8' x 8' room setup

[HazmatTHC]

Due to numerous power outtages, I have been worried about losing power while GROWING plants... Would be a pretty bad thing if that happened. Well, I talked to my mom, and we are thinking about getting a natural gas generator, @ 8000 watts, and 2500 bucks + tax. This would be used STRICTLY for my grow room. I am trying to figure out what the price difference is in electricity vs NG cost, and I need to find the gas used per hour for the comparison. Will be interesting, but might be worth it.

-Haz

[BlueBear]

When you say a lot of power outages what do you mean, and for how long? That Generator is going to be a monster and suck up a lot of fuel. It mite be over kill unless you have power outages like every week and for more than 24 hours at a time. Even then you could just have a small generator to keep a couple lights on for some temporary back up IMO. Do you live out in the country where no one will notice a loud monster of a generator?
Also, the fellow is right about giving your grow space face lifts, it is almost unavoidable.
Adieu

[crazywill]

Hey everybody,
HazmatTHC you sound like you have been reading up on hydro. The heat is a big problem.I grow in a closet 2'wide x by 8' long by 8' high and I use two 400 watt 6"in. air cool shades.With one 6"vortex fan pulling the fresh air in across the shades and out in the attic.The 6"vortex fan puts out 449 cfms.
I can lay my hands on the shades and not get burned.GH 3 part nurts. are
all you will need to start your first grow.The plants will tell you what they need.Give this a look it's called POT-TV.NET the clip is called MR.GREEN:
1 grow chronic.He shows you and tells you what to do to get a good grow.
You said you done house wireing before,I would run a double 20 amp breaker
with two circuits with 12-2 wire.that's more power than you would use at one time.it will run all your pumps and lights,fans timers and all.Are you getting a thermo-hygrometer,so you can monitor the temp&humidtiy?
One thing you need to do is have a veg & flower room. one for veg and clones and one for flowering.The veg room lights are on for 18/6 and your
Flowering room is 12/12 hrs of light.It's always great to here that somebody is starting to grow.Keep us posted l would like to see how you are doing if you can put up some pixs we all can see too.
Best of luck on your grow.Hope this will help you.

[SpiritLevel]

I have thought about employing a few generators too. Not due to power cuts, mainly due to the bill and the current kW/h consumption. Spending a good amount of money on a generator can ensure you won't get much of a problem with noise. Some generators state that they run silently (meaning it isn't louder than a normal conversation between two peeps). You could put a silent running LPG/natural gas generator in the basement or out house and not worry too much.. but I am just hypothesising

[HazmatTHC]

Crazywill,

In my single grow room, I was planning on splitting the room with a mylar plastic right from the roof to the floor so i can have a veg / flower sections. Thanks for the vid too, will watch it right now

I was thinking of getting a 1100 CFM vortex, and a carbon filter slightly rated above that, and use it too cool the lights * when I get a light hood that is sealed *, and also use it to draw the air out of the room.


Spirit, the generators at home depot here, are said to be EXTREMELY silent. The only thing that bothers me, is what the MTBF * mean time between failure * is... Most likely I will be running it only for my plants, so around 8000 Watt generator or so. We lost power last night, * go figure *, was another huge storm. Every single thunder storm, our tiny area goes out, and doesn't come back on for a good 5 hours. Getting so frustrated from it.

Will hopefully be going to home depot and looking at the Gens there and find out more about them.

-Haz

( Thanks for all the info peeps , much appreciated! )

[BlueBear]

Use Panda material to separate the rooms, it is thicker and more durable, but miler is better for your basic reflective material.
Keep up the research, good to know that they do have some silent generators, I have only herd dragon blasters that you could here from a mile away.
Adieu

[HazmatTHC]

GREAT NEWS!!!

I got a call from the post office, my hydro shipment has arrived

Will get some pics later

*hugs*
-Haz

[HazmatTHC]

Ok, so I finally got off my ass, and took the pics

The first pic is of my 465 CFM blower with a hose leading out the window. I plan to cover the outside window with a grate, to make it look like some kind of industrial vent for something.

The second pic is from the door, and you get to see the nice crap I have cluttered in there. The 400W MH bulb + ballast is to the left. You may notice some odd white things sticking off the door. These are Glue Gun sticks that we cut and screwed onto the screws that were sticking out, being precautious here .

Third pic is of the wall and the door open. That wall is actually 8 feet wide. I plan to have all my Vegetative growing done there, and split the room paralelle with the wall, and have my Flowering done on the other side. Will be enough room to grow and walk around easily.

The last pic is of the blower duct tapped to the mounting thingy that holds the blower thingy and moves the air out of this growing room thingy that them plants is gonna be'a growin in! hehehe

I am gonna be doing a slight "Change" to my setup. I will be getting long trays to grow in instead of the wash tubs. More space, cheaper, lighter, more plants for cloning / veg!

Will also be installing a dual 15 Amp circuit into the grow room.

Tonights shopping list:
-Dual 15 amp breaker + other needed electrical supplies.
-2 Fish Tank water pumps. ( 1 for Cloning, 1 for veg )
-Trays for growing in.
-3 8 port watering manifolds + necessary pipes. ( 2 for Cloning, 1 for veg )
-2 Resevoirs. ( 1 for Cloning, 1 for veg )
-Tubing + parts for water feed lines.
-Other things I may stumble upon while browsing the store.

-Haz * HAPPY GROWING! *

[mellogold]

hey man just got a n ice blower hella cheap

800cfm for only 150 bux bran spankin new

www.mdhydro.com

[HazmatTHC]

Thanks, but I live in canada, and Duty fees would be high if i bought from the US

I will check out there stuff tho

-Haz