Is there a decent inexpensive dedicated flowering light

[Bill284]

if she doesn't smoke you need to make her some topicals and delicious tinctures. it's a good way to get the wife / girlfriend on side. expansion will happen organically from there.








i kinda figured. if you can get a taller 2 x 2 or 3 x 3 that would help. shoot for the 3 x 3, it'll free up the shorter one. you could justify using the short one as a veg tent ... " gee i have it already honey" ... then you get to set the larger one up





be a good idea to clean it up at some point. a larger well thought out dedicated space with proper ventilation to outdoor is far better, safer, and more stealth than your current set up. you already have 2/3 of the skills needed and the rest isn't hard.


if you have a basement you can do it. my pops and i built this dedicated space in his house from an unfinished shower area.

it has it's own circuit wired in and is exhausted direct to outdoor. no none know or cares unless we show them. it's a little under 4x4 and it's all you'd ever need. it's way safer than trying to jam it up in that little 2x2.

there's a fan and scrubber tucked up above the light, so there's no odour. behind the silver reflectix there's insulation for sound deadening. other than that it's a big plywood box.

i've built other spaces as well. i usually got help from someone with your skills.






let's ask @Bill284 in for a chat

if restricted to the 2x2x4 or 2 x 2 anything then a scrog is a great idea.





another reasonable argument for a proper space

Good morning my friend @bluter hope you had a nice weekend.
You mention scrog in a small space?

It is the most efficient use of space in a restricted tent.
But the rest of the conversation worries me.
A big plywood box is as flammable as if gets.
Personally I'd cover the walls in drywall painted white.
Better reflectivity of light and it won't catch on fire.
Smoke detector and big ass fire extinguisher.
If I'm reading that right.
Or did I misunderstand?

Stay safe
Bill

 

[TorturedSoul]

actually it works amazingly well.

Heh heh heh. And, actually the planet is a big flat disc being carried through the æther on a giant turtle's back?

It works "amazingly well" if the only light you're concerned with reflecting is in the infrared portion of the spectrum. I just looked for the thread (not on this forum) in which Reflectix and several other commonly used things were tested for light reflectivity, but I couldn't find it. I'm not gloomy to swear to it, but I think that one listed it as reflecting... no, I cannot recall. I think it was somewhere in the mid-80% range.

Also, you mentioned that it isn't a fire issue like Panda Film. I've never used that stuff, so I'll have to take your word for it (and will) that it's less likely to burn or whatever. However, company employees, when replying to related questions on websites that sell the stuff, are quick to mention that, while Reflectix has a Class 1 / Class A fire rating - it is neither fireproof nor flame retardant. (And is not supposed to be installed in environments that see temperatures in excess of 180°F.) So if a fire ever does get started, it's not likely to be any kind of barrier. Fuel, maybe, after it gets hot.

Again, it's better than a piece of carpet. Far better. But certainly not the best. I think people assume it's better than it is because it's shiny, lol. Well, that plus it's called Reflectix and is advertised as being 97% reflective (but, again, that's NOT in regards to visible light). Some people have thought that mirrors should be great for this application, too. . . .

 

[bluter]

Heh heh heh. And, actually the planet is a big flat disc being carried through the æther on a giant turtle's back?

It works "amazingly well" if the only light you're concerned with reflecting is in the infrared portion of the spectrum. I just looked for the thread (not on this forum) in which Reflectix and several other commonly used things were tested for light reflectivity, but I couldn't find it. I'm not gloomy to swear to it, but I think that one listed it as reflecting... no, I cannot recall. I think it was somewhere in the mid-80% range.

Also, you mentioned that it isn't a fire issue like Panda Film. I've never used that stuff, so I'll have to take your word for it (and will) that it's less likely to burn or whatever. However, company employees, when replying to related questions on websites that sell the stuff, are quick to mention that, while Reflectix has a Class 1 / Class A fire rating - it is neither fireproof nor flame retardant. (And is not supposed to be installed in environments that see temperatures in excess of 180°F.) So if a fire ever does get started, it's not likely to be any kind of barrier. Fuel, maybe, after it gets hot.

Again, it's better than a piece of carpet. Far better. But certainly not the best. I think people assume it's better than it is because it's shiny, lol. Well, that plus it's called Reflectix and is advertised as being 97% reflective (but, again, that's NOT in regards to visible light). Some people have thought that mirrors should be great for this application, too. . . .

the panda film will turn in to gobs of burning plastic in a fire. the reflectix pretty much gets holes burned through and doesn't really catch.

someone cited 90% reflectivity but i believe that is the heat claim being mistakenly used. the bubbles tend to refract the light in a random pattern, but not as well as flat white paint, which is the gold standard.

the best feature of the reflectix is one that is no longer needed in most places. it is impervious to FLIR, making it very stealth. that was our primary reason for using it years ago, and we have simply gotten used to using the material since. i've never owned a tent.

 

[bluter]

Good morning my friend @bluter hope you had a nice weekend.
You mention scrog in a small space?

It is the most efficient use of space in a restricted tent.
But the rest of the conversation worries me.
A big plywood box is as flammable as if gets.
Personally I'd cover the walls in drywall painted white.
Better reflectivity of light and it won't catch on fire.
Smoke detector and big ass fire extinguisher.
If I'm reading that right.
Or did I misunderstand?

if you mean my flower space it's an unused shower area we re-finished as a grow space. if a fire's gonna happen it'll be in the veg space, i make sure to watch the draw on the circuit it uses.