ROBO CROP! Grow Room Controlled from LAPTOP!! 1000W SEALED!! Pics from the STUDS UP!
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FootClan
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Ok so lets start with the build......Its a 4x4 space built into the exsisting over hang on the side of house... Its built with studs,frame and drywall....Before the drywall was put up I painted the studs with primer and mold additive... Then I put in the insulation and used GREEN board drywall... This is barhroom drywall ment for high humidity areas like a bathroom .... Then instead of using regular compond tape i used bathroom mold resistant tape... and i also found some anti mold drywall compond aswell... This was all done as preventative care against mold.....
I then primed the entire room twice with "killz" primer , Followed by two more coats of FLAT white paint with MOLD additive and TITANIUM additive aswell
I then used paintable cocking to seal up every crack outside and inside.... Once dry I went back and painted over all the cocking becuase its "paintable" cocking not "non paintable" so you need to seal it up.
Once the room was completely primed, painted and cocked, I then started putting in the Computer proccesor control panal.... My pops built this control panal from scratch for me hes an electrical engineer He also wrote some of the software for it too..
The computer uses a Processor instead of timers... there are NO TIMERS.....The computer procc. is mounted in a control box along with 8 120volt outputs each output is controlled by the processor.... Each output is wired to an outlet in the grow room.
In the pics you can see my 8 outlets with each labled with a piece of tape displaying what equipment it powers....I can cut power to each of the outlets at will..... The panel is then wired to a computer inside of the house and that computer is connected to a rotor where a labtop can access the software to run the program..... Everything in the room is controlled by laptop or straight fromt he desktop which is what i use, I tell the software what to turn on and off and when to do it based on the sensors in the room.
I have 3 sensors , two for temp, one for humdity and one for Co2 all 3 sensors are wired to processor and give real time read outs of everything going on inside aswell as keep a log of every minute of every hour and display it in BarGraph on screen....
So if temp gets too hot the sensor tells the processor to give power to the outlet that the A/C is plugged into.. The A/C then comes on and resumes the temp I set it at prior...When the room cools down to the desired temp. the processor cuts the power off to the A/C and it shuts back off.... This is repeated for everything that plugs into the 8 120v outputs like Heater,Dehumid etc etc.
I run a 5,000btu window Ac, 50 pint Dehumidifyer, Wall mounted Heater, 6"inline dedicated fan, 4" dedicated inline scrubber, Co2 Solenoid and 1000w light all controlled by my Computer processor control Panel....
I run a dedicated 6" fan for my aircooled 1000watter... Air is PULLED through from outside passes through the hood and then is pushed out the roof vent i made through the existing over hang to outside.... I also have a 4" inline fan connected to a scubber.... This air is scrubbed then pushed back into the room because im running a "closed" loop system i do not exhaust the scrubbed air outside i simply recirculate it back into the room but now cleaner....
I then have a 50 pint dehumidifyer to keep my humidity in check since I have no exhaust system humidity can quickly become a very bad problem.....
I also have a 5,000 btu A/C located towards the bottom of the room which has its back side poking out the other side of the wall(seepics)....I use this Ac in the summer since i have no way of bringing in cool air i must Use my ac to keep temps in check...
I also have an electric fire safe wall mountedd heater you can see it kinda above my Ac unit...This heater is used during the day when the lights are off in this cold winter weather.....
I then have a 12" osillating fan mounted in the corner i had to take off the mesh protective screen to make room for it so osicllate without hitting the walls....
I keep my 20LB co2 tank outside the grow room next to the back side of my AC
I put a 40lb self dispensing electrical fire extinguisher on the ceilling and threw in my 1000watt digi mounted to the ceilling and im pretty much DONE!!!!
EVERYTHING can be monitored by the software on labtop.. my dad made the display you see in the pics with the temps and Co2 levels and it shows everything not only does it show real time stats but it also will show me a Bar Graph of every single temp change, Co2 level and humidity for the entire day minute by minute..
So to give you an example i can get on the laptop and ask the computer to show me what the temp and humidity and Co2 level was today at 2:30pm and then i can see what it was at 2:31pm and 2:32 pm i can see every detail for the entire grow from day one to harvest...not only that but i can print out a log for every single day the grow is up and running and go back and review EVERYTHING for my entire grow for the cycle.......Not that i would do that lol
I then primed the entire room twice with "killz" primer , Followed by two more coats of FLAT white paint with MOLD additive and TITANIUM additive aswell
I then used paintable cocking to seal up every crack outside and inside.... Once dry I went back and painted over all the cocking becuase its "paintable" cocking not "non paintable" so you need to seal it up.
Once the room was completely primed, painted and cocked, I then started putting in the Computer proccesor control panal.... My pops built this control panal from scratch for me hes an electrical engineer He also wrote some of the software for it too..
The computer uses a Processor instead of timers... there are NO TIMERS.....The computer procc. is mounted in a control box along with 8 120volt outputs each output is controlled by the processor.... Each output is wired to an outlet in the grow room.
In the pics you can see my 8 outlets with each labled with a piece of tape displaying what equipment it powers....I can cut power to each of the outlets at will..... The panel is then wired to a computer inside of the house and that computer is connected to a rotor where a labtop can access the software to run the program..... Everything in the room is controlled by laptop or straight fromt he desktop which is what i use, I tell the software what to turn on and off and when to do it based on the sensors in the room.
I have 3 sensors , two for temp, one for humdity and one for Co2 all 3 sensors are wired to processor and give real time read outs of everything going on inside aswell as keep a log of every minute of every hour and display it in BarGraph on screen....
So if temp gets too hot the sensor tells the processor to give power to the outlet that the A/C is plugged into.. The A/C then comes on and resumes the temp I set it at prior...When the room cools down to the desired temp. the processor cuts the power off to the A/C and it shuts back off.... This is repeated for everything that plugs into the 8 120v outputs like Heater,Dehumid etc etc.
