hey there, I ran a rubbermaid for about 3 months, before upgrading.

I found that the GE CFLs are much hotter then some of the other brands at the same K rating (HomeDepot, NVision is almost 5 degrees cooler). Also the 4" and 6" inlines are better for exhaust rather then air intake. I ended up having a honeywell fan blowing the air into the box from outside, coupled down to fit into a 7" hole. On the other side I had a 4" inline pulling the air out. This worked for a while, but near the end I had to add a 5" cpu fan to the light hood to pull the hot air out faster. Its a tough balancing act getting the temps down, while not blowing the hell out of your plants. I also had a air blocker in front of the 6" honeywell that moved the air to the top. You should at max, have 6-8 lights in there, I ended up with 6 CFLs on 2 trees of three and then 2 CFL tubes to buffer out the lights. keep up the rubbermaid work, its a great starting point, but also if you have the room and means, I'm loving my new 4lx4hx2l cabinet, and so are the plants....

12345-54321 Reviewed by 12345-54321 on . rubbermade setup high temps Alright so I decided to start growing and that the rubbermade setup looked good. Its setup with 10 walmart cfl's (1350 lumens I think) it has two intake fans and one exhaust fan at the top. The exhaust fan is a 6" inline duct fan attached to some of that flex duct stuff which is attached to my homemade carbon filter. I haven't started growing any plants yet because I cant get the temp down. It averages 100 degrees and I cant figure out why. I feel bad I spent all this money and it dont work Rating: 5