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The Yorkshireman

The Yorkshireman

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jimmygreenfingers said:
Haha yeah my bad, that is the one yorkie. They have two inlet holes on the bottom but they are both at the back of the tent mate. My tent needs to go right up against the wall as space is limited so i would need to have the tent 8" or so away from the wall to use thos so i could get ducting in between and i just didnt have the space. Other tents seem to have them on all sides i would have thought something of this size would also have but no, hense why i cut my own. It does have a panel on the sides Velcro with a mess cover to use as a passive intake but this was no good in my situation. Its a decent tent just not very well designed imo, i could ave done better lol.
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Ahh I understand now.

Yeah mine has holes all over the place, I only use passive intake though so just leave one of the smallest holes open.

I don't use the flaps at all, shit the light shining out of those would have my door kicked in before you could say 'silly sod'! lol.
 
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jimmygreenfingers

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My tents in my garage and we all know how well garage doors fit the frame, theres often gaps as big as ya fist top and bottom so ive sealed it up with correx insulation panels and taped it all up. Cant use the garage door anymore but atleast its sealed against air leaks and the cold. But doing this ofcourse means no fresh air for my grow, why i need an intake. Bummer that i had to cut a 6" hole in the side but needs must lol.
 
The Yorkshireman

The Yorkshireman

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Closetgardner said:
yh mate veg room is quite wee for a bigger watt. its 3.5 x3.5 x 10ft. would a 400w in a cool tube be ok for that space?. Tbh i was looking at those industrial ones so i could squeeze all that i could out of the 100 budget
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You could (only just) get away with not having a cooltube in there with a 400w MH temp wise and still be within your budget but if you want a cooltube they're expensive for what they are. About 35 quid is standard for a no frills one.
 
Closetgardner

Closetgardner

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The Yorkshireman said:
Oh eye, easy mate.

I've just run upstairs to measure my tent and it's 4 x 4 x 6.8ft and I've got a 600w cooltube in it.
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cheers for your help yorkie! I just emailed the guy to ask if he would swap the hps bulb for an mh. So we'll see eh. With you running a 600 in your space i think a 400 would be perfect for my space.
 
PUKKA BUD

PUKKA BUD

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The Yorkshireman said:
Lol, me too.

The girlfriend want's to buy a house, I want to buy an old pub with a big beer cellar! Stone floors, chillers, extraction, lol perfect conditions!
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Lol i always dream of a big cellar mate, done a few jobs riggin power up in them, cant stop thinkin what my grow would be like down there, 1 of um i did had 3 separate rooms......

The Yorkshireman said:
One of these boys?

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Abit like that mate but with 1 of the dome relfectors, if i remember right there old as fuck so bet they dont even make that model no more.


I get what you mean now ice you still wanna use the reflector so want the ballast out of the way, i thought you was doin away with a crappy shade an was gunna use the ballst for a cool tube or sumut...
 
Herbzman

Herbzman

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Well i got two big ass rooms but everyone has scared the shite out of me saying
I'm gonna get eaten by the piggys!!!

My original plan was to have 4 flood and drain tables like those 3' x 3' on basementlighting website...
under 2 1000w hps or 4 x 600w ... but now it seems the room is too big to extract the air so i mght have to use tents :( ...

I would much rather seperate the room so i can spend money on those cool tubes instead of tents..
but my DIY skills are at 0% exp. at the moment so i doubt it would go too well!

The idea was mothers + clones in closets and 0 veg straight into flower on the tables!
I want to keep my cycles short as possible.

edit: forgot to ask most reputable online hydro shop to buy from? 3ch seems good so does basementlighting.. but loads of people keep telling me ebay?! i dont trust ebay! lol never use it
 
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Mastergrow

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The Yorkshireman said:
You could (only just) get away with not having a cooltube in there with a 400w MH temp wise and still be within your budget but if you want a cooltube they're expensive for what they are. About 35 quid is standard for a no frills one.
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I had a 1mx1m tent with a 400 hps in it with a four inch extractor and it was ok, ran around 27c or so
 
