DIY Grow Chamber - NO SHIT - CHEAP AWESOME AND SAFE, but you be the judge! - DAY 1

Thanks....to be honest....it was much easier than I had first anticipated, you could actually do it all in a day if you had the parts

had to give ya the star

taking pictures of everything that you do step by step is extremely tedious and it was damn near the exact guide i was lookin for

do a scrog for me and take pictures as I cant grow for another month and a half til I move

adosbul - Ya man, Ill keep ya posted...with pics!! BTW love the prof pic, representin the homeland lol!!

To everybody - here is some more pics and stuff, haven't had a chance to do the power rundown and full cost sheet yet but I will and post it for ya!!

So I sorta finished the freezer side so here are some pics of the thing DONE.( i still wanna add some more lighting but you'll get the drift!)


So here is the freezer side, cloning area at the top and mother chamber at the bottom(sorry bout the sideways pic)


Here is a closeup of the clone area


The Whole Enchilada!


So this is the fridge part, the upper chamber where I will veg to height and flower, I will also be addin a screen here soon for my scrog


This is the lower part of the fridge where I let the babies grow, these guys came from seeds



And this is my first attempt at cloning, keep your fingers crossed!!


Thanks for all the wonderful comments and rep's everybody!! This site has an awesome community and I'm proud to be a member!!

I'll keep updating!

hahah this is great mate. Good work

Although to be honest it would have been amazing if you somehow incorperated the cooling system into a hydro setup

Still, excellent work and great to see some outside the box thinking

legalizeitcanada said:

Thanks man, Ya most fridges pull between 400 and 800 watts of power when on, with the compressor and all, its a pig, then all the lighting sockets in my fridge are rated at 40 watts , so... as long as you keep it under round 500 to 600 watts of lighting and extras, you should be good,

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So well over 1000 watts for something that will yield you prob under 2 oz ?!? lulz ?!

uh..no..where did you get 1000 watts from??? I'm using CFL I have 4x43 watts which is 172 watts, I four 48" tube cfls for the mother with total wattage around 120 watts, two 18" tubes cfls for the clones at 30 watts total and another two CFL's 26 watts total for the little guys on the bottom, so with full lighting Im running a total of 348 watts, keep in mind this is for three separate chambers and four stages of growth ( clone, veg, flower and mother) also I have some fans being used and cant see them using more than 30 watts combined. SO all in all I'm well under 500 watts...I may decide to add some UV lighting and 3 more 43 watt CFS, that'll take me to round 550watts... so if you take into account that is my whole system, i think thats pretty good! and I think ill yield more than two ounces, the plants have room to grow to 3.5 feet in the fridge if I let em and you can get four in there or you can double to eight and do a scrog...which is the plan!

I dunno works for me!

legalizeitcanada said:

uh..no..where did you get 1000 watts from??? I'm using CFL I have 4x43 watts which is 172 watts, I four 48" tube cfls for the mother with total wattage around 120 watts, two 18" tubes cfls for the clones at 30 watts total and another two CFL's 26 watts total for the little guys on the bottom, so with full lighting Im running a total of 348 watts, keep in mind this is for three separate chambers and four stages of growth ( clone, veg, flower and mother) also I have some fans being used and cant see them using more than 30 watts combined. SO all in all I'm well under 500 watts...I may decide to add some UV lighting and 3 more 43 watt CFS, that'll take me to round 550watts... so if you take into account that is my whole system, i think thats pretty good! and I think ill yield more than two ounces, the plants have room to grow to 3.5 feet in the fridge if I let em and you can get four in there or you can double to eight and do a scrog...which is the plan!

I dunno works for me!

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You could grow your plants 10ft high but with them cfls your going to get under 2 oz with what i see !!

This thread is bad-ass! I have a side-by-side in the garage that I've been thinking about converting. Seeing this thread, I'm pretty sure I'm going to do it.

BuddaRoom said:

You could grow your plants 10ft high but with them cfls your going to get under 2 oz with what i see !!

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CFL's can be used to get a good yeild but you need them to be close and you need alot of them to make it worth while.

I doubt you will even get 2 oz off of that amount of light.

The concept is good, I actually grew in a fridge for a while, it is stealth. But I have a HID lighting system and the temps are to hot with out a cool tube.

Again, the concept is great but you will get a small yeild out of it (not because they are FL lights but because u need more of them). However with the set up that you are going for you could harvest every... idk say 3-4 weeks?? (thats just a guess though)

Sweet, thanks for the heads up, will add some more lights, lookin for a smalll HPS/MH system that can be put in, the next one will be hydro too...Like I said this is my first attempt and first grow so i'm learnin...I guess changin the bulb color during the flowering stage will only help a bit eh....will keep all posted about what I yeilded (4plants), thanks to all!! Keepin all the comments in mind!!

