250W HPS + LED flowering closet with PICTURES!

[Thomaskaa]

I think the pictures came out ok, considering it's photoshop, and not autocad, but they may confuse you. Read further please, and just ask

ELEC=electrical stuff
WATER=auto watering
Blue arrows=air flow (very simply drawn, don't know much about it)
The material is 12 or 16mm wood

I'm just about to buy materials for building a closet for flowering with a 250W HPS light. (I'm preparing the plants in another closet.) I only want the fan for the 250W, and not much else, because I need to keep the noise down. I then later want to grow with LED, because of low heat and power savings. I know that it's hard to get the right LED lights, and I want to study further, while growing my 250W HPS. I definitely want LED, though! My thoughts are, to maximize the grow area for LED to 2 X H110W90D75cm., and make a smaller room, H?W60D75cm., below the rest, to start me up.

On the second image, the large fan is placed between rooms, and the heat from the 250W room is sent though LED room 1 and 2. This is because I've heard, that with LED lights, your plants may need extra heat. Anyway, it shouldn't harm them (?), and this way, my fan is more isolated and makes less noise. Just a suggestion, and with several alternative ways to arrange the airflow, I haven't drawn. I could place small fans inside to correct it. I would really appreciate any suggestions or comments on this idea.

Some questions:
Is the airflow possible (with changes) to maintain properly with smaller fans, or should I stop saying airflow so much, and stick with the first drawing?
Do I fx. need an extra fan, for intake, beside the 250W HPS, or any other places? ( I have no idea, if I should buy two or three smaller fans, instead of the one for the 250W HPS, for this to work??)
I've been thinking 2x180W or 4x90W LED in each of the 2 rooms. What's best for ca. H110xW90xD75cm.?

If you feel like it, you can use this drawing, and copy/paste fans, intakes and airflow in a way, you think is good. Just use Paint, or Photoshop, if you have it.

 

[Thomaskaa]

trying again...
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[Thomaskaa]

ok, how do I insert a picture from my harddrive??? I'm able to drag the file into firefox, and drop it in the new thread, then resize it, and everything seems fine... but no... no pictures. How do I upload them (they're jpg)

 

[Thomaskaa]

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[Thomaskaa]

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[Thomaskaa]

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[Murdakaii]

Still working on this project? looks very interesting, industrial! Would definitely be cool to see something like this in action.

 

[rbt]

Very interesting design. I was also thinking the material used can be 2inch polyisocasinate foil lined on exterior walls the same material used in freezers very sound containment. If you are really concerned about sound the fan inside the cabinet is help dampen the sound. I didnt see what knd of system you are going to use if any. Use water space you provided for cloning. The elec above along with a 4 outlet or more air pump to supply all chambers. I would move the water to the bottom for EBB&FLOWor DWC 1 gallon of water is 8 pounds the weight adds up\quickly. I dont see the need for 2 LED's . If you clone in the water area, veg in the HPS area and bloom in a single LED area, you would be harvesting sometings \every 4 weeks. I wuld scrog and I would increase the area you have between the room and make the hole he size of an exchangable furnace filter. And last I would install small oscolating fans in both chambers the exaust should pull the air but youneed to distribute it in each room.


But that is my Opinion and look god luck with your grow