New Cabinet Grow - 9'x4'x18" - Complete Build Journal - Lot's of Pics

jwop

jwop

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none of the pictures go with the descriptions ... and they all look like random pictures of weed from the internet ... i don't even see the cabinets or the garage
 
Mr.Drug

Mr.Drug

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im way to lazy to make one like this is anyone in langley bc who would like to make this ill pay them or figure out a price :)
 
Danielsgb

Danielsgb

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I'm starting a fridge grow construction thread. I'm gonna use some of your Cool Tube design if you don't mind
A Medicinal Refridgerator

Any comments and advice would be great. Your cabinet is super cool, and you are on a great cabinet.
Daniels
 
stelthy

stelthy

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Hi dude, Am well interested in your grow cupboard, like you I like to build and modd. everything looks great, however I do have a little concern in some places lol, (some of the connecting pieces to the MH bulbs) if for whatever reason a cooltube fan fails fire risk is at an all time high! Also I'd like to know what the ambient temp of your garage is on average night and day, and then the difference in temp with your system on during night and day.. My only worry for you is depending on your location and the climate I would try and disguise the heat signature that vents out of the garage - if there is one. I mean if you live in a location that has relitavly cold night times a foggy mist may appear where the hot expelling air from the grow cab meets the out side air. Appart from that man I really like what youve done so far keep up the good work - STELTHY
 
stelthy

stelthy

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jsgamber said:
Step 1 - slide 5" hose clamp over tube
Step 2 - insert reflector between tube and hose clamp
Step 3 - hook the socket/bulb assembly over the tube/reflector at the top of the arc
Step 4 - slide 5" hose clamp over tube, reflector and wire hanger
Step 5 - tighten hose clamps (tenderly...speaking from personal experience).





Step 6 - Insert spring to keep bulb from swinging in the tube. As it turns out, it's a bit off center which allows me to raise or lower the bulb in the tube by spinning it around. Right now the bulb is closer to the top.



Step 7 - Slide the reducer collar on the socket end. Remember the channel to slip the wires through



Step 8 - That's it. I've added the flapper valve and a 90* elbow to show what will connect. The flapper will screw to the back of the cabinet. The PVC elbow will have to be rigged with a bit of 4" pipe and more Duck tape to create a slip seal to the tube. Next slide please....
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In step 8 on the left that L-bend pipe is very close to that 250w MH if the fan does ever stall this looks like a likely fire hazard, correct me if I'am wrong but is there a way you can install a malfunction saftey complete override cut-off mechanism ? to avoid burning your cupboard,garage etc... Don't wanna piss you off cos it looks like youve worked really hard so far but I would feel gutted if that happened to me so I thought I'd give you a heads up 1st so as to speak :) - STELTHY
 
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jsgamber

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OMG. MY pictures are back!!

Hey Danielsgb and stelthy. You guys must have dug deep to find my post while I waited for the site to get back together again. So welcome.

Danielsgb feel free to use what I've done. BUT be aware of what stelthy says and what I've done to make changes (not many).

First off, I'm replacing Duck Tape with Aluminum tape everywhere ventilation is concerned. It doesn't stand up to heat well at all. I used Duck Tape to build up the PVC connecting to the cool tube. What happened was what stelthy predicted. The tape started to fail causing the seal to fail. Also the duck tape literally "baked" itself stuck to the glass. When I tried to remove it, it cracked the glass.

It's all back together again but this time Aluminum tape. It reflects heat well, it maintains the seal and everything is cool again.


On the temps, my garage stays between 70 to 80 degrees and in the middle of summer could climb up to 85. The only external walls are the garage door and the side which is 8' from the neighbors house. There's a bedroom right above. The garage door is west facing so it heats up in the afternoon. I'm planning on installing 1" rigid foam insulation on the inside of the garage door.

Eventually everything will vent outside. I haven't had many visitors lately so the full need for stealth hasn't been needed...yet.

peace
 
Danielsgb

Danielsgb

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I smoked this morning. Saw the post and thought I had posted that on my new Fridge thread on accident. I added a bunch of your pics to journal in starting more research on it late last night. I was confused with the "Don't wanna piss you off cos it looks like youve worked really hard so far but I would feel gutted if that happened to me" comment. Thinking my project is on the ground floor, and these are pics of jsgamber cabinet.
I will take that advice into account.
Daniels
 
