How many of you use them in your growrooms? If not any, why not? Pros? Cons? Im thinking this is the way to go but cant seem to find the cons except the exchange rate could outdo the cooling ability ???? I have a window area where i could mount a AC that i have but am concerned about the stink from the AC back to the area where it vents into/breathes from I need some cooling ideas on this one cuz im running at like 80 with only 2200watts running, its guna be HOT going to 3800 or even 3200
CC, you should be able to close the vent so that the AC unit will just recirculate the air in the room. The window AC unit in my garage has the function, thought they all did. cheers
Mine's an LG 8000 unit purchased from Home Depot This one. http://m.homedepot.com/p/LG-Electronics-8-000-BTU-115v-Window-Air-Conditioner-with-Remote/203393327/ There's a lever in the lower right corner of the vent that controls a flapper valve. I'm pretty sure that's a standard feature now adays.
Yeah, mine has a handle that will either open or close the air intake to pull air from inside the room or from outside the room. However no matter what, some smell will still leak out through a window a/c. The in room portables are ok. They work, but are inefficient. I have a couple for emergency situations though and they do work, but they too require an exhaust vent out of the room, so there is still the possibility of smell escaping. asssit:
I use to have a stand up but got rid of it cause it sucked. Now I got a mini split 12000btu. Love it. HD online about 1000 bucks. The only thing I don't like about it is that it leaks water out of the head unit drain. Like 5 gals a day. But that might be because there is just so much moisture in the garden area.
Mini split A/C units are the best for what we do. They have a cooling coil and fan that is in a housing that you mount inside your space top be cooled and it is connected via hoses to an outside unit that houses the condenser and heat exchanger? (I'm not an HVAC guy) so that basically you won't have to worry about smell leaking out because there is no air exchange between the outside of the room via the A/C unit. asssit: Also they are more efficient and more expensive than window or portable units.
heat pump Hey heat pump with remote head is the ultimate and only Tape ac unit to work for what we do Stand up once I feel take up too much space in your room My next choice would be a wall or window unit I just purchased a 25,000 btu wall unit for $540 dollars as far as the stand up units go if you have a recirculating the air inside with no exhaust that you're not really cooling too much the purpose of exchanging was outside air is tupelo the heat out of your room also nba humidity has a lot to do with how warm your room stays the higher the humidity the easier it is for the heat to stay in the room drop the humidity you don't have this much effort to cool a room that's what most people buy an air conditioning unit to match their lights but most people don't understand you lower the humidity because it's a conductor of heat
