So you’ve got a budget $1000usd to set up an indoor 4x4x8’ grow tent and total watts are limited to 800-- what do you buy?
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U buy n xtra 250w from the wall (or dim down) so u can run:
2x hlg 480 42a
ea runnin
12x bridgeluxxx 4’ 3500k eb2 strips on 4x4 frames
skip heatsinx, use angle alum
4x4 builds
t6 cloudline fan
6x18" phresh filter
1x timer
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I’ve got a 5x5 in the box if your interested. Also post above is good. Leds cause you don’t wanna pay for the power. Strips or boards for diy. or order from Alibaba.com. You still need to vent some heat out. So a cheap fan and filter with controller off amazon is $150.
I’d run a flood table. 4x4 with a 40-50 gallon res. There’s one on offer up for $225 with a 1000w HPS. Some jacks 321 and blast off. I think you can do it for $500. Then smoke the other $500. That’s just my penny pinching self.
He’s near you also.
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I’d get the best strips available at the time. I’d spend alot of that $$ hanging them so I could raise or lower them individually or in pairs for really perfect canopy coverage even with mixed strains. The rest for a good 6in fan and mountain air scrubber, like 8 cheap clip fans from Walmart and an assload of coco lol
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Also I’d still use mega crop or something similar, but would use all the fancy/expensive supplements that I don’t now. Maybe something like liquid karma, grozym and mycos.
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Man $1000 would go fast, but 4x4 tent, 6" AC Incinity Cloudline, Phresh filter, oscillating fans, 480-watts of EB strips + driver, pots, soil (I would mix my own, but still), and seeds would get me through. I think I could just barely do it with that much.
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Was just checking on lights and did the tariffs have a effect on prices? It seems like they actually went up from what i remember.
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Bunch of Hortilux Eye 1000’s Hps bulbs… Lots of Jack’s ferts.& hydroponic nutes… And Im happy. I pretty much have everything I need… Im easy. 
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(eh… the idearrr was you have nothing but an an empty spot & power & a grand to blow. 
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LOL. I re-read the original post, and I guess I fucked up. Sorry. Blame it on the strain? 
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Comprehension skills suffering so you have a 4x8 and total 800 watt draw lights and fans?
I’d prefer two 4x4 tents with a 600 watt hps/mh Digi ballast for each tent a 6 inch inline fan and y connector sitting on top a charcoal filter. Running the tents 12 hour light cycle back to back so never exceeding the 800 watt limit.
This gives you greater options for running multiple strains and stagger bloom on one tent by 4 or 5 weeks and you’ll be clearing a tent every 4 or 5 weeks.
Edit: Spelling. It seems my writing skills are stuffing too
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Dont think yall get how cheep them eb2 strips builds is right now.
Sides this all u need is angle fer frame n therm tape n screws n wire n a plug. U can build a 500w eb2 4x4 rig fer bout $350 all in, de-liverd, leaves u 3 hunnert to play w but assumed tent was already boughts.
Use yer dirt n pots u already gots, caller good
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a couple of these…
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Full-Spectrum-Tuning-Dimming-410W-LED_62102596829.html
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Yep, that’s why I said EB Strips + driver in my post. Probably the best bang for your buck right now. I’ve done this several times over, trying to get my buddy’s to start growing. They weren’t willing to drop the 1K to get going. I think I i got things down to about $800 cutting corners.
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So I’d get 2 320 watt lm301b sets = 515$
build a 12 site ebb n flow bucket set up
12 2 gal air pot = 90$
2.5 gal buckets, bulk head, 3/4 tubing, 3/4 tees, water pump, air pump, timer, trash can = 175$
cheap ph meter= 8$
mega crop, growmore Hawaiian bud, jumpstart, epsom salt= 65$
8" duct booster fan= 25$
2 4 cu ft perlite= 60$
4 x 4 tent= 85$
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