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  1. sixspeedv

    Inline fans and moisture inside

    I'm testing using active intake to push cool mist into my grow tent. Initially I saw a 5-6 temp drop plus added 15% RH to get me up over 30% finally. I shut it off from running for a few hours and removed the Ducting from the humidifier top and the inline fan and noticed condensation/water was...
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    Cool mist humidifiers

    Has anyone used a cool mist humidifier before to try and drop temps a few degrees? I'm thinking in a confined space one of these may help? I can't get my RH over 22% in my small closet tent. I'm in the desert where it's super low humidity all the time so was thinking a humidifier will help...
  3. sixspeedv

    Phresh skinny filter feedback

    Anybody use one of these Phresh Skinny carbon filters yet? Thinking about going this route for my closet tent setup. http://www.phreshfilter.com/products/phresh-skinny-filters.aspx When your vertical height is limited it's great to see this as an option and not lose a foot or more in space on...
  4. sixspeedv

    Desert garden

    Well about to hit low temps that will kill all my plants so thought I'd share some pics of my first garden in my new home. 2 raised beds with drip irrigation. Few plants made it through the summer but the ones that did really produced once the temps dropped. Damn basil plants grew into giant...
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    Help with how many cobs for small closet grow

    I have a 32 inches long by 20 inch deep by 63 inch tall tent in my closet. Looking to DIY 4-5 cobs on CPU heat sinks with fans and mount them to a rail. I have a few questions. Was thinking 4 COBs evenly spaced every 8 inches across the middle or go with 5 and do an alternating pattern of...
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    Ducting and filter question

    Is the length of ducting from the exhaust to the filter important? I have about a 6 foot run of ducting from my 460cfm fan to my attic. Once the ducting enters the attic I'm wondering if I can run 25 more feet which puts the ducting a lot closer to my attic access to make make the air filter a...
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    Too much neg pressure?

    Just got my 30x20x63 milliard tent that will be going into a closet and venting into an attic via a 440 cfm ventech fan. I have a variable speed controller on the fan and even at half speed the negative pressure is pretty intense. I'm going to be battling temps so wanted to go big on the fan...
  8. sixspeedv

    new from AZ

    Hey all, while ive been around a bit lately im still pretty new to this site. My wife wont let me grow until its legal (hopefully November of 2016) but i have some grows under my belt from about 10 years ago when i was living the kid free bachelor life. Had a modified C13 home depot cabinet back...
  9. sixspeedv

    my t5 setup

    I have a 2 foot 8 bulb t5 setup maxing out at 193 watts. Its using 4 6500K bulbs and 4 3000K bulbs. I have roughly 24 inches from top of soil to bottom of reflector and right under the reflector I'm hitting about 88-90 degrees and halfway down I'm around 82-86 during the middle of the summer 115...
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    evap cooler and AZ heat

    Im in AZ - its starting to heat up outside (106 next week). Im curious if anyone has had any luck with evap coolers to drop the temp down in their grow spaces without jacking up the RH? I see a few that would fit great in my closet but would raise the humidity in the room. Right now with my 8...
  11. sixspeedv

    Cant decide between CFL or T5 HO

    I'm in the desert and heat is going to be a constant battle. I will be cooling with a oscillating fan but will not be able to move air in or out besides the AC my house has. The house never gets over 78 degrees though but doesnt mean this room wouldnt heat up beyond that. This will be soil with...
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