2x3 Ft. Grow area 1000w

kslawdog

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I have herd 600watts are more efficient, but i never herd why. Why is it cheaper to run two 600watts than one 1000watt?

kslawdog i agree with MD914... How in the fuck did u have decent temps without an a/c with a 1000watt? Or is it only because of the a/c? lol. I checked out your thread because I am running a tent of the same size space with a cooltube and a 400watt, i had thought about trying to get a 1000watt in there. Its perfect right now with just the 400. i have it hooked up with the filter to the exhaust fan exhausting through the cooltube out of the tent. If i had a 1000watt i was going to seperately run a venting system from my window with the cold winter air. I will see how my 400 pans out but dam i had to check this out like WTF haha, good on you dude! Keep at it, things look pretty good!
Yes, I definitely had the a/c going with the 1000w but now with the 600w the a/c barely comes on. I have a hole cut out in my floor 3x the size of my exhaust leading to the corner of by basement with my a/c. This is the reason I believe I held good temps. I am exchanging air in the closet about every 30 seconds.
 

kslawdog

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Just out of curiosity, what kind of intake and exhaust are you using? I have a 5X5 space that I run a 600 in and want to increase my wattage but don't want temps to get too high. I can't run an ac unit or it will overload my breaker..
I also have a 4X4 tent that has a 400. I'm going to double up to 800 in a couple weeks but I can run an ac from another breaker in that room...
I have a passive intake and a 6in vortex pushing through a cool tube.
 

kslawdog

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Also guys, I checked my earliest finishing plant today and I saw about 90% cloudy 5% clear and a few amber heads. Should I wait one more day? Or two? I just want to plan it around work and other shit I gotta do.
 

MD914

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Yes, I definitely had the a/c going with the 1000w but now with the 600w the a/c barely comes on. I have a hole cut out in my floor 3x the size of my exhaust leading to the corner of by basement with my a/c. This is the reason I believe I held good temps. I am exchanging air in the closet about every 30 seconds.
Your plants obviously are happy...that's all that really matters :bigjoint:
 

tekdc911

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i used a 640cfm 6" in my last cab 3.5 x 4.5' had 400w cooltube , 2 135w led's and 4 58w CFL's and my temps stayed pretty low
 

tekdc911

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and always push through a cooltube when its a short run of duct , that way if a bulb blows your fan doesnt have to chew it up
 

kslawdog

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Just trimmed up my first plant. It is almost ready for cure. 35 grams but I'm sure I'll lose some more weight. Nothin Impressive but it's the stickiest bud I have ever had. Thanks for everyone's help. Hope to talk to you guys again. Peace.

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