Double Stack Rubbermaid Design (PICS Included)

Alright guys, well I have been look at this site for a couple of years now. I have decided to finally start up my own grow. I will not be building it for a couple of weeks at least but I thought I would start out by posting the designs and information that I have come up with so far. It’s a lot of stuff, so bare with me for a little bit. I will start by posting a list of supplies that I believe complete this project. I will be looking for quite a bit of help with this as I am putting a lot of time and effort into it:

·2x 37 Gallon High Top Tote (32 2/5” x 20 2/5” x 18 3/5&#8221
·3 Phillips Power Strips
·6x 600W/125V Adapters
·1 x Twin Lite Socket Adapter
·1x Webcam (Old One I used to use)
·1x NZXT Sentry – 2 5.25” Touch Screen Fan Controller
·4-8 (Not sure yet) EcoSmart 27 Watt Daylight Bulbs
·4 medium sized 1 gallon plastic buckets
·4 Computer PC Fans
·2 DIY Carbon Filters (attached to Fans)
·PPM Meter
·PH Stick
·Uncle Ben's
·Paint (Krylon Fusion - Flat White Spray Paint for inside Rubbermaids) You can also use Rustoleum (Thanks yone187)/

I hope you don’t think I am ripping off other people. I have not made mine yet and I would like to put a complete design work up right now. This is really more for other people as I have been trying to figure out the perfect set up for over 3 months now. I am still no where close to getting my actual plan down once I have the stuff built up. Anyways here are some of the pics of how Ill be doing this:



Here are the Rubbermaids that I will be using. They are 37 Gallons each.



You can find these exact Tubs at Home Depot right now for: $14.97



Here are some more pics of supplies that I will be using throughout the project:










Here is a bulb Comparison Chart that you can use when trying to figure out which kind of bulb you need. I always stick with Daylight but I do AutoFlowering, so I dont know what everyone else is going to be using. just thought this was pretty cool:



When creating the perfect environment for your plants, you want to keep it as cool as you can with all the heat coming from the lights. A lot of people live and die by mylar and/or aluminum foil. Well, I can tell you that with failed experiments in the past I can tell you that Foil can cause Burns and Painting is so much easier and permanent. You want to paint it a flat white. Here are some pics of what I am talking about. These are not my pics but ones that I have found on the internet:



While this person obviously used regular paint, I might choose to use Spray paint myself because its easier. Krylon is good because its great with Plastic. I will be posting future pics and information as I figure out more about this with my own project, but this is what I have for now. I appreciate any feedback people can give me and/or stuff you could change to make better to the design.

invest in a couple of cans of rustoleum that shit wont chip ever. its only about a dollar more then krylon but its 3248796328732 times better!

yone187 said:

invest in a couple of cans of rustoleum that shit wont chip ever. its only about a dollar more then krylon but its 3248796328732 times better!

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Thanks man, I updated the post. I appreciate the feedback. I was looking at that also earlier, just didnt know which would work best. I am getting pretty excited about it. A little over two weeks before I go out and buy all the stuff for it. I am hoping to finish the set up in 3 days. Right now I am trying to figure out an Autofeed/Autolight system out for if I have to leave for a couple of days.

What do you guys think for the Fan Controller?

This one is simple, I believe it controls two fans at a time so I would need to buy two
This is a Link to the Product Page


Or this one which is touch screen and would probably only need to buy on because it controls up to 5 fans at a time:
This is a Link to the Product Page

looks like a nice setup. I'm doing a single rubbermaid grow right now. Will definately subscribe. What's the web cam for? I also heard that its hard to use carbon filters with pc fans because they don't push that much air. http://www.xoxide.com/yate-loon-highspeed-120.html If you're looking for pc fans you can get two of these 120 mm fans for under 12 bucks shipped. 88cfm. How do you connect the two boxes together. I would really like to try that because I am limited on hight cause I only use 1 36 gallon rubbermaid.

It would be better having the ability to raise and lower all lights.

Is there a reason you're using Rubbermaid containers?

I'd completely suggest building your own box.

Those two rubbermaid containers are $15 each, that's $30 just to go cutting a hole in the bottom of one.

You could easily buy enough wood to create a box that size for less than that, It'd be slightly larger and more sturdy too.

How much plans will I be able to do in a 42 gal Rubbermaid ...thinking about doing 2 stacked?