This is how we do it on the other side (Was the $26,500 Thread)

[Dr. Greenhorn]

its cool man sorry for the misunderstanding....I guess it did look a little like what you said.....SORRY EVERYONE, you too SOG, much respect

 

[SOG]

Respects Doc

 

[SpruceZeus]

Worst thread ever.

Unsubscribed.

 

[DR. VonDankenstine]

First let me say----nice setup. Sometimes it takes a lot of testing and reworking to get things done to your liking. I understand the problems you are having and every room is different and has different sets of challenges. I have set-up a few rooms with water cooled lights and my personal room at the time has a hydroinavations co2 gen with water chiller/pumps/reservoir/and controller. They make great products but finding the perfect set-up for each room takes time. Most important is that your room temp stays correct and with co2 you will want to run your rooms a little hotter--- 80 to 82. Also---every water chiller I have come across is under-vented so if you haven't already done so you might want to try putting a fan in front of the unit--it will help with the cooling and efficiency of the unit.

 

[benvegas]

Thanks Dr VD!

Picture time. The plants are a tiny droopy and not spectacular, its just a bunch of varities of seeds and not too much thought/care to the quality of the first harvest other than the equipment range testing. These pictures are over the last week and a half-ish and are in no particular order.

 

[benvegas]

Remember, work in progress.

 

[SOG]

Nice progress Ben,
how's DR300 holding on for you so far?
i had to return the one i had, due to over bowing
not sure if it's the pictures, is your tent bowing too?

 

[abellguy]

It's coming along now! When you put your hand on the glass of the hood do you feel heat at all? I was also wondering about what the temp is of the air comming out of the ice box, just wondering for future usage!!

With the LL and my hygromter 4 inches from the fixture I have 79-81deg with no a/c on, and when I hold the fixture it feels cold more like 70deg but the light still puts some heat past it, I don't quite understand that?!?

I keep that light slammed on them all the time exept when harding off...keep up the good work

 

[benvegas]

Thanks for the two compliments out of 200 posts from real pictures LOL. I think this thread is so fucking huge that nobody reads every posts and misses the good stuff. (Sorry, didnt realize this was so unique at the time and would create so much attention).

So! Putting your hand on the glass from the 1000w lamp *** WHILE BEING WATER COOLED *** will not burn your hand or feel really "hot hot". It'll feel warm and you'll feel heat, primarily because your just so close to the heat source. But, that stops on the other side of the glass. I'll try putting some shitty plant that is stunted growth-wise to 1/2" from the glass on its own 1000w water cooled lamp one day to see if it burns and how close you really can get. I love having all this extra test space. Its like my own little lab.

Right now the ice boxes exhaust is simply being exhausted through the tent and there's no air intake. Temps are all 80(f) so I havent really seen a need to mess with that as of yet. Co2 being installed now, and additionally flower room #3 is being cleared out and under construction.

The DR300 tents are decent. pH down dripping on the floor will cause the floor to flake and peel away (W-T-F? Didnt they realize people use and spill products? ). The buckling that may appear in the photos is probably because we didnt know to add both top bars yet. They were just added. The bars I refer to are the support brace ones that you hang stuff from. There's two for them not one for extra durability. I'd say the DR300 is a very nice solution still that everyone will be very pleased with compared to what else is available on the market as of writing today. Short of making them a little less acid resistant and perhaps a tiny bit stronger bars they are perfect.

 

[littlegrower2004]

the table in pic 27 looks like it is bending. those rock wool cubes must get pretty heavy when soaked.

