The Stoned Jester Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 Ok so according to cannaversity this is the recomendation.Cupboard is 680mm x 450mm x 1300mmThe maximum is ~200w ... but I've got a 400w .... is this going to cause trouble? too much heat / burning? I've got a couple of 120mm running atm and going to save up for a can fan. Your room is 3.3 squarefeet, please review the three levels of recomendation below suited to your grow room Maximum Lighting 60 watts Per Square Foot Lighting The maximum reccomended lighting for your area is 198 wattsVentilation Going this way you will require a fan with a flow rating of at least 15.2 Cubic Feet per MinutePower Requirements This setup will require 1.1 amps to be available at all times for safest operation*Additional Comments Getting to these points and or over it is highly reccomended the grower use Co2 in their room as your plants will only be able to photosythesise a certain amount of light before needing a Co2 boost to benifit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louise Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 I think it might be time to find a bigger cupboard Jester. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastertig Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 or a air cooled shade with a decent fanive got a air cooled and a non air cooled area from my shadesair cooled shade is well ahead of batwing style shadeall the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixty-Eight Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 TSJ, ive ran HID lights in some small places including a tallboy with the draws removed and doors added it just gets to hot from direct light not the actually heat being put off from the lamp u could downgrade to a 175watt metal halide with both veg and flower spec bulb or the other option would be to replace your ballast with a 400watt digital ballast so u can dim the light down to 200watts if me i would just get a bigger cupboard and grow bigger plants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stoned Jester Posted February 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 Ahh! so many obstacles stopping me from getting my grow on .... so keen now that I have this light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merl1n Posted February 21, 2015 Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 Find ya self a cheap wardrobe at the salvos, go plead poor and they'll give one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stoned Jester Posted February 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) I already did ... I picked up this nice old double door for $30, it looks like would go, im just concerned about heat. Edited February 21, 2015 by The Stoned Jester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stix87 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Cool tube and digital ballast will solve that issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forgetiwashere Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 cant you strip all the insides out that looks bigger than 680mm x 450mm x 1300mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merl1n Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Hey TSJ, I figured that was the size of your drobe and I know people talk about having one side for clone, one side for grow, but personally I'd be removing that partition and the drawers then using maximum space possible for the grow. Placing the 400 in that single side would cook the lot. Now I'm a SCROGer, and I'd be recommending you do the same. Spread the plant out ASAP so that you maximize the bud sites and minimise the height, push the growth side ways rather than allowing it to grow up, cos you WILL run out of room.As for heat, that will be a problem in such a restricted space. You want your intake down low and your exhaust up high, hot air rises and not just vented into the room but vented outside. Otherwise you're just recirculating stale used air and the plant will die. You're going to need some bloody good airflow to control those temps too, even with a cooltube imho. Hope it helpsMerl1n 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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