I am confused.
I just set up my tub's in the 21x14 space I have.
And there is plenty of room and that is with 46 in center's and 36 inch from center of tub to wall. So I made up a couple of sketches and did some reading.
Am I missing something?
I beleive DD said he ran 12 and this is the space he said he uses.
(my room dimensions is 30 x 25ft with a 10 x 10ft room cut out of that for res's, ballasts and chillers
Pic 1 is of the 10 tub's set up.
Pic 2 & 3 dif light pattern's.
TIA for any input.
Hey Boss, have you thought about just doing 4 plants and 5 lights in the mpb system to get a feel for how it works first?
Also, the original layout for the 10 plants should work out great for ya and should work in that space. As long as you don't let them get too big! The updated diagram (attached) with the 600s in the corners seems to be ideal.
These diagrams are really handy but it won't make complete sense till you place the buckets on the floor with some kind of placeholder for the lights. I just placed my buckets around and 40" centers will be perfect for my space and plant size. Keeping my plants under 4t tall and 5ft wide, they will fit in a 10x10 space no problem. Just pushed my buckets along the sides closer to the wall.
Just create rows with all the tubs (like you already did) and space the centers 40" apart in both directions. Line them up even with each other, not staggered. Then, take every other tub out and put a light in it's place. That's the tic tac toe (x's and o's layout).
like this...
x x x x x
x x x x x
x x x x x
x x x x x
then replace every other bucket with a light like this...
x o x o x
o x o x o
x o x o x
o x o x o
Hope that makes sense!
There are so many different ways to configure the lights it can get pretty confusing. Some may be more effective/efficient than others. Really all depends on available space/room shape and cooling power.
Boss, are you going all bare bulb or you gonna use cool tubes? Sealed with co2? With tubes, it's a little harder to run the venting with certain configurations.
