Comments on My Grow Room Design

Just wanna see what people have to say about our design.

* Totally Closed Environment
* Chillking 10hp Chiller. Chillking 5 ton & 3 ton Air Handlers
* Seperate Air Handlers with Lights Vented to A/C Return
* C.A.P. Light Controller Systems w/ High Heat Shutoff
* Ebb & Flow Flower System
* Lumatek Ballasts, Sunmaster Bulbs, CAN High Output Fans, Magnum XXXL Reflectors
* Hydrogen Pro Co2 Generators
* Hydro Innovations Nutrient Reservoir Cool Coils
* Hydro Innovations Inline Ice Box's
* Zoo Med 10.0 UVB Supplemental Lighting in the Flower Room
* Evolution 1000 R/O Filter w/ Big Boy Pre-Filter
* Mother Plants in Sunshine #4 Soil w/ Dolmite Lime & Worm Castings
* Can 100 Carbon Filters




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I'm jealous at this design ... in other words it's fuckin sick!!!!! I wish I had all the room to work with

Sounds awesome. I would rethink the cap light controller. Had a few come back at the shop I spend alot of time at. Use to low of wires for there output. And getting R&M to refund the money so you can get another system is a bitch. They want to give you the same one if they have it. Also they void worrentys for many reasons. Basicly has to come back to them in like new conditions. I only say that as a worrning not to change your mind. And I realy want to see this room once built.

And swagger. The point was for input on what things are needed or if everything is ok. Shit like " what's the point of this thread" is listed in the beginning. Save that shit for the rookies saying I grow a plant and got 1oz and it was good shit. Your was that one of your treads? No it wasn't cuz you haven't started one. Stop being a troll. And help if you can. Or even say good job.

Warlock1369 said:

Sounds awesome. I would rethink the cap light controller. Had a few come back at the shop I spend alot of time at. Use to low of wires for there output. And getting R&M to refund the money so you can get another system is a bitch. They want to give you the same one if they have it. Also they void worrentys for many reasons. Basicly has to come back to them in like new conditions. I only say that as a worrning not to change your mind. And I realy want to see this room once built.

And swagger. The point was for input on what things are needed or if everything is ok. Shit like " what's the point of this thread" is listed in the beginning. Save that shit for the rookies saying I grow a plant and got 1oz and it was good shit. Your was that one of your treads? No it wasn't cuz you haven't started one. Stop being a troll. And help if you can. Or even say good job.

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Thanks Warlock! Which controllers would you recommend? Titan? We're using the C.A.P. one right now without any problems along with their Overheat Shutoff's. I've been looking at the AgrowTek and iPonic 600 Environment Controllers but I haven't been able to find anyone who can tell me if they'll work with bith the temperature and humidity controls of the Chillking Air Handler. Not gonna spend a $1000 on a controller just to have it monitor my Co2 and Lights.

I can't realy say what is better but I am switching everything over to Titan. Just for the fact. Shit dose happen and all they say is send it back. Large items take a day or 2. My hydro store dosnt keep them in hand. But I'm close enogh to get it from them directly if needed. And its no questions asked.

To be honest, it seems like a lot of money / planning, with not a lot of practical experience.

Couple things you might want to consider:

- Adding an aisleway between the two rows of ebb and flow tables. While it might seem more efficient to get the light overlap, you want to avoid having plants you can't really reach.
- No reason to seperate clone and moms room, moms room is way bigger than needed.
- You can save around $400 if you actually wire relays and a timer, vs. using a cap controller. It will also be cheaper to expand / maintain down the road.
- Sink is a great idea, so is putting the ballasts outside the room
- I'm not sure how your planning on your plumbing to work, but I don't think it will work the way you have it. I'm guessing your res'es are 55 gallon drums? 55 gallons will barely flood one, 4x6 table, and the water won't drain back into the barrel unless the barrel is below the table. I think you really need to plan out your plumbing and your pumps.


And Titan makes a sweet co2 controller.

tibberous said:

To be honest, it seems like a lot of money / planning, with not a lot of practical experience.

Couple things you might want to consider:

- Adding an aisleway between the two rows of ebb and flow tables. While it might seem more efficient to get the light overlap, you want to avoid having plants you can't really reach.
- No reason to seperate clone and moms room, moms room is way bigger than needed.
- You can save around $400 if you actually wire relays and a timer, vs. using a cap controller. It will also be cheaper to expand / maintain down the road.
- Sink is a great idea, so is putting the ballasts outside the room
- I'm not sure how your planning on your plumbing to work, but I don't think it will work the way you have it. I'm guessing your res'es are 55 gallon drums? 55 gallons will barely flood one, 4x6 table, and the water won't drain back into the barrel unless the barrel is below the table. I think you really need to plan out your plumbing and your pumps.


And Titan makes a sweet co2 controller.

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I hear ya Tibber but we actually have the practical experience. More than 10 years growing; although we only have 2 years working with water cooled systems and chillers. We switched out of pure necessity because of the climate here.

We're actually not growing in on flood tables; we're growing in 2 gallon Ebb & Flow pots. So if you look at the spacing of the pots on the diagram we actually have enough room to squeeze in between plants when we need to get to the middle ones. Especially during the early stages of flower.

Our reservoirs are 100 gallons each and we're using 750GPH Mag Drive Pumps. We split the reservoirs because we always grow 2 different genetics at the same time and we find that every genetic has a slightly different reaction to nutrients.

I never really thought about wiring my own relays and I'm not sure how I could have saved $400. Plus we're not planning on expanding. The C.A.P. MLC 8Xt Controller that we have has a timer and runs all of our lights. That with the C.A.P. HLC-3e High Temp Shutdown only cost us about $250 total. We're running the A/C on its own built in Thermostat/Humidistat and the Co2 Generators are run by their own individual controllers/sensors which came with the units. That's why I mentioned that we were looking into the AgrowTek and iPonic 600 Environmental Controllers. We are looking for something that will manage all of the environmental aspects of our room. The only aspect I don't forsee us turning over to automated control is our nutrient delivery. We use a pretty detailed formula of Advanced Nutrients and I've yet to see a Nutrient Delivery System that I trust or that could hadle the amount of different nutrients we use.

We seperated the clone and mom rooms because we had the space. We built the building from the ground up so therefore we started with the flower room first and figured our dimensions. Then we built out from there. We had the extra space so we decided to seperate the rooms. It also helps because we grow our moms in soil also we keep out moms under 24 hour light while our clones are on an 18/6 schedule. Plus it gave us a little more room to work with in the mom room when it is time to start moving plants around and getting clippings.

Holy god i think your building my image of heaven...