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jimmygreenfingers

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Only problem with running a SOG is the amount of plants you need. Old bill dont care if they are 6" high or 6ft, a plants a plant in their eyes the more you have the more in the shit ya are if things come ontop. 20-30 cuts can fit under a 600 if you flip them when they have just rooted so for a 1000w you need a fair amount of plants per light for your setup. You will have 4 flood tables stuffed with plants and cuts rooting for the next run thats a shit load of plants to have knocking about, one of the reasons i dont run a SOG. Best hydro shop is greens imo, best customer service about but theres others which are good as well growell, hydrohobby, sumhydro all are good places to buy your gear. Ebay is fine lot of the lads use it and ive done meself.
 
mrt1980

mrt1980

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jimmygreenfingers said:
You ave the same tent as me mrt, i use 3 600s mate air cooled with 6" extraction and intake, my lights have there own 6" extraction as well. Im not really a fan of tents tbh, cant say ive found the perfect one lol. In a perfect setup i'd much rather use an open room setup but you gotta go with what works for you and the space you ave available. Ill loose the tents soon i think, im adding more wattage and using large nft trays so tents are not the best option. For the xxl tents 2.4 x 1.2, 3 600w is probably the best way to go.
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i know mate. my zip is going again on this tent. i ripped the zip on my ds120 and now my dr240 is going, ive had to throw a blanket over it to stop light getting in. i think im going to have to do the attick out soon. its going to cost a shit load on the insulation lol
 
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jimmygreenfingers

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mrt1980 said:
i know mate. my zip is going again on this tent. i ripped the zip on my ds120 and now my dr240 is going, ive had to throw a blanket over it to stop light getting in. i think im going to have to do the attick out soon. its going to cost a shit load on the insulation lol
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Yeah ive a massive loft mate and ive always considered having me grow up there. I had the boiler changed over to a combi few years ago and so the water tank and what not was no longer needed, once that was out of the loft i had even more space but like you say to do it right wouldnt have been cheap with boarding it out and insulation so i never bothered. Also the bloody loft hatch aint the biggest, fuck me i can just about get through it lol so no way for a decent nft table up there without some major fuckin about lol.
 
mrt1980

mrt1980

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jimmygreenfingers said:
Yeah ive a massive loft mate and ive always considered having me grow up there. I had the boiler changed over to a combi few years ago and so the water tank and what not was no longer needed, once that was out of the loft i had even more space but like you say to do it right wouldnt have been cheap with boarding it out and insulation so i never bothered. Also the bloody loft hatch aint the biggest, fuck me i can just about get through it lol so no way for a decent nft table up there without some major fuckin about lol.
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i got family that know i grow and they are plasterers/builders so i'd get them to do all the work but materials would skint me out lol. i want to have that glass fibre stuff against the felt, then boarded with that siver backed insulation covering it to make sure theres no heat sig. i was going to have it venting out through the chimney but when i looked it doesnt go out of the roof anymore since they changed the house to gas. i started boarding it out when i first started, the tent i got wouldnt quite fit. i should have mesured first but i went up and had a look and it looked huge.

i always use ebay to get my stuff. i usually get it from marks-e-buy or charlies hydro sellers on there and have always had good customer service
 
Saerimmner

Saerimmner

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IC3M4L3 said:
mornin1 crisis averted
they came for him this mornin,, even stood next to me room, smelled nowt

TOUCH!!
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Know how that feels mate, last year I had 3 coppers in my front room sitting less than 5ft beneath my grow( in the loft ) for over an hour, man was I bricking it but same as with you they didnt even have a scooby and eventually fucked off lol
 
Saerimmner

Saerimmner

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jimmygreenfingers said:
Mate dont think you would want it, ive had too cut an inlet hole in the lower side as there are none. Apart from that tho its fine, if you want it you can have for nowt when im done as i aint gonna be able to flog it with a diy 6" hole in the side lol. I was just gonna chuck the thing, it'll be no good to me when i swap systems and such.
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If Yorkie dont have it when you chuck it may I ? Had to sell my tent the other week to pay for gas n electric lol
 
dura72

dura72

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yeah seen them earlier, im gonna check the measurements later to see if it'll fit and mite get one in the spring, need to spend this grow on chrimbo prezzies and the next on the festive drink and drugs package.
 
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Mastergrow

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@mrt u can buy plastic vents for ur roof, easy enuf fitted, just cut a hole thru and cut the slates or tiles back in. Maybe they'd be an option for venting out m8
 
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