After reading up on this site, this is what I came up with. It was really easy, I just ordered all the stuff from Greens and assembled it in a couple of hours. Hopefully I helped this site with all the stuff I ordered

It's just a grow tent (80x80x160cm). I have a diamond reflector, 250w metal halide lamp and a 400w HPS
There is a small fan pointed under the lamp to move the hot air and give the plants some breeze.

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And the all important fan and carbon filter. They are huge and the fan makes a lot of noise. Any electrical suggestions for lowering the speed of the fan?

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Thanks for wealth of information in this site, I would have been lost without it

Good tip there, thanks

arr mate you got the tent 1 up from mine..(DR60)

Was that carbon filter hard to wire an fit together.. I'm doing mine tomorrow and hoping I don't fook it up.

I will prob be gettin a dimmer switch too

also where did you get the cable tie things from holding the filter up??

Wire the power cable up to the fan (brown is live, blue is neutral and green/yellow is earth, the fan has connections marked with "L", "N" and an earth symbol. I taped the filter to the fan with duct tape, hung the fan with bungees and jubilee clipped the tent flange to the fan.


Army surplus sites are your friend for bungees Just google "army surplus bungees".

Are you going for 400 or 250w? What kind of reflector?

how is your filter connected to your fan then?
looks like its about to drop off any moment..

im going to use 200w red and 200w blue eco lights.

hum reflector...not sure about that....what are u using

I've got a diamond reflector, but it won't fit ecolights.

Sort that filter out before it wrecks your equipment and plants, you got a couple of velcro straps with your tent - use them to strap you filter to the roof supports.
Once you have done that buy yourself a fan speed controller not a dimmer switch, they look similar but are rated differently.
I would buy some ducting too and hang that fan properly, insulated ducting will help with the noise of the airflow.

if that filter let go it could crack your skull clean in half if you were down underneath it.

If you put the filter and fan horizontally then you will have a bit more head room in that corner.... you'll need all you can get!

i cant give you tips on growing, but i can tell you where it will lead you. into eternal thoughts of beauty and elight colours and visions of the past and future blending into forever inside your joyus mind, and the music flows inside your now pure aura and mind blend aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Don't worry about the filter, you couldn't even pull it off. It's going nowhere.


I don't know what you mean, are you saying bungees are not proper hanging equipment?
Seriously, it's fine. The bungees and tape are easily strong enough to hold the weight.

Where can I get insulated ducting and the fan speed controller from?

my reflector is just a normal type i think that fits eco lights.

I got ducting so will fit all together tommorow an see how it goes.

i got straps with my tent for filter....but going to get them ties tommorow for the filter thing also.

As well you might think, but actually having the filter tucked away in the corner means that I can get the diamond reflector right up to the top of the tent If I had the filter horizontally it would foul the reflector slightly, meaning I would have to move the reflector away from centre.

What a lovely thought. Thankyou