Buddaroom - I get what your sayin, let me see what I can do, I def, want more that 2z's LOL, there's bout 18,000 lumens in there

danielsgb has a great fridge grow. (I just saw u already checked that one out)
So does TCurtiss.
TC is very helpful, tell him natty sent you, he can answer almost any questions you have about a fridge grow.

Grizz is also very helpful with new growers.

Do a search on youtube for 'refriginator". I think the guy ended up doing a remake of his original plans which included a 250w hps/mh with a cool tube. He left the cooling system intact. You can get an external temp switch that the fridge plugs into off amazon for like 40 bucks. You plug your fridge into the switch, snake the thermometer into the fridge, then set the temperature to a comfy 77 degrees. Because this is a completely sealed system (no exhaust, no need), it takes all possibility of bugs, stray temps, smell, etc out of the equation. Also, because it's a sealed system, providing co2 becomes really easy. He had a big tank on his original plans, but you don't need a huge tank of it when it's a sealed system. A paintball-sized can will work fine. Basically, each time you open and close the door, you open the paintball canister for a couple of seconds to 'recharge' the chamber with co2. As long as that door stays closed, the co2 will remain in the inside air for the plants to breathe.

I think leaving the cooling system intact is the thing to do. It gives you so much more control over everything, because it allows you to operate in a fully sealed environment, providing everything the plant needs, and keeping out everything it doesn't.

Hmmmmm. Wonder how much an old walk-in commercial cooler could be found for?

Nattyhead357 - Thanks for the hookup man, ill definetely check out TC's project....and ya danielsgb's setup is really cool...the next one i'm gunna step it up a couple notches from this one....and ya Grizz is awesome....actually the first guy to answer my questions when I first joined last month....cool dude!


beaukneaus - Ya this was my first attempt so I kinda tore everything out, next time I plan on leavin it in....great tip on the temp switch and CO2, definately gunna try it, ill keep posted on how it goes!

Got caught up. Looks cool. I like getting all 4 stages in together. One thing I would definitely get is a grill on that fan. Even bending the blades would suck, and the tip of a finger even worse. I highly recommend the Aluminum Foil Tape to tape stuff inside.
That Buddaroom seems to be a hater with nothing but shit talking so don't let that bum ya.
Leaving the cooling system seems like a bad idea to me.
Daniels
P.S please get photos turned right as you go. My high ass was wake and baked this morning looking at some going WTF is that, then going Oh, turn your head

BuddaRoom said:

So well over 1000 watts for something that will yield you prob under 2 oz ?!? lulz ?!

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HaHA... this guy again ... dont worry he talks nonsense all over these forums. You're looking good legalizeit and im defo tuned in, and i knew daniels would show up at some point he loves fridges heh heh. im considering a refridgerator grow soon myself so il be watchin

BuddaRoom said:

So well over 1000 watts for something that will yield you prob under 2 oz ?!? lulz ?!

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Wow man way to be a dick WTF...

Dude everything looks great keep up the good work.
The only thing I'm worried about is your intake which I don't see and your exhaust.
Usually the intakes goes in at the bottom and exhaust out the top to suck out the hot air that rises to the top.
Also if your worried about enough light in flowering you can get a cheap 70w hps at home depot.
They're used as security lights. I took mine out of the case and put the components outside the cab.
I run 135w 2700k plus 70w hps for flowering and my temps hold at 82 with the lights on.
I like to help so if ya need anything I'll be watching.
Good luck with the grow buddy.

SensiStan said:

HaHA... this guy again ... dont worry he talks nonsense all over these forums. You're looking good legalizeit and im defo tuned in, and i knew daniels would show up at some point he loves fridges heh heh. im considering a refridgerator grow soon myself so il be watchin

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Now that chainseeker
is here, with gumball and jsgamber we'll have most everyone I always see watching: you
Daniels

btw, in addition to external temp switches, you can also get a humidity switch set up in one.

Also, the external temp switches will allow you to turn a chest freezer into a refrigerator that will easily operate on all-solar power. Honestly, all refrigerators should be 'chest' style, to keep the cold air from falling out every time the door is opened. But if they were all chest style, it wouldn't be as tempting to turn one into a grow box!

Looks sweet man. I had a 4ft standing freezer that I converted. Its definately ideal for stealth. Maybe try to get those bulbs sideways with reflectors so you get the most out of them. Keep at it, I can't wait to see how it goes.