hey there. i decided it was about time to upgrade the old box for the winter time. i needed something a little bigger with a little more light so i decided to build this
built out of 5/8s plywood, its roughly 2 ft wide. 30 inch tall and 16 inches deep. painted flat white. i painted all my pannels before assembling them . id highly recomend it, makes it alot easier than when its all together. a couple hinges, weather stripping and a padlock and shes good to go
i plan on using red greenerys light chamber design. ill keep all the heat from the light away from the plants which was a problem with my last design. i still need to get the glass but that will come. im going to run it and see if its really even necessary. ive got an old pc hooked up to a 12v adapter for exhaust. i have yet to decide what to use for the passive intake in the light chamber. im looking for some ideas here... i do want the box to be kinda stealth so im not so interested in using 4 inch ducts. ive seen some nice Darkroom Louvers here on IC but not sure where to pick one up. ive also heard mixed reviews on them. thinking about trying to fit a 90 degree elbow inside the chamber, might be tight
as far at the lighting goes, for now i have a 4 bulb vanity fixture wired to a light duty extension cord. im a little sktechy on elecricity... 4 42w cfls in there for now. im considering sticking in one of those y socket plug in adapter things infront of the strip if ive got the room for extra wattage. ( another reason i want to stay away from the pipe elbow inside)
as for the growing area. i figure its about 22inches total. should serve me well. i stole another great idea from redgreenery with his passive intake design down there. this will also be exasuted by a 90mm pc fan
i know ill think of more to add. im still in the building process so im very open to suggestions to make by box better in the long run. now on with the comments
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built out of 5/8s plywood, its roughly 2 ft wide. 30 inch tall and 16 inches deep. painted flat white. i painted all my pannels before assembling them . id highly recomend it, makes it alot easier than when its all together. a couple hinges, weather stripping and a padlock and shes good to go
i plan on using red greenerys light chamber design. ill keep all the heat from the light away from the plants which was a problem with my last design. i still need to get the glass but that will come. im going to run it and see if its really even necessary. ive got an old pc hooked up to a 12v adapter for exhaust. i have yet to decide what to use for the passive intake in the light chamber. im looking for some ideas here... i do want the box to be kinda stealth so im not so interested in using 4 inch ducts. ive seen some nice Darkroom Louvers here on IC but not sure where to pick one up. ive also heard mixed reviews on them. thinking about trying to fit a 90 degree elbow inside the chamber, might be tight
as far at the lighting goes, for now i have a 4 bulb vanity fixture wired to a light duty extension cord. im a little sktechy on elecricity... 4 42w cfls in there for now. im considering sticking in one of those y socket plug in adapter things infront of the strip if ive got the room for extra wattage. ( another reason i want to stay away from the pipe elbow inside)
as for the growing area. i figure its about 22inches total. should serve me well. i stole another great idea from redgreenery with his passive intake design down there. this will also be exasuted by a 90mm pc fan
i know ill think of more to add. im still in the building process so im very open to suggestions to make by box better in the long run. now on with the comments
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