gotot
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i saw a duct fan in home depot. what do they connect to if i did want to use one?
Help!!! Heat Problem!!!
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KaliKitsune
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Depending upon the diameter probably just simple 6" ventilation ducting.
Drogrowno
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DIY tent???
i want to see this home made tent bro, i have a 2x2x4 and i am PIST about buying such a small tent....i bought that and a 400 hp thinking that i could take the 250hp and use that some where else and flow with the 400 in the tent.. i have 9 WW over 14" tall in veg and no space. now i have a tent with 4 big girls in it and and a disgraceful set up else where with a new 400.
i understand the pvc pipes to make the frame but what about
zippers our some kind of way to seal it off
would it be easily accessible?
im just wondering i want to build a bigger one myself i dont feel like going and dropping another couple 100 bucks
i want to see this home made tent bro, i have a 2x2x4 and i am PIST about buying such a small tent....i bought that and a 400 hp thinking that i could take the 250hp and use that some where else and flow with the 400 in the tent.. i have 9 WW over 14" tall in veg and no space. now i have a tent with 4 big girls in it and and a disgraceful set up else where with a new 400.
i understand the pvc pipes to make the frame but what about
zippers our some kind of way to seal it off
would it be easily accessible?
im just wondering i want to build a bigger one myself i dont feel like going and dropping another couple 100 bucks
GypsyBush
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Not sure if you were talking to me or what, but this may help....
Cheers....
Hi...! yes... I'very Hi...!
A while back (10 days or so) I ordered a new light... a 600 Watt HPS w/ a 8" cool tube... ... so I could have one light over the four trays I intend on having..
I wanted to order a Grow Tent as well, but the cash was a little short that day... not wanting to wait this long again for shipping, I decided to go get some supplies and build my own... (with the help of a good friend... Thanks!!!)
Soooo, I just thought I'd post about how I spent part of my day yesterday...
Went to WM... picked up a "wardrobe"... air pumps & stones... Industrial Strength Velcro... and 4 plastic containers...
Then I went to "L" and got a few more things... 4"in-line duct fan (exhaust) @ 80CFM... some 4" ducting... a 4" ducting wall adapter... and some heavy duty tape...
Then I went to a gardening supply store and picked up some 6 MIL black/white Panda Film, but I had to buy a freaking roll of it... 1000 sq Foot roll... yeah.... ok... and I found these neat little zippers... probably $1 from China, but I paid PREMIUM, let me assure you hehehe, what a rip off... I needed them so I got them... and they were very easy to use... if only they were a better zipper... I hate cheap, flimsy shit that you know won't last... especially when you have to pay a lot for it...
Oh my other beef with the zipper is that you NEED 2 to make a door... all of the pictures showed what I needed... but you can't make an effective door with just one... everything I said before... just doubled the price... rip off....
So I guess a few pictures of the assembly are in order...
This is not a tutorial... I am not a teacher and I don't have patience to explain anything to anyone unless the person is willing to pay genuine attention because they are really interested...
With that said, I would be glad to answer questions here on this thread (please do not PM me ABOUT THIS)... just make sure you are asking a relevant, specific question... Thanks...!
So Yeah, it is pretty easy, if you have the patience to deal with a very large piece of plastic that needs to be folded neatly several time...
I still need a piece of thin plywood for the bottom, the cardboard looked good for the pictures, but it's not permanent...
I put little velcro tabs, attaching the frame to the panda film...
I had to make an extra section to cover the back of the zipper, as it is not light proof, and to make sure, I ran a strip of velcro lenghtwise, to make sure light cannot go in because of the zipper...
I'll take a better picture of the thermostat, but it is just a regular cooling thermostat... you set the temp and it lets power go to whatever it is you are running...
Kinda like a timer..... but instead of turning on and off with hours and minutes, it is controlled by temperature...
So I can have the fan kick at ... say... 75F...and when it gets below 75F (+- a few) it shuts off....
Passive intakes should do it... but it would be easy to add at any point...
I know I will not get true 80CFM out of this fan, but I have a small tent...
true 80CFM would circulate the entire airmass 3.3 times every minute...
I bet I am still getting full volume transfer every minute... I got 24 cubic feet of space...
Well, it's time for me to go and enjoy some torture at physical therapy...
Be good boys and girls... and remember "Always Drive Rowdy...." lol...
Gypsy....
When the light gets here, it will have 8" holes on the sides of the tent for unrestricted blow by ventilation... provided by a 265cfm cage fan (not an in-line blower...
