Baz's 600w HPS Suparoom - AK47 Grow Journal

[Baz]

Ok this is my 3rd grow, i did well with the cfl rig and now its time to move on to HPS.​

The room
I have constructed a 8.5 x 8.5 attic room, fully heat & light sealed made from 50 mil silver foam insulation boards.​

The contents
2 x Intake fans
1 x Extractor fan
1 x 600w HPS
2 x Oscillating fans
1 x Delonghi oil Heater
4 x Timers
1 x Digital thermometer and humidity gauge
2 x CCTV cameras​

The ventilation system
The room has a 600 watt HPS cooled via 2 intake fans blowing cold air down each side of the bulb and on the other side it has ducting to the exaust fan pulling the heat away from the bulb, plus 2 oscillating fans. The exaust fan is fitted directly into the house chimney so heat signatures should not be a problem.​

The ventilation system is keeping the room at about 70 at the moment and i also have a delonghi oil heater on a timer to heat up the room when the lights are out​

Im contemplating buying a portable air con unit to keep the temps down if needed​

There is also 2 cctv cameras fitted in the room, one on the plants and the other on the digital thermometer all conected to my TV ​

The plants
I successfully germintaed 10 AK47, 9 will grow in this new room and the other im going to grow in my old cfl room for comparison, at some point my cfl rig and room will become my veg chamber. Anyway they are planted in Biobiz soil and 5 broke through today!​

I would say i have spent about £600 in total from the silver boards to the seeds, all i have left to buy is the nutes.​

I think i have covered everything..​

-------PICTURES TO COME-------​

 

[dazz]

subscribed,ive been growing ak47 for twelve months with 400w hps looking to upgrade to a 600w soon .by the way i love the camera set up

 

[Baz]

subscribed,ive been growing ak47 for twelve months with 400w hps looking to upgrade to a 600w soon .by the way i love the camera set up

Thanks, yea gives me piece of mind whilst im downstairs and good to keep check on the temps without uping and downing the ladder, im also planning on fitting a cctv on the front of my house and putting a portable tv in the room, so i can see whos at the door whilst im up there ha ha

 

[grow space]

looking just fine man

 

[Boneman]

WOW!! WOW!! Your set up sounds incredible +rep for ya big time! I just got done with an AK grow and it was freaking amazing....ooooh you're gonna have fun

I would DEFINATELY add a carbon scrubber or three! They are going to stink up for a couple hundred meters. I'm talking big time!

I would also look into getting the a/c unit and try to keep it at 70 degrees. The only prob I had with my a/c is it makes the room very dry....sometimes my meter wouldnt even register humidity.

You are going to have some fun with this one! I'm pulling up a chair if you dont mind

 

[Kratose]

Moving up to the big leagues. Dude, I am so excited to see what you can do with this grow. Your going to notice big difference and bigger yields. Faster growth ect. The only other thing I would suggest, is to get a MH. Maybe a 400W

Use it with the HPS. I would use both during the whole grow. I need to get myself a MH too. But I am good with what I got for now.

And yeah, a scrubber would be a good idea. I am thinking of getting one. My plants are starting to stink now that 2 are flowering.

Can't wait to see your results

 

[420weedman]

cant wait to see the new setup man

 

[Don Gin and Ton]

looks like a killer setup baz man, ill hang about n see how it rocks out! cctv is a wicked touch, as for the portable with a switch its a good idea i just go with a hidden doorbell inside the letterbox but a camera is the next step! + rep

all the best man!

 

[murtymaker]

Subscribed sounds great!

 

[Baz]

Thanks everyone for the encouraging comments

I Have had to mount one of the cctv cameras outside the room pointing on to another digi thermometer with a probe going into the room, this way i can get a temp reading when the hps is on or off

Ok here are the pics..

Pics 2 to 7 are the ventilation system from the two intake points to the chimney extraction, and the last 3 are the cctv set up the last 2 are of the external cctv mount and thermometer.

