My new 70w hps grow box pics!!!!

just thought id post some pics of my new box.let me know what yall think.im open to any sugestions or comments.

70w hps utiltec security light(hd 37.00)
white paint
1 pc fan at the top
1 passive intake at the bottom
2 la confidential feminized from attitude seeds(5 days above dirt)

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If it's your av pic, looks good but I'd raise that light - looks like it'll fry that poor lil' baby. I've heard of people wanting to "kill a cracka baby" recently, but not kill a fresh cracked lady! JK. Good luck.

not sure what happend with my pics.there up now.plants look close to the light because of the angle of the pic.there actualy about 2 or 3 inches away.

I guess you can move your pots down..might want to make some kind of reflector for top of light...happy growing

Is that box going to be tall enough? Seems like you might run out of room from what I can see in the pictures.

yeh was thinking about a reflector of some sort.any ideas anyone? im going 12/12 from seed so hight shouldnt be a prob. just harvested 2 kandy kush 12/12 from seed in this box.they were roughly 12 inches high with lst.but that was with 6 cfls.cant wait to see what the new light will do!!!!

An easy reflector I've seen made was some sheetmetal ducting, the kind you have to snap together, I think 6". You take a length of it and flex it out until it is U shaped - viola a reflector. They were also talking about polishing it to make it more reflective with turtle wax. Sorry I'm kinda sketchy on the details, but it was on RIU in a post about making a cheap cabinet if you want to try and look it up.

ah thats got me thinking.think iv got some old stove pipe around that would work great i think.thanks for the idea sparkabowl.

does that need a ballast? if its only 70w?

manta said:

does that need a ballast? if its only 70w?

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yes it does manta all hps mh lamps need a ballast to run.

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Looks nice, hope u get some good smoke!! One thing i did notice, and I am not trying to bash your setup. I have a 150w HPS security light i ripped apart, was going to do the same thing. Then i read it used 3.2 AMPS!!! It also, only had an ignitor and no capacitor. Then i found a thread on here, talking about that ballast.

So i calculated it, If i have 120vac incoming, it uses 3.2 amps of power to burn a 150w HPS bulb....holy $hit, that's 384 watts!!!!!! I would imagine the real usage would be around 300-330watts, but that one got scrapped completely.

Good luck!!!