Damn... and I still got the joint...
Ok... so I will start pretty much where I left off... with one overlapped picture to illustrate a change....
I decided to change the exhaust flange because I found one that will block the light a little better than the previous... and I think it looks slightly better...
...and a little fan to ... "..stir it up, little darling stur it up..."lol
Oh! I was wrong about the fan all along... it is a 170 CFM in line blower...
I have always been scared of cheap plastic timers on anything more than household lamp... so... here we have a real timer... that probably won't catch fire, melt or be overloaded...
Of course we gotta know what we are feeding our plants, so here we have a HANNA Pronto TDS/PPM meter.... everything to keep my ladies happy...
The thermostat will kick the exhaust fan ON when the temperature inside raises to what the user sets it to...
This power strip will be used for non-ballast/non-timed/non-heat generating items such as the circulating fan and 9 watt CFL (just in case I need a light and don't need to fire up the BIG GUNS...)
Everything else will be staged outside... airpumps, ballasts, transformers... etc...
And here is the whole strip with the goodies....
... and last but not least....
I really wanted to use some of the "neoprene" medialess "disks"... but there were none to be had in this town...
So, again, I found something that works at a fraction of the cost....
I wanted to get away from absorbent foam once the seedlings grow a bit, to avoid stem rot...
So this closed cell foam is perfect, even if I have to tape or glue it once the thin seam busts...
It's perfect for what I am doing...
Well boys & girls.. it's been fun so far... but I am not finished.... soooo... I will get busy again and check with you guys a little later...
Take care...
Gypsy...
... anyone...
joesmiley210
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nice set-up... +rep
Drogrowno
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KaliKitsune
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WAY TOO MUCH FOR SUCH A SMALL CLOSET.
I spent at least 1/3rd of the amount listed on the cheapest websites around considering all the equipment you've bought/listed.
And just FYI, those cheap websites generally have better warranties on their equipment than 'premium' sites which make their money very much in the same way Best Buy does - useless warranties.
I spent at least 1/3rd of the amount listed on the cheapest websites around considering all the equipment you've bought/listed.
And just FYI, those cheap websites generally have better warranties on their equipment than 'premium' sites which make their money very much in the same way Best Buy does - useless warranties.
GypsyBush
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Thanks! I am very happy with it...
No problem! Thanks!
Yup they stick on, and you cut from the back.... super easy to do it right the first time...
Sorry, I just have not been here much lately....
I hear ya... but the idea was that when I go a little bigger, I will not have to upgrade the light again....
I rather burn a little extra juice and make my babies a little extra happy, than have to buy another bigger light assembly six months from now...
600 is probably the biggest I will go, so I just bought it to begin with... instead of a 250, then a 400 then a 600 like most folks end up doing...
Yeah, but I bet you live somewhere inhabited and civilized.... I live in the middle of nowhere in Alaska...
Do you pay $9 for a gallon of gas???? just pro-rate the prices and you will see we paid much the same, before shipping...
Well, HTG fucked up my order and they replaced everything and told me to keep the stuff that was wrong...
I ended up with 2 different reflectors, but it was a clear case of 2x 600 watt HPS for the price of one...
That is pretty good on my book....
But I am sure you have more experience than I do, there are lots of people out there doing much better on much less.... but for this newb... that set-up is working beautiful....
Cheers...
Gypsy...
KaliKitsune
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HTG is where i go because you don't get the "Buy an extra warranty" bull.
Also, Shipping to Alaska is not that expensive. I ebay out stuff daily to Alaska.
And, no, I don't live in a civilized area. I live in the desert.
Also, Shipping to Alaska is not that expensive. I ebay out stuff daily to Alaska.
And, no, I don't live in a civilized area. I live in the desert.
GypsyBush
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Dude, you can pretty much tell me anything... but not that shipping to where I live is not expensive...
Alaska is a big place, where I live, the nearest ROAD is more than 400 miles away, as is the nearest bank, movie theater, restaurant, street light or most anything else you would find in a city...
The population of the villages around me averages 30 people....
You can travel 1000 miles without seeing anything man made....
Still think you are out of civilization???
I am not trying to be a prick... but I live way out there and it will not be confused with living at the end of the road... I am past the last higway and across the lost hills... the Yup'ik Eskimos call it "the Last Place on Earth"...
Kudos to you though, you got your stuff at a third of my cost, and we shop at the same place....!!!!
I have a lot to learn from you...!!!
+-rep!!!