So, I don't know if this is the proper place to post, but it's my grow journal about my grow, and this is related to my grow, and I'm going to journal it.
While bored one night, I realized that I am unhappy when I am without a project. In this instance, as the plants required less of my attention and the box became more complete, I had less of a project and more of an interaction on my hands. Thus, I swam down into the blues for a while and did a whole lot of nothing. Upon realizing this, I decided to plan another project, and I think it is exciting stuff:
As I've mentioned before, my mother does not approve of the plants in any way, and I have promised her that I will not grow again until she moves out and the house becomes, effectively, mine. I decided to figure out how to start growing in style the second she leaves, and so I roughed out a floor plan of my basement (current bedroom / basement) using cigarette boxes and trial / error sketching to determine the proportions. I proceeded to draw the basement as it is now, and as it will be in a month after I turn my room into a respectable abode. Then, I took the plan again, and re-drew it one to one and a half years in the future, as I would have it.
It would be as follows: from the bottom of the stairs right now, the first thing you see is a drywalled, hand-built room in an otherwise concrete dinge pit circa the turn of the 20th century. Walking alongside the room, you pass an air system and boiler, hitting the back right corner which is the laundry area. Turning now to the left, you would see empty space next to the room, with a small half-bath crammed into the back left corner. It is my desire, working with a blank slate (that is, moved out all my furniture and shit, the room is buildable) to build a space against the South wall where my bed and desk currently sit. This would run the length of the room and be a simple wall to anyone who had never seen the room before. Behind this wall will be my grow room (or hallway as it were). Inside this long and narrow room, one would have shelves (or cubbies if I can really work my carpenter's bone) at the left and right, down the length of the room. These would be separate, mini-grow stations. At the end of the grow hall I would set up a space for hanging, drying, and curing bud.
One would gain entry by going past the room, around the corner beyond the boiler and again turning left to find a door (which I may or may not conceal as well, for the lulz and security). I could rig up a room-worthy carbon filter and exhaust it out through a wall or something, as well as rigging up an intake fan somewhere. What remains of the bedroom would then be refitted as a smaller smoke pit, with the whole spectrum of lights, posters, and bean bag chairs for maximum groovage.
I've yet to price or research any of this but I have volunteer experience from church trips where I learned to build walls and such. I just figure making cubbies is a more minute version of the same principals. Any thoughts? This would be my dream grow room for the house in which I currently reside (and will reside for probably the next 5-10 years).
That drawing clears up what you were explaining pretty well. Maybe put red dots or something where the outlets are. Reason I'm asking is the power points determine how much gear you can safely run. by outlets I mean the wall plug with the two female 3 prong plug-ins. Power surge protectors all split the load but don't increase anything. I'd think one outlet would be 15 or 20 Amps. (on the breaker,which you could mark) Flip breakers till it shows you which, and you'll know what other outlets are sharing the 15-20 Amps. I mean when you flip the breaker that makes the outlet dead what other outlets also die.