Club 600

[curious old fart]

smoke a bowl


cof

 

[Feisty1UR]

Sorry to break up the convos fellas, is a 600w (+air-cooled hood) light better than the 1000w (+air-cooled hood) in a 4x4 area? I've been told the added heat issues aren't worth it.

I thought since the air is getting cooled, i could run any light w/o problems. I went by, more light = more yield. But I may be wrong in this case..

 

[Bbcchance]

If I were building a new 4x4 and looking at lights, I'd go with a 600 and suppliment the footprint with some cobs in varying light temps, seen some journals with some nice looking flowers from a few guys playing with different light temps and flower stages

 

[chained]

Sorry to break up the convos fellas, is a 600w (+air-cooled hood) light better than the 1000w (+air-cooled hood) in a 4x4 area? I've been told the added heat issues aren't worth it.

I thought since the air is getting cooled, i could run any light w/o problems. I went by, more light = more yield. But I may be wrong in this case..

My 1.2m X 1.2m (4x4) tent seems just perfect for the 600w. I use a cooled hood, and fans. The weather, here, is cooler at the moment and I could probably get away with 1000w in there, at this time, but not during the warmer months - I had to leave the air con running last summer with the 600. That said, I have 216w of LED I'm thinking of putting in there, too. I have no plans for going up to 1000w just yet, but I will likely put in another 1.2x1.2m tent with a second 600w and essentially have 1200w covering 1.2x2.4m (4x8.) I like the idea of upgrading to 1200w (+/- supplemental LED) over 1.2x2.4m more than I do going to 1000w but staying 1.2x1.2m...

Is that something to think about, would you go larger instead of brighter?

 

[curious old fart]

I would just run the 1000.
600 footprint gives the best results in a 3x3 where the 1000 will cover the 4x4

I'm running 2 600's and a 1000 de


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[Feisty1UR]

My 1.2m X 1.2m (4x4) tent seems just perfect for the 600w. I use a cooled hood, and fans. The weather, here, is cooler at the moment and I could probably get away with 1000w in there, at this time, but not during the warmer months - I had to leave the air con running last summer with the 600. That said, I have 216w of LED I'm thinking of putting in there, too. I have no plans for going up to 1000w just yet, but I will likely put in another 1.2x1.2m tent with a second 600w and essentially have 1200w covering 1.2x2.4m (4x8.) I like the idea of upgrading to 1200w (+/- supplemental LED) over 1.2x2.4m more than I do going to 1000w but staying 1.2x1.2m...

Is that something to think about, would you go larger instead of brighter?

I mean, i would. But I've only just bought a 4x4, and really only felt comfortable using that. I've got it setup in my bedroom already, and it's taken up almost 1/4 of the room lmao

so essentially warmer days = 600w cooler days = 1000w. swap out whenever needed

 

[Bbcchance]

Have you thought about going verticle?(throws wrench)

 

[Feisty1UR]

Have you thought about going verticle?(throws wrench)

Yeah, but it looks like i'll have sacrifice a bit of area for the light if I used that method + (More work)

 

[DST]

Yeah, but it looks like i'll have sacrifice a bit of area for the light if I used that method + (More work)

More work....Which = more yield. About a pound I think.

 

[Bbcchance]

I've seen some guys really pack it in the verticle, I guess it comes down to what's most important to you as a grower, do you want to maximise your grow space for scrogging and soggin, or just grow one big bush with space around it for air movement? But...... You could always just buy the 1k and if it isn't working the way you want it to just resell or trade it for a comparably priced 600

 

[DST]

Yeah, but it looks like i'll have sacrifice a bit of area for the light if I used that method + (More work)

The main advantage of vertical is that you are increasing the potential canopy , albeit a vertical one. So the space taken up by the light is utilised by having the walls of your grow space covered with flowers.

 

[Dr.Amber Trichome]

wow Morocco looks trippy! Thanks, I got my stickers too!
now i just need to get a camera.
are those babies twins? thats a funny picture, they look like Aliens with space helmets on. ROCK ON!

 

[hippy132]

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Looks like a winner

 

[Feisty1UR]

I've seen some guys really pack it in the verticle, I guess it comes down to what's most important to you as a grower, do you want to maximise your grow space for scrogging and soggin, or just grow one big bush with space around it for air movement? But...... You could always just buy the 1k and if it isn't working the way you want it to just resell or trade it for a comparably priced 600

Would I need the cooled-hood for the vertical, if the air is forced from the ground up?

 

[curious old fart]

they run cool tubes


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[Bbcchance]

Would I need the cooled-hood for the vertical, if the air is forced from the ground up?

to be honest when it comes to verticle growing all my knowlege is based on watching a few threads here and just reading, if I haven't actually done it I'm not willing to try to tell you how lol...Genuinity has a thread called vert600 that has some good reading, whole forum just for vert just full of info I'm trying to catch up on lol

 

[Feisty1UR]

they run cool tubes


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that's why im asking lol

 

[jigfresh]

I ran a 1000w vertical in a cool tube with a 6" 435 cfm fan pulling out the heat. It was in a 2' x 3' closet. Never burned any plants, and it was cool enough to run hydro in. I did live in the mountains so it was a little cooler than other places. I think the biggest harvest I got in that space was 20 oz. Averaged around 15 with different configurations. It would have been nice to have 4' x 4' to work with.

Good times.

 

[Dr.Amber Trichome]

Now I'm thinking this and not a nft for my 8x4??

Thoughts guys View attachment 3710104

any reason why nft is better or have I made a good choice changing to this

I think those containers are too close together. It look sleek but there might be a lot of techinical difficulties with clogged arteries and what not. You will have to stay on top of it. But dude, if you do, your buds will be massive and taste fuckin amazing. Good luck!

 

[Feisty1UR]

I ran a 1000w vertical in a cool tube with a 6" 435 cfm fan pulling out the heat. It was in a 2' x 3' closet. Never burned any plants, and it was cool enough to run hydro in. I did live in the mountains so it was a little cooler than other places. I think the biggest harvest I got in that space was 20 oz. Averaged around 15 with different configurations. It would have been nice to have 4' x 4' to work with.

Good times.

How many plants was that with?

Any advice you can give me - or anything you would have done differently if you ran it again?