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I am currently running two 5x5 tents that each have 1 1k light and a 3x3 table inside. The reason I went with the 3x3 table was because I can't get inside the tent if there is a 4x4 table in there. I usually need to be able to get in there and work on stuff. With 1ft around each side it makes it a tight squeeze but it's possible, and I do it regularly.
I know I'm wasting too much area by limiting myself to 3x3 and I'd like to move up to 4x4 tables. The thing is I think I'll still need to be able to get close and work on stuff throughout each cycle. I was initially thinking I'd just break down the tents, section off the room and then run 4x4 tables side by side. Now I'm starting to think that running in tents offers me too many advantages to give up so easily. Being able to run asymmetrical cycles in each is a big plus. I can veg stuff in one while the other is flowering. Odor is better managed when the only exhaust is through a big scrubber. Plus I don't like the idea of having another $600 worth of gear being unused.
I think ideally I could build some kind of stands that I would be able to pull in and out of the tents for maintenance. Currently my 3x3 tables are held up by angle iron frames that I made myself. They work great and they're strong as shit. The problem is there's no way I can lift that, or one sized for a 4x4 table, over the 3-4 inch lip at the door of the tent. I either need a way to slide the drip table off of the rack inside the tent and onto a rack on wheels that I could slide up against it, or make a rack inside that can somehow overcome that lip at the door. Maybe making a rack that has some kick out legs with casters on it would accomplish that.
They'll just be drip tables. I don't think the feed line in will be too much of a problem, I'll just leave enough line so that I can pull it out without disconnecting. The drain shouldn't present too much of a problem either. I'm thinking I won't have them directly connected, I'll just have the drain dripping into a larger piece of pvc line below. I'll just have to keep the drain from the table oriented directly over the pvc opening.
So I turn to you guys and girls. Shoot some ideas my way. What would be the easiest way to overcome this problem? What would be the best way to overcome this problem? Am I looking at this the wrong way completely?
I know I'm wasting too much area by limiting myself to 3x3 and I'd like to move up to 4x4 tables. The thing is I think I'll still need to be able to get close and work on stuff throughout each cycle. I was initially thinking I'd just break down the tents, section off the room and then run 4x4 tables side by side. Now I'm starting to think that running in tents offers me too many advantages to give up so easily. Being able to run asymmetrical cycles in each is a big plus. I can veg stuff in one while the other is flowering. Odor is better managed when the only exhaust is through a big scrubber. Plus I don't like the idea of having another $600 worth of gear being unused.
I think ideally I could build some kind of stands that I would be able to pull in and out of the tents for maintenance. Currently my 3x3 tables are held up by angle iron frames that I made myself. They work great and they're strong as shit. The problem is there's no way I can lift that, or one sized for a 4x4 table, over the 3-4 inch lip at the door of the tent. I either need a way to slide the drip table off of the rack inside the tent and onto a rack on wheels that I could slide up against it, or make a rack inside that can somehow overcome that lip at the door. Maybe making a rack that has some kick out legs with casters on it would accomplish that.
They'll just be drip tables. I don't think the feed line in will be too much of a problem, I'll just leave enough line so that I can pull it out without disconnecting. The drain shouldn't present too much of a problem either. I'm thinking I won't have them directly connected, I'll just have the drain dripping into a larger piece of pvc line below. I'll just have to keep the drain from the table oriented directly over the pvc opening.
So I turn to you guys and girls. Shoot some ideas my way. What would be the easiest way to overcome this problem? What would be the best way to overcome this problem? Am I looking at this the wrong way completely?