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    Can i get away with a 1000watt light in a grow tent without getting picked up by police helicopters ?

    And how much of a dent will a 1k watt put on my leccy bill? will it be noticable ?

    And is it hard growing with a 1000 watt's ? i.e heat mangement and what not

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    mate u defo dnt need a 1000w for a few reasons...

    1. a 600w hps is more than enought to sustain your own needs... diaper got454grams from 4 plants under a 600w.

    2, the heat build up in the summer, will make growing in a tent with a 1000w simply unfeasible...

    3. it will drain ur electric mate, it will use 1 kWh per hour, they generally cost between 10-15p for a kwh, so u do the math, plus u will need so much more extraction which will also drain the ellecy...

    u will only ever get done by the choppers if you are a total fool..... and fill a whole house with hundreds of plants.... 1 light, be it a 1000w or not will not get u caught by the piggies...

    if you are very insistent and really want to do this, u would defo need to use a cooltube, and get some serious extraction in there.... a 200mm maybe for extraction...

    hope that helps man..

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    Listen to our LAL.

    Whilst a 100 watter will defo increase yield it will increase the overall cost of leccy, equipment etc etc.

    If you're thinking of using the 1000 watter in an attic you'll be asking for a whole load of heat issue come the summer months. As i found out recently Heat stress is really not a good thing to subject your plants too !.

    A 1m2 grow tent & a 600w HPS will provide all you'll need M8.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LAL View Post

    1. a 600w hps is more than enought to sustain your own needs... diaper got454grams from 4 plants under a 600w.
    That's you off the xmas card list you cheeky little fecker.

    3 plants not 4

    In theory you can see 1g/watt at harvest, but you'll need to have all aspects of your enviroment dialled in, and the correct genetics. In reality, whilst honing your skills 1/2g/watt is a more realistic target with room for improvement.

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    Im goning with the 600watt cooltube , cheers for the advice lads helpful as always

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    Good choice young man ..

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