So heres the situation.
Im having some temp problems that I cant explain. If anyone could give me some insight that would be kicka$$.
I have a DR120 48"x48"x78", a 600w HPS digi, an easycool 6 aircooled hood from HTG, and a 424cfm growbright fan.
Ambient temps in the room are 78-80 deg. I currently have my plants about 18" from the hood. Temps are about 92 degs in there with the 424cfm fan running full blast! Im only growing bhut peppers at the moment but either way Ill need to rectifiy this with my equipment before I do a MJ grow.
I double check temps as you can see here with my laser temp gun. On the leaf surface temps are much lower ... but still ambient temps INSIDE the tent at the plant level are still in the low 90's.
I have all three 5" x 14" square vents wide open with a good amount of airflow into the tent.
What gives?? Now heres the thing .... Theres so much air sucking into the open end of the hood it will literally suck the whole hood and ducting towards my hand if I get my hand within an inch or two of the opening. Still theres a ton of heat radiating through the glass down towards the plants.
How is this even possible!??
Is it my hood? Its almost as if the glass is too thin on my hood. Im tempted to go buy a new hood! Something with thicker glass. Then again ... if the glass was thicker would that subtract from the lumens reaching the plants?
The hood doesnt seem to be very well made, it is my first aircooled hood so I dont have anything to compare it too.
Heres some pics of the setup. Thanks for any input you guys could give me. I see peeps running this size tent with a 400 something cfm fan on only half speed WITH a freaking scrubber. I dont have a scrubber and I got this fan cranked to the max and still high temps. WTF??
Im having some temp problems that I cant explain. If anyone could give me some insight that would be kicka$$.
I have a DR120 48"x48"x78", a 600w HPS digi, an easycool 6 aircooled hood from HTG, and a 424cfm growbright fan.
Ambient temps in the room are 78-80 deg. I currently have my plants about 18" from the hood. Temps are about 92 degs in there with the 424cfm fan running full blast! Im only growing bhut peppers at the moment but either way Ill need to rectifiy this with my equipment before I do a MJ grow.
I double check temps as you can see here with my laser temp gun. On the leaf surface temps are much lower ... but still ambient temps INSIDE the tent at the plant level are still in the low 90's.
I have all three 5" x 14" square vents wide open with a good amount of airflow into the tent.
What gives?? Now heres the thing .... Theres so much air sucking into the open end of the hood it will literally suck the whole hood and ducting towards my hand if I get my hand within an inch or two of the opening. Still theres a ton of heat radiating through the glass down towards the plants.
How is this even possible!??
Is it my hood? Its almost as if the glass is too thin on my hood. Im tempted to go buy a new hood! Something with thicker glass. Then again ... if the glass was thicker would that subtract from the lumens reaching the plants?
The hood doesnt seem to be very well made, it is my first aircooled hood so I dont have anything to compare it too.
Heres some pics of the setup. Thanks for any input you guys could give me. I see peeps running this size tent with a 400 something cfm fan on only half speed WITH a freaking scrubber. I dont have a scrubber and I got this fan cranked to the max and still high temps. WTF??