CChapp
420 Member
Good evening folks,
I apologize in advance if I've overlooked the results in a search but I figured this would be the most direct answer to my questions. As stated above, I plan on my first indoor grow in the next 2 months. I will be running a 3x3x6 with a HLG 260W QB V2. If I am not mistaken, the HLG will not produce an unmanageable amount of heat, but my exhaust system right now is my main concern. Optimally I want to exhaust the tent to the back side of my house, which means about 30 feet of ducting to the outside port. Here I wouldn't be concerned at all about the sound or potential smell (I do still want to run a filter). I do have a small basement window in the grow tent room, but it exits just beside my front door. So for obvious reasons I would rather it be a fresh air vent to the room than the exhaust port. By doing the math for the cubic area of the tent and multiplying by 3 due to the inefficiency, I left with a bare minimum CFM requirement of 162. My next concern being, if I do have to run a larger CFM system to push the extra distance, how badly will that effect in my tent temps? Would I be better off just subsiding to it being run to the front of my house and looking into as quiet of a fan / exhaust system as possible? What brands / systems or components would you recommend for both quality / sound / power consumption?
Pretty long winded but thanks for weighing in,
Your insight much appreciated.
Chris
I apologize in advance if I've overlooked the results in a search but I figured this would be the most direct answer to my questions. As stated above, I plan on my first indoor grow in the next 2 months. I will be running a 3x3x6 with a HLG 260W QB V2. If I am not mistaken, the HLG will not produce an unmanageable amount of heat, but my exhaust system right now is my main concern. Optimally I want to exhaust the tent to the back side of my house, which means about 30 feet of ducting to the outside port. Here I wouldn't be concerned at all about the sound or potential smell (I do still want to run a filter). I do have a small basement window in the grow tent room, but it exits just beside my front door. So for obvious reasons I would rather it be a fresh air vent to the room than the exhaust port. By doing the math for the cubic area of the tent and multiplying by 3 due to the inefficiency, I left with a bare minimum CFM requirement of 162. My next concern being, if I do have to run a larger CFM system to push the extra distance, how badly will that effect in my tent temps? Would I be better off just subsiding to it being run to the front of my house and looking into as quiet of a fan / exhaust system as possible? What brands / systems or components would you recommend for both quality / sound / power consumption?
Pretty long winded but thanks for weighing in,
Your insight much appreciated.
Chris
