1200w garage grow

Hey guys I plan on building a room in my garage 8x4x8.

I plan on running 2 600w hps/mh aircooled lights above two tables (3x4) each.

I plan on running Fox farm Ocean Forest soil in square pots.

I have not decided how many plants im going to do be growing but im doing either Scrog or SOG.

First, I need to buy all the basics.

I plan on pulling fresh air from my garage to cool the lights, exhausting the air from the lights back into the garage.

I will have a passive intake system, with another fan and carbon filter exhausting into my garage up high.

I will also have a thermostat in the exhaust duct, to tell my fan when to exhaust the room @ a certain temp. Does this all sound sufficient and correct?

2 fans
1 carbon filter
2 600w light systems

Here is the light I will be using
http://www.htgsupply.com/viewproduct.asp?productID=48956

I have been debating on which hood to use. I could really use some input.
Cool tube


OR

Easy cool 6



Digital Electronic 600 watt HPS Grow Light
EasyCool 6 Reflector + $48.00
GrowBright 600 watt HPS Bulb
GrowBright 600 Watt MH Conversion Bulb + $49.95
GrowBright 600 watt HPS Bulb + $39.95
Dual Outlet Mechanical Timer - Heavy Duty + $12.95
Sunrise Hi-Low Reflector Hangers
110 volt power cord
Standard Warranty

$350 total x 2 = $700. Think it will be worth it?

6" Inline Fan

119$

to cool the 2 600w lights

and

199$

To exhaust and get rid of the odor.




Does this sound like im on the right track?
What else can you suggest??

Hey mate does your garage have any insulation? If not it will get hot in summer and cold in winter. Also drawing fresh air from the outside can bring bugs etc in so filter fresh air for good results. My 5 cents any way. Good luck

Hey. My garage is insulated, as its only about 8 years old.
My summers never reach about 80 degrees and my winters never go below 40 at night (usually around 50)
I will have a heater because keeping warm is my actual concern

Whats a good way to filter the fresh air so no bugs/etc can get in?

Thanks for replying, really sad when 55 ppl look at it and only 1 responds.

i think the reason you've gotten few replies is that the system you've suggested is very good.

anyway, here's my two cents but it's really just window dressing for what you've already planned:

you shouldn't need the thermostatic control of the exhaust fan. practically speaking, you want the fan on when the light is on unless you think the outside temps are going to be too high or you're intending on adding co2 which requires time periods where you don't exhaust.

you may not need the second fan and exhaust, again depending on your outside temps. i've got a setup in my garage that has filter-fan-lights-exhaust and it cools the room fine during the winter. during the summer my outside air is over 100 f so i have to use an airconditioner

Just put a cheap air filter that you use for your house over your inline duct or hole. Their weaved enough to where pests cannot get inside. It's a cheap and easy route. Hope thats the answer you were looking for.

businesslights.com has got some real good prices on fans. You could always try a DIY cooltube to save some dough this holiday season!

right track, sounds like your climates are in norm thats good but make sure that garage is staying right temperature nothing under 60

Now that is what i like to hear. Awesome suggestions. I really like the one about the air-filter and DIY cooltube.. I'm going to look into that.

To be honest, at night my garage gets colder then 60 degrees as it has a concrete floor. If I were to insulate the room im going to build would that help the temps inside the room. What should I do if the garage is colder then 60 degrees at night? Mini-heater?

"you shouldn't need the thermostatic control of the exhaust fan. practically speaking, you want the fan on when the light is on unless you think the outside temps are going to be too high or you're intending on adding co2 which requires time periods where you don't exhaust."

Ok, so in order to create good air circulation im going to need the exhaust running at all times, pulling fresh air through the passive intake at all times.

Then if I wanted to go the route of skipping a fan (which I really want to do, I just was told thats not the best way to do it) I could just put a filter,fan,light,light,exhaust exhaust. placing the filter up high to get all the hot air out. Are there any other downfalls to doing this? If summer tempature is the only one I could probably use this year round. My summer temps never get above 85.

I really like the idea of using only 1 fan...How does this look?

almost exactly like i have it - i just moved the fan to pull air through the lights, don;t think it really matters.

depending on your climate and season you may need to add cooling during the light cycle or heating during the dark cycle

nah - you want to push the air through the lights if your fan can handle it... that way if there is a leak, no smelly air will get sucked in.... clean air will get pushed out. savvy?

wait what? im confused can you please explain sorry im dumb.

Oh, I get it!

i think youll do fine w.o a heater, but insulate floors and run your lights at night

i hear this argument all of the time and it's just not true. as long as you're pulling air through the carbon filter you don't have to worry about leaks at the light. technically, you could, and some people do, just run air from: inside room-filter-fan-inside room, a completely closed loop.

Ok so, im going to order everything now.
Cool Tube or Easy Cool 6.

i have an easy cool 6 and love it, but i really dig the cool tubes and check out how to DIY before buyin one

true, but if you are venting to another room, you want low pressure only in the filter, and high pressure through the duct to the other room...

if you put the fan after the lights, or in the other room, it would be pulling air through the filter, but if any of the environment air got into the duct AFTER the filter, it will be unfiltered, and will be like a smell leak into the other room.

Umm, I revised my shopping.. tell me what you think.

Lumatek 600W 120V HPS Elect Ballast

Radiant 6 Air Cool Reflector Unit (includes lens)

Hortilux Super HPS Enhanced Spectrum Bulb / 600W
Can 33 Combo w/6"Can Fan



Two ballast, reflectors, hortilux bulbs AND the Can 33 Combo for 947$ compared to the other combo for $736.

Which do you think is the better route? Im leaning toward the more expesnive one consider the Hortilux bulbs make up the difference alone..

i'm buying 2 new 600w lumateks tomorrow. well new for me. my buddy has them. he used them for about 6 weeks. i get them for a fun ticket each.

i was using the hortilux i have switched to the GE 600w PSL. dude at the hydro store said it was "the best". i have not screwed them in yet. hopefully i will get my ballast tomorrow and have them and my new bulbs running tomorrow night.