MM2K6 Room Cooler evap cooling mod modification

[Goonie Goat]

I have to move my set up out into the shed because the wall will be comming down where it is to become a second lounge room. So will be building one from insulated coolroom panels. 3m ×1.2 × 2 high. It will need to be a sealed setup running c02 in summer to combat the Brisbane weather. So 7.2 m3 will be the area i need cooled

Hmm, are you still going to be using the shed to work on things?

Your shed should be on its own circuit probably on a 20 amp breaker, you could daisy chain off one of the power points and run your 2.5mm 3 core earth/live/neutral through conduit to the spot you want to put your aircon condenser, hook that upto one of these

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Hook your split AC up to a plug and plug into isolator.

Anything under 5.5kw is legal to hook upto a plug, you will only need like 3kw

 

[MM2K6]

Yeah i need aircon just don't want to draw to much juice

That's why I got the small one but, it was completely useless! I'd get a proper box A/C or high efficiency split system. My mate runs one of the good portable one that you vent out the window, some of them have ok energy rating.

 

[MM2K6]

The other thing I wonder about is A/C cooled environment and the effects on the plant's.

 

[SRH]

Yeah i need aircon just don't want to draw to much juice

Yeah i need aircon just don't want to draw to much juice

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[ED-209]

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2023 Winner of Best Portable AC in Australia. A Coolzy will help you get a good night sleep. It's the simplest, quietest, lowest running cost and most compact portable A/C in Australia. Perfect for bedrooms, study or kids room.

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Aren't you always going to have a problem with thermodynamics with these sorts of things if they dump the heat of the cooling unit back into the same space it is cooling - regardless of cooling efficiency of the cooler alone.

The comparison says it's a personal cooler - like small space heaters - I'm guessing to justify it's use despite low efficiency

 

[Mellow oldfark]

Looked @ the coolzy not long ago.
Something about it was a deal breaker for me.
But I'm such a old stoner I can't remember why!
Arr was for our bedroom ended up with a Dimplex ,bit noisy but I'm a deaf bastard anyway.
Nice and cool ,guessing it would be descent for a small grow room.

 

[MM2K6]

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2023 Winner of Best Portable AC in Australia. A Coolzy will help you get a good night sleep. It's the simplest, quietest, lowest running cost and most compact portable A/C in Australia. Perfect for bedrooms, study or kids room.

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Nice!

 

[Mellow oldfark]

Be careful ,dig deep on these.

 

[Indy]

The other thing I wonder about is A/C cooled environment and the effects on the plant's.

That's why a grow room/tent setup inside a lung room is my preference. That way any air that enters a grow is already around the optimal temperature.

I'm using a 550w window unit at the moment, probably comes in around $2-3 onthe really hot days. Next build is going to have a 1.8w split system dc inverter. Should come in around a $1-2 a day.

 

[MM2K6]

Aren't you always going to have a problem with thermodynamics with these sorts of things if they dump the heat of the cooling unit back into the same space it is cooling - regardless of cooling efficiency of the cooler alone.

The comparison says it's a personal cooler - like small space heaters - I'm guessing to justify it's use despite low efficiency

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Dump it strait out the shed wall cut a hole, dump the rear vent out there. Just make it close. Mount A/C in grow room.

 

[MM2K6]

Dump it strait out the shed wall cut a hole, dump the rear vent out there. Just make it close. Mount A/C in grow room.

or shove the vent in a whirly bird

 

[Hudo]

Dump it strait out the shed wall cut a hole, dump the rear vent out there. Just make it close. Mount A/C in grow room.

The problem with that is it from what I'm reading , the air it dumps out comes from the grow room. I want to run a sealed room with C02. Mainly just for the humid summer months. Being in Brisbane it's hard to maintain humidity below 80% in the summer months let alone get it down to 50 last couple weeks of flower. That's why I'm looking at window or split i think.

 

[Hudo]

I've also toyed with the ideah of a couple car aircons with a fridge pump hooked up to them. I've got a couple of those under dash style ones hanging around

 

[MM2K6]

The problem with that is it from what I'm reading , the air it dumps out comes from the grow room. I want to run a sealed room with C02. Mainly just for the humid summer months. Being in Brisbane it's hard to maintain humidity below 80% in the summer months let alone get it down to 50 last couple weeks of flower. That's why I'm looking at window or split i think.

I see what you mean with the A/C and the 02, I recon split would be nice at least you can seal it all up.

 

[Green Genius]

The problem with that is it from what I'm reading , the air it dumps out comes from the grow room. I want to run a sealed room with C02. Mainly just for the humid summer months. Being in Brisbane it's hard to maintain humidity below 80% in the summer months let alone get it down to 50 last couple weeks of flower. That's why I'm looking at window or split i think.

You have to run a split.

I liken it to car racing. If you want faster times (better results) in some areas you HAVE to spend money. A decent environmental control is one of them.

 

[MM2K6]

You have to run a split.

I liken it to car racing. If you want faster times (better results) in some areas you HAVE to spend money. A decent environmental control is one of them.

I love cars, 1st job auto wreckers @ 16 to keep me out of juvie I'm a good boy now!

34 years ago! hahahha

 

[MM2K6]

I love cars, 1st job auto wreckers @ 16 to keep me out of juvie I'm a good boy now!

34 years ago! hahahha

I got caught growing weed , sorry didn't explain! they locked you up back then.....