Grow Room Design...

This is how I want my grow room to come out once everything falls into place. I've been doing copious amounts of research and am liking the way that this latest drawing is layed out. I am still looking for the best way to cool the hoods/lights but thanks to a couple members here I think I may have found a solution.



Anything that you experts would change or add? I would appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks

Wow - that looks pretty fancy to me.

Sure you can afford to pay for the electricity? It's going to cost a lot I imagine, for four 600 watters.

Keep up the good work.

Thanks! I would like to have a legit CO2 system in there but I am going to have to wait and see how much this current set-up is going to set us back.

Electricity is going to be a concern of mine but I am not too worried about it. I am going to be living a very simple life until this start paying off so I am trusting that me and my partner can handle the bills with our jobs.

Right now my main concern is the heat that those lights will be giving off. Also I am not sure if it would be better to have the 2' of walking space around or if it would be more profitable to have the mylar walls closer to the plants so that I do not loose any lumens. But then again I am also planning on having CFLs on the edges for some supplementary lighting.

well thats weeeaaakkkkk.... I was hoping to have a few suggestions

Well here is a new version with proper hood ventilation



Feeling pretty good about it

bump...

I would REALLY appreciate some input from some of the experts here. I want to get this all drawn out before we start building it and time is running short.

Look's Good, Are you going to have an AC system for the room or use you exsisting ac in the house? If you had a portable AC unit you could go for a sealed style room or semi sealed room exhausting the air from your flowering room into the veg room to utilize any excess co2 left in the flowering room after lights out. You can get a tank style co2 system for that sized room for around 150 dollars. Might be somthing to look into. All in all I would have to say your headed in the right direction. What type of ballast/reflector/bulbs you thinking about getting?

I would like to have a AC unit in the grow room in the future but right now teh budget wont allow it. Same with the CO2 system.

We will be using the 600w Lumatek E-Ballast, Hortilux Super HPS Enhanced Spectrum Bulb, and probably the Xtrasun 6" Reflector. Although I am still undecided on the hood.

My main concern with this drawing in the 2' of walkspace around the grow area. I just do not want to waste lumens by having all of that open space. Even though it would make working in their much easier. I have also been questioning if I want to stick with the 600w set-up or go with 1000w set-ups.

Soil or Dro Tables? Raptor hoods are sick, panda film is easier to clean and lumatek ballasts dont put off heat. keep those hoods sealed tight. 2' aint to far, those bitches are gonna hang over. pvc around the tables with a trellace will help help. if there on wheels just move them over when u want to get between them and push them closer together when lights on. other than that it looks identical to mine, and mine is very efficient. I live in michigan so i heat my house in the winter with the exhausted air. 8" is great for heat and 220 is also. electronic ballast on 220 helps with electricity cost...

Watusippin? said:

legit CO2 system

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Do that too!

Theres no light or air circulation for the mother, no light for the clones, and it may not be essential but you might want to put some sort of protective coating over the painted areas cus if water gets into it it can peel the paint and cause it to flake and fall of, and personaly id rather two 1000w lights as a pose to four 600w lights because than theres only gonna be one hood to cool per intake and thats goona reduce alot of heat plus save on energy costs, also it will save more room cus youll only need two ballasts instead of four.

Also i wouldnt recommend moving the walls to close as your gonna need that walking space to fix any busted hoses, or to examin the plants for diseases, or for prunning etc.
All thos fans are goona make a mess with all the cords so i would cut some 1.5 inch poly pipe to run accross the ceiling and lay the cords in the pipe to the power source to keep thigs tidy.

Thats my input anyways, hope it helped atleast a little?? theres a few more things i could point out but im sure u will have them sorted out come time to grow. Anyways man good luck it looks like u have some big ambitions, and a good girl to support u through this grow (mine wont let me grow more than 6 plants at a time) haha, so good luck and hopefully it all goes well, peace out

I don't think 4 inch fans will cool 2 600 watt lights daisy chained together. You will need at least a 6 inch fan and I would probably go 8 inch fans only because i don't like to run one light into the other for cooling.

If you are going to only have 3x3 ft trays just stay with the 600 and not the 1000's.

i feel you will need some sort of A/C unless you ambient temp is under 80 in the summer, Good luck and snap some pics...JR