 

[SOG]

I'd say the DR300 is a very nice solution still that everyone will be very pleased with compared to what else is available on the market as of writing today. Short of making them a little less acid resistant and perhaps a tiny bit stronger bars they are perfect.

i guess my 300 was simply manufacture defect, my 240 is completely solid
in my 300 i had the "acid bubbling" you mentioned prior to have anything spilled on it, it came like that
i replaced the 300 with a GrowLab 290 unit
i have seen it built before in person, it carries the exact same features the DR's do
but with many small adjustments the DR manufacturer refused to change
the unit has a higher weight capabilities, and a bit thicker bars all around

they have special flanges to bring ducts in and out

a center beam support (to the floor from the cross bar center, where the ring goes)for extra weight (on shelf's coming month)

a wider light prevention flaps on the zippers
to prevent the zipper from getting stuck when zipped open or close

the inside walls are laminated against acid spillage

there are many little tweaks to it,
its a much more advance then the SJ, at this point!
i have looked around, allot
the new generation from GrowLab are winners IMO
i need to get mine back up soon, ill post some pics for reference

 

[G33kDro]

I just got a GrowLab its the 4x4x7 and its solid. Was easy as hell to setup. I did my research and the reviews were all good. My local shop had em in and he threw me a deal that i had to take for the 1/2HP Chiller and tent combo. the lame thing is i have had it setup for 2 weeks and I don't have any clones in it til probably next week.


-G33k

 

[benvegas]

the table in pic 27 looks like it is bending. those rock wool cubes must get pretty heavy when soaked.

Actually that's the stand that's made with PVC tubing. The tube I didnt push all the way in firmly on the corners. I planned to get that done with the plant/water liability wasnt in there. Next ones are all squished down properly and hard enough.

 

[orzz]

I am using Sun Hut XL and XXLs and I am very happy with their performance. XL = 4X4X7 XXL= 4X8x7

 

[Hotwired]

SOG - I did a full review on the DR300w a while back.

Seems like someone from Everest read it because they fixed (supposedly) everything bad about the DR that I talked about.

Did they fix the plastic bar holders that hold the bars in place on the corners and middle? I was able to break (yes crack in 2 pieces) the middle plastic holder on my DR300w quite easily. All I did was grab and pull down with about 20 to 30 pounds of force. CRACK!!

I would love to get the 8 x 8 Growlab and run four 600 watters in it

vegas - awesome job man. People think this shit is easy and they have no clue. Especially an operation like that. There is always something to do.

Is that fan you have running against the wall on a stand? Or do you have it tape rigged or something?

 

[SOG]

i saw the 290 built in person before i build my DR300
i couldn't believe how solid the unit was constructed
thinking if this is the large GrowLab model,
i have the top of the line DR300, it should be much better!
i believe i was wrong!

Did they fix the plastic bar holders that hold the bars in place on the corners and middle?

did they fix the joints, i believe so from what i've heard, but i have no way of telling
you will have to give us a hand here, this is what's in the box for the joints

 

[darookie2000]

SOG - I did a full review on the DR300w a while back.

Seems like someone from Everest read it because they fixed (supposedly) everything bad about the DR that I talked about.

Did they fix the plastic bar holders that hold the bars in place on the corners and middle? I was able to break (yes crack in 2 pieces) the middle plastic holder on my DR300w quite easily. All I did was grab and pull down with about 20 to 30 pounds of force. CRACK!!

I would love to get the 8 x 8 Growlab and run four 600 watters in it

vegas - awesome job man. People think this shit is easy and they have no clue. Especially an operation like that. There is always something to do.

Is that fan you have running against the wall on a stand? Or do you have it tape rigged or something?

Lol, I broke a corner piece on my DR150W trying to move it from where I assembled it to it's end location. I have noticed the pinhole leaks too. Good to hear the growlab fixes those issues, I'll take a look if I have a tough enough time with the DR going forward (or expand my flowering space)

 

[spagettiheady420]

Lol, I broke a corner piece on my DR150W trying to move it from where I assembled it to it's end location. I have noticed the pinhole leaks too. Good to hear the growlab fixes those issues, I'll take a look if I have a tough enough time with the DR going forward (or expand my flowering space)

I am using the DR150 and I also noticed little pinhole leaks but other than that I really love it! I got 2-600w Hps in there with a flood and drain setup like benvegas heer

 

[benvegas]

The corners for the tent arent the ones you posted in the photo there. The ones that came with mine are translucent plastic. You can probably see them if you zoom in on almost any photo.

 

[SOG]

these corners came with the GrowLab 290
the replacement for the DR300, i got

this is how my 300 looked before i swapped it
(note how the pressure pulls the rods outwards, ripping the securing tape)