KushmasterJ
Dont panic, its organic
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I've been out for about a year now, my previous living situation did not allow for me to have any fun. I'm excited to be in a completely different location, out of deadly hot so-cal and into the emerald triangle. I'm not too far from the coast so the temps are pretty cool here, I am renting a house with a basement which stays pretty damn cold (which is awesome because I didn't even know it was there...its more a very large crawlspace under the house 8' tall).
My questions are mostly based on this change of climate, as I am used to having to run a 12,000 BTU a/c to maintain optimal temperatures.
I plan on building a 5x5 insulated grow room in the basement. I want to run a single 1000 watt light and do SOG. My main question is whether or not anyone thinks I would be able to run my 1000 watt light in the basement without using an air conditioner. I plan on using an air cooled hood with 8'' ducting, obviously the required inline fan would move quite a bit of air passed that bulb. I'd run the air cooling independently from the exhaust of the grow room, meaning the air would come from the basment, go right passed the bulb and back into the basment. The grow room would also have constant air exchange from the basement. The basment itself has vents to bring in fresh air, and also a very large exhaust fan which I plan on hooking up to a humidity controller (it currently only runs from 1am-4am on a timer).
This might be a stupid question, because logically it sounds completely do-able...as long as I keep that air moving there's no way a single 1000 watt light could heat up that entire basement...right? Really I could up it 20 degrees and still be within a desirable range. I might find myself NEEDING to warm the area up...I just dont know.
It's just that where I'm from it would be completely out of the question because its way too hot and very few houses even had basements, I am unfamiliar with this new territory. I realize humidity control will be key, and as long as fresh air from outside is constantly being pulled into the basement, expecially with fall and winter months coming..it should be fine.
I'm thinking wayy too much... this nor-cal bud is impressive..
Thanks to anyone who has any input, I really appreciate any help or suggestions. Excited to be back!!!:bong2:
My questions are mostly based on this change of climate, as I am used to having to run a 12,000 BTU a/c to maintain optimal temperatures.
I plan on building a 5x5 insulated grow room in the basement. I want to run a single 1000 watt light and do SOG. My main question is whether or not anyone thinks I would be able to run my 1000 watt light in the basement without using an air conditioner. I plan on using an air cooled hood with 8'' ducting, obviously the required inline fan would move quite a bit of air passed that bulb. I'd run the air cooling independently from the exhaust of the grow room, meaning the air would come from the basment, go right passed the bulb and back into the basment. The grow room would also have constant air exchange from the basement. The basment itself has vents to bring in fresh air, and also a very large exhaust fan which I plan on hooking up to a humidity controller (it currently only runs from 1am-4am on a timer).
This might be a stupid question, because logically it sounds completely do-able...as long as I keep that air moving there's no way a single 1000 watt light could heat up that entire basement...right? Really I could up it 20 degrees and still be within a desirable range. I might find myself NEEDING to warm the area up...I just dont know.
It's just that where I'm from it would be completely out of the question because its way too hot and very few houses even had basements, I am unfamiliar with this new territory. I realize humidity control will be key, and as long as fresh air from outside is constantly being pulled into the basement, expecially with fall and winter months coming..it should be fine.
I'm thinking wayy too much... this nor-cal bud is impressive..
Thanks to anyone who has any input, I really appreciate any help or suggestions. Excited to be back!!!:bong2: