Hi everyone. Thanks for looking. Sorry for the long winded post here, I just want to be as detailed as possible.
I used to grow exclusively in a very small cabinet I made years ago. It is pretty much 2x4 feet with about 7ft of head room. Ventilated with a small inline fan cooling a 400w HPS fixture. I only wanted to outline this to let everyone know what I AM familiar with. Lol. I am not familiar with larger setups, or higher wattage lights, which brings me to the focus of this query....my lights.
I am in the process of completing a new flowering chamber that has been converted from my root cellar. It stays dry and the ambient temp is pretty much the same as the rest of my basement and current grow space. Really it is just a concrete room in the corner of my basement. It does get a bit warmer or cooler than the rest of the basement simply because the ceiling is my front porch slab/floor. Right now in July heat it is about 70-75°F and 55% RH. Mind you this is in its stagnant state with no circulation. Only the door left open. I plan to ventilate this space well and even have a dehumidifier if needed. It stays much cooler in general when it is not so hot outside. Right now it's been in the upper 80s to low 90s outside.
The room is 9X5.5 feet with 7ft headroom. My plan was to space 3x 600w air cooled HPS hoods equidistant from each other with 16" from the wall on either side. I can draw a diagram later if anyone feels it necessary.
I already have purchased all the lights and mounted them, so please don't suggest I use LED instead or anything like that. It's not that I am opposed to that, but I already spent the coin and did the work. Hindsight is 20/20. I am old school, I like old school tech, and the shit was cheap. I am aware that LED may have been a better choice but among the listed reasons above I also am totally unfamiliar with LED lighting.
I plan to cool these units totally inline with each other using a CanFan Max 8" H.O fan. It pushes 930cfm at max setting but even on low moves a ton of air. I plan to exhaust this either outside as there is a vent to outdoor right there in the room, but also am toying with blowing it out to the other side of my basement. During the hot season the air in that side of the room is about 65 degrees and even cooler in the winter. I don't mind blowing it outside in the summer, but in the winter I am afraid it will cause ice issues on my porch and make a ton of unwanted noise in general.
So anyway after all the details here I am now wondering, nervously I might add, if anyone thinks this is way too much heat/light/wattage for this small a room? I tend to go overboard with things and jump in before thinking it out entirely. I really thought initially that this would all be totally appropriate but am now just concerned about all the heat. What do y'all think? Any advice or input is greatly appreciated! Thanks again for reading.
TLDR: is 3x 600w HPS going to be too hot for a 9x5.5 foot room?
I could also go 2x 600w HPS and a 400w MH in the center for additional blue spectrum and a bit less heat. Just a thought.
I've also included pictures of the setup as well as my old cabinet which I have never had any heat or humidity problems in. Food for thought.
I used to grow exclusively in a very small cabinet I made years ago. It is pretty much 2x4 feet with about 7ft of head room. Ventilated with a small inline fan cooling a 400w HPS fixture. I only wanted to outline this to let everyone know what I AM familiar with. Lol. I am not familiar with larger setups, or higher wattage lights, which brings me to the focus of this query....my lights.
I am in the process of completing a new flowering chamber that has been converted from my root cellar. It stays dry and the ambient temp is pretty much the same as the rest of my basement and current grow space. Really it is just a concrete room in the corner of my basement. It does get a bit warmer or cooler than the rest of the basement simply because the ceiling is my front porch slab/floor. Right now in July heat it is about 70-75°F and 55% RH. Mind you this is in its stagnant state with no circulation. Only the door left open. I plan to ventilate this space well and even have a dehumidifier if needed. It stays much cooler in general when it is not so hot outside. Right now it's been in the upper 80s to low 90s outside.
The room is 9X5.5 feet with 7ft headroom. My plan was to space 3x 600w air cooled HPS hoods equidistant from each other with 16" from the wall on either side. I can draw a diagram later if anyone feels it necessary.
I already have purchased all the lights and mounted them, so please don't suggest I use LED instead or anything like that. It's not that I am opposed to that, but I already spent the coin and did the work. Hindsight is 20/20. I am old school, I like old school tech, and the shit was cheap. I am aware that LED may have been a better choice but among the listed reasons above I also am totally unfamiliar with LED lighting.
I plan to cool these units totally inline with each other using a CanFan Max 8" H.O fan. It pushes 930cfm at max setting but even on low moves a ton of air. I plan to exhaust this either outside as there is a vent to outdoor right there in the room, but also am toying with blowing it out to the other side of my basement. During the hot season the air in that side of the room is about 65 degrees and even cooler in the winter. I don't mind blowing it outside in the summer, but in the winter I am afraid it will cause ice issues on my porch and make a ton of unwanted noise in general.
So anyway after all the details here I am now wondering, nervously I might add, if anyone thinks this is way too much heat/light/wattage for this small a room? I tend to go overboard with things and jump in before thinking it out entirely. I really thought initially that this would all be totally appropriate but am now just concerned about all the heat. What do y'all think? Any advice or input is greatly appreciated! Thanks again for reading.
TLDR: is 3x 600w HPS going to be too hot for a 9x5.5 foot room?
I could also go 2x 600w HPS and a 400w MH in the center for additional blue spectrum and a bit less heat. Just a thought.
I've also included pictures of the setup as well as my old cabinet which I have never had any heat or humidity problems in. Food for thought.
