Baz's 600w HPS Suparoom - AK47 Grow Journal

Baz · #1 01-13-2009, 07:44 PM

Ok this is my 3rd grow, i did well with the cfl rig and now its time to move on to HPS.

The room
I have constructed a 8.5 x 8.5 attic room, fully heat & light sealed made from 50 mil silver foam insulation boards.

The contents
2 x Intake fans
1 x Extractor fan
1 x 600w HPS
2 x Oscillating fans
1 x Delonghi oil Heater
4 x Timers
1 x Digital thermometer and humidity gauge
2 x CCTV cameras

The ventilation system
The room has a 600 watt HPS cooled via 2 intake fans blowing cold air down each side of the bulb and on the other side it has ducting to the exaust fan pulling the heat away from the bulb, plus 2 oscillating fans. The exaust fan is fitted directly into the house chimney so heat signatures should not be a problem.

The ventilation system is keeping the room at about 70 at the moment and i also have a delonghi oil heater on a timer to heat up the room when the lights are out

Im contemplating buying a portable air con unit to keep the temps down if needed

There is also 2 cctv cameras fitted in the room, one on the plants and the other on the digital thermometer all conected to my TV

The plants
I successfully germintaed 10 AK47, 9 will grow in this new room and the other im going to grow in my old cfl room for comparison, at some point my cfl rig and room will become my veg chamber. Anyway they are planted in Biobiz soil and 5 broke through today!

I would say i have spent about £600 in total from the silver boards to the seeds, all i have left to buy is the nutes.

I think i have covered everything..

-------PICTURES TO COME-------

dazz · #2 01-13-2009, 08:47 PM

subscribed,ive been growing ak47 for twelve months with 400w hps looking to upgrade to a 600w soon .by the way i love the camera set up

Baz · #3 01-13-2009, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by dazz

subscribed,ive been growing ak47 for twelve months with 400w hps looking to upgrade to a 600w soon .by the way i love the camera set up

Thanks, yea gives me piece of mind whilst im downstairs and good to keep check on the temps without uping and downing the ladder, im also planning on fitting a cctv on the front of my house and putting a portable tv in the room, so i can see whos at the door whilst im up there ha ha

grow space · #4 01-13-2009, 09:29 PM

looking just fine man

Boneman · #5 01-13-2009, 09:46 PM

WOW!! WOW!! Your set up sounds incredible +rep for ya big time! I just got done with an AK grow and it was freaking amazing....ooooh you're gonna have fun

I would DEFINATELY add a carbon scrubber or three! They are going to stink up for a couple hundred meters. I'm talking big time!

I would also look into getting the a/c unit and try to keep it at 70 degrees. The only prob I had with my a/c is it makes the room very dry....sometimes my meter wouldnt even register humidity.

You are going to have some fun with this one! I'm pulling up a chair if you dont mind

Kratose · #6 01-13-2009, 11:20 PM

Moving up to the big leagues. Dude, I am so excited to see what you can do with this grow. Your going to notice big difference and bigger yields. Faster growth ect. The only other thing I would suggest, is to get a MH. Maybe a 400W

Use it with the HPS. I would use both during the whole grow. I need to get myself a MH too. But I am good with what I got for now.

And yeah, a scrubber would be a good idea. I am thinking of getting one. My plants are starting to stink now that 2 are flowering.

Can't wait to see your results

420weedman · #7 01-13-2009, 11:25 PM

cant wait to see the new setup man

Don Gin and Ton · #8 01-14-2009, 01:25 AM

looks like a killer setup baz man, ill hang about n see how it rocks out! cctv is a wicked touch, as for the portable with a switch its a good idea i just go with a hidden doorbell inside the letterbox but a camera is the next step! + rep

all the best man!

murtymaker · #9 01-14-2009, 03:11 AM

Subscribed sounds great!

Baz · #10 01-14-2009, 04:35 AM

Thanks everyone for the encouraging comments

I Have had to mount one of the cctv cameras outside the room pointing on to another digi thermometer with a probe going into the room, this way i can get a temp reading when the hps is on or off

Ok here are the pics..

Pics 2 to 7 are the ventilation system from the two intake points to the chimney extraction, and the last 3 are the cctv set up the last 2 are of the external cctv mount and thermometer.

Oh and all 9 have broke through the soil now, so this is where the fun beggins

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