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stilleo · 11-20-2006, 05:45 AM

This is my cabinet that I started. I am not too crafty and had limited manual tools but i finally built something. If anyone has any suggestions please help. Its a work in progress so its not completely built. The cabinet is around 35"L x 16W" x 28"H. The flowering room is 20"L x 16W" x 28"h. These are rough measurements and not exact. Thanks for looking.

11-20-2006, 05:48 AM

looks good.

what are the dimensions?

sogman · 11-20-2006, 06:06 AM

nice work man, no matter what it compares to at least you'll get sum bud out of it. I'm curious where you got your 100w hps from though.
I can't find any pre-fabricated set up's. Just industrial style high bay lights.

Lol I'm gonna try and grow my weed all splinter-cell in my closet.
Who know's maybe a cabinet would be easier in the long run.

stilleo · 11-20-2006, 06:24 AM

I got the light from my friend. From the looks of it I think it was a security light. The reflector is just something I had laying around the house.

mushupork5 · 11-20-2006, 09:08 AM

thats a stealth build you got there!! welcome to the club!what are you going to put in it???

thescissors · 11-20-2006, 10:23 AM

looks nice! what are you using for ventillation? i see a carbon filter there but what size fan?

stilleo · 11-20-2006, 11:39 AM

Thanks for taking a look @ my cab. I still havn't made any holes for ventilation yet but im in the process of doing it. My exhaust fan is a 4.25" PC fan i got from radio shack. I am not quite sure how many intake holes I should make. I heard its 2x your exhaust but I am not quite sure what to do.

Edit: mushu.. I am planning to grow white widow and skunk #1. Not quite ready to germinate but I should be very soon.

11-20-2006, 02:45 PM

1. If that space isn't lightproof you need to make it light proof.

2. That intake hole should be lightproofed/bugproofed so no pests can get in and eat away at your plants.

3. After you get the intake holes/light proofing problems cleared up turn all the lights and the fan and measure the temp inside the cab. If it's above 85 degrees you're gonna need a bigger exhaust fan to help get rid of the heat.

I've never grown before, I'm just speaking based off what I've learned from this site and overgrow.

stilleo · 11-21-2006, 01:10 AM

Hey Jam... I am going to have some fans blowing towards my lights to bring down the temps of the light. Other than that I am going to have 2 4" passive intakes and hopefully that should be enough to bring down the temps.

sm0kateer4204 · 11-21-2006, 02:08 AM

what are the temp's reaching at now? a 100cfm exaust should fix that easily.

11-20-2006, 05:45 AM	#1
stilleo New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 15	100 HPS First Cabinet Grow This is my cabinet that I started. I am not too crafty and had limited manual tools but i finally built something. If anyone has any suggestions please help. Its a work in progress so its not completely built. The cabinet is around 35"L x 16W" x 28"H. The flowering room is 20"L x 16W" x 28"h. These are rough measurements and not exact. Thanks for looking. Last edited by stilleo; 11-20-2006 at 05:56 AM..
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11-20-2006, 05:48 AM	#2
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	looks good. what are the dimensions?
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11-20-2006, 06:06 AM	#3
sogman Dignified Toker! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Under a beautiful sun! Posts: 354	nice work man, no matter what it compares to at least you'll get sum bud out of it. I'm curious where you got your 100w hps from though. I can't find any pre-fabricated set up's. Just industrial style high bay lights. Lol I'm gonna try and grow my weed all splinter-cell in my closet. Who know's maybe a cabinet would be easier in the long run. __________________ "I am engulfed, and drown deliciously Soft music like a perfume, and sweet light Golden with audible colours exquisite, Swathe me with cerements for eternity. Times is no more. I pause and yet I flee. A million ages wrap me round with night. I drain a milion ages of delight. I hold the future in my memory. Also, I have this garret which I rent, This bed of straw, and this that was a chair, This worn-out body like a tattered tent, This crust, of which the rats have eaten part, This pipe of opium; rage, remorse, despair; This soul at pawn and this delirious heart." Arthur Symons (1865-1945)
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11-20-2006, 06:24 AM	#4
stilleo New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 15	I got the light from my friend. From the looks of it I think it was a security light. The reflector is just something I had laying around the house.
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11-20-2006, 09:08 AM	#5
mushupork5 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 281	thats a stealth build you got there!! welcome to the club!what are you going to put in it???
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11-20-2006, 10:23 AM	#6
thescissors medical grower Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 417	looks nice! what are you using for ventillation? i see a carbon filter there but what size fan? __________________ theSCISSORS 465W Stealth Cab (400wHPS+65wCFL)
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11-20-2006, 11:39 AM	#7
stilleo New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 15	Thanks for taking a look @ my cab. I still havn't made any holes for ventilation yet but im in the process of doing it. My exhaust fan is a 4.25" PC fan i got from radio shack. I am not quite sure how many intake holes I should make. I heard its 2x your exhaust but I am not quite sure what to do. Edit: mushu.. I am planning to grow white widow and skunk #1. Not quite ready to germinate but I should be very soon. Last edited by stilleo; 11-20-2006 at 11:41 AM..
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11-20-2006, 02:45 PM	#8
Jam Master Jaco Guest Posts: n/a	I'm bored and feel like helping 1. If that space isn't lightproof you need to make it light proof. 2. That intake hole should be lightproofed/bugproofed so no pests can get in and eat away at your plants. 3. After you get the intake holes/light proofing problems cleared up turn all the lights and the fan and measure the temp inside the cab. If it's above 85 degrees you're gonna need a bigger exhaust fan to help get rid of the heat. I've never grown before, I'm just speaking based off what I've learned from this site and overgrow.
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11-21-2006, 01:10 AM	#9
stilleo New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 15	Hey Jam... I am going to have some fans blowing towards my lights to bring down the temps of the light. Other than that I am going to have 2 4" passive intakes and hopefully that should be enough to bring down the temps.
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11-21-2006, 02:08 AM	#10
sm0kateer4204 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,274	what are the temp's reaching at now? a 100cfm exaust should fix that easily.
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