Quote Originally Posted by bigsby
I suggest that you investigate hanging those lights vertically. You will gain significant efficiencies so you won't need as many lights, yields will be higher, fans will be smaller, and you have the space. If you go that route be sure to get cool tubes that allows removal of the reflector.
Now when you say I won't need as many lights if I hang them vertically, if I positioned these lights absolutely perfect, how many could I get away with? Right now I'm looking at 6-7 1000w (I assume that's as high as I can go) HID's, but I don't know whether it's gonna be MH or HPS. With seven lights, the ducting is gonna be crazy.
ThaRaven7 Reviewed by ThaRaven7 on . Some Questions about my newest project. OK, so I'm looking at working with a grow room that measures 8ft x 14ft or 112 ft. sq. Hypothetically, with 32-36 girls in it. So, according to posts I've read, some people use a 50w per square foot ratio for HID lights, and some use a 62w per square foot ratio. By these two numbers that's 5600-6944w of HID lights. Does this sound reasonable? Accurate? Could I get away with less without greatly reducing yield? Moving on to airflow and odor control. The plan is to buy a large air purifier, Rating: 5