portable a/c unit and co2 HELP

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jtreezy420

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so im runnin a couple 600s air cooled, dehumid, and portable a/c in my flower room. currently the the a/c and dehumid run 24/7, and no real co2(yeast buckets for now, ran out of money settin up room, :finger:)

my question: so ideally i want a "sealed room" however my portable a/c units pulls or sucks alot of ambient air from inside and outside the room... (ambient intake, one exhaust) therefore im worried about how to efficently incorporate CO2 into the room???

any suggestions for addin the much needed extra co2 levels for happy plants !?:weed:
 
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B Irie

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Your portable ac will actually dehumidify the air it cools. You could sell your dehumidifier for co2 money! For the sealed room thing to work, you not only need your co2 system to be dialed in, you need to have a dual hose portable ac. The single hose units draw air from the room to cool the unit and exhaust it out of the room. it takes air and your valuable co2 out of the room, defeating the sealed room idea. Also, this air smells, so that's bad. The dual hose units draw air from the outside, cool the unit with it, condense water from the room air into it, and then exhausts it out of the room. Which is sweet.
as for co2, you can get a co2 generator, which burns propane or natural gas, (adds heat...) or you can get a tank and a regulator. From there you either have to do some math and figure out how to properly supplement the room based on a timer controlling the release of co2. or spend some more bucks on a "sniffer" which measures the co2 in the room and only adds more when it needs it.
I know it's expensive, but going for the latter pays off in the end.
 
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jtreezy420

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B Irie said:
Your portable ac will actually dehumidify the air it cools. You could sell your dehumidifier for co2 money! For the sealed room thing to work, you not only need your co2 system to be dialed in, you need to have a dual hose portable ac. The single hose units draw air from the room to cool the unit and exhaust it out of the room. it takes air and your valuable co2 out of the room, defeating the sealed room idea. Also, this air smells, so that's bad. The dual hose units draw air from the outside, cool the unit with it, condense water from the room air into it, and then exhausts it out of the room. Which is sweet.
as for co2, you can get a co2 generator, which burns propane or natural gas, (adds heat...) or you can get a tank and a regulator. From there you either have to do some math and figure out how to properly supplement the room based on a timer controlling the release of co2. or spend some more bucks on a "sniffer" which measures the co2 in the room and only adds more when it needs it.
I know it's expensive, but going for the latter pays off in the end.
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thanks for relpy ...

yes the a/c does dehum, however had issues with moisture on windows in the AM so purchased the dehumidifier so no more off that... i know current setup is inefficient tho. :wall:

would purchasin simple hum/therostat and plugn ac into that make it more efficent for time being? then addin maybe a co2 boost bucket?

then after couple harvests sell/shoot single hose a/c for real deal dual a/c for true sealed room?

can a single hose a/c unit be modified into dual style:?: maybe move a/c outside of flower area and vent the cool air into the flower area?
 
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