Environment Controller?

[Smallbiz]

Anyone use one? If so what kind works good/easy?

[trichcycler]

they all do the same thing, some with internal timer(NO) and others use an external timer of your choice to flip the relays.

 

I've used C.A.P. controllers since day one with no issues.

I have a four light controller I would let go for 50$, unused now, replaced with an 8 light controller. New ones are about double. I wired my CAP4 to my

thermostat in my office(220) then disconnected when I built my rooms. My CAP controller requires a 50 amp circuit, no biggy i my 200 amp service.

 

I use a Timex (outdoor, covered) controller(depot, 25$) to control the controller(lol) , since the beginning with no failures.

[Smallbiz]

What do YOU use to control the environment such a heat/cool/humidity/co2(burner)?

 

I have really small equipment.

Edited May 8, 2016 by Smallbiz

[medmanmike]

I use a C.A.P. Air 3 controller with CO2, Temp. and Humidity sensors with a Photocell controller. I'm currently not using the CO2 option. It has three outlets - one for co2. It controls my intake/exhaust fans and does a good job of keeping the temp and humidity where I set them, though I had to play around with the temp/hum settings as the probe doesn't read accurately. (I purchased my unit used, so the probe many have been previously damaged.)

 

Greners is running a special right now for $149.00. http://www.greners.com/i/meters-timers/controllers/brand/cap-controllers/cap-air-3-co2-temp-and-humidity-with-photocell-controller.html

[trichcycler]

What do YOU use to control the environment such a heat/cool/humidity/co2(burner)?

 

I have really small equipment.

like I said "I've used C.A.P. controllers since day one with no issues."

 

my heat is 220 baseboard heaters controlled by digital thermostats, one for veg one in flower.

dehumidifier is plugged into the CAP controller, equipped with a sensor

My CAP controller has a c02 option but I use a normal c02 sensor/controller n conjunction with an on/off/day/night timer, plugged in to my burner.

I dont add humidity

[Willy]

Nothing but good reviews on the C.A.P units... solid and dependable

[Smallbiz]

Sounds good thank you for the input. I'm setting up a bigger grow this summer and am looking for ideas as I'm framing the walls now.????

[Scarlet_Begonias]

Co2, humidity, and A/C. Lets you run your a/c, dehue, and co2 burner. Auto temp shutoff is a nice feature in case you A/c fails your plants wont't fry.

[trichcycler]

i dont have a high temp auto shut off! dangit.

I do have an emergency exhaust (fan cuts c02 gen when in operation)  but never used it in my sealed rooms.

[trichcycler]

Sounds good thank you for the input. I'm setting up a bigger grow this summer and am looking for ideas as I'm framing the walls now.

put lots of thought into your flooring, its going to get wet, dirty, and worse over time.

what a waste of time it was for me to cover the walls in panda film. reflective surface was awesome in a tight tents though. I'd skip the hoods next time, let the bulbs hang or use cheap wings. If using soil keep a suitable work space in mind, and waste management too.  odor control is important, I use giant Phresh filters with always on fans circulating the scrubbed air 24/7 between the two rooms.

be safe, have fun, enjoy

[Smallbiz]

I have been using tents for 2 years now in an attic room, with no controls just some timers and window ac, no co2, no outside air other than a window and fan. I've been able to provide myself with a suficiant amount, running perpetual. But am ready to up grade to the basement( actually the wife gave me the ok ). It is unfinished and stays cool in the summer and warm in the winter pretty constant. I have great genetics, trying to focus on environment, and automation.

[garyfisher]

Sentenel CHHC4

[Smallbiz]

Very nice, I watched a vid on it very nice and looks pretty easy to use. I like the lock/split modes gona try one of these thanks.

[garyfisher]

Been using it for 4 or 5 years now.  works great.  

[Smallbiz]

Sort of looks like they don't make it anymore? All I can find is their new CHHC4i and it's almost twice as much as the CHHC4. Uhhhh...... I really liked the features to dam.

