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MountainBudz · 03-19-2018, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by packerfan79

If you are running a tent I would say put a fan/ filter in the room the tent is in. Also unless you are using a massively oversized filter, filters need to be replaced atleat every other year. 5 years on a filter toss that and get a new one. Also,it's a good idea to write the purchase date then cover it with clear tape( so you don't erase it when cleaning. ) this way you can easily see when you need to change it out.

These filters I have a practically new. I have one phresh filter and one cheapo filter. The cheapo I stuck up on the ceiling because it is super light and allows tons of air circulation compared to the phresh. So the cheapo is coming down tonight, getting replaced with another phresh filter. I had this issue before with the cheap filters, problem was solved immediately after replacing with a good proven phresh filter. You can't beat them. So in return I'm gonna be increasing my temps a couple degrees due to air being exhausted at a slower rate but oh well, it will be worth it. I know this will cut back on the odor at least by 75 even 90%...

No, definitely not a tent. This is an underground bunker with a room built and constructed within in. Double insulated and 2x4 pressure treated stud frame. This is a solid grow room. Ceiling is concrete.

I grew in tents before this grow though.

MountainBudz · 03-19-2018, 09:04 PM

I have an almost brand new window AC unit that I might throw in the wall until this run is over and I can afford a mini split. This will allow me to filter out my odor better too all while keeping the temps even more manageable. Only 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 weeks left on this grow total... Next grow I am investing big! And I absolutely cannot wait!

packerfan79 · 03-19-2018, 10:47 PM

Well mountain, I hope you get it all figured out. I had a similar issue with a cheap filter back in the day. I go way overkill with charcoal filters now. Well I did befor I got shutdown.

MountainBudz · 03-20-2018, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by packerfan79

Well mountain, I hope you get it all figured out. I had a similar issue with a cheap filter back in the day. I go way overkill with charcoal filters now. Well I did befor I got shutdown.

Thank you man.. I absolutely agree with that bud, odor control is an absolute must, especially in outlaw states or outlaw grow ops period. In my honest opinion you cannot overkill trying to confide the odor. That is nothing but a very intelligent move on your part man.

Sorry to hear you got shut down Packer. What happened man? Everything ok and running smoothly now?

MountainBudz · 03-20-2018, 05:24 PM

So i got to thinking today... The temps are warming up, as spring is coming into the picture and I had an idea to pop up in my brain.

How well would a window AC unit work in my room? I have a practically brand new window AC unit that I purchased last summer that was used to cool my former previous flower room, which is now my veg room. It was hot during the summer so of course the AC worked fine at that time, even before a buddy of mine ever gave me the idea of a thermostatically controlled outlet to help control the temps. At that time I had the exhaust fans constantly pulling air and it still did a pretty good job keeping the room cool in a 2000 watt grow during the hottest days of July and August.

So here is my idea.. How about bringing the AC into the underground room? I know during he colder months the AC can basically freeze up and become useless (we still have another month or so of unpredictable freezing nights and days). So I had been researching this on Google and YouTube and had come across many of awesome ideas on constructing a modified AC box to help the AC stay warm on the intake and vents and not cause it to freeze up... Basically you deflect the warm air and you can use the AC in pretty much subzero temps.

But in my situation, I have a lung room. The hallway between the concrete wall and the grow room wall. If I installed the AC into the grow room and the back end of AC was situated in the hall (lung room) would this allow me to use my AC during cold temps IF instead of my hot exhaust air from the grow room being vented to the outside I vented it to up the inside of the lung room instead? I would still also be pulling in cool air through the exhaust which I currently already do, plus the AC cooling At the same time seems to be a golden ticket in keeping temps in check UNTIL after this run is over and I can purchase a mini split system.

Now just from my brainstorming, which I just had this idea pop into my mind today, seems like it would be a good idea... If I exhausted the hot air from the grow into the lung room, in my opinion would keep the lung room warma enough to run the AC?? Correct? Or am I missing something here?...... School me if I'm wrong. Lol.

Also, wouldn't this help to work in conjunction with my dehumidifier even further lowering my humidity as a plus?

packerfan79 · 03-20-2018, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by MountainBudz

Thank you man.. I absolutely agree with that bud, odor control is an absolute must, especially in outlaw states or outlaw grow ops period. In my honest opinion you cannot overkill trying to confide the odor. That is nothing but a very intelligent move on your part man.

Sorry to hear you got shut down Packer. What happened man? Everything ok and running smoothly now?

Well, I am in a rental right now. I got a 60 day notice on Thursday. The owner is selling the house. I grow in a 10x 15 shed. I was about a week in to flower. No way was i going to finish the crop and get the shed moved.Wonderful California, can't find shit to rent without getting rid of my dogs. I am paying 895$ which is super cheap, now it's looking like 1300- 1600 a month if I can find anything. So far I haven't found much.

packerfan79 · 03-20-2018, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by MountainBudz

Thank you man.. I absolutely agree with that bud, odor control is an absolute must, especially in outlaw states or outlaw grow ops period. In my honest opinion you cannot overkill trying to confide the odor. That is nothing but a very intelligent move on your part man.

Sorry to hear you got shut down Packer. What happened man? Everything ok and running smoothly now?

Well, I am in a rental right now. I got a 60 day notice on Thursday. The owner is selling the house. I grow in a 10x 15 shed. I was about a week in to flower. No way was i going to finish the crop and get the shed moved.Wonderful California, can't find shit to rent without getting rid of my dogs. I am paying 895$ which is super cheap, now it's looking like 1300- 1600 a month if I can find anything. So far I haven't found much.

