Green Reaper
New Member
Hi there,
I am designing a 4 X 4 X 7 box for my garage. This website has been an invaluable source of knowledge to me and being so I thought I would bug you good people with a few concerns I have.
1. 7 feet high and 4 X 4. Of course, the light will take up a good foot of height, and it will be on casters so I think I'm looking at a good 5.5 - 6 vertical feet of space. My first question is weather to go with a 600 or 1000 watt light. I've got a pretty good green thumb but I've never done box / cabinet growing or any indoor MMJ growing at all. I know that they both will create a ton of heat and I would like to keep my box around 70 degrees. I'm definitely buying some sort of AC unit to duct into the box but can't decide weather to go portable or to go with a cheaper, analog window unit (I read that the digital ones do not reset in power outages).
I also need to know if a small unit would provide sufficient cooling power. I was thinking if the unit could control the heat from the 1k light, then why not just rock 1k? Would it help if I ducted the AC into the box AND into an air-cooled hood? When the AC exhausts, I've read that it can smell like ganja, and be super hot, so I was going to use insulated ducting, make a carbon filter ,and get a fan. Smell is a MAJOR concern where I am located. I know these are scattered questions haha.
2. I live in a mountainous region... There's really only four super warm months here between May and August. I'm doing this in my garage so how hard would it be to pump outside air in? How much cool air at what rate needs to be exchanged in and out of the box to deal with 1000 watts? And 600 watts?
3. I've heard if you can flower around 65 degrees, this can increase yield? Is there any truth to this?
Thanks so much dudes! As soon as I get this going I'll post pics at every step...
I am designing a 4 X 4 X 7 box for my garage. This website has been an invaluable source of knowledge to me and being so I thought I would bug you good people with a few concerns I have.
1. 7 feet high and 4 X 4. Of course, the light will take up a good foot of height, and it will be on casters so I think I'm looking at a good 5.5 - 6 vertical feet of space. My first question is weather to go with a 600 or 1000 watt light. I've got a pretty good green thumb but I've never done box / cabinet growing or any indoor MMJ growing at all. I know that they both will create a ton of heat and I would like to keep my box around 70 degrees. I'm definitely buying some sort of AC unit to duct into the box but can't decide weather to go portable or to go with a cheaper, analog window unit (I read that the digital ones do not reset in power outages).
I also need to know if a small unit would provide sufficient cooling power. I was thinking if the unit could control the heat from the 1k light, then why not just rock 1k? Would it help if I ducted the AC into the box AND into an air-cooled hood? When the AC exhausts, I've read that it can smell like ganja, and be super hot, so I was going to use insulated ducting, make a carbon filter ,and get a fan. Smell is a MAJOR concern where I am located. I know these are scattered questions haha.
2. I live in a mountainous region... There's really only four super warm months here between May and August. I'm doing this in my garage so how hard would it be to pump outside air in? How much cool air at what rate needs to be exchanged in and out of the box to deal with 1000 watts? And 600 watts?
3. I've heard if you can flower around 65 degrees, this can increase yield? Is there any truth to this?
Thanks so much dudes! As soon as I get this going I'll post pics at every step...