grow tent help

Im about to buy a grow tent and i wanna run two gavita 1000w dimmable lights/ballast im unsure if they will work because they are not cooled opinions?

gorilla tents
http://gorillagrowtent.com/
they are your best choice with what u are about to do they can hold 300lbs of weight
1000w are good for a 5x5 so u are looking at something like a 8x8 tent

I was planning on using this tent http://www.virtualsunhydroponics.com/virtual-sun-grow-tent-76-x-76-x-76

I really want to use gavita lights im just wondering if im going to be struggling to keep it cool

ganjaplantah said:

Im about to buy a grow tent and i wanna run two gavita 1000w dimmable lights/ballast im unsure if they will work because they are not cooled opinions?

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Keep the ballasts outside the tent, get a pair of cool-tubes for the lamps, a 10in oscillating fan, and a filter fan set up.

Because - Tents are fucking hot.

You lose to much light with cool tubes glass around a bulb no bueno

Your fine if you as said keep the ballast outside the tent which helps a little on heat but more to the fact that tents can rain inside when you go from lights on to lights off which will ruin the ballasts. You should use enclosed reflectors with 6 inch in/outlets and duct them with a good strong fan. You daisy chain them in a row so one end of ducting is at one top vent pulling air in through the lights and then out the other side of the tent vents where the fan is located sucking air though. I run open reflectors in 4x8 tents 3 600 watt lights but never have heat issues but I do run full on co2 and keep 1 20 inch fan and 4 8 inch fans going all times with a fresh air exchange system every 4 hours.

I have a 2 bdrm aparment i can pull outside air since its winter and ac the room during summer...i want to buy the gavitas with attached ballast bc ive had great results using them when i lived in oregon...i never thought the ballasts got more than warm to the touch i do plan on only keeping a carbon filter 2 gavitas and airflow fans in my tent keep my inlines outside

These are the lights gavita pro1000e and this is the 78x78x78 tent do you think i can run enough ventilation to dissipate the heat from the lights ive done big indoor grows but bc of unfortunate events i don't have a place for that and a tent is my only option right now

sorry man that tent will not work well enough for what u want

u need something bigger and stronger .....if u look u only have 2 ports and 3 vents (those are flap vents too keeping them up is a bitch)

those corners and the crossbars are not going to hold that weight they are not designed too

Well im not spending a thousand dollars on a gorilla tent

ganjaplantah said:

Well im not spending a thousand dollars on a gorilla tent

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Thousands of dollars? U tryin to grow bud yes?

ganjaplantah said:

Well im not spending a thousand dollars on a gorilla tent

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EBay cheap tent worked for me..I also built a ghetto-poor man's "mini-split" a.c...I can run open hoods but choose not to for personal reasons.to build an a.c. contraption like I did,is simple
..put a cap/box on top of a portable a.c. leaving a inch space on one side of the box for overdraft.sealing the other three sides of the box around the entire top of the a.c.(aluminum tape is great)connect that box to a 6in hvac tube..drop the tube in the tent port..have the a.c. and exhaust fan come on at the same time with a thermostat...its the shit.

then u need to change your light choice ...that will remove alot of the weight issue

if u go a hood system with a ballast outside u will remove the weight factor u have ........with 2 lights and a basic carbon filter setting u crossbars will fail and come crashing down on the plants

once u go past 4 feet those bars get weak and if the hooks on the bars go then u are fucked like i was
gorilla and secret jardin are the 2 best tent makers out there the zippers the fabric the design is better then any of the others do to the fact they messed around with it ........the cheap ones are just that cheap less work time and effort when into the whole design they fail faster for one reason or other

those light that size u need the gorilla to safe hold them place the cooling and extraction system not to speak of Co2 if u add in

if u ran a cooltube type of system u could do what u want with that tent one intake one exhaust hole

have a look at this design it might .....i stress might work for u but it only said 70 lbs which means 50/60 after a few months
http://www.secretjardin.com/

What do u think about this one the reviews were good

http://www.htgsupply.com/Product-Grow-Tent---Size-XXL-98-x-55-x-79---Silver-Lined



And I just don't have that kinda money to spend on a tent as of now I'm a builder I can reinforce the tent I just want one that is as light proof as possible

And I'll run cooled lights if I have to but I would rather not if I can you lose spectrum

then something like that will work

but that light u picked is not right for it ........it is a green house light u need a big 15/18 inch fan

Id rather a smaller gorilla tent (regular not lite line). Steel frame, no plastic, lots thicker means less smells, NO light leaks. Best investment I've made.

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then something like that will work

but that light u picked is not right for it ........it is a green house light u need a big 15/18 inch fan

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Thanks for the input...I kinda figured it would get too hot in a tent with a open light just wanted to check with some veteran tenters

ganjaplantah said:

Thanks for the input...I kinda figured it would get too hot in a tent with a open light just wanted to check with some veteran tenters

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np an sorry if was ass

Well, I've never gotten to play around with that high of wattage or that large of a tent yet, but I can tell you that my open hood 150watt hps in a 4x2x5 tent is hot enough to keep it above 85 with a 200cfm fan / carbon filter and a 20 inch oscillating fan on. And that's in a room with an ambient temp of 68 or lower.
Also, those cheap tents are a pita. Those flap styled vents are shit. You have to tape or prop them open to be even remotely useful. When closed the tent walls bend in a lot with a fan extracting air through a carbon filter, like 3 inches or more on all sides. And those flimsy bars that make up the tent frame will bend easily, so if you do go that route, beef them up a lot.

A 4x8 gorilla lite with extention is less than $500. Run the gavita's, they can always be dimmed down.