[shishka]

Autopilot makes a nice controller, same guts as the sentinel and titan brands just depends on what color you want. I have few of them and have had no problems with them. Well a commercial dehuey trips the breaker on the unit but a relay box fixed that issue.

[medmanmike]

Sounds good thank you for the input. I'm setting up a bigger grow this summer and am looking for ideas as I'm framing the walls now.

I have been using tents for 2 years now in an attic room, with no controls just some timers and window ac, no co2, no outside air other than a window and fan. I've been able to provide myself with a suficiant amount, running perpetual. But am ready to up grade to the basement( actually the wife gave me the ok ). It is unfinished and stays cool in the summer and warm in the winter pretty constant. I have great genetics, trying to focus on environment, and automation.

Be sure to keep the pots off the floor. If you don't have a table or tray buy a sheet of 1" 4x8 styrofoam or keep a gap of an inch or so between the bottom of the pot and the floor. Even if the room air is at the right temp, the floor may be quite cold in the winter. Canabis roots don't like anything lower than 68° or so.

[trichcycler]

Be sure to keep the pots off the floor. If you don't have a table or tray buy a sheet of 1" 4x8 styrofoam or keep a gap of an inch or so between the bottom of the pot and the floor. Even if the room air is at the right temp, the floor may be quite cold in the winter. Canabis roots don't like anything lower than 68° or so.

very good point there, an often over looked aspect in the grow room. when i moved into my home years ago the attic came with dozens of huge bags of packing peanuts. these served me well over the years. After framing the floor over the moisture barrier I filled the gaps with peanuts and capped it with my wood flooring/linoleum.

[Smallbiz]

Yes the floor gets cold, I found at menards these 2'x2' pieces of partical board that have one side that has plastic squares that are raised up about an 1" or 2" gona use those for the floor. Their like DRIcore subfloor panels, but raised up. Thanks.

Edited May 10, 2016 by Smallbiz

[garyfisher]

you can still order a CHHC4 through online retailers.  I'm sure some retail stores may still have it also.  It was 700 MSRP but i've purchased one for 600 OTD and got a slightly used one for 300


Very similar sentenel product here:

 

http://eastwesthydro.com/environmental-controllers/sentinel-digital-environmental-controller-co2-heating-cooling-humidity-dec-4-sntdec4?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=product-feed&gclid=CPfk2JrA1MwCFRIbgQodcZwFqg

Here is a good deal on a new CHHC4

http://eastwesthydro.com/environmental-controllers/sentinel-total-environmental-controller-chhc-4-702531?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=product-feed&gclid=CLax1dfA1MwCFYw2gQodNcoNMA

[Smallbiz]

The link on the top is for dec-4, and the second one is for the CHH4i and is twice as much as the older CHH4, and does the same. I'm looking for the regular CHH4 for $250-350and I don't know where you paid $700 OMG the one on the link you posted is only $471.

Edited May 12, 2016 by Smallbiz

[Scarlet_Begonias]

Print out a VPD chart preferably in color (easier to read) and tape that in a handy space. It will help in setting ur controller levels.

[Scarlet_Begonias]

I have been using tents for 2 years now in an attic room, with no controls just some timers and window ac, no co2, no outside air other than a window and fan. I've been able to provide myself with a suficiant amount, running perpetual. But am ready to up grade to the basement( actually the wife gave me the ok ). It is unfinished and stays cool in the summer and warm in the winter pretty constant. I have great genetics, trying to focus on environment, and automation.

Plants will transpire 98 percent of water a day. 8 pints per gallon, so make sure u size your dehue accordingly. As well as getting a lot of hydrostatic pressure pushing through the basement walls resulting in extra water your dehue will have to manage. Preferable to have a smaller off the shelf dehue outside of your room in the main part of the basement, with a larger more capable dehue in the actual room 120 pint plus. Size will again depend on how much water you are throwing at the plants a day. Adding an actual humidifier is a nice feature to maintain proper VPD during lights on, but the water has to be super clean and unit maintained because you can get spots on your leaves from calcium or whatever is in the humidifier/vaporizer water. Btu's per 1k light is like 4500 to size your a/c.