Show Off You're Grow Room

jane's phasm said:

he has a programmable logic controller (plc) wired up to control the room. Think super duper environmental controller. The controller takes temp, humidity, water level, light, etc. as inputs, makes decisions according to the logic he programs, and then turns on/off his a/c, dehumidifier, etc. to maintain the absolute ideal conditions. The pc is wired up to the controller so he can monitor conditions, modify the program, etc. Awesome!

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couldnt said it better myself......lol

EDIT: specs on next page.

Phaeton - I like the led setup

Got some specs for us so we can get a better idea of all the side info so we can better picture the room

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Hunter - looks good

that truely is awesome never heard of that . how hard was it to setup correctly? price?

is that efficient? do you have a veg room? whats the elec cost for just that room? this is directed to led guy

Thanks man

How much did that cost? Did you buy it or make it? That looks like something I want to start with

indipow82 said:

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Here is my lil personal tent that does exactly what I need it to do!

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I love that setup!! do you think you could send me a link, or tell me where you got that tent?
this is all i'm working with so far, a little home made light, and some really really good reg. I found some good seeds in. 55 watt clf 2700k 200 watt equiv.

HempletonState said:

that truely is awesome never heard of that . how hard was it to setup correctly? price?

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was this responce to my control panel or someone else....lol?

Your control panel

HempletonState said:

that truely is awesome never heard of that . how hard was it to setup correctly? price?

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Well The hardest part was building the dang room with all the insulation and drywall and cocing etc etc that took the most work..... The control panel My pops built for me so i didnt have to do anything really.....He got most of the parts for FREE!! He picked them up at his work , just old parts laying around they werent using really......We did have pay for all the censors(temp,Co2 and Humiditiy) and that was pretty pricey really.....The Co2 censor was around 250 i think and same with the Humiditiy censor and the Temp censors where a little cheaper.......I spend alot on the Dehumidiftyer that alone was 300 and then you got the window AC that was 150 and the Wall mounted Heater that was about 70 bucks......So thats just the stuff i needed for a close loop system not counting the fans and lights and Co2 bottle and Selinoid etc etc....... atleast 2grand into this room id say when its all said and done.......


If you where to actually BUY the hardware inside the panel it would cost SOO MUCH it wouldnt be worth it probably...... If anyones interested i could probably get my dad to make another one customsized for your needs......... 2,000 sound like a good price?? Im thinkin we should get a patent for it and sell them to comercial growers.......

The LED's are five each of HGL's 336X-PRO arranged in a five lobe circle, outer diameter is seven feet. 38 square feet of grow area.


The surround is 48 each four foot T8 tubes, 22 of them are Reptisun 10 (10% UVB).
The balance are 14 Florasun and 12 Reptisun 2.0 (2% UVB).

Also 24 T5's, four of which are ArcadiaD3+ (12% UVB). These gave both myself and a trimmer sunburn.
The balance are 16 Florasun and 4 Redsun.

And dead center I have an actinic HID for all those blue wave lengths the LED does not provide, 404 nm through 440 nm.


Total wattage is 5232 for 137 watts/square foot. This replaced an HID room of 133 watts/square foot. The plants grow more rapidly now. Temps are kept 82-86 days and down to 63 at night.

Sunglasses are outside the door, extras for visitors. Glasses are a must, UVB levels are double a tropic meadow in the summer, note comment on sunburn.
The plants being harvested now were started in the HID room, first complete LED plants are due 03-10-12. Or thereabouts, this room grows somewhat differently than the old room.

This room is based on a year's worth of note taking in a full time test budroom. I spent my whole entire allowance on this room, I sure hope it performs to spec.

Big smile every time I walk in there, it feels good.

LEDs are crazy expensive! some day, i'd like to use them at least for supplimental side lighting or growing during the summer & maintaining mothers. i've seen a lot of people frown on them for having lower output than HIDs, but i think if you used enough of them in a SCROG setup, you could get decent results. i've seen at least one grower doing just fine with flourescent tubes in a SCROG setup. i've wanted to go with LEDs ever since they started being used for growing and toyed with the idea of DIY panels, but even then, they're expensive and the high output LEDs use that annoying "direct mount" soldering method that looks like more trouble than it's worth

it's amazing at just how different everyone's setups are from each other. i've seen a bunch of pics of setups that leave me scratching my head just trying to figure out what i'm actually looking at. LOL

the great thing is that weed is pretty forgiving of methods and fairly easy to grow, even in a tiny PC stealth case. you can make it happen with a few dollars in potting soil stealthing in the great outdoors all the way up to spending thousands on state of the art hydropinic rigs and environmental controls indoors.

Started like this....



After RIU's wealth of knowledge


I'm still improving...The lighting stays pretty cool with no fan on the light and I will worry about odor control when it is time

Hay RangerJ I have the same hood. Been looking for more but can't find them. It's a nice setup

Yea I should have ordered there 600w kit for just a bit more.... I just ordered a 6500k bulb since this came with a 4100k


Thanks a lot warlock....

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0043CQQTA/ref=sc_pgp__m_A1XNO5WXRONZJZ_2?ie=UTF8&m=A1XNO5WXRONZJZ&n=&s=&v=glance


These are nice warlock

I got all my hoods already. Just wanted to have the cool tube and a hood. Settled for 2 air hoods an 2 more cool tubes.

HempletonState said:

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Waste of space, you could cram so much more in that area, and the lights are way too far away from the plants. Other than that it looks pretty tuned in