4 plants from seed experiment

Danthebull said:

well said J. I will follow your recipe when i start my germination program. Going to get that tent i think and the lighting you mentioned. When i do i will be all over you like a fly to a pile of shit for info... lol you know me boy....lol

Dan

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yep i do know you lol.

as always happy to help D


J

Hi everyone

OK so today i started to make my cooltube venting system.

For this installation i am using the following things

Aluminium ducting approx 5 metres when completed.
2 x 120mm Apache Black PC fans with a CFM of 57.63 - 97m3/h
4 x Jubilee clips
2 x Ducting brackets which i made myself in work on a laser cutter
DUCT tape

Firstly i made the brackets in work which consisted of a back plate (thermo plastic) and 4 rings of plastic to fit over the hole made in the back plate. You can get the idea if you look close enough at the bracket. I then used Tensile cement to stick them together. This cement works on osmosis where it seeps into the gaps between the rings and forms a bond. I only had to brush it over the desired place where i wanted the join to be.

I then took my cooltube and connected the ducting to it.
I also decided to use some DUCT tape around the plastic brackets to help with the seal from the ducting to the bracket.

Then i used the Jubilee clips to secure the ducting to the bracket and the cooltube and cut off the excess metal as not to catch myself, the plants or the ducting on it.

I have cut the connector off the fans and incase anyone else wants to use these fans there are 4 wires inside the connector BLACK YELLOW GREEN BLUE. The Green and the Blue are useless for what i need them for (These would be control wires for a pc to monitor the fan etc.)
Black to black on my Power adaptor and yellow to the Red on my power adaptor.

You can see in the pic of the ducting, cooltube and bracket that i have placed the fan where it will roughly be positioned as this fan will be fitted onto the opposite side of the door of my closet with the bracket and ducting fitted to the other side with a 120mm hole in the door, this will be the same for both the intake and exhaust with the only difference being the direction of the airflow. IN at the bottom and OUT at the top.

Unfortunately i have not been able to complete the ducting and cooltube today as i underestimated how much ducting i was going to use and only got 3 metres but i have used 2 already just on one side.

When i make the next part i will document as i have done here.


And incase anyone is wondering I AM A GEEK AND I LIKE SAVING MONEY if this installation works which i have no doubts that it will then i will have saved approx £110 by making my own venting system for it.


Enjoy.


J

Superb....... Very well done mate. Damn im going to pinch your idea bro. I may want you to knock me up some of tho's brackets. I paid like £14 for 2..... Tell me about it.... I have over 40 meters of ducting. i started with 10 meters thinking ahhhhhh that'll be enough.... Wrong.....lol

Any ways Love the way you have done the cooltube. Its going to be as good as or better than the ones you can buy.. i think you should start to make and sell them... Damn..... I would buy 1 or 2 from ya....

Dan

Danthebull said:

Superb....... Very well done mate. Damn im going to pinch your idea bro. I may want you to knock me up some of tho's brackets. I paid like £14 for 2..... Tell me about it.... I have over 40 meters of ducting. i started with 10 meters thinking ahhhhhh that'll be enough.... Wrong.....lol

Any ways Love the way you have done the cooltube. Its going to be as good as or better than the ones you can buy.. i think you should start to make and sell them... Damn..... I would buy 1 or 2 from ya....

Dan

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I wouldnt dream of charging you bro.

If you want any of those brackets making just let me know dimensions etc and i'll hook you up.

J

jondamon said:

I wouldnt dream of charging you bro.

If you want any of those brackets making just let me know dimensions etc and i'll hook you up.

J

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Top lat J. Im defo going to be wanting some for my next grow. Will let ya know the dimentions and you dont get out for nawt i say.. So little goody bag will end up coming your way when i need them..

Dan.

Dont forget i did buy the cool tube and only made the venting for it. Just incase you think i am Einstein and made a cooltube too.lol


J

HI all

I now have some more ducting to fit to my cooltube. I bought another 3m of ducting to be able to finish it. I have also purchased some CANNA FLUSH as it was recommended to me by DANTHEBULL (cheers bro)

I will update later with the final fix together of my ducting and cooltube. Tomorrow evening i will be fitting everything into my closet and switching it all on to get the little ladies under some serious lumens.

Peace out

J

Picture update folks

While fitting together my venting to my cooltube i have noticed a crack in the cooltube so i have to exchange it tomorrow. Once i have exchanged it i will be installing this into the room with pics.

OK so here are the pics. Dont forget i gave the seedlings 10days propagation and now they have had 11days of vegging under the 125w CFL. Tomorrow i will be giving them the cooltube with the 600w HPS dual spectrum.

