I think we will try passive first. If we did go the other route, what kinda fan would we need for the intake?
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I use a 195 CFM 4" vivosun
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I would try passive and not run intake fan unless you need it.
I donât vent my duct outside. It puts your home under negative pressure and you lose a lot of your heat or a/c. But I would imagine you could build a plate to act as space in the window. Plywood with duct collar or something. Probably some ideas on YouTube
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@RandomlyRan Ok so just something that is smaller then what we got then should work if we go that way. Thanks for the info!
@dbrn32 Ok thank you for the tips! Definitely going to try passive first. We have central air in the summer. Where do u vent if u dont go outside? Same room?
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The more creative you can be the better. In the right circumstances same room can work really well. If you can get to another room will keep your intake air a little cooler, sometimes this works out better. It can vary a lot by the home, or even which room.
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@dbrn32 thank you for all your help.
Alright guys. So we are going to be using a spare room upstairs. Call me a little paranoid, but should i be worried about fire hazards? I have a little one and dog! My plan is to have each light on their own outlet. (Probably going to have a gfi power strip for each outlet.) Then just try to distribute the other stuff that needs power to the two power strips. Good idea or no? Im going to try and keep thd power stips off the ground. Going to try to keep my wires as neat as possible. Anything else we can do? @dbrn32
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As long as youâre wiring is up to code and you take normal precautions you should be fine. Not sure what lights youâre running but they may need to be on separate circuits to keep breaker from tripping. 
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Different receptacles donât always mean the circuit is different. You should probably check on that. And if you want to use gfci I would install gfci receptacle or breaker on the circuit(s) being used instead of additional components. Its most likely 15a circuit you have there (14awg wire) make sure if you use cord or whatever that its rated for at least that. Then try not to load more than 60% or so.
I agree with bulldognuts, If your stuff is setup properly itâs not anymore likely to cause fire than every other household electrical component. If you are still concerned, there is tent sized fire suppression devices available that you can hang at top.
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@Bulldognuts thanks for the reply! I am going to be running 2 HLG 260xl rspec. That will be most of my wattage.
@dbrn32 Thats a great point. We are going to look at that this weekend when we start setting stuff up. I am hoping we have at least 2 different circuits. If not most of the wattage comes from my lights. I been reading that each circuit can handle about 1400 watts. I will have to do some calculating to figure out if I am close to that 60%. I will look up some videos on changing over to gfci for the outlets. (Couldnât hurt right?) Never done that. Haha. Thats fire suppression system is cool. Will look into that too just for peace of mind. Thank you again for all the help!
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Watts is nothing more than volts * amps. 1400 watts is about 12 amps, on 15 amp circuit that is absolute max youâre suppose to load. Loading at 60% would be about 9 amps. Your drivers will pull about 2.5 amps at max power. Unless you try to put large dehumidifier on circuit with them you should be way way good on 2 circuits. If youâre going run a new circuit, 20 amp and 12awg wire makes sense, otherwise 2 15âs fine.
Installing gfci receptacles is just like every other receptacle in terms of what you need to do. You just need to make sure that you donât cross line and load wiring if its daisy chained to other receptacles.
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Wow! Thank you so much for that. Definitely makes me feel better! So really we could put both our lights and fan on the same circuit and be completely fine?! Using an extra circuit would just be extra safety. So both drivers will pull 2.5 each or about 5 together?
Im assuming by daisy chained you mean that the outlets are on the same circuit?
I really do love this forum! Everyone is so helpful! We appreciate very much.
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Yes, yes, and yes.
The less stress you put on your homeâs electrical system the better. If you can usec2 circuits and divide up loads would be most ideal.
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Perfect! Thanks again!
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@dbrn32 so i just got home from work and went and looked that the electrical box. I forgot we had to upgrade it when we put in a new septic. I think all of our stuff is on 20 amp circuits. All the little switches have the number 20 on them. So im assuming thats what it means. Thats good right?
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You mean the breakers in your panel?
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Yeah! I believe so. 20200429_003140|375x500
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All of the single pole breakers are 20 amp. Who did you have change them?
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My wifes dad is a contractor so he had his personal electrician do it for us as a favor when we put in a new septic. I think we ran out of room on our old one so he put a new one in. They do work for each other all the time!
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Ok. I was just going to suggest making sure the 20 amp breakers have proper wiring.
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