Speaker Grow Box (pics to come)

MrNotorious

MrNotorious

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Hey everyone, I am just about finished my speaker grow box, all I need to do now is grab some lights.

I was curious as to suggestions for the lights I should purchase.

My grow box is 2 ft. tall, 1 ft. in depth and 1 & 1/2 ft. wide. The only fan being used is a 120mm Computer fan.

Also, I am trying to find the best way to cut down on light escaping from the fan opening. Does any one have a good suggestion?
 

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vh13

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From my POV, there's really only three options for lighting:

1) HPS/MH - efficient, but produces tremendous heat so you'll probably need another fan or two. Look into making a cool tube.

2) CFL - less efficiency, which means a smaller yield at the same wattage as an HPS/MH, but a lot less heat. This could mean more stealth, depending on your ambient room temps, etc.

3) LED - very efficient, very little heat, and very expensive. You'll have to invest in the most expensive LED's though, as the cheap ones are actually less efficient then CFL.

If choosing 1 or 2, check out what this what this guy did in his PC grow with a sheet of plexiglass.
 
MrNotorious

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I plan on using 3 CFL bulbs. Two of which, will go along the left and right side, vertically. These two bulbs are about 1ft long. The third CFL will be a standard bulb at the top of the box.

Also, the 120mm computer fan I am using has blue LED lights. Not very bright but you can see them for sure. Will this light from the fan cause problems down the road?
 
green thumb matt

green thumb matt

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dude im a first time grower and i decided to try LST with a 16 inch speaker case in my closet with a T-shirt over the back of it. I got a seed from a bag of decent bud and decided to try to get a female. I pruned the leaves and stressed the plant a little and now its the third week of flowering. 10 budsites and each cola so far is 4-5 inches tall. Flowering will most likley double giving me at least a quarter.
 
MrNotorious

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green thumb matt said:
dude im a first time grower and i decided to try LST with a 16 inch speaker case in my closet with a T-shirt over the back of it. I got a seed from a bag of decent bud and decided to try to get a female. I pruned the leaves and stressed the plant a little and now its the third week of flowering. 10 budsites and each cola so far is 4-5 inches tall. Flowering will most likley double giving me at least a quarter.
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Awesome, what lights are you using?

What are the other dimensions also?
 
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ganjalord

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I would think three plants max and you would have to flower when they got 8". CFL's have very little heat and plant can grow around bulb.
 
MrNotorious

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ganjalord said:
I would think three plants max and you would have to flower when they got 8". CFL's have very little heat and plant can grow around bulb.
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I still need to line the insides white... I'm thinking spray paint might be the most simplistic/cheapest method?

I plan to put some pictures up soon. Sorry for slacking, I have been busy light proofing.
 
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letsdothis21

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3 plants seems like 1 too many to me. I have 2 plants growing in mine and they are taking up all the space right now...check out my grow for my dimensions if you wanted to know. Also you will want/need to LST your plants if you only have 2 ft of height.

And I'm using a 150w HPS for my grow.
 
MrNotorious

MrNotorious

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letsdothis21 said:
3 plants seems like 1 too many to me. I have 2 plants growing in mine and they are taking up all the space right now...check out my grow for my dimensions if you wanted to know. Also you will want/need to LST your plants if you only have 2 ft of height.

And I'm using a 150w HPS for my grow.
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Very nice. I still can not decide on the lights i want... :wall:
 
dopewear

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an lst or scrog would be great for this, id definetly go with cfls for this, that fan light may cause a problem unless it goes off with your 6 hours of dark just may interupt your light schedule, id do maybe 1-2 plants max any more and youd have a pretty big cluster of green in that speaker!
 
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HerbieSmith

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dopewear said:
an lst or scrog would be great for this, id definetly go with cfls for this, that fan light may cause a problem unless it goes off with your 6 hours of dark just may interupt your light schedule, id do maybe 1-2 plants max any more and youd have a pretty big cluster of green in that speaker!
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im picking out my lights now too for a small cabinet grow... make sure you check the watts/ lumens/ Kelvins before you buy.. you want More kelvins during veg... Check out the FQ for more info on lighting

https://www.rollitup.org/view.php?pg=faq&cmd=article&id=259
 
MrNotorious

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dopewear said:
an lst or scrog would be great for this, id definetly go with cfls for this, that fan light may cause a problem unless it goes off with your 6 hours of dark just may interupt your light schedule, id do maybe 1-2 plants max any more and youd have a pretty big cluster of green in that speaker!
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With your PC grow, what lights are you using that plug directly into the surge protector? Where can I find them?

Edit: I know they are CFL's but the way they plug in is what I am interested in.
 
dopewear

dopewear

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its like i light socket with a wall adapter on the back its not the light, you can find them at wallmart, home depot, lowes, home hardware, and some dollar stores.
 
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HerbieSmith

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dopewear said:
its like i light socket with a wall adapter on the back its not the light, you can find them at wallmart, home depot, lowes, home hardware, and some dollar stores.
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i just got some of these myself.. what do you do to mount the surge so that yolu can move the lights up and down and around etc.??
 
MrNotorious

MrNotorious

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HerbieSmith said:
i just got some of these myself.. what do you do to mount the surge so that yolu can move the lights up and down and around etc.??
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I am thinking simply hang it so it can be raised & etc. It will probably throw the lights on an angle which might be a good thing.

My idea is to hang the surge protector upside down with the adapters you have. Put a splitter on each two allow 6 lights total (one less adapter then you have).

Get where I am going?

I did not have any luck finding these at home depot so i purchased 2 splitters.

I am currently running 1 40w CFL in addition to 1 26w CFL. Also, I have 2 15w CFL's and a 9w CFL running.

I would assume I have plenty of light for my speaker no?

Would 4 40w's work better?
 
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