My new Sun Hut

got it set up on my balcony. waiting for my digital balast to arrive

first grow will be Joey Weed Blueberry

So with a 400 watt bulb in there, it gets a little hot humid. Right now I leave the flaps open during the day, and turn off the lights for 6 hours at night. Osc fan as well.

Buying a 6" vortex fan for ventilation. Will I need to run the thing full blast? I'm getting a rheostat as well and I'm hoping I can use it.

My Sun Hut in action.

no way dude, you seriously keep your tent outside on your balcony? with no temp probs?

Enclosed balcony. Faces east so I only get sunlight in early morning. Shade from about 8:00 AM onwards. Got some heat and humidity problems when I zip it up so I'm getting the vortex. I'll post more pics when I get it set up.

vortex are noisy....wouldnt think it'd be ideal for outside

good luck man.

you may have to invest in a dehumidifer

I'm getting a rheostat so I hope I can run it at a lower speed. My back up plan is I'll run the lights during the day and just leave the flaps open. Close it up for 12 hours at night.

Hoping the vortex is not much louder than an air conditioner.

I just unpacked my 6" vortex. Didn't realize the thing was so big. Glad I got that rheostat. Glad I got a backup plan.

Also I've got to decide on the lamp for flowering. I might use a SunPulse metal halide instead of HPS

whyso??????

but for why would you wanna use mh only for flowering?

not trashing you, just seeing why you wanna go that route

guy said a SunPulse 3K metal halide could be used for flowering. lamp was designed for electronic ballast

that was just a sales pitch.

as long as you have quality bulbs and ballast, you can run most mh and hps bulbs with no problem

ok. I've already got a 400 w HPS so I'll use that

you can always try it out first

always try the bulb you have before buying new bulbs

So I'm going to try this setup. The vortex hums a little but not really a problem. My balcony is 15 stories up over a major highway so there's also traffic noise.

I'm going to leave the vortex sitting in the bucket with the porthole flap open, run some duct from the vortex, throught the Hydrofarm and then out the other side.

Also I think I'll flower from 7 AM to 7 PM. That way I can keep the flaps open all day long if I want.

Think I'm all set. The Hydrofarm housing is much cooler to touch.

Continued

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