My Grow Box (comment Please!)

Well its simple really i just took a box from a refrigerator 26 inches wide 25 inches long and 36 inches high. within i covered the walls with flat white posterboard paper and covered the top of the box with plexi glass i hung a 400w HPS lamp 6 inches from the plexiglass and cut a hole 12x12 at the top of the left corner 2 inches from the plexiglass for the outtake fan then i cut a 7x7 whole for the intake and covered it with a filter. is this a good enough grow room? should i make any adjustments? comments please.

are you talking about a cardboard box that a small fridge would come in? Or are you talking about the plastic casing inside an actual fridge?

Why are u filtering the intake? What kind of filter?

yes it is a cardboard box and im filtering the intake for 2 reasons because it is in a dusty place which prevents the dust from getting in its a air filter normally used for air conditioners

dude get some pics or even a diagram, would beable to give better advice and feed back

yeah, and you wouldnt need a 12X12 exhaust hole either. Your intake should be BIGGER than your exhaust. And if you dont have a cooltube on that 400 you might burn that box down. So far, this sounds like a horrible setup

yeah the 400w is going to get realy hott in ther man

...................why the hell would you use a cardboard box??????????????

get some wood and build a small box

there right get sum blast piping passin the light if poss or bring the watts down specially in a fridge box

londonskunkluva said:

there right get sum blast piping passin the light if poss or bring the watts down specially in a fridge box

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Cool the bulb or your gonna have a fire on your hands

its winter rite now so its really cold the bulb dosent get very hot

so you have the box outside? if the box is inside, it wouldnt matter if its outside....that bulb in that little space will get hot

Hey baz, EXCELLENT example! What kind of fans u got runnin that setup, cfm?

richjames said:

Hey baz, EXCELLENT example! What kind of fans u got runnin that setup, cfm?

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Thanks, just two bog standard kitchen extractor fand, pulling the cold air in

Just ordered me a new air-cooled, or 'coolable' i should say, 400, so I've been lookin around here and there for some fans for it. Was thinkin of strappin a 400cfm 6" inline up to it, think that's enough?

richjames said:

Just ordered me a new air-cooled, or 'coolable' i should say, 400, so I've been lookin around here and there for some fans for it. Was thinkin of strappin a 400cfm 6" inline up to it, think that's enough?

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More than enough. I'm running mine with a 174cfm fan and it works beautifully with my Homebox.

Sweet! Im about sick of having to deal with my old bat-wing 400, with the magnetic ballast built right in! I've found loads of fans, and the 400+ cfm one's are quite pricey-I"ve found em anywhere from $72-$200 online. Honestly, I'm more than willing to spend the dough if it gets that hps as close as possible, and keeps it cool. Thanks again guys!