Having a few dramas with the aircon unit in my tent. Apparently they don’t make an air conditioner small enough for a 1.2 x 1.2 x 2.0m tent.
I don’t have the ability to setup a ‘lung’ room (because tent is inside a big shed) so, the portable ac is situated inside the tent. Dealing with stale dusty shed air as well as negative pressure inside the tent from the A/c means constantly sucking in regurgitated stale air.
Extraction fan on low trying to limit negative pressure between A/c cycles.
**Symptoms**
- A/c doesn’t maintain temperature
(when light’s on tent reads 27° when set to 18°)
- A/c doesn’t regulate humidity
(In Dehumidifier mode temperature drops significantly 13°L-17°H at night 20°L-24°H day and humidity drops only to 60% and only while A/c is ‘in cycle’ humidity rapidly returns to 80% when not in cycle)
**Speculation**
Portable A/c is a minimal 2.0kw yet has the power to recycle large volumes of air putting it inside a small tent means it has cycled the air from the tent nearly instantly not giving the A/c compressor/magical-inner-workings enough time to do their thing, together with tent placement and no lung room the A/c seems to struggle keeping temperature or dehumidifying
Thinking of keeping dehumidifier mode on and also buying a dehumidifier so the temp and humidity are down more consistently but until I can change location I’m stuck dealing with 13° nights and barely workable humidity or 80% humidity at night and tolerable temps haha what a conundrum after spending on an A/c
@StoneJackson, buen rango! Yo diría que estás perfecto con esas temperaturas, sólo se que al usar temperaturas más bajas al final de la floración dará una gama de colores increíble y además ayudará a reponer los terpenos dañados por la luz UV del día o las lámparas, tratando así a la planta como si el invierno se asomara para ella esta comenzará a producir más tricomas para resguardar su salud del frío. No se si es cierto lo de la cantidad de tricomas, pero si te aseguro que las últimas 2 semanas con un rango nocturno de 13 C° incrementa los terpenos de una manera increíble 💐💐
@MiyaguiOkPolilla, just realised I never updated the diary with the soloution! Thanks I’ll write an update on how I’ve fixed the problem and managed to use the aircon
@MiyaguiOkPolilla, it was a learning curve to say the least but it’s working amazing now I can dial in temperatures from 15°-28° I’ve had it on 18°night and 25° day they seem to be liking that range 🤷♂️🏽 any suggestions on good temps for flower ?
@Cyrusdavirus, cannabis is the most satisfying plant to grow, every stage so exciting. Love seeing everything swell and gets iced out completely Mesmerising