Rubbermaid 4 24w T-5 HO need advice on these lights.

Let me start by telling everyone my end goal. I would just like to grow enough so I will never have to buy again.

My plan is to use a spare closet. 2 totes, one for mother/ clones/ Veg room and the other for a flowering room. As of right now I only have one tote.

Local hydro shop has a 2 foot 4-24w T5HO light. On the box it said Sun....something.com. I'll go back on Friday and check it out again.

It will fit in the Rubbermaid lid that came with the tote perfectly.

I'm wondering if this light would be enough for this space to flower?

The lid is about 28" long, 18" across and 3' deep. The T5HO light IIRC, is 26x16x2 1/2.

I thought about getting 2 125w 2700k CFLs. I'm just not sure what will work better/ easier. I guess I'm just really worried about this setup.

I saw a really good thread over on ICmag where,(not sure about the name) Dr. greenbud was growing 2.7g per watt in a 2x2 space. I thought about having 4 pots in it. I'm leaning more towards SOG though, 9 or 12 pots. 3 or 4 harvested every couple or weeks. But I'm not sure what will work. I have 2 other failed attempts. So now I'm freaking out about every little detail. So I started over and bought this tote.

Here is what I found on the Lowes site.

http://images.lowes.com/product/064594/064594933397.jpg

Details:
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=311388-78148-93339-3B-SLIP&lpage=none
 

hero1c

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i dont see why it wouldnt work, ventilation is key though. post some pictures when you get it all set up!
 
Here are some pictures of flower room setup now.

2-40w 2700k

2-23w 6500k

Temps stay below 80, and that is at the highest point in the tote. When temps get higher in the summer I can add more/bigger fans.

2 passive intake holes at the bottom.

The only plan I think that will work the best for the smell is those little Febreze odor eliminator

http://www.hamiltonbeach.com/images/products/04530F_hero.jpg

That little black thing with different colored wires coming to it, is something I had from a broke computer, it adjust the fans speed.

And it looks like its a girl.
 
OK so I went back to the hydro shop today.

The lights are from Sunleaves.com, anyone ever hear of or use them?

Here is the setup I was thinking about getting for the flowering tote. It comes with 4 6500k bulbs, but I want a 50/50 or 75/25 2700k/6500k

http://www.sunleaves.com/detail.asp?sku=SPJ104#

Each bulb is 24w, but it only uses 96 watts and emits 7,200 lumens. The smallest part of the tote is the bottom which is about 24x16 and about 22 inches to the top.

And today I picked up some 42w 2700Ks. Took out the 2-40w 2700Ks and replace them with 2-42w 2700K.

So now:

2-26w Daylight/6500K
2-42w Softwhite/2700K

Temps went up a few degrees. I'll deal with that tomorrow though, see how high it gets.
 
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