Looking for suggestions on configuration

[KaliRush]

Got my dandy little DR150 set up but I'm trying to figure out which way I would like to configure the ventilation. Hopefully my babbling isn't too confusing.

My specs are as follows;

DR150 4'11" x 4'11" x 6'7"
SuperSun 2 Hood
1000w HPS Ballast (will be getting a conversion bulb for veg)
Can50 ( I also purchased a small Odorsok filter as a secondary filtration unit in case I decided to run the ventilation for the hood separate from the main Can50 filter)
6" Inline Exhaust Fan

I was thinking that I could use the A/C duct system for my fresh air by keeping the unit on the "on" position so that air continuously blows through (2 a/c units on the house).

Or I could just use the vent at the bottom of the tent as the intake for fresh air from the room itself and make the system a pure passive intake?

I also have to think about cooling the hood. If I used the air from the a/c system, I would be worried about condensation forming because of the cold air (will be warming up very soon here). I then though about possibly connecting the exhaust portion of the hood to the ducting for the Can50 filter and exhaust fan. I was curious if this would create enough of a negative pressure just to pull air through the hood? If that wouldn't work, I could also just add another exhaust fan on the other side of the ten to pull air through the hood then connect the odorsok filter onto that to ensure no odor leaks through the hood ventilation system.

Hopefully these pictures aren't too confusing.

Any and all comments and suggestions are welcome so if you think components need to be added, lemme know and I'll get them

Thanks!

 

[BesideHimself]

I'd drop the idea of running an A/C line into the tent. Just not necessary as you can keep the temps down other ways without killing humidity. I'd extract air through the hood, air-cooling the hood. Of the ways to do this, "sucking" from the carbon filter is usually the ideal. I would run it like this:

cool air => HOOD ===> CAN50 ===> EXTRACTION FAN (200-250cfm)

Just make sure the passive intake on the bottom is up to spec. I've read it should ideally be twice the area of your exhaust.

Edit: I can't open your pictures, so if it appears that I'm talking out my a**, my bad.

 

[JoeBlunt420]

I would run 2 fans. 1 for lights (unfiltered) and 1 for the tent itself (can 50) the air from the air coolled reflectors shouldn't need filtering since it is not mixing with the air inside the tent. Pull air from outside the tent through the reflectors then directly out of the tent. Just my thoughts. Good luck.

 

[messn'n'gommin']

If you don't want any chance of odor, you could run the fan for your lights as a positive intake and just use a passive exhaust. If extracting, a fan will draw from all sources in a closed system and even the fewest of molecules is enough to trigger olfactory senses. But, if forced, air will seek escape to all passages and that same amount of "leakage" of fresh air into the tent is going to be scrubbed.

btw...Exhausting into the A/C ducting is an excellent idea! You recover the energy, have a measure of control over humidity and it's pretty stealthy, i.e. a floor register is supposed to be blowing air.