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ac vs dehumidifier

Great first post hycheese. I likely misunderstood the 110 220 discussion with my dad. Watcha got growing? I bet if you grow indoor your setup is spot on. Most electricians I know are detail oriented.
 
I am also licensed hvac ,my experience is with 12 ton systems that were on the orange line subway trains in Boston .I retired in 2008 so my knowledge of it went into a deep dark unused area of my brain lol
 
I think I will have to go with a dehumidifier even a 5k ac would be to big for my room its around 400 sq, feet thanks all for the input . I just love all the knowledge thats available on this forum and the people are so willing to share it really is a community of growers with experience in everything else as well lol
 
Nice Thread for sure, I'm also prior HVAC and in a high humidity area.

Although I use small tents, I choose to use a small window unit a/c, that is really installed into a window. The biggest questions that raise in my mind are these"

Where can you install either as both will generate heat that will need to be addressed? The dehumidify will have to be in the grow area and pipe out the rez, otherwise standing water in the grown room will just add to the humidity..:(

Very limited as to where you can install a wall shaker, however a split system would address the heat issue as well as the condensate, but more money.

Since my tents are arranged close to my window and wall shaker, I just run some aluminum 4" clothes dryer flex ducting to the intake of the tents from the exhaust of the wall shaker, with proper exhaust, I have created a decent temp/RH for my little area.

Your grow area is much bigger OJH so more options/situations to weight out.

Good Luck Brother..
 
oldjarhead100 said:
I think I will have to go with a dehumidifier even a 5k ac would be to big for my room its around 400 sq, feet thanks all for the input . I just love all the knowledge thats available on this forum and the people are so willing to share it really is a community of growers with experience in everything else as well lol
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Is 400 sq.ft. the size of your cellar that you have the 6'x10' room in? is that just a dirt floor? What are the actual Temp & Humidity?

I made my house too tight on my last remodel and suffered from 80% humidity year round as I was also over a dirt crawl space. I tore up my flooring and put heavy plastic sheeting down, insulated then refloored.

I am still suffering from 60%+ and am planning on installing a Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV) soon. They exhaust stale wet air and bring in fresh dry air via a heat exchanger so as not to lose all the money spent to heat/cool the house.

I also installed 4 mini-split heat pumps so I can zone control for optimal efficiency even then I cannot lower the humidity to an acceptable level without dropping the temperatures to a meat locker.

The dehumidifier I bought for my 10'x10' grow room will pull a pint an hour as will most small window air conditioners but they will only do that while it is cooling the room which may only be a few hours a day. My dehumid unit draws 300 watts which costs me about 10 cents every 3 hours that it runs, the window AC costs about 10 cents every 2 hours it runs.
 
My room is 6' wide and 10 long it has a concrete floor inside the room and my rh is running between 65 and 78 percent, down from 90 by turning the exhaust fan on 24/7 one wall is just sheet rock so I can go threw it if needed . I have a 4 inch inline fan for fresh air but its unplugged the exhaust fan pulls in enough fresh air with out the 4 inch fan running . My RH is high from watering everyday till run off I vacum all the saucers ,some are still wet hence the high RH when this grow is done I will redo the drain system,
 
oldjarhead100. Slang for little A/C window unit.. If I am not mistaken you are in a basement which would mean your location is probably a bit cooler than mine, so heat generated from a dehumidifier may irrelevant for ya and I must agree that a properly setup dehumidifier may be your best option when weight out install complexity and $$..
 
Good Morning OJH, Agreed, if RH is this big of an issue, any standing water will just add to the issues, regardless if runoff or condensate collected from a dehumidifier, definitely need to brainstorm getting that standing excess H2O out of the grow area, preferably automated..lol
 
We have different conditions, much different needs. My room is in a garage that can get over 105°f. The larger ac unit is a necessity here. Sometimes I feel like its about the trip to get things the way we want, do we ever get it just right? Tweek this here and add that there...
Have a great day oldjarhead100 !
 
Once you get it down you decide to grow a different strain that has different needs. Lol I had nitro lemon haze down.
 
Indoors and outdoors. Outdoors it will get huge. But indoors it does not seem to have any issues that some other strains have. It just isnt picky. I even had some finish with temps close to 40 degrees Fahrenheit for over a month. They will get taller than most ive seen though. If you want it short have to keep up with the training.
 
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