Hi Growerlacey do you have a diary? I would need to know what type of ac unit you are using. Window, portable, air and if possible the grow tent size and the BTU.
Ac units generally require a wall or separation of areas.
There are generally 2 sets of airflow within an air-conditioned unit, for the sake of explanation we will call front and back airflow.
Ac units assume the air being sucked in the front is in a warm air that requires cooling, it sucks in warmer air runs it through piping filled with "coolant" to cool the air. Meanwhile the back end of the ac unit sucks in "cooler" air from outside and uses this air to cool the tubing. This all happens without the air ever mixing, so all the air on one side stays inside and all outside air stays outside. There must be a natural reasonable difference between airflows.
If the same air your cooling Into your front flow is the same air the back flow it just creates a endless cycle of Neverending fuckery, coolant goes into overdrive temperatures get fuxked the condensation freezes.
Goodluck either way.