4x8x7 New grow tent and light set up

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So I just bought a 4x8x7 tent and I also have a 2x4x5 tent. I have 2x100HLGs and 3 1200wAtt Philzon lights ( 241 actual watts per light). What I would like to do is run all 5 lights in the big tent. P-HGL-P-HLG-P is what I was thinking. Is this best bet or should I run the 2x100s in the smaller tent? And leave the philzon to their own demise lol I know their now the best lights but I paid 310 bucks for 750 watts of power.

I was going to scrogg the 4x8 with 4 plants in 7Gallon fabric buckets.

2 tents and offset the grows or one big grow ??

I was concerned about heat in tent, I got ability to lower temp dues to living in cold climates.

@dbrn32

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Do you know if your HLG 100s are 3500k or 4000k?

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3000k :slight_smile:

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I vegged with the 3000s last grow and it turned out great

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Was thinking I could use the philzon for the veg plant then toss them all on for the rest.

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Could you swing adding a 600w hps to the 4x8 along with the Phizon lights? I don’t know if you already own a fan/duct/filter.

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Yeah I have lots of gear but I’m not interested in any HPS or MH. Prefer to run leds :slight_smile:

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Little low of watts SQ Ft hey with just the philzon

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I’m just thinking, and it sounds like you’re aware, that’s too little light for an entire 4x8.

Maybe you could use foam core to make a hanging partition?

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I was thinking maybe I could just grow maybe 6x3 section of it to get my numbers up. To be honest I’m nervous about the 600 watt catching fire. I leave for periods of time. I could buy another led light if need be to run both tents.

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I don’t know that the HPS lights are more prone to starting fires. I don’t think they’re inherently more likely to catch fire on their own. They’re affordable, that’s why I brought them up. But peace of mind is priceless, so LED sounds good.

Could you spend $500 on a HLG led to cover the additional area?

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I been looking, it’s a possibility.

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Should clarify , my wife read some news of those lights having fires, like u said anything has the chance to catch fire.

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You can’t go wrong with HLG. So you may want to upgrade so you don’t need to run so many lights in a tent.

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You’ve got options. The HLG 100s will cover the smaller tent. The philzons will cover about half the larger tent; you could hang a curtain to minimize light loss. Or you could add a light or two to cover the additional 4x4, and I think you can build one for less than $500.

Don’t tell the boss you built it though.

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Haha if she only knew the money I’ve spent lol

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If you’re going to keep the 2x4 going I would leave the two hlg-100’s in there. It just makes sense to me that way because they are ideal lights to have in there.

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Ok, maybe like this guy said👆 I’ll just flower half the tent

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I took your advice and bought a 1000W air cooled HID

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A 600w would probably be enough, if you want to save a little money on electricity. Also, with a 1000w, the other lights, and fans/filters I think you’re exceeding the capacity of a 15amp/110 circuit, just FYI.

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