oh and about the lumens, it's a minimum of 3000 per square FOOT minimum. some growers say that more than 5000 per square FOOT is wasting money in electricity, others say the more the better.... all i know is the minimum.
that's about 9842.49 lumens per square meter.
i'm using a old PC case, i'm gonna use 2 26 watt bulbs for veg. one daylight one softwhite. that's 3400 lumens, and even the biggest PC tower will be around 1 square foot so it should be ok.
for flower i'm switching the 26 watt softwhite for a 42 watt softwhite. max lumen output is gonna be 1700+2700 = 4400. that's gonna be enough.
can't find the camera, so pic's will have to wait....
hi redivider welcome to my thread. thanks for the info.
heres what iv done.
firstly i have gutted the pc out with drive bays and so on.. i then took apart the atx or psu (the power supply for the pc) and took every thing out apart from fan and the back of the power cable. i then took of the fan and the connector and cut that side off with an hacksaw so i didnt have the box at the top. i put all that back on and then started to insulate.
i took all the panels of the computer and duct taped all the the frame so it was completely sealed . i then opted for the black and white sheeting for the inside. i measured the sides 2cm more than i need so i had overlap. i also used a prick stick to stick the sheeting to the side and clear tape for the joins. now that was done its time to wire up my lights ect.
firstly i made my light settings up by using 3 wall light mounts from my local diy shop i then wired them all together . i then drilled holes in the side of the computer for where i was going to screw the lights to. i then search around the house and i found an old charger for a bluetooth headset that was 5v. i opened the plug and i got the wires and taped up with duct tape. i then connect the wires to a connector block to the pc power, on the other end of the charger i connected 2 fans with other connector box... i then screwed my lights in with nut and bolts and wired up to the pc mains.
WE HAVE LIFT OFF HUSTON!!. i now have a fully working pc stealth box that i can start growing my mj.
i found that quite cheap, simple and fun to build. i was on a budget and in total i spent around £30 all
in!!
unfortunately i cant grow n e thing at the moe as im moving house soon and i not looking to start a grow till beginning of may coz im growing my babys outside this year. i will probley do a grow with some Lst training but its not going to be till a few months yet.. sorry bout that guys but i will ill get some pics soon of the building of this. if any newbie (like me) that a looking to start a pc grow, i am more than happy to help you along the process.
i would like to say thankyou to every1 on your imput take care
happy 2010