Stelthy's 600W Hps Project! (New-Cab)

[stelthy]

Where the 3 holes are, had been covered with the Chopper-Stopper, so I stapled around the holes to keep the sheeting taught, And the scapled the holes out - STELTHY

 

[stelthy]

I took the transformer plug in my hand, I need to mod this, this is so so easy but I may as well show you anyway - STELTHY

 

[stelthy]

The adaptor on the end is no longer needed so in a pinch (with my pliers) the end is gone and I am left with 2 terminals (typically a black and a red) although both wires are black one has a dotted line on it to notify you of it being a red - STELTHY

 

[stelthy]

The plug now looks like this - STELTHY

 

[stelthy]

Now, on the CPU fan I seperate the 'white' (sometimes yellow) remote wire and keep both the black and the red, the remote wire is no longer needed so it can be cut away to leave you with the black and the red (the 2 wires you do need) - STELTHY

 

[stelthy]

 

[stelthy]

The black and the red have to connect to the transformer so black to black and red to red, its pretty straight forward but some people don't have a clue so there's no harm in showing it, every little thing counts - STELTHY

 

[stelthy]

Carefully allowing the Black NOT to touch the Red! A simple test can be carried out to see A) if the wires are the correct way around, And B) Which side of the fan suck's and blows, Its important to know this so when the fans are installed the air is pushed in the correct direction - STELTHY

 

[stelthy]

Ok so all 3 fans have been prepared, the test has been done and the remote wires removed, they are now ready to be installed, nuts and bolts are not an option since there is no way of reaching the end of the bolt to tighten it, so a trip with the CPU fan down the local hardware store and I returned with 12 wood screws that fit the holes in the 4 corners of each fan and long enough to be screwed at least 1cm into the wood back of the unit - STELTHY

 

[stelthy]

These are the screws - STELTHY

 

[stelthy]

The 1st fan has been mounted in place... I did this to the other 3 too - STELTHY

 

[stelthy]

Here the other 3 fans have been mounted, its good to be careful, that non of the Chopper-Stopper film can rub against the blades of the fan, A) this cold slow the performance of the fan/s and B) it could generate a seriously annoying clicky sound when they are running, so position the fans well over the drilled holes and use the scalpal to tidy any problematic pieces that look like they could cause a nuisense - STELTHY

 

[stelthy]

I bunched all 3 Red wires and all 3 Black wires together twisted the ends so I am left with 1 Red terminal and 1 Black terminal - STELTHY

 

[stelthy]

I then tidied the cables and taped them in place so they wont get in the way of the fan's blades - STELTHY

 

[stelthy]

One last test to make sure its all correct and working well, then I can elec. tape the last 2 terminals to the transformer plugs terminals and hide the cable along the top at the back....Job done So thats the 'Chopper-Stopper' all applied and the ballast section's cooling fans installed. I may do some more wiring later today but am feeling pretty hungry and in need of some beer too hope the update has read well and possibly helped some of you.. It wont be too long before I update again Peace - STELTHY

 

[stelthy]

still tweeking that cab huh? Seems like you've covered everything twice and then boom...something else comes along. lookin great man.

Yeah man there's constantly improvements to be made, glad your liking my progress - STELTHY

 

[stelthy]

how about a vert scrog .. thats what im doing .. same setup except its a vertical light with cooltube..4 plants growing up the walls scrog style.. best way to optimize a small space like that.

I may still add a mesh/ wire scrog-screen to the growroom, No plans to do a Vert one just yet but never say never, I may do that in the future I still have a lot more mods to install yet - STELTHY

 

[Danielsgb]

I got a ? for ya. What's the A for those fans? A 500 mA power supply seems too low for 3 fans. Some of my 90mm fans are .18, so 3 would overwork .5A and the power supply wouldn't last long. IAM5toned says 80% is safe for this use. So a 800mA would be good for .6A. Sorry if I'm missing something, but I follow his Amp. guideline and thought you might want to check.
Daniels

 

[stelthy]

I got a ? for ya. What's the A for those fans? A 500 mA power supply seems too low for 3 fans. Some of my 90mm fans are .18, so 3 would overwork .5A and the power supply wouldn't last long. IAM5toned says 80% is safe for this use. So a 800mA would be good for .6A. Sorry if I'm missing something, but I follow his Amp. guideline and thought you might want to check.
Daniels

Hi dude, it may seem to low..however I am only running the 3 of them at 4.5V and thats well under the max load the transformer is capable of putting out. The fans run purposley slowly, on the lowest setting (3V) the fans make a clicking noise, I up'd it to 4.5V and that eradicated the noise of going to slow and by keeping it there and no higher I also stopped the sound of the air movement. The fans have been running for over 5 hours now, with no signs/smells etc of any overload and the transformer is not even warm, so I guess its ok to use a 500mA transformer providing I run the fans at under half the transformer's maximum output I will make some enquiries into it and if need be I will upstage the transformer but so far so good, cheers for the insight though - STELTHY

 

[Integra21]

Holy crap. Looking good and Its almost done. Im so excited. Ive been watching for so many months and its looks like its almost time to get some girls in there. Got a date for it yet?