TechnoMage
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I've been using some Home Depot cabs for my Mother and Veg cabs but they were only 24" wide which was just a little bit on the small side so I built some new ones out over the weekend. I am not worried about either light or odor control.
Here's what the cabinets look like from the outside. They are 72" tall, 30" wide and 20" deep.
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Here's the Mother cab on the inside. I used some plywood painted flat white for the back instead of the cardboard back the cabinet came with. Fans are 120mm PC fans.
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Here's the Mother cab with the shelf in. This gives me two identical chambers. Each chamber has a 120mm fan circulating air and three holes cut at the bottom for a passive intake. Hole in the upper right of each chamber is for power cord for my lights.
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Here's the back of the Mother cab. Fans are wired up and I've covered the intake holes with air filters.
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Now on to the Veg cab. This cabinet will also have two chambers but instead of being split evenly like the Mother cab, this one has a larger veg chamber below and a small seedling chamber up top. 92mm PC fan up top and 140mm PC fan below.
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Veg cab with the shelf in
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Back of Veg cab
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Here's what the chambers in the Mother cab look like. Lighting is 2x11w T5 two foot shop light.
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Here are the lights in the Veg cab. I use the same style 2x11w shop light for the seedling chamber. The lights for the vegging chamber is a 3x55w T5 fixture that I built myself. Basically just took one a shelf, mounted ballast on one side and lights on the other.
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Here's what the cabinets look like from the outside. They are 72" tall, 30" wide and 20" deep.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fscaled%2Flarge%2F823%2Fcn8x.jpg&hash=f9b5bb55e35831013264b3647a4e4043)
Here's the Mother cab on the inside. I used some plywood painted flat white for the back instead of the cardboard back the cabinet came with. Fans are 120mm PC fans.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fscaled%2Flarge%2F826%2F4zfb.jpg&hash=a294b0bec77f4568080b01dcc95f44d6)
Here's the Mother cab with the shelf in. This gives me two identical chambers. Each chamber has a 120mm fan circulating air and three holes cut at the bottom for a passive intake. Hole in the upper right of each chamber is for power cord for my lights.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fimageshack.us%2Fscaled%2Flarge%2F545%2F7gyr.jpg&hash=6e680df0e6f5e4f35bf94fc2d13b12a0)
Here's the back of the Mother cab. Fans are wired up and I've covered the intake holes with air filters.
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Now on to the Veg cab. This cabinet will also have two chambers but instead of being split evenly like the Mother cab, this one has a larger veg chamber below and a small seedling chamber up top. 92mm PC fan up top and 140mm PC fan below.
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Veg cab with the shelf in
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Back of Veg cab
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Here's what the chambers in the Mother cab look like. Lighting is 2x11w T5 two foot shop light.
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Here are the lights in the Veg cab. I use the same style 2x11w shop light for the seedling chamber. The lights for the vegging chamber is a 3x55w T5 fixture that I built myself. Basically just took one a shelf, mounted ballast on one side and lights on the other.
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