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Originally Posted by Hippie3  right, cfl lighting is best bet in closet with no ventilation |
This may really be your best bet. I love HID's, but I have never grown in that small/tight of a space. I know when I first began growing hydro, I had only 1 400W in a walk-in closet ~6' X 6' X 8' tall. I kept my ballast outside of the closet and it was good enough to work with the temps, but any smaller and I would have had problems I think.
Maybe start off with a couple of those shoplights flourescents, and then swithch over to CFL's? Shoplights are very cheap and put out no heat. CFL's are good as far as having little heat and bulbs last a long time.
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sounds like to me you are renting, or living with roommates/parents that aren't in the know.... which is a bad idea and i sure hope isn't the case.
i would wait till you can do it right at your own house. it isn't worth risking your safety if you are a renter, and not worth risking the safety of people who live with you.
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When I move down to Florida within the next month I will be renting. I will also be starting up a hydro setup. I've done it before. It's definitely not an ideal situation, but sometimes all you can do is rent. I take a lot of extreme precautions when renting and growing. Locks are the first thing to be changed. Not just the front door, but also any and all doors leading into the room(s). It's a real PITA if anything goes wrong in the place that needs fixing. When I was in Houston and we rented a place, we didn't live there. We disconnected the water heater and refrigerator and never use the oven or stove so we never had a chance for anything to go wrong. Every once in awhile though the apartment people would want access to spray from bugs and stuff which was very nerve racking. We always told them we didn't want to be sprayed due to allergies and stuff, always had an excuse for any reason they may need/want to access our apartment.