Help Me Design my Stealth Grow Box... Pics~~~>

steven7685

Active Member
whats up every one?
my wheels have been spinning on an idea for a stealth gro-tainer for a while now, or at least semi stealth..

ill say first that i dont have any reason to hide what i am doing, everything over here is legit! just got time on hand and a bored mind.

anyway back to the topic.
i made a home made clone bucket with a 185gph pump some 1/2 inch tube and a single clone spinner. the results amazed me, never having taken clones successfully it got me thinking.

im not a first time grower and dont think ill have problems in the flowering department, i kind of want to incorporate the idea of the party cup grow with a small scale zero veg clone to flower, using coco and a drain to waste method.

ive grown in 1/4 gallon grow bags folded in half which would be close to the same size as a party cup grow. and had plants yield close to an ounce, granted they were about 4 feet tall or more and grown under a 1000watt hps. i kind of want to take a different approach here.

i came up on a rolling record cabinet, or at least thats what i think it is.. it has a glass hinged door which ive painted black to prevent light transfer (ill probably cover the inside with mylar or paint it white) ive moved the record player shelf up about 3 inches to gain a bit more height out of it, and enclosed the back of it with a piece of OSB board.

the unit is Roughly 1 1/2 ft squared X 2 1/2 ft tall. had an upper area of 1 1/2 ft squared X 3 in tall with a removable lid if need be. and a magnetic shut with a glass hinged door..

im looking into buying tiny fans to mount in it and a 3 light vanity fixture to rig up with CFL's. i was wondering if i could get some advice from some of you :).

im not entirely sure on what to buy, i have everything on a larger scale and have never done anything like this. im sure i could figure it out but i decided to throw this post up and let some of you toss around ides, yeah that sounds fun LOL!

vent placement ideas, equipment purchase suggestions (fans , CFL bulbs, fixtures ect) , structural pointers, or just about any other advice is what im after.

Thanks!
 

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steven7685

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give me some ideas guys and girls, im willing to cut holes, wire electricity, you name it and ill consider it!!!

thanks~
 

ULMResearch

Active Member
Vent out the back if possible. What I did for my new stealth cabinet was put the exhaust port at the bottom, instead of the top and then I put the fan in some 6" duct, ran it up the back and had the opening near the lights.

No only does it vent the heat off but it also works as a light trap. Just some ideas. Mine is a lot shorter than yours though.

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SimplySmoked

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I'd order a bake-a-round pyrex tube and a HTG 150w hps, and DIY cool tube the cabinet. dual 4" booster fans, one for the lamp and one for the cab itself. your looking at maybe $150 total
 
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