I typically always used 8" for a 1k, if more than one would run a 10" or 12" depending. Though like RES said it really depends on the room size. Are you set on using the dryer hook up? Why not vent else where? Like a ventilated attic, crawl space, or sewer.
sewer is 3", can't go through attic because it's a basement and that's cutting up floors then into the attic and that aint happening Room is 10x12 roughly so plenty of room, temps in the low to mid 70s everywhere,
Ahhhh, yeah screw that. If it were just a layer of sheet rock that would be a different story. Do You have basement windows that aren't visible, like hidden behind a shrubs or under a deck or something? Seen that done before, could even fit a vent cover over it so it looks more natural if so.
I agree. Best thing to do is to try it. Minimal effort and it might work. Not saying it will but, listen to see if the fan noise changes with the reducer. Either louder or softer. Just curious.
I wish, Part of the basement is like that and I have 2 6 inch lines dumping out of that right now, this is a different part of the basement and even to connect to that I would have to go through concrete. Right now I just cut a whole in the ceiling and fished the 6 up and through into the next room which is huge, like 30x30 and it's taking the heat fine and not really warming up (maybe a couple of degrees, but it's basement so it's naturally cooler so you can't tell). But the humidity is a killer. I cut things last night and ran the dehumdifier and things dropped to 50-55% overnight. Killed the dehumidifier this morning and it went right back to 70 in a matter of hours I'm just going to plan on putting a reducer in there and listening for changes. I may take off the muffler so I can actually here it because right now you only hear the motor itself
It'll get loud. Not ridiculously loud, but you'll notice it. Like a cheap bathroom fan loud. I've holed through the rim joist to access basement venting before. Just access the floor joists and use a hole saw to cut through to the outside. My guess is that's how your dryer vent is run unless it goes through the block. Do you have a bathroom in the basement?
Depends on what your running. Here is a senario. 15 x 20 foot room will run a one thousand watter at 75 degrees with no exhaust if you put a fan in the doorway passive air. Two lights at thousand watts will run it up to about 90 degrees with passive air. 4 inch exhaust is a joke and leaves no room for adding lights ect. Do it right and go thrue the ceiling to the outside wall with a large vent and put in a 12 inch vortex fan and your good for 4 lights in the same room. You can never go big enough and I went thrue all that bullshit trying to grow out of a basement room fighting the heat game. Do it right the first time and be done with it. Or foot the bill and install a air conditioner with a vent line to cool the room and reduce the humidity DO IT LIKE THIS.......This baby would blow a bowling ball thrue that line. Ha ha. this setup plugs to two one thousands on a rail above and 3 600 watters all plugged together. blows the heat outside thrue the line in the ceiling joist above the basement sheetrock and hole drilled thrue to outside. t6
Late to the show as always but if you're near and exterior wall there should be space above the top of the foundation wall and between the joists for venting. All you'd have to cut through would be the drywall ceiling and the 2x10 band board, that's assuming you're running parallel with the joists.
T6, first off, miss you man where you been hiding? This is just 1k with no head height 5 weeks into flower. The humidity from the fan is just killing the house for some reason. FF and Duc, below grade where I would need to go out, that and it's a brick house Annunaki, fuck if I know. We have had 2 weeks of steady rain, but it's unreal. Hell I was breaking a sweat just doing normal things there. But everything was swollen, things are much better now though. Oddest thing though, that room held RH at 60% and the other big room was at 56%. It was just basically the rest of the house, I'm guessing because there was no air movement or venting except the grow areas
Yeah Nip the old house I grow in is becoming a fucking nightmare. We've had maybe 6 days with no rain in the last 45. Rained for the last 8 days in a row here. When it's 95 to 100% humidity outside the moisture creeps in through every crack. And pulling fresh air that humid in doesn't help at all. I've had to run 3 dehumidifiers and extra circulation fans for over 2 weeks now and MAN do they use the electricity. My bill was $50 more than normal just for that time, I can only imagine a full month. It wouldn't bother me if it didn't rain again til spring!!!!! Be Cool,
Yea humidity is a killer. Wtf..why can't mother nature grt with the program And exactly. If im runnimg an extra 50 a month it better be on a kight
It's been so bad here that this is the first time ever I've had bud rot indoors. 8 years and this is the first time. Not horrible but still!! I think some of it is the Smart Pots I've been using too. Be Cool, CG
Ok, got the vent issue taken care of but had to add inline filter because the stink was horrible. Don't mind the mess, have to take this down next week to refill heating oil (in the country) and will have perm up after that. Just had to do something about the stink because you could smell it rolling up to the place. Inline filter works great. Will do a review prob tomorrow, but no complaints so far...killed the stink
So that one just sucks air straight down the center like an inline muffler? Crazy. All my scrubbers pull air through the outer barrel.
no drywall, straight concrete inside a garage. inside the concrete is just 4 inches, i go from an 8 inch hood to a 6 inch fan to a 4 inch hole to a 6 inch can :roffl: not ideal for sure but trying to solve problems on the fly yes this is phresh inline filter. instead of old school can this just gets put inline with you exhaust.
