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Greetings everyone! I hope everyone's new year has started out just as good as mine! I have just acquired a new location that will be specifically for my gardens. I want to share this journey with the rest of you as I know I will be learning allot which means others can too. I would love to hear any and all suggestions along the way. So lets get into this!
There is a basement, 2 car garage, and 3 bedrooms. The basement and garage are going to be flowering areas. 1 bedroom for moms, 2 bedrooms for veg and propagation. The basement is unique, it is one big open room, no separate rooms that are closed off. most of the area is about 25' x 18' and 8' ceilings but then you can add on two other areas one that is about 14' x 7'10" and another space that is about 14' x 6'. The best way to understand the layout is to look at the diagram I have drawn and will attach below. The garage is 26' X 18' and plenty of head room.
Electrician is still coming in, and HVAC is still coming in, all to be done by the end of this next week. If all goes as planned haha. I should end up with 200 amps to the house, (im not an elec. guy so ill probably ask stupid questions.) I want to say ive seen residential homes. not many very few in fact, with 225 amps, or even 400 amp at this one location. Is that possible to any home? im assuming im capped at the normal 200 amp. So we will move on with that in mind. 185 amps will be dedicated growing amps, leaving a 15 amp circuit to household items. Mind you this will not be a residence, but will need power for internet, security, laptops blah blah blah. so 185 amps to grow. Most of which will be on 240. Also would love someone to chime in on 400v, is that an option? to run gavitas on 400v requires only 2.6 amps I believe.
HVAC and AC is undecided yet, I need a unit to control both garage and basement individually. Replacing the old unit on this house with something new, whole home unit that only supplies the garage and basement? or do i do mini splits? im not an AC guy so dont know much about it on this scale. I was looking into the excel stealth systems. I will keep you updated with new developments on those decisions. and again any input is welcomed.
Ideally I want to run DE in flower rooms. I know everyone will jump on me because of the 8ft ceilings in the basement, but ive seen it done before as long as the setup is done right it can be kept cool. I also understand the canopy needs to remain much farther away from the bulb than a regular HPS. this is a discussion i want to have though. DE's in the basement. Whats the best option. I'm thinking AC/DE hoods, and nano remote ballasts. Or Gavitas with there standard hood. From my understanding the AC/DE hoods put out a light canopy of 4x5, and the Gavitas are 5x5. So based on these numbers i have a light layout for both the Gavitas spaced 5ft apart and another layout with the AC/DE hoods spaced out every 4x5. the Gavitas are marked with an X
And the AC/DE are marked with an I.
I would love it if someone can CORRECT me on this light layout. I know there is much more to a light calculation than this. And for this room i need it done right. So please let me know your thoughts. On maximizing this space with light.
We will start here and then later i will get into growing styles and watering and all that!
Also should mention, my Instagram is TrichomeGarden and that is why ive titled this as such.
There is a basement, 2 car garage, and 3 bedrooms. The basement and garage are going to be flowering areas. 1 bedroom for moms, 2 bedrooms for veg and propagation. The basement is unique, it is one big open room, no separate rooms that are closed off. most of the area is about 25' x 18' and 8' ceilings but then you can add on two other areas one that is about 14' x 7'10" and another space that is about 14' x 6'. The best way to understand the layout is to look at the diagram I have drawn and will attach below. The garage is 26' X 18' and plenty of head room.
Electrician is still coming in, and HVAC is still coming in, all to be done by the end of this next week. If all goes as planned haha. I should end up with 200 amps to the house, (im not an elec. guy so ill probably ask stupid questions.) I want to say ive seen residential homes. not many very few in fact, with 225 amps, or even 400 amp at this one location. Is that possible to any home? im assuming im capped at the normal 200 amp. So we will move on with that in mind. 185 amps will be dedicated growing amps, leaving a 15 amp circuit to household items. Mind you this will not be a residence, but will need power for internet, security, laptops blah blah blah. so 185 amps to grow. Most of which will be on 240. Also would love someone to chime in on 400v, is that an option? to run gavitas on 400v requires only 2.6 amps I believe.
HVAC and AC is undecided yet, I need a unit to control both garage and basement individually. Replacing the old unit on this house with something new, whole home unit that only supplies the garage and basement? or do i do mini splits? im not an AC guy so dont know much about it on this scale. I was looking into the excel stealth systems. I will keep you updated with new developments on those decisions. and again any input is welcomed.
Ideally I want to run DE in flower rooms. I know everyone will jump on me because of the 8ft ceilings in the basement, but ive seen it done before as long as the setup is done right it can be kept cool. I also understand the canopy needs to remain much farther away from the bulb than a regular HPS. this is a discussion i want to have though. DE's in the basement. Whats the best option. I'm thinking AC/DE hoods, and nano remote ballasts. Or Gavitas with there standard hood. From my understanding the AC/DE hoods put out a light canopy of 4x5, and the Gavitas are 5x5. So based on these numbers i have a light layout for both the Gavitas spaced 5ft apart and another layout with the AC/DE hoods spaced out every 4x5. the Gavitas are marked with an X
And the AC/DE are marked with an I.
I would love it if someone can CORRECT me on this light layout. I know there is much more to a light calculation than this. And for this room i need it done right. So please let me know your thoughts. On maximizing this space with light.
We will start here and then later i will get into growing styles and watering and all that!
Also should mention, my Instagram is TrichomeGarden and that is why ive titled this as such.