leastofthese
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I am getting ready for my second grow, I am going with autos they fit my space and needs just right. to cut costs and isolate my plants for better control9hopefully)I have built a box 43"x26" the size may sound odd but it accomodates my area and containers well. not going for quanity really but quality. hope to get ten plants per grow, taking the advice of a regular and trying white dwarf and the russian rocket fuel caught my eye so will be trying them as well. hopefully 5 of each. (I know it never works out the way one plans but after the first grow I feel like someone is on my side).
anyway I went around and around for a while about the light and finally decided on a 400 watt hps/mh with a digital remote ballast.(I dont plan on getting bigger but if for some reason I do I can always get another light). I was told that because of my dimensions I may not have enough light for my box. the light spec said 50,000 lumens hps and it was made for a 3x3 area and not much bigger, I believe I am just under that. I will be lowering the light down to accomodate the plants and am thinking about using some small computer exhaust fans for the cooling system.
the fans are real cheap 2$ per pop and I can get a power supply for nothing from a bud. I plan on putting two of the fans on either side of the bulb to force air in and exahust it out then put the other two fans to force air on the plants. if needed I can get more fans but the fans put out 56.8 CFM per fan so I hoped that would do the trick.
let me know if you see any problems with the design and function any advice will be greatly appericated.
thanks
least
anyway I went around and around for a while about the light and finally decided on a 400 watt hps/mh with a digital remote ballast.(I dont plan on getting bigger but if for some reason I do I can always get another light). I was told that because of my dimensions I may not have enough light for my box. the light spec said 50,000 lumens hps and it was made for a 3x3 area and not much bigger, I believe I am just under that. I will be lowering the light down to accomodate the plants and am thinking about using some small computer exhaust fans for the cooling system.
the fans are real cheap 2$ per pop and I can get a power supply for nothing from a bud. I plan on putting two of the fans on either side of the bulb to force air in and exahust it out then put the other two fans to force air on the plants. if needed I can get more fans but the fans put out 56.8 CFM per fan so I hoped that would do the trick.
let me know if you see any problems with the design and function any advice will be greatly appericated.
thanks
least