Bringing air in

[The Toker]

I live in michigan and winters get cold here, I am trying to figure out how to bring air in my grow room in the winter months. I have a system that I think might work ( I will post pics when I get it built ) but any suggestions would be appreciated.

Mez:ccc:

 

[King Bud]

If your climate is anything like mine, one of your concerns is freezing your grow room.

I have no experience with this, s'all theory, but maybe I can still help anyways.

What you'll need is a 'backdraft' ventilation piece, so that when your fan is not running, no air may enter the grow room. You would have your fan attached to a thermostat, so that it would not overly freeze the room.

Depending on how cold it is, and how much much ventilation you have, this may or may not work.

If you're willing to pay a whole heck of a lot for heating.. then just have the fan always pulling air in, and set a heater on a thermostat in the grow area. This will create cold and hot spots in the room, so you'll need some fans to really stir the air up.

A combination of the two could work, too. Fan on thermostat pulls air in, until it's too cold. Heater heats up the room. Fan pulls air in again.

Let us know how it works

 

[bigbudsbruddah]

I do not know what type of setup u have so it is hard to say but here are a few ideas. If you have a light witha hood you could blow it through your light before you dump it in the room that should warm it up some.

 

[andy52]

hey mezna,i too am in your locale.do you have a basement?i am thinking about this winter pullin air from the basement.stays about 65-70 degrees in the basement.might have to use a small heater on a timer also.

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

I live in michigan and winters get cold here, I am trying to figure out how to bring air in my grow room in the winter months. I have a system that I think might work ( I will post pics when I get it built ) but any suggestions would be appreciated.

Mez:ccc:

Why don't you post a plan of the system that you think "might work" before you build it? It might save you some rebuilding.
I live in a very cold climate, too. I pull cold air from my crawl space to cool my room. If you are using a HID light, you will probably not have to worry about things being too cold--HIDs put out alot of heat.

 

[The Toker]

Checkout the new post in he grow room section. Using fluorescent lights, I have a description of my idea in the new post.

The Toker:ccc:

I do not know what type of setup u have so it is hard to say but here are a few ideas. If you have a light witha hood you could blow it through your light before you dump it in the room that should warm it up some.

 

[The Toker]

Check out my latest post in this section, more on my air exchange.

The Toker:ccc:

hey mezna,i too am in your locale.do you have a basement?i am thinking about this winter pullin air from the basement.stays about 65-70 degrees in the basement.might have to use a small heater on a timer also.

 

[The Toker]

More on my system and oics in new post in this section

:ccc:The Toker:ccc:

Why don't you post a plan of the system that you think "might work" before you build it? It might save you some rebuilding.
I live in a very cold climate, too. I pull cold air from my crawl space to cool my room. If you are using a HID light, you will probably not have to worry about things being too cold--HIDs put out alot of heat.

 

[King Bud]

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