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jsgamber

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Danielsgb said:
I smoked this morning. Saw the post and thought I had posted that on my new Fridge thread on accident. I added a bunch of your pics to journal in starting more research on it late last night. I was confused with the "Don't wanna piss you off cos it looks like youve worked really hard so far but I would feel gutted if that happened to me" comment. Thinking my project is on the ground floor, and these are pics of jsgamber cabinet.
I will take that advice into account.
Daniels
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What's nice about this site is sometimes you can read a thread and see something that's "about" to happen because of your own personal experience. Stelthy saw it coming. :) But me being so behind in my posting haven't come back to tell any tales yet. And I have plenty. Don't forget to check out my grow too. There will be some drama there soon as I catch back up the last 2 weeks.

peace
 
canniboss

canniboss

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If you want a cheap but powerful fan/blower to run your cooltube and a carbon filter check out "stanley blowers" you can get them at any hardware store for well under $100. They are super powerful, stealthy when boxed up and easily modified to fit your needs.
 
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jsgamber

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canniboss said:
If you want a cheap but powerful fan/blower to run your cooltube and a carbon filter check out "stanley blowers" you can get them at any hardware store for well under $100. They are super powerful, stealthy when boxed up and easily modified to fit your needs.
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Oh I'm certainly checking them out. :) Wife just got another credit card bill so gotta go slow for now. ;) I was just at the hydro store looking at them up close to see how I could build the same thing for less...ya know...DIY :)

Thanks for stopping by!

peace
 
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maddprof

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Hey Dude, nice cabinet.

Couple of suggestions you might want to consider:

You can take an old cell phone charger and wire it up to your PC fans to provide power instead of hooking up that full on PSU (those things put off heat as opposed to a cell phone charger), just be sure to wire in some resistors just to be on the safe side. In addition to this, to solve your delemma on how to run the fans (30 on/30 off), just hook up a rheostat to control the fan speeds. Slow the fan speeds down and they'll be quieter too.
 
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jsgamber

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maddprof said:
Hey Dude, nice cabinet.

Couple of suggestions you might want to consider:

You can take an old cell phone charger and wire it up to your PC fans to provide power instead of hooking up that full on PSU (those things put off heat as opposed to a cell phone charger), just be sure to wire in some resistors just to be on the safe side. In addition to this, to solve your delemma on how to run the fans (30 on/30 off), just hook up a rheostat to control the fan speeds. Slow the fan speeds down and they'll be quieter too.
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Hey maddprof welcome and thanks for the suggestions.

The PSU is a 220W so hopefully not too much heat. I'll be adding six more fans to the mix.

I've committed the sin of getting more involved in the grow than the build so I'm just putting out fires (figuratively). Check out my new reservoir in my grow.

I'm using magnetic ballasts as well (keeping costs down). I'm mounting all of this on a piece of plywood including pumps, ballasts and the PSU. The ballast puts off 10x more heat than the PSU. Since all electrical will be cooled together, I don't think the PSU will have much of an impact compared to the ballasts. :) Hopefully.

I still have to clean up the electrical and start on the next two chambers. I figure I'll be cloning in about another week or two so need to have the flower areas set or at least one.

stay tuned....


peace
 
Danielsgb

Danielsgb

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I got my air system done for my Cool Tube. I think I got it right with stelthy's advice taken into account. I put more pics up on the sig link. Take a look.
Daniels
 
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jsgamber

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Danielsgb said:
I got my air system done for my Cool Tube. I think I got it right with stelthy's advice taken into account. I put more pics up on the sig link. Take a look.
Daniels
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Don't you just hate it when someone steals your idea and makes it better! I don't! That looks sweet. Now I'll have to go check out the rest of the pics.

Keep it up bro!
 
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jsgamber

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Oh SS you know you are my favorite! :blsmoke:

I hadn't started thinking of wiring details yet but seeing this got me excited...until I ran out and looked and saw that my 130cfm fan pulls .5 amps! I'd only get to plug in 3 without overloading it. :(

The PSU has a variable speed fan running in it and it's running slow and very cool. But then again it's driving only 3 fans for a total of 1.1 amps.

I am a computer pack rat and so I already have a couple of fan controllers lying around from old PC builds.

Great minds man!!!!

:mrgreen:
 
SensiStan

SensiStan

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ahh if you like your pc's heres my most recent idea. A heatsink fan (with the little motherboard mounts) to be mounted on the inside of a stealth cab. more to come on this as my next grow will be far from a scroungers guide :bigjoint: more like ROCKAFELLA SKUNK haha oh my that is so the name of my next cabinet haha , thanks for presenting a space where i can muse out loud :D
 
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