Three Berries
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The heaters is for wintertime and the temps at lights off may get as low as the upper 50fs. But the water tanks are for absorbing and releasing heat.
The heat tapes worked great BTW set at 72F. Just be sure to size the width of the tape to the container. 4" is a bit big for what I got at 3.5 gal. 5 gal would be good. Way too big for my little 1 gallon pots.
300-400w with 100w used for heat control cycling at 83F. I usually have a mister running in a filter box that feeds the tent. And have to add soggy towels sometimes, depends on ambient. Lights off I maintain <79% RH.
Usually humidity control takes care of high temps but with summer time here it's a struggle with temps keeping it under 85F and humidity is what it is, close to the good VDP numbers. Usually the VDP is right where I want it and a little dry, 1.0-1.25 or so.
There is constant ventilation through this tent. Using a 6" AC Infinity with the low speed set at 1 summer, winter that goes up to 2.
High CO2 in winter too.
It appears from just last night the tanks will run at the temp of the incoming air as that is where that air hits. They are sitting on a piece of 1" insulation. The temp may slowly rise over the next few days a the water was 70F to start.
The heaters are on a controller. 1F spread so on at 71F off at 72F. Once the pots are heated up and as long as they stay wet they hold the heat pretty good so the cycle times are short. The heaters are just taped to the bucket so removing them is no big deal. Not used in the summer.
Thinking about cutting a hole in the floor in the closet the filter box is in so I can draw cool air out of the crawlspace in the summer instead of the house.
The heat tapes worked great BTW set at 72F. Just be sure to size the width of the tape to the container. 4" is a bit big for what I got at 3.5 gal. 5 gal would be good. Way too big for my little 1 gallon pots.
300-400w with 100w used for heat control cycling at 83F. I usually have a mister running in a filter box that feeds the tent. And have to add soggy towels sometimes, depends on ambient. Lights off I maintain <79% RH.
Usually humidity control takes care of high temps but with summer time here it's a struggle with temps keeping it under 85F and humidity is what it is, close to the good VDP numbers. Usually the VDP is right where I want it and a little dry, 1.0-1.25 or so.
There is constant ventilation through this tent. Using a 6" AC Infinity with the low speed set at 1 summer, winter that goes up to 2.
High CO2 in winter too.
It appears from just last night the tanks will run at the temp of the incoming air as that is where that air hits. They are sitting on a piece of 1" insulation. The temp may slowly rise over the next few days a the water was 70F to start.
The heaters are on a controller. 1F spread so on at 71F off at 72F. Once the pots are heated up and as long as they stay wet they hold the heat pretty good so the cycle times are short. The heaters are just taped to the bucket so removing them is no big deal. Not used in the summer.
Thinking about cutting a hole in the floor in the closet the filter box is in so I can draw cool air out of the crawlspace in the summer instead of the house.
i 'd only put it on one side so they could have desirable temp zone options.
