Critique my 2000w 12x7x8 Grow Room Design

I have 15x9x8ft bedroom with a 7x2ft closet. I will be using 2 Large Adjust a Wing reflectors with 2 1000w Hortilux Bulbs. My current design calls for a 12x7x8ft sealed room within the bedroom. I will be running a setup without CO2 for a couple of months and then I plan on upgrading. I am hoping my design keeps the headaches of switching to CO2 minimal.

Anywho, here are the designs I came up with. Please make sure I am not missing anything with regards to ventilation, sq. feet usage, etc... If you see anything that could be improved, please don't be shy!



I will be starting construction in about one week. Some things I need to finalize is what CFM inline fans I need (I will need 2) and whether or not I want an inline fan to replace the passive intake I have planned now.

Finally, I have started a Grow Journal here if you want to follow the construction and more importantly, the growing, once it starts. It also describes the space a little more in depth.

I'd say that you look to have a pretty good start. But.... your asking alot to have 2 -1000's cover a 7x12 area you could easily put one more and be way better off. As far as fans I would suggest a 8" 700cfm for the light as you are pulling it quite a ways before even getting to the lights and probably the same if not slightly bigger for your filter fan if not using co2 with co2 drop down to a 6" around 400 cfm. either way good luck. How many plants do you plan on/ hydro, dirt???

your setup is ok but i can help you make it more simple i think. start with this though, like the guy said above and you can click my sig and find my journal where i run two 1000s in a 8 x12 room but ive build 4x4 tables so the lights actually cover a <5'x<8' area. first you should concider something like that or adding more light.

in other words a 1000 is rated for 4x4 (max 5x5) area and your wating them to cover 6 x7.

First off, thanks for the advice everyone. To answer a couple questions, it will be Hydro, but I'm not sure if its going to be Flood and Drain (which I have experience with) or DWC.

The light coverage I am using comes directly from the Adjust-A-Wing website.

http://www.adjustawings.com/ajw_layout_tips.htm

There it says that one large reflector can cover 1.8x2.2m (or 6x7ft). I understand that the general rule is to get close to 50W per sq. ft. I foolishly never did the math for this plan. Looks like I am at 24W per sq. ft.

I do not want to draw more than 2400W worth of power in lights. So I think that making the room a little smaller is the answer. Also, I forgot to say that I want to add an approx 1 foot walkway around the edge so that there is room to work. If I left the room the same size as in the design, but added in the 1 foot walkway, my Watts per square foot usage of USED space would be 40W per sq. ft (10x5 grow area).

What do people think, make the grow space smaller? Or restrict the grow area in the room to allow for a walkway around the edge to work?

Thanks again.

a 5x10 would be alot better. the perimeter plants will lack a bit but still totally be worth having in there. making a hall around the side would be ok ifyou do use a reflective material to make it and trap the most light you can

Those reflectors are excellent at distributing light. I have a medium adjust a wing w/ a 600w on a light mover in a 11' x 6' flower room. It does great. You have obviously done your homework, looking at your plans. Good luck.

well right off the bat you don't need a dehumidifer. Your A/C works as a dehumidifer during the day, and at night, have a fan that turns on that has fresh air coming in the room. Also, you should have another fan at the beginning bringing fresh air in, rather than have one fan at the end. It will cool the lights much better and lower the room temperature significantly. You can put your carbon filter on top of a 5 gallon bucket and set a fan on top of it. rather than hang it from the ceiling. I suggest throwing in 1 or 2 more lights. in that size of a room you can use way more juice and pump out 8-10 pounds with a good grow.

Oh i forgot to mention. Dont worry about drawing more than 2400 watts, as long as you pay your electric bill you are fine. And in order to have all this you need a timer box drawing power from preferably the stove. Get an electrician to set that up for you and run the lights on 220volts.

my sugestion would be to blow threw lights in stead of sucking
no need to be sucking all that heat threw ur fan

curseddice said:

First off, thanks for the advice everyone. To answer a couple questions, it will be Hydro, but I'm not sure if its going to be Flood and Drain (which I have experience with) or DWC.

The light coverage I am using comes directly from the Adjust-A-Wing website.

http://www.adjustawings.com/ajw_layout_tips.htm

There it says that one large reflector can cover 1.8x2.2m (or 6x7ft). I understand that the general rule is to get close to 50W per sq. ft. I foolishly never did the math for this plan. Looks like I am at 24W per sq. ft.

I do not want to draw more than 2400W worth of power in lights. So I think that making the room a little smaller is the answer. Also, I forgot to say that I want to add an approx 1 foot walkway around the edge so that there is room to work. If I left the room the same size as in the design, but added in the 1 foot walkway, my Watts per square foot usage of USED space would be 40W per sq. ft (10x5 grow area).

What do people think, make the grow space smaller? Or restrict the grow area in the room to allow for a walkway around the edge to work?

Thanks again.

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go to my journal and find the video update (second one). im running exactly the same setup you want. i even have the one foot walkway around three sides. you can actually see your plan come to fruition. heres a couple pics.