PiiNKLiiFE
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I'm trying to start a closet grow but read that you need to vent it, like use an extraction fan or something? how do you do that? my closet doesn't have windows and it isn't by an outside wall...I'm confused
Do you need to vent?
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capecodkid
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First off i would like to say welcome to RIU.What kind of lights are you working with??
capecodkid
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To exaust most people use a fan like this its a inline fan.
PiiNKLiiFE
Member
thanks!
but i'm planning on getting a 400w hps & a mh--- also my closet is about 16 sq feet if that helps..
PiiNKLiiFE
Member
ok so to use an inline fan i would need to run ducting somewhere? like from the closet to outdoors? or just outside of the closet?
True Stoner
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You could cut a hole in the door and use that for the exhaust!!
capecodkid
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The attic would be good but if you cant outside of the closet will do just fine. Get a 6in inline http://www.htgsupply.com/viewproduct.asp?productID=52609. A 400 watt can cover a 3x3 9 sq feet so you wont be able to use that whole closet. You need to paint walls white or get mylar.
PiiNKLiiFE
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i'm hoping to not have to cut any holes since i'm renting, i would have to replace anything i cut..which wouldn't be fun--hoping there is another way...?
AND..your little signature thing made me think there was a bug on my screen lol
PiiNKLiiFE
Member
by the way thanks for helping so much..so maybe I should get 1000w lights to use the whole closet, because i read somewhere that 400w was enough. oh and..is venting for anything other than smell?
capecodkid
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You are going to have to cut a hole in the wall or ceiling or door. Actually 2 hole exaust and intake you can always replace the door.
capecodkid
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Yes!! heat is gonna be a issue with a Hps or a Mh lamp. I would recomend a 600 watt.
PiiNKLiiFE
Member
sooo if i used some cfl instead? think thats what there called..would heat still be an issue? or is there any other way? because also i have too much company to make it obvious theres somethin goin on in the closet
capecodkid
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I dont know much about cfl.
capecodkid
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As for the company thing. 1st rule dont tell anyone (no one). If you have alot of company you probly dont want to grow.
PiiNKLiiFE
Member
hmm well thats why i was hoping to hide it as good as possible, i mean the smell is nothing because most of my "company" smokes, but i wouldnt want them to know i was growing just incase--you never know who could turn to an enemy
capecodkid
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You got that right do some research b4 you grow.
PiiNKLiiFE
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i've been researching for a week or two..but its so hard because i keep learning the same stuff I already learned but not finding answers to what I need 
... BUT i think I might have came up with a solution..what if I got a grow tent, and then just vented out of the grow tent?
... BUT i think I might have came up with a solution..what if I got a grow tent, and then just vented out of the grow tent?
capecodkid
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Grow tents are great!!!
Greenthumb101
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capecodkid, im in the same boat as pink but i have a window 10 feet away from my closet. Now i wanna built a grow tent with a intake and outtake. Do u know an thing about ozone generators with a charcoal filter ? i read that they eliminate oder with out exhausting it outside ? And to pinky, I had 6 in my closet and my landlrd upstairs could smell it