26w cfl's.
Ventilation has been a disaster from the get go, I've put holes in all six sides of the closet trying to find a place to vent heat to. I ended up using a duct booster fan and venting heat back into the room and a register grille for stealthy-ness.
This 6" duct booster fan moves 160 cfm and the closet is 72 cf. I'm only running the 400W mh in the room. (Base up burn without reflector) Current temp in the grow room is 88.9 F, current temp in the bed room is 77.2 F.
This ventilation seems very poor to me. The question is how to improve this as cheaply as possible. Also this duct seems to roar or howl. The fan itself wasn't so bad when run alone. Is there a way to significantly reduce some noise. (Possibly removing that 90degree elbow?)
This is my first grow. I'ts a few plants Deep Water Culture and a few plants organic soil. Jock Horror and bagseed (commercial indica stuff). Closet grow, 6' wide x ~1.5' deep x 8 feet in height. I've got a 400w MH warm deluxe, a 400w hps full spectrum, and 10x 26w cfl's.
Ventilation has been a disaster from the get go, I've put holes in all six sides of the closet trying to find a place to vent heat to. I ended up using a duct booster fan and venting heat back into the room and a register grille for stealthy-ness.
This 6" duct booster fan moves 160 cfm and the closet is 72 cf. I'm only running the 400W mh in the room. (Base up burn without reflector) Current temp in the grow room is 88.9 F, current temp in the bed room is 77.2 F.
This ventilation seems very poor to me. The question is how to improve this as cheaply as possible. Also this duct seems to roar or howl. The fan itself wasn't so bad when run alone. Is there a way to significantly reduce some noise. (Possibly removing that 90degree elbow?)