Recommendations for grow room equipment purchases

buzzbomb

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I am starting from scratch for a personal med grow for 15 plants in Canada. Looking at a veg and flower tent so need a fair bit of gear.

Curious if I can expect some sales on 420 that would be worth waiting for.

I also was wondering what are the top retailers used for tents, lights, fans.
 

chemphlegm

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first things first. make damn sure your grow space can safely provide the power you'll need. Fires suck in the grow room.

secret jardin tents, digital ballasts, 600 watt, maybe a 2x4 t5 unit for veg, fans are fans, choose safe ones. dehumidifier, air conditioner, then decide pro mix, coco, hydroponic or whatever you plan to grow in. buy a fire extinguisher too, and a big stink sock for the room(s) with the rated cfm fan.
 

buzzbomb

Member
The space is a detached garage where i get a good amount of space. I can do 2 5x5 tents in the space. And there is lots of power and access to external venting.
 

Jaybodankly

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Tents suck after awhile. Zippers fail, light leaks, sucks in winter. If growing is something you know you are going to do for a long time. Make a grow room.
 

Daveindiego

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first things first. make damn sure your grow space can safely provide the power you'll need. Fires suck in the grow room.

secret jardin tents, digital ballasts, 600 watt, maybe a 2x4 t5 unit for veg, fans are fans, choose safe ones. dehumidifier, air conditioner, then decide pro mix, coco, hydroponic or whatever you plan to grow in. buy a fire extinguisher too, and a big stink sock for the room(s) with the rated cfm fan.
Any way to 'easily' tell what a place is rated for electrically?

Can a 'normal' home run say, 4 600-W rigs?
 

chemphlegm

Well-Known Member
take look on your breaker box, mine says 200 amp service on the main switch.
I hired all of the electrical work out. I have 200 amp service in my home an electrician did the rest with permits and an inspection and a separate meter with 200 amp for
the garden, including wiring the whole thing. sorry, but hope one chimes in for you. be safe
 

Daveindiego

Well-Known Member
take look on your breaker box, mine says 200 amp service on the main switch.
I hired all of the electrical work out. I have 200 amp service in my home an electrician did the rest with permits and an inspection and a separate meter with 200 amp for
the garden, including wiring the whole thing. sorry, but hope one chimes in for you. be safe
Thank you.
 

kratos015

Well-Known Member
Any way to 'easily' tell what a place is rated for electrically?

Can a 'normal' home run say, 4 600-W rigs?
My 600 watt ballasts are rated at 5.5 amps, a standard outlet is wired for 15 amps. However, ideally you don't want to use more than 80% of the max amperage. But 5.5+5.5=11, 11/15= 73%, so you can safely plug 2 600 watt lights into a standard 15 amp outlet.

However, make sure you know what breakers each outlet is connected to! A typical bedroom will have a handful of outlets, but you need to know if all of the outlets are connected to the same breaker or if they are on separate breakers. If your room has three 15 amp outlets, but they're connected to the same 15-20 amp breaker, then that means you can only use 15-20 amps total on all three outlets.

Take a look inside your breaker box and try to get a good idea as to what outlets each breaker goes to. If you're in a standard home, you'll likely need to have 2 lights per room to avoid tripping breakers or worse, fire. This is because each room in a home is typically wired for 15-20 amps total.

I don't know if you have a garage, but take a look at what breakers go to your garage. It's not uncommon for a garage to be wired for more than the standard 15-20 amps because a lot of power tools can push 10-15 amps all on their own.

Using only 80% of the total amperage is important because the ballasts/lights draw more juice than normal when they first kick on, by not maxing out your breakers you will be able to account for this no problem.

Be safe and if you have any more questions this is the place to ask :)
 

Daveindiego

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My 600 watt ballasts are rated at 5.5 amps, a standard outlet is wired for 15 amps. However, ideally you don't want to use more than 80% of the max amperage. But 5.5+5.5=11, 11/15= 73%, so you can safely plug 2 600 watt lights into a standard 15 amp outlet.

However, make sure you know what breakers each outlet is connected to! A typical bedroom will have a handful of outlets, but you need to know if all of the outlets are connected to the same breaker or if they are on separate breakers. If your room has three 15 amp outlets, but they're connected to the same 15-20 amp breaker, then that means you can only use 15-20 amps total on all three outlets.

Take a look inside your breaker box and try to get a good idea as to what outlets each breaker goes to. If you're in a standard home, you'll likely need to have 2 lights per room to avoid tripping breakers or worse, fire. This is because each room in a home is typically wired for 15-20 amps total.

I don't know if you have a garage, but take a look at what breakers go to your garage. It's not uncommon for a garage to be wired for more than the standard 15-20 amps because a lot of power tools can push 10-15 amps all on their own.

Using only 80% of the total amperage is important because the ballasts/lights draw more juice than normal when they first kick on, by not maxing out your breakers you will be able to account for this no problem.

Be safe and if you have any more questions this is the place to ask :)
Wow. Thank you so much for your time on that answer. That pretty much answers my questions at this time. Fantastic.
 
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