MountainBudz · 03-20-2018, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by packerfan79

Well, I am in a rental right now. I got a 60 day notice on Thursday. The owner is selling the house. I grow in a 10x 15 shed. I was about a week in to flower. No way was i going to finish the crop and get the shed moved.Wonderful California, can't find shit to rent without getting rid of my dogs. I am paying 895$ which is super cheap, now it's looking like 1300- 1600 a month if I can find anything. So far I haven't found much.

I know all about that shed growing

I have done plenty of that. Wow that sounds high to me, in Ky for an average nice rental home you are looking at $400 to $500 per month. That for something pretty nice. I have rented even cheaper, $300 to $400 in the past. Just gotta do your searching and investigating. I hate like hell to hear that though man, I had to shit a grow down as well due to a bad rental situation gone wrong. I finally own my own place and there is nothing like it. Took years of growing to get where I am today and it wasn't easy.

Itsmychoice · 03-21-2018, 02:20 AM

Running the ac in the lung room would work if you can ventilate the lung room enough. Heat will build up quick especially if the space is small. I would do it temporarily if you need to. You can run in the high 80s with good air movement without much worry. The problem with the window unit will be that you will still be bringing in fresh air and will have to for co2 so you will be conditioning a lot of air that will be getting vented. It would be better if you added the ac and supplemented co2.

MountainBudz · 03-21-2018, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Itsmychoice

Running the ac in the lung room would work if you can ventilate the lung room enough. Heat will build up quick especially if the space is small. I would do it temporarily if you need to. You can run in the high 80s with good air movement without much worry. The problem with the window unit will be that you will still be bringing in fresh air and will have to for co2 so you will be conditioning a lot of air that will be getting vented. It would be better if you added the ac and supplemented co2.

Thanks for the advice.. Yeah I am planning on sealing eventually. Especially when I get my mini split and running co2 as well. Right now I have some time to figure out a plan, temps are low all week and weekend and next week too. The highest my temps have gotten even on warm days is 81 degrees so fat
Normally they run around 75 to 78 and 69 to 73 during lights off.

Thanks for stopping by as well.

03-19-2018, 09:04 PM	#112
MountainBudz xXx~SkunkDaddyOutlaw~xXx Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: That mountain over yonder! Posts: 1,653	I have an almost brand new window AC unit that I might throw in the wall until this run is over and I can afford a mini split. This will allow me to filter out my odor better too all while keeping the temps even more manageable. Only 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 weeks left on this grow total... Next grow I am investing big! And I absolutely cannot wait! __________________ Current Grow 2018 ..."MountainBudz Underground Lair 2018"... https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=348412 *..."A good grower has learned, a great* grower never stops"...**
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03-19-2018, 10:47 PM	#113
packerfan79 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,226	Well mountain, I hope you get it all figured out. I had a similar issue with a cheap filter back in the day. I go way overkill with charcoal filters now. Well I did befor I got shutdown.
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03-20-2018, 05:24 PM	#115
MountainBudz xXx~SkunkDaddyOutlaw~xXx Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: That mountain over yonder! Posts: 1,653	So i got to thinking today... The temps are warming up, as spring is coming into the picture and I had an idea to pop up in my brain. How well would a window AC unit work in my room? I have a practically brand new window AC unit that I purchased last summer that was used to cool my former previous flower room, which is now my veg room. It was hot during the summer so of course the AC worked fine at that time, even before a buddy of mine ever gave me the idea of a thermostatically controlled outlet to help control the temps. At that time I had the exhaust fans constantly pulling air and it still did a pretty good job keeping the room cool in a 2000 watt grow during the hottest days of July and August. So here is my idea.. How about bringing the AC into the underground room? I know during he colder months the AC can basically freeze up and become useless (we still have another month or so of unpredictable freezing nights and days). So I had been researching this on Google and YouTube and had come across many of awesome ideas on constructing a modified AC box to help the AC stay warm on the intake and vents and not cause it to freeze up... Basically you deflect the warm air and you can use the AC in pretty much subzero temps. But in my situation, I have a lung room. The hallway between the concrete wall and the grow room wall. If I installed the AC into the grow room and the back end of AC was situated in the hall (lung room) would this allow me to use my AC during cold temps IF instead of my hot exhaust air from the grow room being vented to the outside I vented it to up the inside of the lung room instead? I would still also be pulling in cool air through the exhaust which I currently already do, plus the AC cooling At the same time seems to be a golden ticket in keeping temps in check UNTIL after this run is over and I can purchase a mini split system. Now just from my brainstorming, which I just had this idea pop into my mind today, seems like it would be a good idea... If I exhausted the hot air from the grow into the lung room, in my opinion would keep the lung room warma enough to run the AC?? Correct? Or am I missing something here?...... School me if I'm wrong. Lol. Also, wouldn't this help to work in conjunction with my dehumidifier even further lowering my humidity as a plus? __________________ Current Grow 2018 ..."MountainBudz Underground Lair 2018"... https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=348412 *..."A good grower has learned, a great* grower never stops"...**
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03-21-2018, 02:20 AM	#119
Itsmychoice Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Between the creeks Posts: 198	The ac Running the ac in the lung room would work if you can ventilate the lung room enough. Heat will build up quick especially if the space is small. I would do it temporarily if you need to. You can run in the high 80s with good air movement without much worry. The problem with the window unit will be that you will still be bringing in fresh air and will have to for co2 so you will be conditioning a lot of air that will be getting vented. It would be better if you added the ac and supplemented co2.
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