What exactly is a "Trapezes"? I'm hoping to start setting up in my warehouse soon but not sure how to go about hanging the lights and ballasts(going to be using Gavita's) Building has high ceilings so trying to figure out something that has flexibility of light/ballast placements but doesn't involve me climbing a ladder to the ceiling every time.-Trapezes beat the shit out of putting a bunch of hooks in the ceiling. If you aren't familiar with the concept, you run a rail (we used EMT) for each row of lighting you are throwing up, and then can hang all your lighting equipment from those instead of mounting ballasts and hoods in separate spots. It's clean, simple, and gets stuff out of the way in your rooms.
If you find one let us know lol
The best option would to have built a room in a room with ballasts right above the lights but on top the room so you take stairs to the ballast. But IME I've climbed a lot of ladders. Nature of the beast
Ya, no I didn't figure you could or would want to lol.
If you can afford the cables, one of my grows had the ballasts mounted on the walls around the grow and ran long wires along the ceiling basically. I still needed a ladder tho lol
Whats missing here are the pics ...where are the pics ...lol
What exactly is a "Trapezes"? I'm hoping to start setting up in my warehouse soon but not sure how to go about hanging the lights and ballasts(going to be using Gavita's) Building has high ceilings so trying to figure out something that has flexibility of light/ballast placements but doesn't involve me climbing a ladder to the ceiling every time.
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Here's a pic for ya 21x14 bloom room in a 2000sqft warehouse.
All I can tell you cats that think you would love to do a warehouse grow, is I have no life, I live,eat, sleep and breathe MMj, I do nothing else. I live onsite, and rarely leave.
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This is a units rut trapeze set up to hold 4' fluorescent fixtures, I hang everything with motorcycle tie downs for easy raising and lowering
It can be fun, but tiresome, be sure to think multi level when building out your living space. Ie mezzanines, and second story storage.I could be wrong but I would think anyone wanting to run a warehouse would expect as much. I pretty much do this with my current set up at home anyway. I put a lot of work into building a living quarters at my warehouse so I'm fully prepared for this. My warehouse is just over 2000sqft as well.
The product is called Unistrut, and it has so many applications in a warehouse operation it's stupid, you will definitely be needing it.Thx for the pic. Where does one get the track and etc for something like that?
right now I have 10 1000(1200 really) watt DE fixtures , with supplemental fluorescents running below the canopy on the walls. I hung 1" Rtech rigid insulation panels over wood stud, behind the panda film, putting the metallic side facing out you gain Rvalue. My ceiling height is 16', most of my plants are 6-8 feet tall and are sitting on 2 foot tall rolling tables.@Lyfespan...How many fixtures in that space? 1000w? Whats behind the film? How High is the ceiling?
The product is called Unistrut, and it has so many applications in a warehouse operation it's stupid, you will definitely be needing it.
The product is called Unistrut, and it has so many applications in a warehouse operation it's stupid, you will definitely be needing it.
rabbi, most guys setting up spots are using gavitas, you diont really need to adjust gavitas once theyre mounted,the el1 and 2 controllers give you total control of light intensity so you can adjust accordingly.. 10+feet is optimal,i use them and i have just over 9, my beds are low and i use techniques to keep my stretch down, this rooms 18.5x36.Perfect, thx. Is this what most warehouse growers use for their lights? Is it hard to install? How is the pricing on this stuff?
Thx for the tip sureshot. I do actually plan on going with Gavitas myself but can't help but feeling like I would want some movement options until I get things fully dialled in. Your set up looks great though, nice work.rabbi, most guys setting up spots are using gavitas, you diont really need to adjust gavitas once theyre mounted,the el1 and 2 controllers give you total control of light intensity so you can adjust accordingly.. 10+feet is optimal,i use them and i have just over 9, my beds are low and i use techniques to keep my stretch down, this rooms 18.5x36.
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