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    Size of fan?(cfm?)

    Thanks Rudy for the response. I read freddie's post, but it did not sink in. I am currently planning my grow room and what I will need to purchase. The 400w HPS light I am looking at is not air cooled. The grow room will be in my basement which gets quite cool during the fall/winter when I...
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    Size of fan?(cfm?)

    My grow box will be 2.67 x 2. 67 x 4 = 28.5cf If I divide this by 5 I have 5.7. I am planning to run a 400w HPS light and an inline carbon filter on this 160 cfm fan with a passive air intake. Is this over kill? can I put an inline dimmer switch on the fan to regulate its speed? Any...
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    First time with some questions

    Thanks faderharley for the input. Looked at your journal and those are some very pretty plants you grew. Quite impressed. I can get the 26W CFL cheap ($1 for 2700 and $2 for 6500) so that is why I am thinking of going that way. I know I will pay more for the more bases, but I should be able...
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    First time with some questions

    Thanks for the input on the closet. I looked at some at Walmart and Lowes the other day, but I felt I could do better building one myself:semi-handy. Ok so 65 is the min. temp you recommend. I thought that would be important. Not sure how to heat the space safely if needed. Figure I need to...
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    First time with some questions

    Yeah it is 20 lights so it is an ass load. I have priced the light set up and I can do it for $125. I thought hps with the ballast, bulbs and everything would be a lot more than $145. I would be interested in going that route for that price. Should I be concerned with a 48" tall grow box...
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    First time with some questions

    So I have been doing some reading and I think I have a handle on some things. Others I am not so sure. This place is amazing, but there is so much info that it can be hard searching for it. I have read at least the beginning of all the stickies and i have followed the threads of a few grows...
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