Maximum light 13x7 room 8ft ceilings..

William Shatter

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Im looking for advice on the best, or ideal, also max amount of light i can squeeze into this new room. The space in question is our flower room. Runs 13 ft deep and 7 ft wide with your average 8 ft ceilings. We were hoping to get 4-6 lights up, we have 600s and 1000 watt HPS's to work with, powered by electronic digital ballasts, carbon filters and vortex fans.. I imagine some re-wiring or added power will be needed so that should be kept in mind. Currently the room only has 2 electric sockets, however the laundry room is in close proximity and my last place had an existing room that they tapped into the washer/dryer junction box and ran wire to new outlets for extra power to run the lights. I dont know if that was safe or even close to up to code, but it worked previously without burning anything down.. (and also I should add that I just posted pics of the old set up and yall walked me thru setting it back up, so if anything WAS to happen, you would all be guilty by association lol, totally joking..)
So I guess to get to the point.. the easiest question would be, how many lights/fans can we run on 2 standard electrical outlets..
Ideally we want the most amount of juice in the room, so running anything off those outlets doesnt seem safe and wont give us the yield we are looking for, so with that said, another power source seems inevitable... and I also just realized how dumb that sounds (i might have had a lil too much egg nog earlier.. )
*Disclaimer* - im pretty much thinking out loud while typing this so forgive me if I seem to answer my own questions as I continue lol
So as dumb as this sounds, Im gonna ask anyway... Can 4 1000w HPS be run on standard electrical outlets, or even 2/3 taking into account we need vans and filters...
Now once you have answered that, and we have come to the conclusion that more power is needed, weather it be from a 220 junction box, or adding power to the breaker ect ect.. What would you suggest be the most bang for our buck method of lighting this bitch up.. There is easily room for 6 lights on the ceiling, weather it be 600s, 1000s or a mix of both.. How would you suggest we go about this?

or better yet - What would YOU do with a 13x7x8 room, as far as sufficient light for high yeilds, strains/ferts/manipulating plant via lst ect aside, cuz we all know that all plays a big role in final outcomes, I would just love some opinons, insights and advice on how to set up this room and how to set it up in a way for max production in the provided area.... thanks yall and much love..

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redi jedi

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You can only run one 1000w light from a typical wall socket, 15amps. You will definitely need to bring more power in. A dryer receptacle is 30 amp 240v so you could run up to 6 1000w lamps off that providing you have 240v ballasts.
 

Renfro

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With HPS you want 50 - 60 watts per square foot of growing area.

13 x 7 = 91 sqft

91 x 60 = 5460 watts. 4550 is the low figure. So something between 4550 and 5460 watts, like perhaps 5000 watts.
 

Renfro

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Grab a titan helios lighting controller (one with the trigger cord and not the internal timer) and have that wired to a breaker for your lighting.
 
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