speaker box's for veg\flower?

TheDabWiz

TheDabWiz

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Hi riu! I'm getting ready for my outdoor grow this year and now that I'm waiting on everything too come in the mail I was thinking about how I can continue growing after the seasons over n threw the winter. I'm going too be buying some decent sized home floor standing speakers too gut out too make myself a veg box and a separate flower box. I've ran into a few things too figure out before I even go buy the speakers and they are as follows.

#1. Cfl? Mh\hps, or led? I can't decide cause idk if I can find a small enough led panel too fit in the boxes that will be absolutely the best lighting situation possible.

#2. Ventilation? I need too have these grows completely hidden and silent, and smell proof. Anyone know what size fans I'd need too keep my temps at a half decent point.

#3. The most important is that it HAS to be fully stealth With absolutely no way too walk by it and say OH SHIt he's growing pot in there!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks too anyone that answers and hopefully I'll get too talk too some people that have used a speaker box of sorts too look at and learn from. This will be my first stealth\indoor grow, and I'll be working on perfecting this box from now till the end of the season in October

-thewiz.
 
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orangesabc123

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1) In general LED will produce the least amount of heat, tends to make it better for smaller builds. Not that the others are not viable, it's just that LED is most likely the best choice. LEDS come in all sizes, finding one that fits every space will not be a concern.

2) Depends on how much heat you're producing. In general look at the size of said box, for example 2x2x2 (8sqft) and find a fan that will cycle that air several times a minute.

3) Not really possible to make anything 'fully stealth'. You have to take into account context. For example, if I live in antartica then I can grow on my kitchen table fully exposed with no scrubber and it's extremely unlikely anyone will ever know. If I'm trying to grow in a heavily trafficked public library I will have to go to extremes to achieve the same result. So, basically, will other people be in the house? Will they be in the room? Is there any chance they will inspect said speaker? If 1 is true the answer is just to put it in an out of the way place or locked room. If 2 is true you will have to be quite a bit more elaborate and make a completely silent/clean smelling and convincing fixture out of it. If 3 is true, well you're fucked, there is no way to completely eliminate all noise/heat.

Imo go with LEDS, you want as little heat as possible, the issue will be, as always, fan noise. An inline fan is the best choice for airflow and noise but even with a small one a person could hear it if they're in the same room with it. If you put it on a voltage reducer and hook it up to ducting and a filter and surround it with something dense the audible range might drop to a few feet if you do it well. Again, Ambient noise is also your friend, ceiling fans, computer fans, refridgerators, anything that can mask the noise.

Disclaimer: I have no clue what I'm talking about.
 
TheDabWiz

TheDabWiz

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orangesabc123 said:
1) In general LED will produce the least amount of heat, tends to make it better for smaller builds. Not that the others are not viable, it's just that LED is most likely the best choice. LEDS come in all sizes, finding one that fits every space will not be a concern.

2) Depends on how much heat you're producing. In general look at the size of said box, for example 2x2x2 (8sqft) and find a fan that will cycle that air several times a minute.

3) Not really possible to make anything 'fully stealth'. You have to take into account context. For example, if I live in antartica then I can grow on my kitchen table fully exposed with no scrubber and it's extremely unlikely anyone will ever know. If I'm trying to grow in a heavily trafficked public library I will have to go to extremes to achieve the same result. So, basically, will other people be in the house? Will they be in the room? Is there any chance they will inspect said speaker? If 1 is true the answer is just to put it in an out of the way place or locked room. If 2 is true you will have to be quite a bit more elaborate and make a completely silent/clean smelling and convincing fixture out of it. If 3 is true, well you're fucked, there is no way to completely eliminate all noise/heat.

Imo go with LEDS, you want as little heat as possible, the issue will be, as always, fan noise. An inline fan is the best choice for airflow and noise but even with a small one a person could hear it if they're in the same room with it. If you put it on a voltage reducer and hook it up to ducting and a filter and surround it with something dense the audible range might drop to a few feet if you do it well. Again, Ambient noise is also your friend, ceiling fans, computer fans, refridgerators, anything that can mask the noise.

Disclaimer: I have no clue what I'm talking about.
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Thank you very much. There's only one person I have too worry about in my house and said person don't go in the room I'll have it in very very rarely. And I'll have it right next too my TV in my bedroom so noise from like 3 feet away won't be a problem. Basicly the smell is my biggest concern. Do you have any ideas on a Commercial led panels that would fit in a smaller than a 3' high x 2' x 2' area. I won't be working with anything bigger
 
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orangesabc123

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No recommendations, sorry.

LEDS come in generic lightbulb screw-in type configurations, there are also 'UFO's' which go as small as 7'' (IIRC) and there is always the option to DIY an led panel.

Smell wise DIY scrubbers should be pretty simple, you essentially need an:
Larger outer cage
Smaller inner cage (think like small gap chicken fencing)
A base on one side
A flange of some sort on the other(to connect to ducting)
And some fine mesh material like say...pantyhose, to line the inner and outer cages
Activated carbon to fill in the area between the inner and outer cages.
(There are guides for this)

Edit: Also, wrap it in a carbon sheet for luls and extra protection.
 
uzerneims

uzerneims

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I second for LED's!

You could try - VERO's 13 or 18, running them low, would be cheap and effective.
 
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