matthebrute
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lets see some PICS!!!!
The tent I have my 1000 watt in is 4'x4'x6'7" and it's perfect. I had to make some adjustments though. I used to run a 600 watt light in the same tent. I used to use a 6" Vortex fan to pull air through my reflector and exhaust out a duct in the top of the tent. When I added the 1000 watt light my temps shot to 87 degrees. I ended up using that 6" fan to cool only the light. Air pulls from outside the tent, through the light, and exhausts out the of the vent in the top. I use a 4" Can Fan HO to pull air into the tent through a lower vent and push air out through an open vent in the top side of the tent. My temps stay 75 and under now. I wouldn't recommend going smaller than a 4'x4' tent with a 1000 watt light. I have a 3'x3' tent also and even my 600 runs too hot for that so I had to bust out the old 400 watt magnetic ballast.how big an area does a 1000 watt cover? like whats the max tent size? I'm feeling ambitious. lol.
Not calling you a liar but I have seen bulbs that didn't match the ballasts wattage do anything from flicker to not turn on at all. What brand and model ballast are you using? Post a picture. I'm curious. I can't imagine that mismatching a bulb and ballast of different wattage would be good for the bulbs life.Bulbs are super easy going. With my dimmable 600w ballast I can run a 1kW bulb at 400,600,or 660, a 600w bulb at 660,600,400, or 350, a 400w bulb at 400 or 350.
I don't think anybody recommended a 1000w in a 3x3. I only run a 400w in my 3x3. A 600w will work but runs a little hot, in my case at least.erm he shound really be running 1000w in a 3x3 grow area should he?
i mena heat, fire........