Help with set up/AC/Odor

I am going to repost something I placed in the general section. This section will probably help out more. Sorry to offend anyone with a 2nd posting.



I am putting together a new grow room and I was thinking about how I could control the room temperature and odor problem. My idea is to take a portable AC unit which needs a exhaust hose to the outside. They come with the kit so all you need to do is place in the window and your set. Since you need a similar size exhaust hose to run your carbon scrubber blower I was thinking about combining the 2. My idea is to basically make a junction box where the 2 hoses would meet and then connect to the 1 unit which is already placed in the window for the AC unit. This way I only have 1 hose going to the outside and it would not be so suspecious to the neighbors or anyone else.

If anyone has done this before and thinks this will actually work please let me know. Suggestions are greatly needed. I've never even needed a carbon filter set up before on my grows but I figure I would try one this time if this works out. I've used odor control with auto ozium sprayers and such and my grows were CFL up to this point. With the addition of my new 400 watt hps/mh I am going to step it up a notch this time. I have 2 plants going at the moment that are from killer erbs that should not have given me a seed but there is a god in heaven!!! Finding a seed in erb that's some of the best shit you've ever smoked is the equivalent of the gold miners rush in my opinion

What you need is a Y duct. Usually this means you'll up the pipe size to the next, so if you have 2 6" pipes you'll be combining to an 8".

whiteflour said:

What you need is a Y duct. Usually this means you'll up the pipe size to the next, so if you have 2 6" pipes you'll be combining to an 8".

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Have you ever seen this set up before? I just want to make sure the idea would work.

I responded to the original thread earlier today. same info that White Flour just posted, but here's a repost of what I just responded to you with:

If you combine 2 6" exhaust ducts into one, then you run the risk of stressing your AC and your inline fan as there's a limit to the volume of air that can be forced through the ducts without stressing equipment.

As a former industrial mech, we combined 2 6" exhausts into an 8" hose using 6" x 6" x 8" Y
http://www.rewci.com/8x6x6yduadfy.html
Something like this.

If you are purchasing an air conditioner I'd get a Ductless Split AC any day over a portable unit.

With the location of the grow room and size of window and portable ac is my easiest method. In fact you can find the portable ac units real cheap now. My buddy bought a 12,000 btu for around $300. At home depot the other day I saw them in smaller versions like I need maybe 5,000 btu for around $200 but frugal me I would buy used. My thought on this was it would eliminate the need for the having 2 exhaust holes and that should never raise an eyebrow with the neighbors.

Will combining these together reduce the carbon from working as well? The ac I know will be fine even if it loses a few degrees. This is what happens when you smoke trees and come up with new ideas for growing.