Countryfarmer
Active Member
Hey all. As the title states I am in the planning stage of my indoor grow and would like to get some feedback, specifically on cooling, but all topics are welcome for discussion.
My current plans are to build a completely sealed grow room in my attic space. The dimensions of the entire room will be 12' x 15' x 7'. This entire enclosed space will be further segregated into breeding, vegetative and flowering sections, with perhaps a storage area (have not decided on this yet).
The entire blueprint of the room is still in flux at this point, but as of right now I am planning on a 6' X 6' breeding room, a 6' X 6' vegetative room and a 9' X 9' bud room.
I plan on using a MH/HPS setup with two 600 watt lights in the bud room, and one each 1000 watt light for the breeding and vegetative rooms. I will run a sealed air exchange system from the outside of the house to cool the lights and will vent the heated air into my garage.
Since this is a controlled grow environment I will have to add CO2, and have yet to determine what method I will go with. Right now I am leaning towards a propane based system on an automatic system.
Obviously with the lighting, CO2 system, humidifier (if the air conditioning unit does not perform this task), and heat from the fan motors I will need a good air conditioning system. While I like the water-cooled air conditioning units, they appear to be prohibitively expensive.
So, what system would you folks recommend, and what BTU rating should I install? I would love to get your feedback.
My current plans are to build a completely sealed grow room in my attic space. The dimensions of the entire room will be 12' x 15' x 7'. This entire enclosed space will be further segregated into breeding, vegetative and flowering sections, with perhaps a storage area (have not decided on this yet).
The entire blueprint of the room is still in flux at this point, but as of right now I am planning on a 6' X 6' breeding room, a 6' X 6' vegetative room and a 9' X 9' bud room.
I plan on using a MH/HPS setup with two 600 watt lights in the bud room, and one each 1000 watt light for the breeding and vegetative rooms. I will run a sealed air exchange system from the outside of the house to cool the lights and will vent the heated air into my garage.
Since this is a controlled grow environment I will have to add CO2, and have yet to determine what method I will go with. Right now I am leaning towards a propane based system on an automatic system.
Obviously with the lighting, CO2 system, humidifier (if the air conditioning unit does not perform this task), and heat from the fan motors I will need a good air conditioning system. While I like the water-cooled air conditioning units, they appear to be prohibitively expensive.
So, what system would you folks recommend, and what BTU rating should I install? I would love to get your feedback.