venting

8x6 room 7ft tall is complete... pics to come after equipment is set up...

tom is time to bring electricity and vents into the room....

some questions for the community:

ive been told that two vents 6inches each should do the trick (one to bring hot air out n other to bring cool/fresh air in)... is this true? if so where to locate the holes?

any insight on what kind of fans to buy? (few hydroponic stores are near by with what i believe to be good variety of products)...would like to go in there with a general idea of what to look at and purchase.

before i drill out the holes and what not is there anything i should consider or think about before getting at it....


electricity...

several plug outlets located in the room in which i built the grow room...

they are all divided up between two breakers... (5 plugs outlets total)

i was considering converting all the plugs i decide to bring into my grow room to gfi or gci w/e its called... lol (the plugs outlets generally located in the kitchen and bathroom)

as for electricity is there anything i should consider...not any kind of expert but do have some practical knowledge...

any comments, suggestions and answers would be greatly appreciated...

thank you guys in advance

CovertGhram said:

8x6 room 7ft tall is complete... pics to come after equipment is set up...

tom is time to bring electricity and vents into the room....

some questions for the community:

ive been told that two vents 6inches each should do the trick (one to bring hot air out n other to bring cool/fresh air in)... is this true? if so where to locate the holes?

any insight on what kind of fans to buy? (few hydroponic stores are near by with what i believe to be good variety of products)...would like to go in there with a general idea of what to look at and purchase.

before i drill out the holes and what not is there anything i should consider or think about before getting at it....


electricity...

several plug outlets located in the room in which i built the grow room...

they are all divided up between two breakers... (5 plugs outlets total)

i was considering converting all the plugs i decide to bring into my grow room to gfi or gci w/e its called... lol (the plugs outlets generally located in the kitchen and bathroom)

as for electricity is there anything i should consider...not any kind of expert but do have some practical knowledge...

any comments, suggestions and answers would be greatly appreciated...

thank you guys in advance

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Yo Bra - sounds like you have some fun ahead of you!

For venting of a 8 x 6 room - use a 6" exhaust fan, with a 4" intake fan. If your intake air is coming from outside, use a hepa filter on the intake before the 4" fan. Use inline centrifugal fans - the generic name has become "Vortex" fans - and that is actually one of the best manufacturers of such fans (pictured in attached image 1). C.A.P. has some nice fans for quite a bit less - that work really well. Do not use an inline duct booster type of fan. The 6" fan should have a CFM rating around 400CFM, with the 4" intake requiring half that - 200ish CFM. A basic temp/humidity contoller may be utilized to turn the fans on and off as needed. Dehumidifier and/or AC may be required to keep the environment in check. Additionally you will need ducting (obvious), you will also need a damper for the exhaust (to keep debris, bugs, etc from entering when the fan is off), a carbon filter is required to remove odors from exiting exhaust air. Exhaust up through the ceiling, intake from down low on a wall in the room, or from under the house if you aren't on a cement slab.

For a room that size - you could get away with dedicating your two 15A circuits in the room. Ideally - you could use a dedicated circuit for the lights - and then use those two circuits for fans, pumps, cooling, etc... Many people run 240v for lights. It runs lower amps and allows more lights per amp. It is not necessary for a room your size, but it would be a nice touch.

One more thought... consider going sealed. I have been running sealed for couple years now with great results. In that case - you don't need to use intake or exhaust fans... you still need a fan and a filter to maintain air quality, but AC, dehumid and CO2 gen keep the environment in check. Cost a bit more to run, and the startup costs are a bit more - but the results are very consistent all year long. The sealed room also eliminates many pests and disease that may enter from outdoors. Much easier to setup - as intake and exhaust is always the hardest part of setting up a room. In this case - the AC install is your only formidable task!