phillipchristian
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Im originally from New York and I moved to Costa Rica 6years ago to enjoy life. Im only 34 years old but it was time to get out ofthe rat race. After a while I realized it was so hard to get good qualitybuds down here. I starting doing some research andand began growing a little something for myself. I started off with 2 growtents; a 4 by 8 for my flowers and a 4 by 4 for my mothers and veg. After awhile all of my friends were begging me for the killer buds I was growing andit got to be that I didnt have enough to keep them satisfied. I found alsothat I LOVED growing. I was always online watching videos, reading articles,and talking to all of the manufacturers. So about a year ago I built the BOMBgrow spot.
Building:
· 1500 square foot solid concrete building with 10foot ceilings.
· Located on a private mountain farm I own that is8 acres.
· Has 6 separate rooms (Clean Entry Room,Workspace, Drying Room,
Mother Room, Veg Room, and Flower Room.
· All the rooms are completely sealed and separate
· Since the property is so big Im not too worriedabout a slight amount of odor so we have 12 axial intake and exhaust fans ontimers (shut off when the Co2 kicks in) in every plant room to provide freshair.
· All of our dehumidifiers have dedicated drainlines to a semi-buried 800 gallon reservoir which is used to cool the three Co2Generators with 3 Flotec 4/10hp Submersible Pumps
· Separate water faucets and floor drains in everyroom. All the water is filtered with Cuno APUV8 UV Filter System, Cuno AP801 Sediment Filter, and a Kinetico Water Softner. TRUE 0ppm water.
· The entire plumbing system is 3/4" PEX tubing with solid brass fittings. All water is boosted by a Grundfos OS Booster System with a Amtrol ST-12 Expansion Tank.
· 3 separate breaker panels for the building. Two100amp services that feed all the small loads and auxilary items. A 200 amp service which is stolen off the bus bar in the meter main/branch unit. Here in Costa Rica it can be very eaily done as the electric company does not have keys to the locks on your metering equipment nor do they have smart transformers or the software in the regional offices to monitor differences in neutral readings or in kilowatt hours used versus kilowatt hours billed. All building wiring is buried in the walls inconduit with nothing exposed.
· All critical loads are backed up by 2 Eaton Powerware 9170+ UPS Systems. The entire house is backed up by a 65kW John Deere Diesel Generator and Transfer Bypass Switch. The generator takes 3-5 minutes to warm up and then all of the loads on the UPS systems are transferred over.
· All light and inline fans are on adjustablehangers
· The entire building is cooled by a Trane XL20i Air Conditioner, Trane Hyperion Air Handler, Trane Clean Effects Air Purifier, and independent digital climate controls for all plant rooms and the workshop area. All ducting in in the ceiling except in the flower room where some exposed ducting has been brought down to blow directly on the plant tops.
Mother Room:
· 200 square feet
· 2 Lumatek 1000w Ballasts (SunMaster MH CoolDeluxe Bulbs & Big Daddy 8 Reflectors)
· 40 Pint Dehumidifier
· 2 CAN High Output Inline Fans (Exterior Venting)
· 2 Wall Fans
· HydroGen Pro Co2 Generator
Clone/Veg Room:
· 100 square feet
· 4ft/8 Lamp Grow Bright T5 (Agromax 6500kSpectrum Bulbs)
· 1 Lumatek 1000w Ballast (SunMaster MH Cool DeluxeBulb & Big Daddy 8 Reflector)
· 2 CAN High Output Inline Fans (Exterior Venting)
· 2 90w LED Blue Spectrum UFOs
· MiniGen Co2 Generator
· 1 Wall Fan
Flower Room:
· 400 square feet
· 8 Lumatek 1000w Ballasts (Sunmaster Super HPSDeluxe Bulbs & Big Daddy 8 Reflectors)
· 8 Lumatek 600w Ballasts (Sunmaster Super HPSDeluxe Bulbs, Cool Tube 8" Reflectors, for vertical lighting)
· 10 26w Zoo Med UVB Bulbs (Reflector Domes) (usedfor last 3 weeks of flowering)
· 6 CAN High Output Inline Fans (Exterior Venting for Horizontal Lighting)
· 6 CAN High Output Inline Fans (Exterior Venting for Vertical Lighting)
· Hydrogen Pro Co2 Generator
· 2 70 pint Dehumidifiers
· 6 Wall Fans
· 2 Can 100 Carbon Filter with Can 8 High OutputInline Fans (Exterior Vented)
· Dual 30 Pot Ebb& Flow Systems (2 gallonbuckets, dual 55 gallon reservoirs)
· Chill King 1/2hp Spot Chiller with Chill Coils in both plant resevoirs and the Co2 resevoir
· Floor to ceiling Mylar
· At any given time we are flowering 3-4 of these:Blueberry, Power Plant, Sour Diesel, Blue Cheese, Super Haze, The Ultimate, andWhite Widow.
Just thougt I'd share!