Oh and all 9 have broke through the soil now, so this is where the fun beggins

 

[noltnercr03]

holy shit nice set up and yeah we will keep in update on this we shall see who can out grow who but considering your setup compared to mine shit im going to get raped

 

[winkdogg420]

i knew you had it in you looks great!! i just made a thread about my homemade vaporizer check it out!! plus reps for the great build!

Thanks everyone for the encouraging comments

I Have had to mount one of the cctv cameras outside the room pointing on to another digi thermometer with a probe going into the room, this way i can get a temp reading when the hps is on or off

Ok here are the pics..

Pics 2 to 7 are the ventilation system from the two intake points to the chimney extraction, and the last 3 are the cctv set up the last 2 are of the external cctv mount and thermometer.

Oh and all 9 have broke through the soil now, so this is where the fun beggins

 

[Baz]

holy shit nice set up and yeah we will keep in update on this we shall see who can out grow who but considering your setup compared to mine shit im going to get raped

Hey you can get surprising results if you use the cfl's to there full potential, have a look at my first grow journal, ive just come from cfl's and did well

 

[Baz]

i knew you had it in you looks great!! i just made a thread about my homemade vaporizer check it out!! plus reps for the great build!

Cheers man, ima go look now

 

[winkdogg420]

hey baz is that chimney in use?? i would hate to see all the bad stuff from a fireeplace or your appliances venting into your room?? im sure you though this out very well i was just wondering about the chimney?? i know in the states even if you dont use the fire place any more the chimney is often used to vent the heater/dryer/hotwater heater...

looks "bloody" billiant !!!! borrowing your vernacular!

Thanks everyone for the encouraging comments

I Have had to mount one of the cctv cameras outside the room pointing on to another digi thermometer with a probe going into the room, this way i can get a temp reading when the hps is on or off

Ok here are the pics..

Pics 2 to 7 are the ventilation system from the two intake points to the chimney extraction, and the last 3 are the cctv set up the last 2 are of the external cctv mount and thermometer.

Oh and all 9 have broke through the soil now, so this is where the fun beggins

 

[Baz]

hey baz is that chimney in use?? i would hate to see all the bad stuff from a fireeplace or your appliances venting into your room?? im sure you though this out very well i was just wondering about the chimney?? i know in the states even if you dont use the fire place any more the chimney is often used to vent the heater/dryer/hotwater heater...

looks "bloody" billiant !!!! borrowing your vernacular!

there is 2 flu's in most chimneys in the uk, one used for the living room fire, and one for the main bedroom fire, and seeing as we don't have bedroom fire places anymore, theres a flu spare thats usualy cannected to an air vent in the bedroom.

I used this one and tested them both with smoke bombs to find out which was wich, thanks for the concern tho i know what your saying last thing you want is a carbon monoxide gas chamber in your attic lol

 

[Baz]

WOW!! WOW!! Your set up sounds incredible +rep for ya big time! I just got done with an AK grow and it was freaking amazing....ooooh you're gonna have fun

I would DEFINATELY add a carbon scrubber or three! They are going to stink up for a couple hundred meters. I'm talking big time!

I would also look into getting the a/c unit and try to keep it at 70 degrees. The only prob I had with my a/c is it makes the room very dry....sometimes my meter wouldnt even register humidity.

You are going to have some fun with this one! I'm pulling up a chair if you dont mind

Thanks alot bud, i was hoping the smell would go up and out of the chimney since the room is practicaly air tight, but i suppose if i have 9 of the same strain, its gonna get outta control when the door hatch is opened and stuff

How much is a decent carbon filter to buy & how long does the active carbon last before refill?

 

[winkdogg420]

good idea on the smoke bombs i havent seen those in years!

 

[winkdogg420]

where are the exhaust fans mounted in the chimney?? i didnt see them in the lines?

 

[Baz]

Thanks its the best way to check a chimney, ive seen gas plumbers checking it like that

Saftey first lol, i get pronoid with new stuff man i used to get paronoid thinking my makeshift cfl rig would mess up and burn my house down, so i double check everthing hance the cctv kit ha ha