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NEGATIVE / POSITIVE pressure

IrishAutogrow
IrishAutogrowstarted grow question 4 years ago
Hi fellow growers.. I wont pretend to be a Pro nor an Amateur. Just willing to learn and progress.. 🙏😌 First question I have is one I've struggled with finding an answer too.. ......NEGATIVE / POSITIVE Pressure..... Which should I have? Why!
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Athos
Athosanswered grow question 4 years ago
This only matters if you have a carbon, filter. What you want is negative pressure, what does that means? It means that your exhaust airflow (CFM / m³h) is greater than your intake airflow. If it were the other way around and the intake is greater than the exhaust (positive pressure), then the excess air would escape by any orifice and crevice it can find, bypassing the carbon filter.
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OutForReal
OutForRealanswered grow question 4 years ago
Negative pressure is when the tents walls looks like you are sucking all the air in the tents and positive is when you box looks like a balloon so I feel like both are not that good , in the first case too much air sucked from the box and the second too much air is getting in the box. Sorry as my own knowledge about the subject is limited I've googled it and found that link : https://www.maximumyield.com/how-slight-negative-pressure-and-keeping-a-light-tight-garden-can-help-maximize-yields/2/3524 "When the walls of the grow tent are bowed outward, the air is entering the tent faster than it is being exhausted (positive pressure). When the walls of the tent are drawn inward, the air is being exhausted faster than it is entering the tent (negative pressure)." "As previously mentioned, the key to odor control in an indoor garden is to have a slight negative pressure. With a slight negative pressure, the air within the garden space is contained (except for the air being actively exhausted). The negative pressure will also keep all the odor contained within the garden space. This means a grower can set up a device, such as a carbon filter, to remove the odor as it purposely exits the garden space. When positive pressure is present, the odor is not contained in the garden and can be pushed out of any crack, crevice, or pinhole before it has a chance to be treated properly. Simply put, the odor will leak from the garden."
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