Narrow room ideas

I have a space that is 7' deep and 30" wide. the ceiling is angled and is 10' @ the highest point and 4' at its lowest (under staircase). I am in the process of building a low pressure Aero system (NFT) for this space. It will take me months to get this room up and going due to cash, and time.

First I would like to hear opinions on lighting. I have considered using T-5s mounted vertically on opposing walls.

I have also considered putting several hundred watts of CFLs mounted vertically on opposing walls.

Lastly, my least favorite idea is to put a 600W hps mounted overhead .
So wwyd?

Since having posted this, my least favorite is now my best option. I would still like some feedback on side lighting. Having an aircooled 600w overhead, would it be worth my while to add cfl or t-5s as side lighting? im wondering how much benefit it would give considering the cost of setup and power.

Have you considered using two 400W HPS or MH? You wouldn't need any supplementary lighting and it would do a better job of covering that long, narrow space. Probably better yields.

On second thought, maybe you could use the tall end of the room only for your main grow and partition off the short end for cloning, veg.
Four feet isn't much headroom for plants unless they are really small.

Both of Bizkitcrux ideas are good but if your thinking 2x400W go 2x600W

and yes I thought your avatar was 6 bald guys bumping heads for a second lol

I think using the short end for veg and the rest for flower using a 600W and some CFLs for veg would work well.

There is only 2 feet in the back of the closet with less than a 6' clearance. I am debating putting my rez in the back of the closet to maximize space.
It surprises me noone thinks side lighting would be a benefit. If the Rez has a 24" footprint that leaves me a grow space of 5X2.5 or 12.5 sq ft. 600watt/12.5sf= 48 watts a sq ft. If i take Bizkitcrux's idea and use 2 X 400W/12.5sf= 64watt a sq ft. (which seems ideal) or I could wire 2 600w up to a single 1000w ballast which would give me 1000w evenly distributed (correct me if this is wrong) 1000w/12.5sf=80 watts per sq ft.

Does 80W a sq ft seem like overkill?

parannoyed said:

I could wire 2 600w up to a single 1000w ballast which would give me 1000w evenly distributed (correct me if this is wrong)

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I got this idea from a post here on RUI but now I cant find it to duplicate it. I asked a friend who is more knowledgeable about these things and he said I could not wire 2- 600w to one 1000watt ballast as it would pull 1200 watts and the ballast couldnt keep up. He said I could run 2 400Watts on a 1000watt ballast with no problems.
ANYONE EVER DONE THIS?