Enjoy


J

HI Everyone

So its coffee time here at my house and midway through the new cooltube installation.

I have so far Removed 8 out of 10 of my Original PC fans and left 1 on each vent at the top and the bottom as per pics. i will be covering the remaining holes with some 3mm MDF boarding.

I then stenciled around the brackets which i made to have a guide for the hole to cut ready for the cooltube fans.

Once i cut out the holes i then fitted the bracket to the inside of my door. Once screwed on i positioned the fans on the outside of the door and secured them in place with screws.

Then i attached my ducting by tightening the Jubilee clip to my brackets.
When this was complete i began to attach my 12 v power supplies (a seperate one for each fan). I switched on and tested that the fans worked and they seem to be working fine through the ducting good blowing power and good suction.

Then i went downstairs to update my thread and have a well deserved coffee lol. oh and a doobie lol


Enjoy the pics everyone.


J

jondamon said:

HI Everyone

So its coffee time here at my house and midway through the new cooltube installation.

I have so far Removed 8 out of 10 of my Original PC fans and left 1 on each vent at the top and the bottom as per pics. i will be covering the remaining holes with some 3mm MDF boarding.

I then stenciled around the brackets which i made to have a guide for the hole to cut ready for the cooltube fans.

Once i cut out the holes i then fitted the bracket to the inside of my door. Once screwed on i positioned the fans on the outside of the door and secured them in place with screws.

Then i attached my ducting by tightening the Jubilee clip to my brackets.
When this was complete i began to attach my 12 v power supplies (a seperate one for each fan). I switched on and tested that the fans worked and they seem to be working fine through the ducting good blowing power and good suction.

Then i went downstairs to update my thread and have a well deserved coffee lol. oh and a doobie lol


Enjoy the pics everyone.


J

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Loving your work as always bro.. A real pro job done so far..... Bet the missus aint please with ya butchering the door up......lol Better the door rather than the ceiling tho like mine. Good job i can plaster...lol

Enjoy your coffee and <<<< me bummed out I want i want i want...

NOW GET BACK TO WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dan

lol

The door was only a cheap £28 door so now harm no foul cheap as chips to replace. But i dont plan on replacing until i have finished growing as in finished smoking which aint ever gonna happen lol.

Ive even contemplated when we have kids putting the door on the other side where our bedroom is so that the kids dont have to know lol.


J

Next pic of the cooltube connected to the ducting.

BUt i need another pair of hands to help me get it connected to my EZ rollers so that i dont have a break in the light cycle.

Just waiting on my bro to get here.


J

HI all final pic for this evening

Cooltube set up now comes testing time.


Hopefully my fans will work fine so we shall see now over the next few days.


J

Great setup so far, my plants are around the same stage as yours so I will def keep updated. Let me know how the cooltube works as I might have to implement the same system in my room.

Cheers,

HI AC20

Well it is working fine for now.

The only thing i am now thinking of is running the fan from a cooler intake. maybe attic space just to cool it a little more. Room temp is stable but a little warm at canopy level 29.5C

I will keep you all updated with my findings and any more changes that i make.

J

Hey guys and gals.

I am after a little advice before i go spending anymore money.

Currently i am not too happy withe venting of my cooltube.

I have a few options which i am considering.

Option 1
Buy a 400w Dual spectrum lamp and leave all the ducting as it is.

Option 2
Remove the exhaust from the door and exhaust up into the attic space.

Option 3
Remove the Intake from the door and intake cooler air from the attic space

Any advice would be helpful as i am not happy with my current temps.

the growroom temps are a stable 27C/80.6F but at canopy level they are 29.6C/85.2F

Which should i do?

J

Hi All
Well i have had to bite the bullet and i have bought an

RVK 125E2-A1 inline duct fan to mount into my bedroom and duct into the grow room through the cooltube and i am going to vent this into the attic above my closet.

Here are 2 pics of the fan


J

Hey Everyone

So here is a new update of the little ladies (i hope) they are putting on some decent foliage and the structure is looking good.

I plan on flushing once i get the new fan installed.

For all those that want to know i will be mounting the RVK in the bedroom where my closet is located i will then run ducting from the RVK through the bottom hole on the door into the cooltube and then up and out into the attic.

I will be monitoring the attics ambient temps today before the install and after the install so that i can see the difference and whether i need to vent into something ie stench pipe etc.

Anyway enjoy the pics


J

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hey jimmy

thanks for coming in from danthebull's thread. i guess thats how you got here?

stay tuned RVK should be going in today!


J