Any advices for a 10X6 ROOM ??

gotnoname

Well-Known Member
Hi, ive been sucking information in this forum for almost 2 months now and i finally have my place. First of all I live in the basement of 3 story row house and the breakers and water heaters are in my unit but in in a seperate room not that close from the room in which I plan to grow.

Should I forget about it now ??

The room is 10x6,its situated under my neighbors washer & dryer room and the only access to it is by my bedroom. There's only 1 window which the view was completely blocked before I moved here. The floor and the walls are made of concrete but I plan to cover the wall with some gypsum. wont go in details, will post some pictures soon.

And now for the setup !

I would like to have 2000w of light ! I heard all kind of stuff about an apartments power capacity... I was thinking about using the dryer or stove kind of plug (In my area classified ads there's a lot of premade electrical panel with timer which can be plugged in theses plugs).

My place has 2 bdr so will 2000w be ok regarding the normality of the electrical bill ??

Also ive already saw a room with 4000w of light in a rental unit, what about the dangers if I am planning 2000w ?

I am confused, I don't know if I should grow vertical in soil (like in the link below) since some have proven it very productive or Aeroponic ( not vertical because I do not have the money ) I heard it was also very productive and I can have a system that can fit in my room easily for a very good price. see second link. ( it would be 2 of them of 400$)

https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/41222-vertical-2-000watts-6lbs.html

http://www.hydrodionne.com/dbpages/popup.php?imagename=p11554.jpg
 

cazador

Active Member
I've run a 12x6 room, I used 4' x 12' as the flower area. I ran 3 x 1000w hps vented and the room vented. I also had a dehumidifier, everything connected to a controller. Ran beautifully no problems at all.
 

Mountainfarmer

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in regards to the (2) 1000 watt lights, they will cost roughly $40 each/month. Are you gonna run a veg room as well? If you are, a 2 by 4 T5, exhaust fans, air movement fans, and the HPS light will run you roughly $100/month. To find out exactly you you need to know what equipment you are using and how much a kilowatt of electricity costs you. However, you are gonna have a really difficult time keeping the smell out of your neighbors laundry room. I ain't saying it can't be done but there is no way for you to tell if it's working. Unless of course you ask you neighbor, " Hey neighbor, do you by any chance smell reefer eminateing from the basement below?" Another this is venting in a basement can be a problem cause you don't have access above you, and it's a risk to vent even scrubbed air outside on ground level. If you do attempt this BE AWARE this is not the ideal situation. peace
 

gotnoname

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for now the wooden structure is naked, so I can see their dryer exhaust, i was thinking about putting some kind of isolation on the sealing and close it with some gypsum..
 
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