Kcbscrogger
Well-Known Member
Yes you will need air cooled hoods if you run 2 600's.
Help with lights-
- Thread starter New_Caprica
- Start date
New_Caprica
Member
So really I just need to stop researching and just buy because now I am looking at getting a DE HPS.....seriously, I need to just walk away. I am a huge fan of Sativa's so this is great information, thank you.
Exciting news, we are getting clones from a buddy this weekend! everything is set up besides the HPS for the flowering.
Gorilla Glue #4 and Big Bud. Not my Black Cherry Soda I am searching for but not too bad.
Dr. Who
Well-Known Member
Keep in mind that DE's are open and that means heat - no air cooled hoods....
New_Caprica
Member
That is what I thought at first, but I cam across this. https://growlightcentral.com/collec...-ended-air-cool-hood-hid-grow-light-reflector I am still researching it, and the company. They sell a package with everything and a XXL Reflector hood , I am going to see if I pay extra if i can swap out the one hood for the other.
Also have my Inline fan and I will have a tall rotating fan. We are lucky that it is in my basement and it doesn't get warm in there at all.
Flagg420
Well-Known Member
Dont go CFL, thats for reading a book, or lighting a bedroom.... T5's to veg if u want to save on money, 400w MH if u want bud. 600-1000w HPS in the flower room.
Lights and fans.... dont go cheap. Get good reflectors, cool tubes or enclosed hoods, get good inline fans....
Go cheap on nutrients, its all just NPK anyhow, dont go nuts on that.
Lights and fans.... dont go cheap. Get good reflectors, cool tubes or enclosed hoods, get good inline fans....
Go cheap on nutrients, its all just NPK anyhow, dont go nuts on that.
Flagg420
Well-Known Member
If you wanna spend the money....... never hurts to have more than you need.
IMO, anything < 2000w doesn't need an 8" inline... the 6" will do fine, but buy a quality one, not a budget one, or youll buy another in under a year.
REAL In-line fans, not 'booster' fans... 400-500cfm fans... with clamps dammit, dont try n duct tape that shit! Blowoffs = wicked high temps in grow room....
Dr. Who
Well-Known Member
I looked - interesting.
All you need is the hood, a bulb and the ballast......don't need a DE all in one..
New_Caprica
Member
I purchased
x1 Active Air 400 CFM inline 6"
x1 Active Air Duct Fan Speed Adjuster
x1 Air Carbon Filter and Odor Control
x2 4 feet 4 bulbs each T5 fixture and bulbs-They give off 4000 LM each bulb.
Ratchets for the T5 fixtures of course.
I am going to get a couple clip fans for the veg area and then looking at a taller stand up fan for the grow room.
That is good to know, since I do have time before our flowering stage I should just start buying it piece by piece. I do think we are going to do the DE HPS, I know he will end up wanting it later so why not.
kiwipaulie
Well-Known Member
My fan is a high quality fan from Germany lol. 6inch works. But wish I had got a 8inch now.
It all depends on where you live. Its getting hot down here at the moment. So I'm already dealing with light off temps of 20-25c. When my 1000w comes on it climbs up to 29-30c. If I had a 8 inch fan I could keep them a few degrees lower easily.
Bigger the better.
New_Caprica
Member
I am outside of Detroit, MI so today it is 18 outside? Tomorrow it is supposed to be like 4. We get to about 85 in the summers, my basement stays freezing all year long so that will help some.
kiwipaulie
Well-Known Member
Yeah I don't think where I live and Detroit will be on the same path weather wise. Today was a nice 31c
Similar threads
