eyerguy
New Member
Please bear with me as I have always been MacGyver when it comes to most things. None of my ideas are ideal or the most efficient way of doing things. This is in no way a guide, Just sharing my info with you and hopefully vice-versa, Enjoy!
My grow: A large rubbermaid garbage can with lid. 2xPC cooling fans, 3x100x HPS, 2x plants. One LST'ed One not.
The first picture shows how I took an old household thermostat to show and control my fans. I found it in the trash.
In the second picture you can see my MacGyver lamp halo
And the two PC fans in the background.
In the third picture you can see the relatively low temps for 300 watts of HPS in a 2x2x4 space with an intake hole, There is another intake opposite of this one as well.
In the fourth picture you can see my mess of ballast, Starters and capacitors. Please, Please do not emulate this, I am an electrician and should know better but I just made and was excited to share. Keeping your hardware far away from the plants or closet can help reduce temps by 5-8 degrees!
They exact cuts on the side of the can and the exhaust fans at the top create a perfect environment of zero static pressure and fully eliminates hot spots and dead zones where air can get stagnant.
I simply connected the old thermostat onto the 12v connection on supplying my exhaust fans using just the R and C terminals you could even use the left over terminals on the thermostat to automate cooling watering or C02 supply.
BTW, These plants were grown in a closet, Under 1x70w HPS! One is flowering nicely the other has densed up around the apical/primordium area and has a lot of crystals forming but no pistils or hairs like its neighbor.
My grow: A large rubbermaid garbage can with lid. 2xPC cooling fans, 3x100x HPS, 2x plants. One LST'ed One not.
The first picture shows how I took an old household thermostat to show and control my fans. I found it in the trash.
In the second picture you can see my MacGyver lamp halo
And the two PC fans in the background.In the third picture you can see the relatively low temps for 300 watts of HPS in a 2x2x4 space with an intake hole, There is another intake opposite of this one as well.
In the fourth picture you can see my mess of ballast, Starters and capacitors. Please, Please do not emulate this, I am an electrician and should know better but I just made and was excited to share. Keeping your hardware far away from the plants or closet can help reduce temps by 5-8 degrees!
They exact cuts on the side of the can and the exhaust fans at the top create a perfect environment of zero static pressure and fully eliminates hot spots and dead zones where air can get stagnant.
I simply connected the old thermostat onto the 12v connection on supplying my exhaust fans using just the R and C terminals you could even use the left over terminals on the thermostat to automate cooling watering or C02 supply.
BTW, These plants were grown in a closet, Under 1x70w HPS! One is flowering nicely the other has densed up around the apical/primordium area and has a lot of crystals forming but no pistils or hairs like its neighbor.
