My new 3'x8" flood and drain

[nofunnynickname]

These Pics are 1 week into budding

24 White Widow Clones vegged 5 weeks
3'X8' Home made flood and drain tray
60 inch Cool Tube with two 1000 Hortalux Bulbs and Lumatec ddigitail ballasts
Co2
two tons of A/C
Carbon Air Scrubber
Advaced Nutreints

Alot of work left to do but so far so good!

 

[Blunted1]

Nice set up!

 

[420inmyapt]

Very nice my friend.... i like the duel bulbs in the cool tube, well done.

 

[nofunnynickname]

wait to You see the 60 inch tube on a light mover! Hopefully by next week

 

[southfloridasean]

Excellent set up. Good luck on the grow.

 

[LoudBlunts]

sweet!!!!!!

 

[jonnyk]

very, very niiiice

 

[StickyGlass]

what kinda wattage u spitting out of those bulbs 600 ea 1000...?

 

[southfloridasean]

a 600 watt bulb means its 600 wattage plus 50-100 watts for the ballast. So its probably like 650-700 watts for each bulb to function.

 

[StickyGlass]

Wow thanks SouthFL Im in FL too....

 

[southfloridasean]

No problem man.

 

[nofunnynickname]

I have two 1000 watt ballasts so it is a total of 2000 watts

 

[southfloridasean]

I have two 1000 watt ballasts so it is a total of 2000 watts

Oooh gotcha, thought you were brurning 600s for some apparent reason. So its 1150 watts per bulb correct?

 

[nofunnynickname]

Not sure what they actually draw. They are the blue boxes hanging from the ceiling in one of the pics. They are 1000 watt Lumateck Digital ballasts with 1000 watt Hortalux bulbs. They are 240 volts so only draw 5 amps each

 

[southfloridasean]

Yeah I believe the total wattage will be around 1150. Lumatek is A++. 1000's are brand new. Those ran you about $360 & some change huh?

 

[nofunnynickname]

A little more but close enough. I just realized that the title said a 3'x8"table it is 3 feet by 8 feet

 

[southfloridasean]

Good luck with the grow man, Im subscribed so Ill be dropping in. Any new updates or pics?

 

[StickyGlass]

Do you guys prefer lumatek over futurebright?

Also a close friend, who is not very computer articulate is considering putting 2 1000 watt hps hoods w/ digital ballast, but he his wanting to put this in the new 4x8 hydro hut.... with a strong enough fan is this possible???? what kinda cfm should he aim for?

 

[nofunnynickname]

I have never used Futurebright. I believe that lumatek is the best digital ballast on the market. My local hydro store quit stocking futurbright because so many got returned. However I'm sure plenty of people use them with no problems.

I vent my cool tube with a 465cfm Can Fan and it still gets hot.

 

[southfloridasean]

Do you guys prefer lumatek over futurebright?

Also a close friend, who is not very computer articulate is considering putting 2 1000 watt hps hoods w/ digital ballast, but he his wanting to put this in the new 4x8 hydro hut.... with a strong enough fan is this possible???? what kinda cfm should he aim for?

If hes air cooling the hoods then he can go with a cfm of 500-700. I have a thread on some pretty silent & powerful fans. If hes air cooling the room then he needs to specify the dimensions of the room to get the right cfm.

A typical way of doing this is simple. Say your room is 10 x 10 x 9. This would equal 900 cubic feet. A fan should clean the air within 5 mins so you would devide 900 cf / 5 mins. This would give you a recommended CFM of 180. So you would need a fan with 180 cfm or greater.