A room within a room.. Would this work?

[Surfr]

Ok so I am doing some planning for a new room I want to start. I am thinking of purchasing a 9'10"x9'10"x6'7" Dark Room to flower in. I love to walk around my grow and check out the plants so that is why I am going with such a large tent. I will be running two 1000's above a 4x8 tray. I had a thought for the the veg and mother room. I was thinking that I could buy a 4'x4'x6'7" and put IN the large tent. That way I can work on the veg room and the flower room at the same time and also save space. I am thinking I could hook up a large exhaust fan pulling air through the 1000's then through a scrubber out the 9' tent. Do you think the air in the veg cab would be exchanged enough without it's own fan? Or should I hook up a small exhaust fan pulling air through that into the 9' tent? Any thoughts are welcome!

 

[JBlaze]

I use to run a very similar setup. IMO I would just use panda plastic and partition the area of the tent you want to use as a veg/mother room. Just make sure you use two sheets to insure the light from one side doesn't leak into the other space.

I had a portable a/c unit pumping cool air into my tent. I had a 12'' scrubber outside the tent in the same room pulling the air into the ceiling. I'd use a 6'' to cool the 1ks.

 

[Surfr]

I use to run a very similar setup. IMO I would just use panda plastic and partition the area of the tent you want to use as a veg/mother room. Just make sure you use two sheets to insure the light from one side doesn't leak into the other space.

I had a portable a/c unit pumping cool air into my tent. I had a 12'' scrubber outside the tent in the same room pulling the air into the ceiling. I'd use a 6'' to cool the 1ks.

Thanks for the info! That's actually a pretty good idea to use the panda plastic. I will be using supersun 2 hoods. What size fan and filter would you suggest for this size of room? I was thinking this combination http://www.bghydro.com/BGH/itemdesc.asp?ic=AOCCF075CB08HO&eq=&Tp=...

Another thought. Would you suggest three 600's or two 1000's for a 4'x8' table?

 

[JBlaze]

That would work fine. If you didn't buy the 4x8 I would look into two 4x4 tables. I know start up cost would be more but there are many advantages. First is you could run two different plants at once. Another reason is you could have a perpetual harvest setup. Always taking down a table in 4 weeks. Find a 8 week finisher that packs weight and with the 1k you take down at least one elbow a month.

 

[Surfr]

That would work fine. If you didn't buy the 4x8 I would look into two 4x4 tables. I know start up cost would be more but there are many advantages. First is you could run two different plants at once. Another reason is you could have a perpetual harvest setup. Always taking down a table in 4 weeks. Find a 8 week finisher that packs weight and with the 1k you take down at least one elbow a month.

Wow, you hit the nail on the head! My plan is to pull an elbow a month. I never thought of the two 4x4 tables. I think I will do that!

 

[Rocky Mtn Squid]

Surfr, have you thought about completely sealing this room...?? It's the way to go if you can afford the extra $$$ it will cost you. Your scrubber would be working 24/7, intaking & exhausting into the room. Moreover, with this kind of set up, you can run CO2 without having to throw it away all time you vent.

Every 1K of light produces approximately 4000 BTU's of heat. If your run 2 x 1K, you will easily have over 8000 BTU's of heat to contend with. With all of this heat, some sort of cooling must be used. An AC unit, either chilled air or chilled water will be required. AC unit's tend to suck back large amounts of electricity, so do you research and choose wisely before deciding.

 

[Surfr]

Surfr, have you thought about completely sealing this room...?? It's the way to go if you can afford the extra $$$ it will cost you. Your scrubber would be working 24/7, intaking & exhausting into the room. Moreover, with this kind of set up, you can run CO2 without having to throw it away all time you vent.

Every 1K of light produces approximately 4000 BTU's of heat. If your run 2 x 1K, you will easily have over 8000 BTU's of heat to contend with. With all of this heat, some sort of cooling must be used. An AC unit, either chilled air or chilled water will be required. AC unit's tend to suck back large amounts of electricity, so do you research and choose wisely before deciding.

Thanks for the input! I have thought about cooling but not too concerned about it at the moment. Where I live there is usually at least a couple feet of snow on the ground throughout winter. The highest the temps usually get outside are around 45. The room that the tent would be in would not be heated, except for when the lights are off if needed. The average temp in the summer is around 85 so I imagine I would need some cooling for the warmer months.

I guess it's all just trial and error. I will runn the lights a few days to see what the temps are at..