I run a 5,000btu window Ac, 50 pint Dehumidifyer, Wall mounted Heater, 6"inline dedicated fan, 4" dedicated inline scrubber, Co2 Solenoid and 1000w light all controlled by my Computer processor control Panel....
I run a dedicated 6" fan for my aircooled 1000watter... Air is PULLED through from outside passes through the hood and then is pushed out the roof vent i made through the existing over hang to outside.... I also have a 4" inline fan connected to a scubber.... This air is scrubbed then pushed back into the room because im running a "closed" loop system i do not exhaust the scrubbed air outside i simply recirculate it back into the room but now cleaner....
I then have a 50 pint dehumidifyer to keep my humidity in check since I have no exhaust system humidity can quickly become a very bad problem.....
I also have a 5,000 btu A/C located towards the bottom of the room which has its back side poking out the other side of the wall(seepics)....I use this Ac in the summer since i have no way of bringing in cool air i must Use my ac to keep temps in check...
I also have an electric fire safe wall mountedd heater you can see it kinda above my Ac unit...This heater is used during the day when the lights are off in this cold winter weather.....
I then have a 12" osillating fan mounted in the corner i had to take off the mesh protective screen to make room for it so osicllate without hitting the walls....
I keep my 20LB co2 tank outside the grow room next to the back side of my AC
I put a 40lb self dispensing electrical fire extinguisher on the ceilling and threw in my 1000watt digi mounted to the ceilling and im pretty much DONE!!!!
EVERYTHING can be monitored by the software on labtop.. my dad made the display you see in the pics with the temps and Co2 levels and it shows everything not only does it show real time stats but it also will show me a Bar Graph of every single temp change, Co2 level and humidity for the entire day minute by minute..
So to give you an example i can get on the laptop and ask the computer to show me what the temp and humidity and Co2 level was today at 2:30pm and then i can see what it was at 2:31pm and 2:32 pm i can see every detail for the entire grow from day one to harvest...not only that but i can print out a log for every single day the grow is up and running and go back and review EVERYTHING for my entire grow for the cycle.......Not that i would do that lol
FootClan
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oh its running ill have pics tonight of plants already inflower....... Ive been building this for months and taking pics im just now getting around to posting it all.... I see so many people doing it wrong i thought id post a thread showing the right way to do it from the studs up......
FootClan
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Oh one thing i forget to mention is that i put a magnet on the door and the door frame.. the magnet is connected to control panel and whenever someone opens the door all C02 , Ac, heater and dihumidity SWITCH OFF.....when the door closes everything resumes where it left off....
FootClan
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Right now i grow in passive hydro sunshine #4 I have two seperate grows this is my "closed" loop "robocrop" grow and i have another one that is inside instead of disattached from house . the other grow is in a sparebed room its "open" loop 2 1000watters in a 4x8 tent.... heres pics for the second grow both are in sunshine #4 and 5 gallon smart pots... right now im running Cutting Edge nute line up but i usually run House & Garden full lineup.... This flower cycle will be first time ive run this fully "closed" loop system with this control panel and C02....What im doing is basicly tonight im taking 6 plants from my 4x8 tent in the sparebed room and im moving them into the RoboCrop room for its maiden trial to work out all the bugs.... after flowering out these Xj's im going to do a full cycle from baby clone to harvest and then we will see the real results... these Xj clones i got werent that good i should have never got them but there in flower now and not that big compared to my blue dreams next to them(see pic) so ill just spread out the remaining 6 blue dreams under the 2 1000waters and then flower the other 6 xj's in robo room while i tweak it......Man last night me and my pop where missin with it for hours trying to get the comupter and the sensors and software all working on the same page... such a pain ill be glad when its all ship shape....Im putting the xj's in tonight at 10pm
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smokey mcsmokester
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Genius man! Very awesome setup..
FootClan
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Thanks Bro.....Its a work in progress haha
axionjaxson
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talk about an overcomplicated "4x4" space.
FootClan
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Isnt it........ thats how we do it
and PS its not overcomplicated is just complicated enough so noobs cant understand it
axionjaxson
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not to mention that it looks a bit too identical to a photo spread in a popular magazine .
axionjaxson
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no i understand it just didnt have the funds , youre not fooling anyone poser.
axionjaxson
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atleast i post my OWN chit and dont perpetrate
FootClan
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Plus i have a very simple 4x8 open loop setup where i only use 2 inline fans no ac, no heater, no dehumidyer, no control panel, no sensors...... so if i feel the need to start a bad ass robocrop grow on the side that is completely self regulated i think and most would agree its billy badasss so dont be too jelous just a little is permitted
FootClan
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sorry not sure what i posted that wasnt my own?? you see the pics for your self so what are you even talking about?? and what did i perpetrate?? lol what are you talking about?
FootClan
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uhuh take your 236 posts and your pitty rep and move on to "NEWBIE CENTRAL" where you posts belong......lol dont forget i have seen your journal bro lol.... its a joke and if you wanna put your journal up agaisnt my robocrop and think you dont look like a tool then well your more of a tool then i thought
FootClan
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hes just butt hurt cause he cant take a little tough love.....I tryed to help his mess of a grow and ya maybe i was tough on him but boo whoo its for your own good noob.......When you tell me you havent even built your grow room yet but your already vegging your plants in a construction zone of a room, that tells me you have no idea what you doing or why. And so because you dont like my tone of how I you tell you to get your act , you go and get all butt hurt and try call me out as if you have a leg to stand on...........
FootClan
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Im going to take a picture Of my middle finger in front of the robo room then send it to you so you see its my room.....lol noob
axionjaxson
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i have a journal?