Air Conditioning Window Unit Modified
February 9th, 2012 . by admin
Here I built an exhaust manifold for my 5000 BTU A/C unit. Instead of having to buy expensive portable or split a/c’s you can use window units. They are more efficient, way cheaper and they last longer than portables. This method allows people more flexibility because of the price difference, longevity, and availability of these units. You can buy a stainless steel rack to hold the unit up and vent the hot exhaust somewhere away from your room or tent. You’ll have to make holes in the manifold for water/ condensation runoff.
where’s the water going to drip into? made things like so before, always sucks because the ac drips. had a 1/2 hose ran to the drip line to basement drain. idk looks good man
@ChachDog313rd The unit will probably sit on a stainless steel rack with a res of some type to catch the water. AC Water is basically Pure water without Cations like Ca+, Mg+, Na+ and a few others.
Nice ingenuity there brotha.. Weed makes us creative and clever…check my channel brother.. Jah bless
you could have fit this into a 2 min video if you would stop saying “uh” and “umm” so damn much.
@TheEmarbe WOW YOU ARE A REAL FUCKING TROLL FUCK OFF ASSHOLE. FIND SOMEBODY ELSE TO FEEL JEALOUS OF TOOL.
Actually, the wholesale cost from NGW or Hydrofarm on a 1000W Lumatek Digital Ballast is $260 plus shipping. Please don’t come to my page spewing BS about how you can buy a complete 1000W Lumatek Digital setup, with bulb and hood, for $250. It’s a crock of shit. The Lumatek RETAILS at $400. The bulb: $120, the hood: $120, the fan to cool it: $150-$200, and clamps/ducting: $40. So yeah, $700 later you have a proper 1000W HPS drawing about 1300W. The power alone is going to kill ya.
@ProLEDGrowLights Now be fair buddy. I DID NOT say you can get a complete SETUP for $250. And for that matter LEAVE the rip off artists at hydrofarm alone. That price you quoted is not from EBAY, like what I clearly spelled out with free shipping. Even then you don’t need to use a 120 bulb. You don’t need to use a brand new hood at 120 either. Plus the quality of HPS for the same wattage and LOWER price IS WAY BETTER. BE REALISTIC.
yo bro i didnt mean it like that reguards to sub i just ment he switches up spots alot not literally after every grow thats all… im doing the same thing and im sorta new to it i moved to cali from another state and i dont intend on switching my spots up like that fuck moving ll that stuff back and fourth all the time and everyone is down in socal and to my undrstanding the laws were difrent there thats y i had to go up the coast a bit because the quantities u r much lower in socal unlike here
@24delancey That’s cool. I know that he is constantly trying to improve and the fact he’s moving to another room probably means it will streamline him operation somehow. I think the old 4000 watt garden is downstairs (?) while the new 6000 watt garden is upstairs. I’m thinking he wants both rooms closer. Peace out.
true i got everything set up in just a 2 bedroom apartment i sleep in the one and the other is my flower room in the walk in closet i have the 10 mothers and turbokloner t144 n in the flower room i got the 4 1000 watt hps with the 8″ raptor hoods with 2 aeroflo 60′s
Nice idea man tried somthing like that since i HAD the back par of my window AC in my mother room and the hot air that comes off it always kept the room around 90 even with making somthing like that and hooking it up to a fan for outtake. My rooms are small so i guess that was the case. I tried but it didnt work for me sucks!! Portable AC on order
@hurbangrower The Reality is the prices are different everywhere… I got my hands on a complete setup with 1000watt 120/240 luma, with a Hortilux bulb and Radiant Hood all for under 400 bux… Im in the Bay area and the prices that the diff distributors charge are generally standard, its the markup that fluctuates so much due to the location of the shop! It also matters how much the shop decides to hook u up… I try to make frnds with certain shops to build rapport and get bigger discounts…
next time put ac on sink and use cold water to cool it( only few drops a sec will do the job with 500btu), works better and cheaper.
How much was it?
@Hv1245 The AC was $160 and the stainless steel was like $15-20. The ducting is like $20 for 25 feet I believe. Duct tape to attach and seal up the housing.
yo so i dont think you mentioned this
but right now that ac is still pulling neg pressure on your room/tent and therefor pulling smell and co2 if your using it.
you need to box off the 3 vents (on both sides and on top) and duct them together as an intake which is also linked outside your growspace like the exhaust.
then your room will be totally sealed and no smell escapes!
@singlewidetrailer I think I mentioned that the setup would work by having the the AC blowing into the tent, thus having only the cool air being forced into the tent while the intake vents will be outside of the tent. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that your preccious CO2 would be sucked right out. I am pretty sure I mentioned it. I know the video was kind of long and drawn out, but I can’t edit for shit so…I have tried to be more to the point in others.
what about the condonsation?
@TICUNY I had a drippy faucet outside. Ran a hose from the the leak to my heat pump nearby. Ran “drippy irrigation hose” across 2 sides of the heat pump so it trickled down in front of the condensers.
NICE $ savings year round. Worked so well I made it more permanent. As you stated, only neesd a couple of drops a second to make a huge difference!