CrudeDude
Well-Known Member
Ok so I’ll keep this fairly short for the non readers here.
I’ve got a 1000w setup coming. A friend ordered everything but has since decided not to use it. Gears never been used. Here’s a few specs:
1000w hps/mh - no cool tube
6” 2500cfm exhaust fan
Dutch pro nuets A/B and some other extras. All DP brand
Fox farm soil I believe but may go down to local garden and grab some organic with a batch of compost tea
List really goes on.... starter plugs. 10 femmed beans 2 strains. Unknown currently by me. Meters, ratchets, ph updown, T5 w humidity dome etc. the guy literally orederd a $1000 worth of stuff and has never used it. Even down to panda film. So anyway there’s lots of gear and most prob not needed.
So on to the actual question. Space is not a problem as I’ve got a 1200sqft garage with and upstairs office. Uninsulated though. There’s a 8500 btu window unit (cool only) in that area I intend on using to cool the room. However it’s too small to cool the entire area so I want to frame a room probably 4.5 x 4.5 x 5.5/6 and set the room against that unit and essentially use it to cool that cut off area which shouldn’t be an issue. Exhaust would dump out the top through a 6” duct going up to an existing Whirly bird vent and would be on a thermostat set at say 76f-80f. Obviously running this through a scrubber as well as putting carbon filters in the filter base of the window unit. Effectively exhausting all heat and smell. The window unit should pull in outside air to help with co2 as well as recycling so shouldn’t need to have any intake holes really? For heat(coming into winter here) I intend to use a small space heater ran through a thermostat to regulate it. Also will be on a timer to only activate on night cycles. So my question is with a 1000w hps is there a minimum room size standard. The peak of the room can be up to 9’ but as the width grows the height will drop as well. I only intend on growing 4 girls at a time and will do a scrog method. Most likely will do 3-5 gal pots. So probably only need around 5’ in height honestly. I also have a 3700cfm gable exhaust fan I installed this summer in the main portion of the garage that will kick on when temps get to 85/90 which really clears out the room and recycles the air.
Just curious of yalls thoughts on room size for 1000w hps only. And also your thoughts on the window unit acting as my intake. I have another window unit in my office inside the house and it runs all day off and on and never seems humid honestly. Seems pretty dry. Any advice or tips from guys who have or are using window units let me know. Obviously if I could afford it I’d get a mini split but that’s not in the cards yet...maybe after the first harvest lol. Look forward to you guys’ input
I’ve got a 1000w setup coming. A friend ordered everything but has since decided not to use it. Gears never been used. Here’s a few specs:
1000w hps/mh - no cool tube
6” 2500cfm exhaust fan
Dutch pro nuets A/B and some other extras. All DP brand
Fox farm soil I believe but may go down to local garden and grab some organic with a batch of compost tea
List really goes on.... starter plugs. 10 femmed beans 2 strains. Unknown currently by me. Meters, ratchets, ph updown, T5 w humidity dome etc. the guy literally orederd a $1000 worth of stuff and has never used it. Even down to panda film. So anyway there’s lots of gear and most prob not needed.
So on to the actual question. Space is not a problem as I’ve got a 1200sqft garage with and upstairs office. Uninsulated though. There’s a 8500 btu window unit (cool only) in that area I intend on using to cool the room. However it’s too small to cool the entire area so I want to frame a room probably 4.5 x 4.5 x 5.5/6 and set the room against that unit and essentially use it to cool that cut off area which shouldn’t be an issue. Exhaust would dump out the top through a 6” duct going up to an existing Whirly bird vent and would be on a thermostat set at say 76f-80f. Obviously running this through a scrubber as well as putting carbon filters in the filter base of the window unit. Effectively exhausting all heat and smell. The window unit should pull in outside air to help with co2 as well as recycling so shouldn’t need to have any intake holes really? For heat(coming into winter here) I intend to use a small space heater ran through a thermostat to regulate it. Also will be on a timer to only activate on night cycles. So my question is with a 1000w hps is there a minimum room size standard. The peak of the room can be up to 9’ but as the width grows the height will drop as well. I only intend on growing 4 girls at a time and will do a scrog method. Most likely will do 3-5 gal pots. So probably only need around 5’ in height honestly. I also have a 3700cfm gable exhaust fan I installed this summer in the main portion of the garage that will kick on when temps get to 85/90 which really clears out the room and recycles the air.
Just curious of yalls thoughts on room size for 1000w hps only. And also your thoughts on the window unit acting as my intake. I have another window unit in my office inside the house and it runs all day off and on and never seems humid honestly. Seems pretty dry. Any advice or tips from guys who have or are using window units let me know. Obviously if I could afford it I’d get a mini split but that’s not in the cards yet...maybe after the first harvest lol. Look forward to you guys’ input
