Have a old fridge? have some space in your garage? put it to use!
Here is what ive done with a broken fridge and i am quite pleased with the way it has turned out...
For lighting, i chose a 400w MH/HPS setup with lumatek digital ballast.
Over heating is a huge issue with this cab since it is so well insulated, so i paired it with a 4" inline fan with filter to keep temps down.
Typically they are staying between 85-89. Little on the warm side but ill take it for the light intensity this setup brings to the box (which is barely 4 sq ft) so do the math.
Since this fridge needs to be pretty portable and able to grow in most any room with any temp (within reason) i added a greenhouse thermostat on the inside of the box.
I searched for weeks for a digital thermostat that could handle 120v but they arent readily available and converting a 24v to run the fan would have been more trouble than it was worth.
This fridge is all about stealth, so it needed to sound and act like a normal fridge.
my original design was to mount the 4" fan and filter under the fridge where the compressor use to be, a perfect spot for it.
But, inline fans are notoriously loud, so this design was scrapped and instead i built a muffler box for the fan to sit in.
Now there's nothing more than a hum from the fan.
Keeping with stealth, i also had to light proof the entire fridge, which wasnt an easy task since there are +/- 13,000 lumens a sq ft inside.
but all purpose weather stripping did the trick.
Now... on to genetics, i chose to go with barneys farm LSD because ive read it is a resilient strain and hopefully can be kept relatively short.
maximum grow space is 32" from the top of the tub to the bottom of the light.
So ill definitely be topping them when the time comes.
seeds were germinated on 11/6, so hopefully if i didnt totally fuck up the rockwool (which im new at) i should be seeing some sprouts within the next couple of days.
Ive already put in the MH bulb and have it running regular light cycle for veg.
Any of you think this is too much light on the seeds?
So theres my spill.. here are some pics for you guys. Whatcha think about it?
If any of you see a design flaw, error in judgement, or just a plain mistake, please by all means point it out