Another grow room build

Hey ladies and gents,. Thought I'd share my first grow room, grow room build.
I built it in the corner of my garden shed, it measures on the inside 5' X 5"6"X 7' tall.
Still deciding on a ventilation set-up, and I have to get a HPS light yet (1000W ?), I do have a 4 tube 48" T5 light to get everything started since the seedlings are growing like crazy (didn't expect that). After much reading I kind of want to go to a perpetual grow setup, so I'll need to build some small cabinets within the room I guess. Anyway here it is, the start of it all.


First off the kids. All started from seed, have some White Widow (I bought), Doubleberry Cough? (given to me), M39 from my outdoor grow last summer, and a couple unidentified sativa strain we call "Lucy".


The "Room" Suggestions more than welcome.

i would get a 1000w hps with a cool hood and a carbon filter with a 6inch 470m3/h fan also are you going to get mylar?

Edit : also those seedlings are streching quite bad, i would get them under more lighting and kep em 2-4 inches away from the light

I agree on a 1000w lamp. 400cfm 6" inline fan. Appropriately sized carbon filter.

I'd also suggest a 4x4 table for draining the plants and keeping them off the floor and help you manage the run off without disturbing them.

$1000 would go really fast in there. Light, ventilation, monitoring equipment, media and planters, nutrients, and all the etc...

I notice the open sockets... are you an electrician or have experience in the field? I'd like to ask some questions about power consumption, fuses, breakers, etc.

If anyone else can answer, please just chime in with some general information. (ie. How much can a fuse/breaker take? Is there any way to get 'strong/more powerful' equipment? Anyway to bypass these things without jeopardizing safety?)

Basically, if you're in an old house (let's say 50 years old), what precautions should someone take running high wattage equipment (like 5000-10000 watts)?

Thanks in advance.

webb107 said:

i would get a 1000w hps with a cool hood and a carbon filter with a 6inch 470m3/h fan also are you going to get mylar?

Edit : also those seedlings are streching quite bad, i would get them under more lighting and kep em 2-4 inches away from the light

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Going to drywall the room and go with flat white for awhile.
Got some more light on them, by the weekend, they'll be in the grow cab with the T5 on them.

Snow Crash said:

I agree on a 1000w lamp. 400cfm 6" inline fan. Appropriately sized carbon filter.

I'd also suggest a 4x4 table for draining the plants and keeping them off the floor and help you manage the run off without disturbing them.

$1000 would go really fast in there. Light, ventilation, monitoring equipment, media and planters, nutrients, and all the etc...

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Drain table - excellent idea, better and easier than insulating and waterproofing the floor, which I had planned.

djdestroyer said:

I notice the open sockets... are you an electrician or have experience in the field? I'd like to ask some questions about power consumption, fuses, breakers, etc.

If anyone else can answer, please just chime in with some general information. (ie. How much can a fuse/breaker take? Is there any way to get 'strong/more powerful' equipment? Anyway to bypass these things without jeopardizing safety?)

Basically, if you're in an old house (let's say 50 years old), what precautions should someone take running high wattage equipment (like 5000-10000 watts)?

Thanks in advance.

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I do all my own wiring and get it inspected by licensed electrician. Figuring it out is all about knowing the code in your area and math, lots of math. Kinda hard to comment as I don't know what you have to work with.