I'm really confused (don't take much) about the 600w vs 1000w thing.
If a 1000w covers 20 sq ft....thats only a 4' x 5".
So this 5' x 5' tent would, using that logic, almost be a little big and it seems that that would be way to much area for a 600w.
Someone straighten me out here. I'm going to the store and grab a beer.
Thanks ya'll.
600 watt to cover a max of 3'x3', in your situation if you wanna run 6 hundos you should get two, and you'd be juiced. 5x5 tent using 1 light? no question, get the thousand watt. if the budget allows, grab a magnum xxxl air cooled hood w/ 8" flanges,or one of those even bigger hoods; the raptors by hydrofarm- again air cooled 8 " flanges,they're awesome. now onto cooling...get an 8" Max Fan(i can speak first hand for max fan being an excellent equipment line!). plug that thing in a you can float a beachball on top of it with perfect balance- thats steady airflow! attach and secure Max Fan to can filter of equal cfm capacity, making the fan and filter now 1 unit (for 8" max fan i believe you need around the "can filter 100" but you should double check the specifics.). okay back to the tent and on with cooling. on the opposite side you choose to hang your filter/fan combo in the tent, install 8" hard ducting thru the mid wall tent port, might want another carbon filter to attach this ducting into outside of tent,by using additional filter(but no fan) for intake- your now sucking in fresh but also clean air once the exhaust fan/filter is connected and running, this is your passive cool air intake. hang your filter/fan combo from the cieling(opposite side of cool air intake)and attach fan (already mounted and secured to carbon filter) to your light flange using no more ducting than you will need for light height adjustments. secure all connections with clamps. attach ducting to other light flange and send hot air clear out of the area(preferably outside)you will need at least 1 oscillator fan of 8" diameter at least, i go with 2 in a 5x5 running 1k watter. in 5x5 growlab tent, using the exact set up i described, i am able to keep my temps around 77f-81f , 8 inches under the bulb. also you may need to run some a/c, i keep ambient room temperatures outside tent around 74-76f at all times.
