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GrowerLacey
GrowerLaceystarted grow question 3y ago
Anyone here had experienced Aircon frozen up? My baby is in a seedling stage so last night I turned on the AC, air humidifier, light, and fan. The next day I noticed that the AC has frozen up, full of ice in the filter and in the coal area. Is it because of the humidity?
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GrowCN
GrowCNanswered grow question 3y ago
You capitalized "Aircon". Is that the brand of your equipment or are you just saying air conditioner? I have a lung room for my growing. The air conditioner has never frozen with relative humidity from 90% to 40% so I think something is wrong with your machine. A freezing condenser is usually a sign of a problem. It could be running low on refrigerant or you don't have enough airflow over the coils. If it previously worked OK then it could be loosing refrigerant or a dirty air filter.
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Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question 3y ago
If the ac unit has good air flow and freezes it Is likely low on refrigerant. Unit might be leaking. My dehumidifier did same thing. It was only 15 years old.v
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Southwest_budders21
Southwest_budders21answered grow question 3y ago
If the AC Is in the tent or room then try get it out of there and just use ducting into the tent/room. Might help might not 🤷‍♂️🏼🤣🤣
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 3y ago
Haha I need to stop writing so high. Generally speaking.
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 3y ago
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.
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