russia
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Hi all,
Im pretty new here and have recently found new space to start a new grow room. The space is 3ft x 3ft x 4ft high and is situated in a larger closet which also houses my bolier (as you can see from the pics below)
I've got a 400w lowbay that I am coverting to a remote ballast cool tube set up with MH for veg and HPS for flower. check out the hurricane lamp I got off ebay, I got it for £3. Its got a 5" opening and exit and is about 16" long.
Once I have converted the lowbay, Im thinking of putting the ballast in the loft directly above the closet to get rid of the heat. Hopefully the boiler wont boost temps to much, but I will just have to wait and see.
I have already painted the grow area bright white and am now trying to work out how to wire my thermostat into my fan and speed controller setup (pics below)
The first pic is of my thermostat and the second is of its ratings. The third picture is of my vortice CA100 fan (250m3/150cfm). I'm thinking this can be ducted to my cooltube whilst venting the grow through its passive opening.
The next picture is of my sweep speed controller (another ebay bargain) that is wired to my fan. The last two show how this is wired.
Does anyone know, or can draw me a diagram, of how to wire the thermostat in with the fan and controller, so that as soon as the room exceeds the set temp the speed controller will be by passed and the fan will kick in full whack. This would be a great help, cos Im fucked if I know how to do it!
Space is a bit tight being only 4 foot high, but I think if I scrogg all will be fine. Once i get the diy cooltube sorted it should bring the light down closer to the plants by about a foot and reduce temp by a few degrees to boot.
I am also going to use a wick system(I grow in soil) as a kind of passive self watering system so the plants can feed when they want. does anyone have any experience with these systems??? are they any good??? how big should the air pump be to bubble two 30 litre troughs.
so in terms of space thats about 6 inches for the troughs then another 10 inches for my pots, then another 10 inches from plants to screen, then allowing another 10" for the buds (optimistic) and another 12" to the cooltube
= 4ft
I will update this thread with progress every day or so until the grow room is finished. Any ideas on what I can add or change and general advice will be appreciated and well received. hope you all enjoy the thread.
Ps. I have some chronic from serious seeds and some pure nevilles haze from females seeds Xline to experiment with in the scrog.
Thanks for reading
Russia
Im pretty new here and have recently found new space to start a new grow room. The space is 3ft x 3ft x 4ft high and is situated in a larger closet which also houses my bolier (as you can see from the pics below)
I've got a 400w lowbay that I am coverting to a remote ballast cool tube set up with MH for veg and HPS for flower. check out the hurricane lamp I got off ebay, I got it for £3. Its got a 5" opening and exit and is about 16" long.
Once I have converted the lowbay, Im thinking of putting the ballast in the loft directly above the closet to get rid of the heat. Hopefully the boiler wont boost temps to much, but I will just have to wait and see.
I have already painted the grow area bright white and am now trying to work out how to wire my thermostat into my fan and speed controller setup (pics below)
The first pic is of my thermostat and the second is of its ratings. The third picture is of my vortice CA100 fan (250m3/150cfm). I'm thinking this can be ducted to my cooltube whilst venting the grow through its passive opening.
The next picture is of my sweep speed controller (another ebay bargain) that is wired to my fan. The last two show how this is wired.
Does anyone know, or can draw me a diagram, of how to wire the thermostat in with the fan and controller, so that as soon as the room exceeds the set temp the speed controller will be by passed and the fan will kick in full whack. This would be a great help, cos Im fucked if I know how to do it!
Space is a bit tight being only 4 foot high, but I think if I scrogg all will be fine. Once i get the diy cooltube sorted it should bring the light down closer to the plants by about a foot and reduce temp by a few degrees to boot.
I am also going to use a wick system(I grow in soil) as a kind of passive self watering system so the plants can feed when they want. does anyone have any experience with these systems??? are they any good??? how big should the air pump be to bubble two 30 litre troughs.
so in terms of space thats about 6 inches for the troughs then another 10 inches for my pots, then another 10 inches from plants to screen, then allowing another 10" for the buds (optimistic) and another 12" to the cooltube
= 4ft
I will update this thread with progress every day or so until the grow room is finished. Any ideas on what I can add or change and general advice will be appreciated and well received. hope you all enjoy the thread.
Ps. I have some chronic from serious seeds and some pure nevilles haze from females seeds Xline to experiment with in the scrog.
Thanks for reading
Russia
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