LoKey
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Well maybe not doom but definitely enjoyment. 
This is my latest cab its 15"x13" by 48" tall, but 50" once the top cover and feet are factored in. The flower chamber is 28" tall from floor to roof and will have 8" tall pots, the veg chamber is only 12" but that has worked fine for me in the past. For lighting ill be running two 55w pl-ls (not full power though) and a 23w or 13w cfl for veg. Ventilation is done by a temperature controlled 120mm computer fan, we will see if its good enough, if not ill go to a higher static pressure fan. For features it has a built in scrubber, with a speaker fabric top cover, also has a hidden magnetic lock for keeping it shut, and adjustable feet for raising, lowering and leveling, depending on where its located , say hardwood to kushy carpet.
The whole cab with everything on only consumes around 115w, it fluctuates between 110-117, and when only the veg chamber lights are on it consumes around 23w, go figure its a 23w bulb. So as you can figure out the 55w pl-l's arent getting full power, but thats due to the ballast, but its fine with me, If i ran only one 55w it consumes a full 55w. My original plan was to run one 55w pl-l and overdrive it if needed (accepting the inefficiency that is caused from over-driving), but with the ballast i have, it turns out that its alot more efficent to run either just one bulb at full power or two bulbs at less power, so for the first run i decided on two bulbs.
My ideal goal is the same as my last cab, 1 gram per kWh used in total. I will have to measure it over a week to get a more accurate figure, but looks like i would need to get roughly 90g every 60days
I still need to do some tweaks, and get a few things such as carbon, speaker fabric for the top cover, and some 12"x12" trays if i can find any if not ill make them.
Ill be retiring my old cab once its current run is done, and will be using this one, with the plan to make another one of these cabs.
anyways here's the pics
This is my latest cab its 15"x13" by 48" tall, but 50" once the top cover and feet are factored in. The flower chamber is 28" tall from floor to roof and will have 8" tall pots, the veg chamber is only 12" but that has worked fine for me in the past. For lighting ill be running two 55w pl-ls (not full power though) and a 23w or 13w cfl for veg. Ventilation is done by a temperature controlled 120mm computer fan, we will see if its good enough, if not ill go to a higher static pressure fan. For features it has a built in scrubber, with a speaker fabric top cover, also has a hidden magnetic lock for keeping it shut, and adjustable feet for raising, lowering and leveling, depending on where its located , say hardwood to kushy carpet.
The whole cab with everything on only consumes around 115w, it fluctuates between 110-117, and when only the veg chamber lights are on it consumes around 23w, go figure its a 23w bulb. So as you can figure out the 55w pl-l's arent getting full power, but thats due to the ballast, but its fine with me, If i ran only one 55w it consumes a full 55w. My original plan was to run one 55w pl-l and overdrive it if needed (accepting the inefficiency that is caused from over-driving), but with the ballast i have, it turns out that its alot more efficent to run either just one bulb at full power or two bulbs at less power, so for the first run i decided on two bulbs.
My ideal goal is the same as my last cab, 1 gram per kWh used in total. I will have to measure it over a week to get a more accurate figure, but looks like i would need to get roughly 90g every 60days
I still need to do some tweaks, and get a few things such as carbon, speaker fabric for the top cover, and some 12"x12" trays if i can find any if not ill make them.
Ill be retiring my old cab once its current run is done, and will be using this one, with the plan to make another one of these cabs.
anyways here's the pics
