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1. #CONTROLAIR FLOW ARDUINO HOW TO#
2. #CONTROLAIR FLOW ARDUINO MANUAL#
3. #CONTROLAIR FLOW ARDUINO PORTABLE#

I also wiggled the soil sensors while installing the new cabling I made. The arduino won't let in the air even though the 80 degrees inside the tent is too hot and the outside air would help. Right now the outside air is reading 85, but it is actually 75. I will have to figure out another idea, maybe a remote sensor like Salt suggested. So far in the first hour I noticed the outdoor temperature sensor, which is near vent, but not actually outside, is influenced too much by the attic temperature. I may be completely underestimating cooling needs for the grow area but it is pretty small (50ish cubic ft).ġ) I installed the dampers to control when fresh air is allowedĤ) I added an Exhale CO2 bag to help since I'm trying to keep the room a bit more sealed (tents are not air tight)ĥ) I added an outside air temp/humid sensorĦ) Lights are now controlled by the arduino instead of a timer I plan on sealing and venting my light fixtures, thus removing a majority of the heat at the source. Fill the freezer with water blocks, let it ice up at night and then circulate air through it (and into the pre-mix) as needed during the day. I was thinking about putting a chest freezer into the pre-mix zone, with a vent fan punched through the lid. During the warmer months, I only need supplemental cooling for 6-8 hours during the day and occasionally at night. I live in the Pacific Northwest, so summers don't get that hot and most months I can pull cool air from outside to reduce temps.

I'm planning to try something like Bob in terms of zones, but will use a chest freezer to do the cooling (hear me out, I know it sounds like a dead end at first). I've been doing some rough calculations for my application and so far any conventional cooling device is either too powerful (window AC) or too weak/ineffective (swamp cooler, peltier). The "pre-mix" zone approach is something I've been zeroing in on for a couple months. You guys are on to something! I'm liking this direction. Of course I will have to build my own enclosure for it.

#CONTROLAIR FLOW ARDUINO MANUAL#

It is only 400 watts and it has manual control which makes it easier to turn on/off with the arduino. That leaves me with about 600 watts for the A/C.Ī: Frigidaire FFRA0511R1 5, 000 BTU 115V Window-Mounted Mini-Compact Air Conditioner with Mechanical Controls: Home & Kitchen

Currently I have 1 fan around 100 watts, and will use 200-300 watts for lighting. So with lights, fans and A/C, my target is to keep it all under 1000 watts. One of the main challenges is that my entire grow is on a single 15 amp breaker. I saw some pet ones that looked good, but they ended up having bad reviews.

#CONTROLAIR FLOW ARDUINO PORTABLE#

I've researched portable a/c's and I would really like to find one that could work for me, but so far I have had no luck. I don't need a/c right now, but in a couple of month I expect that to change.

#CONTROLAIR FLOW ARDUINO HOW TO#

Next I'll figure out how to get my arduino to control opening/closing those ports. So recirculating air and mixing in fresh air happens with just one fan and all I have to do is control opening/closing a port in each tent. With the veg tent at negative pressure and the empty tent at positive pressure I was able to open a 6 inch port in each tent and fresh air is pulled into to the veg tent and filtered air is blown out of the empty tent. This maintains a negative air pressure in the veg tent so that odor is controlled. The air is exhausted into the empty tent and there is a return duct from the empty tent back into the veg tent. A carbon filter is attach to the duct on the inside of the veg tent. Currently I have a veg tent and an empty tent set up. I think I finally figure out how to mix in fresh air. I also plan to have the arduino control watering the plants. I might be too ambitious for my first attempt at the software, but I'm hoping to minimize electricity usage, so if the outside air is acceptable then it should use that. For now I'm leaving the light control with a timer. The arduino will be responsible to turning on/off the outside air fan, humidifier, dehumidifier, heater and a/c. 36x20 inch is really the largest tent I can fit. I'm doing it this way because my space is so limited that a 3rd small tent works better than increasing the size of the other tents. Outside air, veg and flower tents will all exchange air with this tent. I plan to add a 3rd tent that will contain a heater, dehumidifier, humidifier and a/c. I will switch to LED light once the weather gets a little warmer, I have a Horticulture Lighting Group HLG 100 V2 Quantum Board QB192 Hydro Crunch 315-Watt Ceramic Metal Halide Light The spike at the beginning for CO2 is when I opened the tent and was breathing on the plants. This is my first 24 hours of data since I brought up the arduino yesterday, I'm not sure why after the lights came back on the light sensor is only showing 4.5k lux instead of 60k.