CFL's???See SeeMoreBuds' book and DVD's.

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A 1000 watt bulb uses about the same power as one person in the household. As long as the bills are paid you should have no problem. In my experiance other things like rats, fires from poor wiring jobs and stealing power are common reasons for police activity.Can you get your electrician relatives to wire up your op?? If so, bonus!!

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My brother-in-law said he'd help.....for a 'kind' price so I hope everything turns out golden green! I have a few other q's about room size (maybe another thread) but I'm only trying to grow 1-2 plants at a time.

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Sounds great!!

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1-2 plants at a time.. 400w HPS would do it, but I'd go 600w HPS hands down.. that could all be done in a 3x3, 2x4, 3x4 or 4x4 sq. ft. area.

High Tech Garden Supply

600w HPS, cooltube, electronic ballast, hangers, and extra lamp for under $300

I'm not trying to plug anything.. but that shit is a deal.

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Holy crap I'm finally getting some info. Thanks peeps!

Enigma....do you have a height recommendation for the 2x4 room? I'm either going to line my closet and use a carbon filter because it's in a safer location than my basement. I'm really paranoid about odor, actually everything but I'll start with odor and conquer that first. BUT, how high (pun intended) should the room be? I'll be able to raise and lower the lighting as necessary, I'm just trying to keep my little greenhouse...my little greenhouse.

Thanks again!!

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First measure the height of the planter pots. Then give the room anywhere from 2-3 ft. for plant growth, this all depends on the method of growing (training or topping/fimming). Remember, Indica strains are usually shorter than Sativa strains.

Depending on the lamps used.. a cooltube with a 600w or 100w can be put down to about 6-12" of the canopy.. then there is the question of air circulation.

Right now I'm working with a 4x3x7 ft. area. 600w HPS & Quad 48" T5's holding mothers, clones and flowers. Highly efficient for a small area.

You could get away with a 5-6 ft. height.

Edit: Oh, and check out my sig for some cool links.

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Here's my ? i'm presently using a 1000hps and was wondering if i could add 1000WH to mix up the blues and orange for a bigger yield ? and i want to spred them out to give them more room.I also have a 400hps three heads are better than one ....lol

When I added a second 1000 watter the cooling became a problem, I have to use A/C for the summer, allow for the possibility in your power usage calculations.

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Thanks for all the advice RIUer's! I saw this light....they call it the LED UFO light that is supposedly equal to a 400watt HPS bulb producing very little heat and only using 90 watts of power. I know I'm new at this but that sounds like a much safer alternative to the HPS/MH bulbs----my wife is worried about the fire hazards involved....everything will be upstairs in a closet in a guest room and she's worried.

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