jakkoutthebxx
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How much electricity does it burn to have six single cfl grow boxes in one apartment ?
Grow room electricity?
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StoneyMcphatter
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Depends on what yer company bills ya mate. Out here in the country side wouldn't take much. Just a wee bit higher than I currently pay I'd say. But things are cheap round here mostly because we're far from the town.
jakkoutthebxx
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I stay in california and the grow tents to fit six mature plants are to expensive but i found a way to make a grow box at around $30 a peace but it would be running about 3-5 cfl lights and 2 mini fans each
kmog33
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For $65 you can get a tent from Amazon...? You're building more than one box?
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StoneyMcphatter
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Well im not trying to be an arse to ya mate but 3-5 cfl's per box isnt gonna grow anything past seedlings. ya need 200 real cfl watts per box. thats about 8 little cfls. and boy is that box gonna get hot so they need good ventilation but im sure ya got that covered.
jakkoutthebxx
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Yeah i seen those but it doesnt seem like i can fit 6 mature plants inside one tent. California law says i can grow up to six mature plants legally so i want to make the beat of it, so i wanted to have 6 single grow boxes set up so i can try to yeild the most from each plant
kmog33
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jakkoutthebxx
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They have different watts light bulbs i can buy but i didnt know which one to get but now i do , im going to stick with 200 watts per box.... Thanks mate
jakkoutthebxx
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Wow dude you stuff looks GOOD !this is a 3x3 with 19 mature plants in it, why couldn't you fit 6 in a 2x4 or 3x3?
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Ok but its also about my budget
I was thinking $1000 but it looks like if i get a tent i would have to buy a full tent kit and those are not $65 then i would need a carbon filter and lights and fans and a whole bunch of other stuff ....
kmog33
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If you have a budget of 1000 you have a lot of room lol.
Tent from Amazon: $60-100
Fan/filter/ducting combo Amazon: $80-150
Then you have like $700+ for a light.
If you meant your budget is $100. Then the cheapest tent, a cheap circulation fan, and I would grab like some t5s for $25-40
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SPLFreak808
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http://www.rapidtables.com/calc/electric/electricity-calculator.htm
It would be easier and cheaper to manage one 10x10 room then it would be with 6 2x2 tents. Why would you want to seperate the plants? 10x10 room with 2 600HPS>6 2x2 cabs with 200w cfl each
jakkoutthebxx
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How much light would i really need for 6 mature plants ? How much are lights ? And im thinking i would have to spend alot of money on a carbon filter to stop the smell of six plants i was thinking 2-4 $60 from ebay phresh filter with fan to just sit in the room
jakkoutthebxx
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I wanted to separate to get a bigger yeild from each plant
kmog33
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Depends on a lot of factors. How big do you want the plants to get?
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jakkoutthebxx
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As big as possible .... Think tall plants
SPLFreak808
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depends on your veg time and amount of room to work with and dont forget its pretty easy to fuck yourself when plants outgrow the lights. Since your going for yield, you need to add in other factors such as how much electricity,cooling and supplies you would spend on 6 rooms vs 1, not to mention cfl is a VERY horrible choice for monster plants because they cost more per gram then HID's and DO NOT work well with tall plants, which im not sure why you want tall plants in the first place? I would do more reading if i were you! Good luck
kmog33
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Grab a 600 or 1000 watt hps setup and grow 4-6 big plants.
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jakkoutthebxx
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It wouldn't be 6 grow rooms it would just be 6 grow boxes but i wanted tall plants for more grams at harvest but your helping alot im thinking about a 1000 watt light set up in a 2x2 or 3x3 tent and a phresh filter from ebay
jakkoutthebxx
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There not too expensive from $100 to $200 , that sounds cheaper in the long run and more safer
SPLFreak808
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Same damn thing without a window lol, six squares,six boxes,six tents blah blah blah lmao, chose your space then choose your lights. Space is dependant on veg time and plant count. Go with either 3x3/3x4 with a 600w or a 4x4/4x5 with 1kw. With 6 plants, i would stick with a 4x4/4x5 and use atleast 5 gallon pots.