Entertainment Center Stealth Grow

Heyy all. I'm going to be starting my first grow soon and I'm looking for helpful suggestions on how to best circulate air in my entertainment center. I am using a 250 watt MH for veggin 250 watt HPS for flowering, and I'm only planning on growing one plant. I'm growing feminized Papaya by Nirvana. Ok so the entertainment center has a large square hole in the back (I am planning on putting a box fan back there for exhaust) and several small holes at the bottom (and a couple of which I'm planning on using for intake and a couple i will block off).. Unfortunately I can't alter the entertainment center as it's not mine.. Does this sound good? or does anybody else have any ideas as far as how to best circulate air? Any help is appreciated. Sorry for the photo quality it's not the best.

Sounds like you have no other choice anyway, but your basic plan is good. Are you planning on using ducting, to dump the extracted air somewhere else? I only ask because those holes are very close to each other, so you will just be recirculating hot air if you don't.

i'll use ducting if i can find the correct size.. the holes are 3 1/4" in diameter so it's just a matter of finding something that fits

I was thinking of the big hole with regards to the ducting. The small holes should be fine as they are for passive intakes, if you can light-proof them.

Extract from inside, at the top of your box, run the ducting out of the big hole, and dump the hot stale air elsewhere, preferably well away from your intake holes.

i didn't even think of that.. so as far as ducting the big whole, should i seal up most of it and just run a 4" exhaust out of it? i can dump the hot air probably 6-7 feet away from the entertainment center. and lightproofing the small holes won't be a problem..

bssplayer121 said:

i didn't even think of that.. so as far as ducting the big whole, should i seal up most of it and just run a 4" exhaust out of it? i can dump the hot air probably 6-7 feet away from the entertainment center. and lightproofing the small holes won't be a problem..

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Yep, sounds fine. Good luck mate.

yeah thanks, and thanks for your help