My stealth grow box

Jloi

Jloi

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I've been on here for a while now but I've never posted my box. So why not now!
It's 3' wide x 3' deep x 3.5' in height. The outside walls are 1/2" thick plywood, the inside is made up with R-19 insulation ( for sound and temp control), 1/2" green board dry wall, with Mylar film. All the seam's where taped with aluminum tape. I got a 125 CFM fan from the computer store.
The lights are:
1.) 85 watt, 6,500k, = equivalent to 250 watts
1.) 65 watt, 6,500k = equivalent to 200 watts
2.) 80 watt, 2,700k = equivalent to 300 watts
The temps stay at or around 74-79 deg's.

So what do you think?
 

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cbr1000rr18 said:
It look awesome man. How do you keep your temps so low?
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The fan I have is 125 CFM. It's about 5 or 6 inches by 5 or 6 inches. It mores a lot of air, for that box! When the days are hot I connect the fan to the lower duct. What that does is pull the cooler air from the ground, and like today it cooler outside so I connect it to the higher duct. The box is kept a separate area from my house. There is NO sound at all, you can stand next to it and never hear the fan.
 
smokebros said:
Nice setup man +rep.

Out of curiosity that isnt as high as the lights go up is it?
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No, the inside height of the box is 3.5 feet tall. I got the lights set lower right now, I like to keep them short and bushy. I'm a big fan of LST. Thanks for the Rep and words, You'll get some rep your way also bro! Good looking!
 
smokebros said:
Let me know if you start a journal!! I would definitely like to follow. you ever thought about a scrog at all? a mini version of this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4FAqd8-Xmw&feature=related
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I've heard of SOG, I've never done it before but I'm sure it wouldn't be hard at all. Right now I'm growing " Kiss Dragon" from Samsara seed. There auto fem's, it's been 5 day now in. I could start one. I asked a while back if anyone had any info on Kiss Dragon. Didnt get nothing, So I guess I'll be the first!
 
it looks like your inlet and extractor are right next to each other in the picture
if so, it will help to mount the extractor high up where the heat is, and the inlet low down on the opposite side or at a right angle 90 degrees to the outlet ..

otherwise you are sucking the new air straight out in a kind of loop instead of sucking the old air out while pulling the new air across the plants :)
 
this box is great man I love stealth grows I'm a big fan my self good idea for the ducting on the fans I never thought of that good shit bro
 
I'm also experimenting with LST to make plants less than 2' tall but 2'x2' wide with about 24 budding sites all at about the same height. Running the lower branches horizontally away from the main stem using LST and tie downs make each node sprout a set of new budding sites with no overhead cover to shade them. You guys all know this already, but as a noob I am figuring it out on the fly and it is pretty damn rewarding and fun! What an amazing plant...I'm gonna go give them a hug.
 
skunkd0c said:
it looks like your inlet and extractor are right next to each other in the picture
if so, it will help to mount the extractor high up where the heat is, and the inlet low down on the opposite side or at a right angle 90 degrees to the outlet ..

otherwise you are sucking the new air straight out in a kind of loop instead of sucking the old air out while pulling the new air across the plants :)
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The fan is normally pointed up. The box is kept outside of the house where it's not heated or cooled so I have to plug and play to use the heat when needed. I'd like to a 25cfm fan and have it mounted somewhere in the box to just blow on the plants.
 
omg its that guy said:
That box is awesome, I need to find a fan like urs
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Go to your local computer store. you can buy fan's like this for not to much. the fan and the electric plug cost about 45 bucks in all. It's a legit plug and cord also, which you can get from the computer store. Don't do a hack job trying to set one up. I've seen some where people use cell phone chargers and shit! I dont know why people risk a fire! Look for a fan with METAL BLADES not plastic. Metal fan blades are quieter then plastic.
 
you should be able to put those lights even closer to your girls, looks good bro good luck with the grow. Post a journal
 
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