My growbox build....1st timer....help

GrowJay

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Hey guys. So Im going to be building me a nice 2.3m x 1.2m x 1.6m. Got two 400w ballasts and bulbs. Got a 4"fan to extract. Got a nice activated carbon filter. My light are basically spotlights so they have the ballast attached to them. So no way off controlling the air around them. What position and placed should my fans and filter have?
 

I'mBatman

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Hey guys. So Im going to be building me a nice 2.3m x 1.2m x 1.6m. Got two 400w ballasts and bulbs. Got a 4"fan to extract. Got a nice activated carbon filter. My light are basically spotlights so they have the ballast attached to them. So no way off controlling the air around them. What position and placed should my fans and filter have?
Be sure to keep your plants cool
 

ANC

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I'd try and fit the lights so they and their surrounds make the top of the cabinet., and the top with the ballast is exposed outside. Cooling is going to be your main issue. Heck, I have a small washroom that gets too hot with 400W.
 

I'mBatman

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I'd try and fit the lights so they and their surrounds make the top of the cabinet., and the top with the ballast is exposed outside. Cooling is going to be your main issue. Heck, I have a small washroom that gets too hot with 400W.
Good idea!
 

MJCanada

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Think of how air flows, and make sure your venting follows the physics.

Hot air rises, Cold air wants to sink.

Exhausts should be pulling from the top of the grow space, and intakes should be coming in on the bottom.

If you are sealing the grow space to prevent smells, you'll need to ensure negative air pressure. The easiest way to do this is only use fans on the exhaust. It's just easier, and doesn't require "testing" to ensure it's negative.

Besides having fans on your plants, given the type of light you described, you may want to have a fan blowing across the lights/ballasts themselves. Especially if you cannot build your grow room with the ballasts on the outside.

Whenever you are adding multiple fans in a grow room, be it circulating, or exhaust... think of the air path, and just make sure you aren't making the fans compete against each other. (exhaust out, and circulating across is fine... just don't try to do double exhaust, or 2 circulating fans pointing at each other from across the room)
 

GrowJay

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I get what you saying man. I will ensure because of smell that my pressures are right.

My main concern is how to control temp and humidity constantly when the cm3 of air in my room are being replaced every minute. The humidity here is about 20%....
 

MJCanada

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Control it in the room you are pulling air in from. If you get that rooms ambient temp and humidity close, it is a simple tweak here and there in the grow room to dial it in.
 

I'mBatman

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I get what you saying man. I will ensure because of smell that my pressures are right.

My main concern is how to control temp and humidity constantly when the cm3 of air in my room are being replaced every minute. The humidity here is about 20%....
I keep a jar of water in my tent n have to refill it every few days, plus I mist the soil to help create a better RH.
 
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