Building a stealth Super Cabinet (at least im trying)

so what was the final cost of everything ? the jumbo cab i looked at was something like 3-4000 for everthing and its a monster at 8ft tall and 8ft wide and 24" deep , i realize even i dont have that much to spend , but is it worth it ? with all of the stuff it comes with lights, ventalation tds meter all nutes. co2 , aerophonic , top clone camber with light digital read out of temp humidity , reflective film ... pretty much everything ! , but if yours is under 2500 then it would be the way to go!
 
budled said:
so what was the final cost of everything ? the jumbo cab i looked at was something like 3-4000 for everthing and its a monster at 8ft tall and 8ft wide and 24" deep , i realize even i dont have that much to spend , but is it worth it ? with all of the stuff it comes with lights, ventalation tds meter all nutes. co2 , aerophonic , top clone camber with light digital read out of temp humidity , reflective film ... pretty much everything ! , but if yours is under 2500 then it would be the way to go!
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Not sure on cost yet. Still not nearly finished. But that jumbo you can build for 2000 easily if you use the same materials they use. It is also not 8ft tall it is 78 inches tall. They dont know how to divide. It is ALMOST 8 ft tall but like they say but its is only 6.5. They should say almost 7....And unless you want a heat basket you need to replace the fans after you spend that 3800.00 and deal with monitoing CO2 without a PPM. Or you can chooe to upgrade that to and thats puts you at 4300.00. They also build their carbon filters in house. I heard they dontb use a carbon packer as they are not that effective... and thats the jumbo 4 x 2 x 6.5, the super jumbo (the double) start at 4900 plus all the upgrades...

After that, you would have to upgrade the intakes to make sense.... The 8 ft wide part is true, but i dont would rather have 6' wide. I was condsidering and have plans drawn up for 4' wide that would have been really cool. It would still have a 3' x 2' canopy and utilize part of thewasted floweing stem area as part of the veg mother chamber... I will post the design soon, my buddy is looking into a cab and i didnt show him mine but told him I could build one so may consider taking my 4' wide design to full build.
 
icmag.com has a section for coco.


i really like coco.

what method you want to use? hydro? soil? (coco can be used like soil)
 
as your build shows, you have done your homework. Congrats on that and good luck w/ that. You've invested quite a bit of money in your grow. How much are you planning to yield and how often. I am asking this as a stoner question 'cause i am running a ghetto as hell setup right now that is serving its purpose (keeping me high) though only barely.
 
Not nearly done yet, but im thinking 3 plants in flower FIMed. As far as often, I can probably pull every 60 days, or even less if i put the red t5's in for the first 2 weeks of flower...Maybe 40 45 days...

Im really not too conncerned with how often though. It will produce more than i could possibley smoke so that is all I care about. I may only grow 2 grows a year...But I will do some experimenting as well ofr fun and knowledge.
 
Man my temps max at 84.6 and stay around 83 with my exhaust/off all together after running 9 hours now. The light tube fan really does the trick.. Since im using C02 those temps are pretty good. I may even turn down the lighttube fan to raise the temps a few degrees and then just force an exhauset cycle every 3 hours for the hell of it. And then force one right before i open the cab door to clean that weed smelling air.

Overall i guess its a good thing because i have more stealth w/ the one fan running, i will be wasting less co2, and i wont have to worry about the carbon filter effectiveness that much if im not always using it...

Just wish i didn't overkill it. I could always utilize it if i ever quit or run out of C02 i guess..
 
FullMetalJacket said:
Man my temps max at 84.6 and stay around 83 with my exhaust/off all together after running 9 hours now. The light tube fan really does the trick.. Since im using C02 those temps are pretty good. I may even turn down the lighttube fan to raise the temps a few degrees and then just force an exhauset cycle every 3 hours for the hell of it. And then force one right before i open the cab door to clean that weed smelling air.

Overall i guess its a good thing because i have more stealth w/ the one fan running, i will be wasting less co2, and i wont have to worry about the carbon filter effectiveness that much if im not always using it...

