htgs small tent: 20 x 36 x 64...support much weight?

To free up the entire bottom area, I'm sure most people want to hang their fan + filter combo up top with the reflector. So, I'm wondering if these tents can support that kind of weight. For example: Filter (~15 lbs) -> 400W Air Cooled -> 6" Fan all hanging from the top must weight a fair amount. Any experience?

Slightly off topic, but do most tent users keep their ballasts in or outside the tent? And are you able to preserve all the bottom area with some type of hanging oscillating fans?

Thanks ahead of time.

I have done this exact thing but in a 4x8 tent and worked fine. I also took one of those 3 1/2 ft tall standing 20" oscillating fans and strapped it to the ceiling withe heavy wire. Now this was in a sturdy 4x8 tent so I guess you should try and hang everything and play it by feel. If there is any feeling that things will fall you should figure a safer way to operate your grow. Now that I think about it I did build a wooden 2x4 frame to hold the 1,000w light on a light rail to move the light back and forth. In that grow I kept the ballast outside the tent to keep the heat out, all I did was run the plug through one of the provided holes in the tent. I hope this helps.

Yup, good info all around. Also still looking for anyone with info about this specific size tent.

BTW Can you describe where you hung the fan(s)? You placed the box fan at one side of the tent? Did it still eat up a fair amount of space? Is there a need for a box fan on both sides, or is the idea just to have only some air moving around?

I had 2 box fans sitting on the floor and the other fan hanging from the ceiling. The box fans dont take up much space but youl def need some goood air movement. I just hung it upside down from the metal frame of the tent. Just secure everything as best you can, you dont want a light or filter or fans falling on 3 months of work.

Thanks for the valuable information.

One more thing actually...the website says that the tent is for 250 - 400W systems; would you think that 600W could also be well suited for this tent based on your experience(s)?

What you want is at least 50w a sq foot. Are the numbers you have in inches?

Yup, inches...so that would be 1.67 ft x 3 ft area = 5 sq ft.

Lets see...400 watts would then equate to 80w per sq feet and 600 watts equates to 120w per sq feet.

Does this mean that the 600w system would just be wasted (120w a sq foot), whereas the the 400w system is more than adequate (at 80w a sq foot)?


PS And just for anyone reading through quickly...a 250w system in this small tent would be 50w.

Yeh- 50w or more a sq ft you might need co2 to take advantage of the extra light. Your nutrients and air need to be at their best to max it all out.