Now you've got me paranoid...maybe I'll just pull a Michael Jackson and moon walk outta here. ; )Bigg boy sett upp i likeee ! You dont really see much grows on the upper scale on these fourms this is my style Looks kick ass soo farr ! SuBBBD!
I disagree, if you look at the diagram in the 1st post, you'll see that each row of 4 lights will be covering an approx. 18 x 6 area. That equates to one light per 6' x 4.5' rectangle or 27 sq. ft....well under your max 6 x 6 or 36 sq. Each plant will have a 3' x 3' growth area...3 plants per 1000 watts.8 lights is not enough for a 20 x 20.... we used 9 for a 15x15.....1 every 5x5.... max 6x6
16 max.... 12 min
8 lights will do a 10 x 20..12 x 24
LOL...I'll be eating Ramen for Xmas '12 if this thing doesn't get running soon.You're first post look like my Christmas list for the next few years....
Hahahahaha MJ inn thee housseeeNow you've got me paranoid...maybe I'll just pull a Michael Jackson and moon walk outta here. ; )
Bad Ass Grow6 lights ...15 x 11...been doin this for awhile 9 lights 15x15 ....max 18x18
How high up on the wall is your mini split mounted there? How tall was your ceiling height again?View attachment 2100511View attachment 2100512View attachment 2100513View attachment 2100514View attachment 2100515View attachment 2100516Some shots of the mini split, electrical, and some of the equipment. Now that's a CFL! (I'm not a hater...CFLs rock for supplemental) Stoked on the AtmosD-1. A pile showing what $10 large of equip looks like. Jet sprayer, with valve, for the bins.
It's about 10 inches below the 9.5' ceiling. It has a bunch of directional settings, from straight down to 45 degrees upward...and a couple oscillating at different angles. The remote is awesome, it's also the thermostat....mounted it on the wall mid room about 5 foot height.How high up on the wall is your mini split mounted there? How tall was your ceiling height again?
I'm trying to figure how high to mount my 2-ton mini split with 9' ceiling height....Thanks in advance.
Sounds like you are good to go man. If you are close to 17' in length you could probably get away with just 3 lights in a row. Not that 4 wouldn't be NICE!!! Anyway, thanks for having me and looking forward to the show. +Rep for sharing.Good to have you onboard Phillip,
You have highlighted a point and I appreciate it. Great minds think alike and, although 1000 watters in giant hoods supposedly have workable footprints of 6 x 6, I was not sold on planning things around this figure. As I always tend to work off of the lower end of estimates (in any walk of life), the 4 x 4 would obviously be ideal. My original sketch was working off of blueprints, but as it turns out, the inner walls are a bit less than 20 x 20. Therefore, I will be narrowing things a bit and the footprints will be closer to 5.5' x 17'. As per your 4.5' (54") ideal readings, my plants will be pushing it on the outer edges, but the overlap from one light to the next should make up some ground for the inside edge of the outer 2 plants...and the inner 4 will be getting drenched from both sides (this is my theory, anyhow...funny how we always live and learn...and here I expect to). I plan to have the 9, 105 watt CFLs running down each aisle, so hopefully they'll help....and back to the great minds think alike, I already plan to do the rotational thing (as I always have) until they get to the point of no return. Thanks for the input brotha..