Just wish i didn't overkill it. I could always utilize it if i ever quit or run out of C02 i guess..
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Man.. just got the go ahead from my better half on getting this deal going ... will probably order this paycheck... here we go again!!!


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Ill be doing the 6 inch PVC aeroponic diy deal... im so happy just thinking of the roooom, cab is going to be turned into a veg/Experimental cab.

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Sweet Genfranco..post some pics when you get it up..i think i have a cab/set-up fetish..lol. Your "otherhalf" is probably ready to ring your nuts..lol. I can see you begging...

Are you putting that in a hidden room or closet? Or will it just be sitting out?
 
thanks for the reply .. ya sometimes its just better to build it yourself , this way you know what you are getting!....
 
Fantastic! Fantastic! Fantastic! Everything you have done with those cabinets looks prefect!! Keep up the good work and hope you keep giving us info on the set up as you go.
Fantastic!!!!
 
I hate building things..lol. This is getting ridiculous. I have been thinking about some potential humidity, temp, and odor issues. Thinking a third cab to house the stuff, it would be getting pretty big. Especially since mine is metal i would probably be best on getting another identical cab. My total lenght would be 9'. As I have done my more testing, I have seen my temps get as high as 91 with just the light tube exhaust running...

Worried about res temps and think a water cooler may be the best solution...

Those damn water coolers are pricey... I actually think it would be kind of cool to add another 3x2x6.5 steel cabinet. I mean the entire thing is still only 2 ft deep, so it really wouldnt be THAT intrusive. Just would look like a big external closet. I have noticed in past grows i always was hiding nutes, tools, extra res's, bulbs, bud dryer, etc all over or leaving them out. That kind of kills the idea of stealth all together. I mean your op is as only as stealth as your weakest link right?

If I had a 3rd cab, I could take a 1ft of the width for a larger flowering chamber. making it 4'x2'. I really didn't want it that large as im just growing for personal use, but i dont want to waste space. I could then add a water cooler, window air conditioner, and dehumidifier into the remaing of the cabinet all towards the top/middle. I would also have space for storing(hiding) nutes, tools, extra res's, bulbs, bud dryer, etc.

Well a third cabinet would make it larger it would definitely really increase my stealth.
1-Allow me to run a totally closed system so smell wouldnt be an issue whats so ever
2-With the AC I can turn down my light fan making the cabinet quieter.
3-Once again, consolitdate all the tools

This would be quite pricey though.. Probably looking at like a grand...But i think we have all blown cash on stupider shit. This set-up will last me years and I have already invested a good deal. Plus i think it would save me timeand headaches controlling cetain variables down the road..

What do you guys think? Am I being stupid? Kinda just want to get it over with and order one..dont want to regret not going "fullmetaljacket" style and change my mind down the road and have them quit making that model of cabinet or something.
 
As far as water chillers go, it seems like an Ice Probe and thermostat might do the trick for your reservoir, and it looks like it would save quite a bit of skrilla over other water chillers.

And for the air conditioning and dehumidifier, why not get one of those portable air conditioners that doubles as a dehumidifier, and just sit it down in the third cab and just blow hot air out the back?
 
PurfectStorm said:
As far as water chillers go, it seems like an Ice Probe and thermostat might do the trick for your reservoir, and it looks like it would save quite a bit of skrilla over other water chillers.

And for the air conditioning and dehumidifier, why not get one of those portable air conditioners that doubles as a dehumidifier, and just sit it down in the third cab and just blow hot air out the back?
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Thanks man ill have to look into those probes fro coolin.. I have not seen them. I am hesitant to use my AC as a dehumidifier too as i am afraid it will lower my temps too much when it gets humid. I really want to drop the humidity to like 40 or maybe lower as i hear it forces the buds to create a "protective" layer of resin around the buds. I want my temps to be at 90-92 while the lights are on.

The sentenial controller allows you to use seperate humidity and cooling devices for that purpose.
 
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