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yeah sorry about that i got a problem about not being very specific.
There was venting for the room but through the light. When I removed the venting from the light (Ducting running out of the top of the cooltube in the vertical orientation), the room exhaust was not pulling through the light or ducting any more, thereby increasing it's efficiency. The airflow around a vertical bulb with no reflector is much better than one that has a horizontal hood. Heat becomes a much minor issue. With lower heat stress, the plants can get closer to the bulb thereby making more use of the lumin output at a given distance - the lighting sweetspot. I feel that's the elegance of vertical, how close you can get the plant to the light.rosecitypapa
don't have much experience with vertical as this is my first grow with it. I have to say though, after getting used to the new orientation, I like it much better. The first thing I noticed was the dramatic difference in temp. and air quality. I used to pull my air through a cool tube on a horizontal reflector, now it's just the vertical light with the cool tube still mounted but not connected to venting. The exhaust now pulls directly from the top of the room. I keep the cool tube mounted for I find it useful as I brush up against it working in the garden
rosecitypapa used no venting and it worked fine. surely a 1000w with DECENT venting is running cooler than a 600w with NO venting right? rosecitypapa could you chime in here and clear up any errors in judgement or misunderstandings?
Just make sure that the cooltubes intake isn't at the bottom of the room where co2 likes to hang, it might not make any difference but to me the air quality changed in my room from where I was drawing air to exhaust from.yeah awesome i will def be adequately moving air in room with squirrel cage exhaust and seperately ventilated vertical cooltube i also love the thought of the light being so close and making so much energy for plants. i also love the idea of some sort of crazy sideways/vertical low stress training thing. what do you think about that? i have a big room and strong light with good ventilation so lots of room to experiment huh?
Yes it would.7' plants with a double cool tube (2kWs) between each grouping. Maintenance would be a bitch though.
Sealed room and c02 all the way - might as well if running cool tubes.
Sure that framework would work, you'll just improve as you go along. I currently do not run a fan pulling air through the cool tube but I'm rethinking that. One of my colas is almost touching the cool tube, don't want to burn it!i would have 1 1000w in a 7.5ft by 7.5 by 8ft height so should i go ,vertical ,bare, no fan, vertical cooltube with slightly weak fans from air hockey table which would exhaust 20-30" below the celing not the top on rosecitypapas recomendation, or...this may be a bad mofo....vertical bare bulbs with the airhockey fans for it and stanley lasko squirrel cage fan for exhaust? i think it could be money fellas? vertical bare bulbs with fans as well for collectivegardener and rosecity papa maybe even?
If you dropped a plant or two to provide access to the inner rings, what's there to maintain?7' plants with a double cool tube (2kWs) between each grouping. Maintenance would be a bitch though.
Sealed room and c02 all the way - might as well if running cool tubes.
Nice graphic, man. Well done.7' plants with a double cool tube (2kWs) between each grouping. Maintenance would be a bitch though.
Sealed room and c02 all the way - might as well if running cool tubes.
Certain things must be taken into consideration.Nice graphic, man. Well done.
yep Gastanker that looks like my next grow. Although with that many plants around a 600w, they can only be about 6" tall before they are put into flower, otherwise they grow through each other too much. I haven't tried it with a 1000w.