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Wilbursweed

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The cabinet is resin 6ft tall, 30 wide and 19 deep, not alot of space....i got mine from home depot for 85.00.

However the results are showing to be quite nice. Will be updating the fans shortly for intake and exhaust to aid in cooling the 400w cfl's and 2 75w fl. i used blackout plastic for the entire inside which worked out perfect as there is no light that escapes anywhere. I cut panels and overlapped them inside to achieve this to steer away from having to use weather seal stripping.

not much to look at, but this sits in my kitchen off to the side and looks very unassuming. will be installing filters towards flowering to help with smell. still trying to work out a cheap way to introduce cool into cabinet that is very cost effective.
 

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mauichronic808

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Wilbursweed said:
The cabinet is resin 6ft tall, 30 wide and 19 deep, not alot of space....i got mine from home depot for 85.00.

However the results are showing to be quite nice. Will be updating the fans shortly for intake and exhaust to aid in cooling the 400w cfl's and 2 75w fl. i used blackout plastic for the entire inside which worked out perfect as there is no light that escapes anywhere. I cut panels and overlapped them inside to achieve this to steer away from having to use weather seal stripping.

not much to look at, but this sits in my kitchen off to the side and looks very unassuming. will be installing filters towards flowering to help with smell. still trying to work out a cheap way to introduce cool into cabinet that is very cost effective.
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what happens when they get bigger, also can u tell me how to ventilate?
 
potlike

potlike

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proper ventilation essentially comes down to good air circulation from the ground up. Allow your plants breathing room and also have an oscillating fan circulating air inside the cabinet. As far as everything else goes... I would have fans pull cool air from an area outside your grow cab/room and have it exhaust somewhere else.

One idea I've had in the past but never used was to take the hot air and odor into a diy carbon scrubber first then into rubber maid tub with ice and water then exhausting the cooled 'hot air' through dryer vent.

The purpose of this is first to lose the odor and second to dissipate the heat signature that would obviously come from HPS. This is assuming a secure grow room first.

-potlike
 
jakeman

jakeman

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if u dont have much money buy 2 fluros untill ther like 6 weeks old and depending on they way they look buy some more

ther liek 2 buks each !

not the huge fluros tho
the little new bulb kinda ones... :)

there awesome
 
zambonisk

zambonisk

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jakeman said:
if u dont have much money buy 2 fluros untill ther like 6 weeks old and depending on they way they look buy some more

ther liek 2 buks each !

not the huge fluros tho
the little new bulb kinda ones... :)

there awesome
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Since I have a similar setup, are the fluros in addition to CFLs ?
 
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NautiK

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thats what he meant by little bulb kinda ones..CFLs. i heard theyre prett good for growing but if one breaks it can be pretty hazardous...anybody heard of a broken one and them being bad for ya?
 
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