LoveGrowingIt said:

I had tents in two different locations in the house when I decided to put them all in a spare bedroom. I didn't start any new plants after my last harvest so I could make the move. I'm thinking it will be more efficient to have them all in the same room. As I begin this thread, I have three plants growing in two tents. The third tent is the one that moved, so it's taking a little longer to get going.

Tent 1 is a 2x4 from AC Infinity. The light is a 250-watt ViparSpectra XS2500. It has a 6-inch exhaust fan with a carbon filter and two circulation fans.

Tent 2 is a 28"x28" from Spider Farmer. The light is a 130-watt S22 from AC Infinity. It has a 4-inch exhaust fan with a carbon filter and one circulation fan.

Tent 3 is a 2x3 from AC Infinity. The light is a 225-watt Diablo X from HLG. I don't have an exhaust fan for it yet. It has one circulation fan.

I used the 4-inch fan from Tent 3 to make an exhaust for the room. I used a window adapter made for a clothes dryer for the output. The idea is to create negative air pressure (relative to the house) in the room. It's currently pulling air directly from the room, but I'm thinking about pulling it from one of the tents. That, I believe, would still create the negative air pressure as well as venting the tent. I'm concerned about putting too much load on the fan, however.

I removed heaters from the tents and am using one 600-watt heater for the room. It is controlled by an old Inkbird controller currently set to 75º. I'm considering replacing it with an AC Infinity controller that can control both the heat and the room exhaust.

Each tent has a humidifier. There's also a dehumidifier for the room, but I'm not using it now.

I have what I call a fan filter, which is a DIY filter made from a 20-inch box fan and a MERV 11 filter for a home HVAC system. It works well. It's a prototype that I plan to improve when I have the time to do it.

The room is on a 15-amp circuit, so I need to pay attention to how much power is being used. That's why I decided to use only one heater. Each of the tent heaters used 500 watts, so if all three were to run at once there would be a good chance of opening a circuit breaker. The heater and the dehumidifier use the most power.

I plan to grow wider plants in Tent 1. There are a Special Queen 1 and an OG Kush in it now. I plan to grow taller plants in Tent 3 and am sprouting two Amnesia Haze for it. The plan is to grow autos in Tent 2 and there's a Purple Lemonade in it now.

So... I think that's the whole story. I'll add more if I think of anything. I'll also add pictures. It's still a bit of a mess, though.

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