Dual hose portanle a/c . leaking smell

[Agent-Smith]

i will agree what the last few people were doing was horribly inefficient but if you are blowing in cold air and sucking out hot you are cooling the room PERIOD and thats what they were looking for.

Even you don't get it!
He's blowing in cold air but not sucking out the hot air! NONE OF YOU ARE GETTING THIS APPARENTLY!!

An A/C works by conditioning the air in the room, not conditioning outside air and blowing it into the room. That's what he's trying to do, we say it doesn't work like that, you get your panties in a bunch about it and go off like you know something.

Seriously people, know what you're talking about before argueing with someone who does.

 

[chefro420]

Even you don't get it!
He's blowing in cold air but not sucking out the hot air! NONE OF YOU ARE GETTING THIS APPARENTLY!!

An A/C works by conditioning the air in the room, not conditioning outside air and blowing it into the room. That's what he's trying to do, we say it doesn't work like that, you get your panties in a bunch about it and go off like you know something.

Seriously people, know what you're talking about before argueing with someone who does.

Wasn't trying to argue with ya bro. At first I just didn't get what your saying . I just want to avoid dropping a couple hundred for a temp fix . When the $$$ could go towards a split . Have you personally used one of those inline scrubbers?
Thanks

 

[Agent-Smith]

chefro, I'm not argueing with you and never have, it's the greenlung guy and sweet nightmare

 

[chefro420]

chefro, I'm not argueing with you and never have, it's the greenlung guy and sweet nightmare

Ok , just wanted to make sure .I appreciate the help . just seems there isn't a cheap fix, never is it seems

 

[Agent-Smith]

You didn't get pissy when you were told it wouldn't work, you were asking for help and actually wanted to know how to do it right. The other two on the other hand.......

Yeah I've used them, they work. Like I said though, I would put it on the intake side so it's scrubbing before getting to the compressor and have an inline fan on the exhaust hose. If you put the scrubber on the exhaust side, it will greatly reduce the efficiency and lifespan of the filter. That'll be the best way without buying an all new A/C system.

If you wanted to do it on the cheap you could build a box at home that houses some house type carbon filters or even try one of those automotive style looking filters that have carbon in them. I haven't tried those personally though so I can't tell you wether they work well or not.

 

[chefro420]

ahh one of those . I have a hepa version , really cuts down on the airflow . I dont have much faith in that thing scrubbing ECSD from the air ..

 

[chefro420]

Yeah I've used them, they work. Like I said though, I would put it on the intake side so it's scrubbing before getting to the compressor and have an inline fan on the exhaust hose. If you put the scrubber on the exhaust side, it will greatly reduce the efficiency and lifespan of the filter. That'll be the best way without buying an all new A/C system.

COnfused when you say put the scrubber on the intake side of the a/c ? Dual hose has intake and an exhaust going outside. ALso it has the intake grate w/filter on the back of the a/c above the hoses.

 

[Agent-Smith]

put the scrubber/filter on the intake hose
put the fan on the exhaust hose

 

[chefro420]

put the scrubber/filter on the intake hose
put the fan on the exhaust hose

That will only scrub the air from outside , before going into the intake hose. Confused ? I assume the smell is getting in mostly from the back vent where the filter is , no?

 

[Agent-Smith]

oh my bad, wasn't thinking lol. You'd have to put it on the backside in your situation, but yes, the performance would go down. Putting the inline fan on would help though as the air wouldn't be as hot as it was if you just let the A/C do the work.

 

[chefro420]

Got ya ! Thought , it was the budder again!! LOL
So a small 4" inline fan would do the trick on the hot exhaust , to give it some help to make up for the filter slowing intake? The exhaust seems really hot , that wouldnt burn out the fan or be fire hazard?

 

[Agent-Smith]

I would do a 6" personally to keep the heat down just that much more. The exhaust is really hot and the filter will warm up but nothing that would blow it out or cause a fire hazard. We run fans at the end of air-cooled light runs and they still run fine. I've done a 12" in front of and behind 10,000W worth of lights with no problems, and I've run those dual hose A/C's exactly how I'm telling you to do it with no problems before, so I'm sure it"ll work just fine for you as well.

 

[chefro420]

Ok

1. so intake hose to window like normal

2.hot air exhaust hose gets an inline fan to boost flow

3.box up the vent above hoses somehow and duct to carbon filter of some type

 

[Agent-Smith]

No.

intake hose to window as normal
exhaust hose runs to carbon filter
carbon filter hooks to fan
fan exhausts outside

 

[Snagglepuss]

Right or wrong way ,this is what mine looks like.The bottom vent is outside the tent ,the top vent is inside.The plants are over 20 ,grape crush,c99,swt tooth,og kush.Most are in mid to late flower .If it was leaking ,i would smell it through the whole place..but who knows...

 

[chefro420]

No.

intake hose to window as normal
exhaust hose runs to carbon filter
carbon filter hooks to fan
fan exhausts outside

All good now!!! Less hash for me!


Thanks!!

 

[Agent-Smith]

Anytime man

 

[Wise]

What about exhausting the portable AC through the top of the house? That way the smell won't be at anyone's level. Right?