I have been planning a grow for a long time and want to make it a reality. I am planning on making a 2X4X? closet box. (dxwxh)
I am going to get a 400 or 600 watt fixture with either a metal halide or hps conversion bulb and a reflector with glass and inline.
I am worried about heat and pondering co2. Would a 600 watt be too much with my small space?
I was thinking maybe a thermostat set up with a fan that turns on the box fan only when the temp gets to 80 and then turns off when the temp goes down to 76. (Not quite sure how to wire this, is it expensive?) The inline over the light would be on all the time and co2 would be slowly leaving a bottle with regulator all the time, or yeast..
Besides heat, my other main concern is noise. So, I wan't to keep my fan's running as quietly as possible- which is directly related to the heat... Will expensive fans be any quieter than a home depot $30 inline? And, how much more effective? I was contemplating some sort of dampener box that i could build around my fans.
How tall should I make my box? I only want to veg pure afghan from DNA genetics for 4 weeks.
As a side note I've thought about T5 4ft 8 bulb fixtures but would only want to go with that if flowering was possible with it, which seams to be up in the air depending what forum/site your on.
So my main questions are how to vent my box quietly AND effectively and if both of these requirements can be met with a 600 or if i need to go with a 400.
Thank you in advance!
I am going to get a 400 or 600 watt fixture with either a metal halide or hps conversion bulb and a reflector with glass and inline.
I am worried about heat and pondering co2. Would a 600 watt be too much with my small space?
I was thinking maybe a thermostat set up with a fan that turns on the box fan only when the temp gets to 80 and then turns off when the temp goes down to 76. (Not quite sure how to wire this, is it expensive?) The inline over the light would be on all the time and co2 would be slowly leaving a bottle with regulator all the time, or yeast..
Besides heat, my other main concern is noise. So, I wan't to keep my fan's running as quietly as possible- which is directly related to the heat... Will expensive fans be any quieter than a home depot $30 inline? And, how much more effective? I was contemplating some sort of dampener box that i could build around my fans.
How tall should I make my box? I only want to veg pure afghan from DNA genetics for 4 weeks.
As a side note I've thought about T5 4ft 8 bulb fixtures but would only want to go with that if flowering was possible with it, which seams to be up in the air depending what forum/site your on.
So my main questions are how to vent my box quietly AND effectively and if both of these requirements can be met with a 600 or if i need to go with a 400.
Thank you in advance!
