400w HPS Cab Grow

BuYInGEverYWorD

Active Member
Anyone doing a 400w cab grow im nervous to order all this stuff and find out i cant keep the heat down any ideas or experience any general knowledge would be wonderful thanks!

Im planning on putting a 400 watt HPS in a 4' W x 6' T x 22'' D all white melamine Colset Maid Cabinet let me know if you have done this and what kind of intake, exhaust fan or what not that was used! :spew:
 

Cyphen

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I'm working on putting a system like that together right now.

Look into mounting a cooltube on the light. I'm going to be using a 4" bake a round tube from ebay ($18 compared to the cooltubes $60+) connected to a 232 cfm inline fan from homedepot. I don't know what the optimal air movement requirements are for the situation, so I just went with the biggest I could reasonably afford. Depending on your climate, that should be enough to negate most of the heat produced.
 

teambloodshot

Active Member
I have simular demensions for my grow. 4' Width x 2' Depth x 8' Height. On open loop system. I'm using a 400HPS, I HAD to buy a air cooled reflector. I also HAD to buy a 177CFM vortex 4" to exhaust hot air. I have another one on a speed controller to bring in cool air from outside. My room is at about 78F-85F. Now that summer's coming, got to get an A/C, when temp outside was in 80's, my room was about 89F.
 
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