Air cooling suggestions? (thermostats? portable aircons?)

[Dave The Nefarious]

Just seeking suggestions for air cooling for my grow chamber

Does anyone use thermostats? portable air conditioners?

[123abc]

to start, give a few more details.. approx room size with height so people can work a average cubic area...

 

De-Humidifiers are important for indoor i presume.. though alot of a/c do that now

[Dave The Nefarious]

Its just a small 4 plant setup. Its in a normal bedroom-sized room so about 4m x 4m ... in that room is a 2m x 2m x 2m chamber. Exhaust fan at the top of that, and a 4-speed fan inside.

 

Im thinking of possibly getting a small dehumidifier (ie just a 500ml catchment) as well as a portable air conditioner. I'd preferably like to use a thermostat on both the air conditioner and dehumidifier so that itll automatically turn on if the temperature is above say 28C, but for the life of me my googling hasnt found any such thermostats - do they have a special name!?

Edited January 9, 2007 by NotDave

[bufo marinus]

Pretty sure most air cons run a thermostat just below the air intake on the unit itself.

Depending on the price the temp sensor can be in the remote control too

[Frazz]

Heya Ndave , .. if you can find it there is one of Mushaman grow diaries where he detailed the purchase and operation of a air cond. in similar situation to you, maybe worth checking

and yes bufo is right there is a thermostat on most

 

EDIT: No, its not in that thread , dont bother looking, sorry Ndave

he did buy a portable one off E-bay and it worked real well in his crops and kept heat and hunidity under control anyway

[Dave The Nefarious]

cool, it seems even the portable ones have temperature control so that solves the thermostat problem

 

Reckon it'd be best to keep it in the room or in the actual chamber itself ?

[bufo marinus]

Probably do the whole room Dave. Would give an even temp in the chamber.

Have you seen those HEPA dehumidifiers with the coco/zeolite air filters built in? Get rid of the stink as well as correct the humidity, once again probably in the big room.

[chippy]

Hi NotDave, all refrigerant air/cons have thermostats in them ,thats how they turn on and off NotDave. im a [refrigeratoin mechanic mate ] and they will dehmidifie ya room for ya , hope all go,s well NotDave.

[mull]

Hey notdave, i got a portable mitsubitshi aircon, its a beaut.

Never got used enough tho so was sent north where its needed

That one is a unit on wheels and comes with exhaust ducting and fitting to suit a window. (you'd of course be best to scrub this air first for stealth - if required)

It also catches condensate water in a bottle (err about 2-3 ltr) inside the machine. Need to empty it every day if in it's on 12.

So I guess this takes care of the humidity to?

 

Doesn't help the power bill as you'd know. Good luck chillin mate

[123abc]

i just spoke to my vietnamese mate.. he does alot of indoor- not me, he is ex-canadian.. he told me a cheap way if u want to cool a room and are just gonna run a de-humidifier is to also get a "ice fan" dont no much about it.. its just his recommendation.. (for power costs he said)

 

He said its like a fan that u put ice bricks into it.. said he seen em at bunnings for unda 50 bucks..

 

P.S of course a portable aircon is a beter yet more expensive (and power hungry solution)

 

Also you can buy small temp sensors from eletronics shops and get em to go on or off at certain levels by re wiring a simple electronics circuit that goes on at a pre defined level.. if u want more info i will elaborate.. if not- waste of typing .. im bout to go my first joint for the night/day