choop
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okay so after at least 35 hours of running around and tinkering with different ideas to tackle temperature, exhaust and intake issues she is complete. now i wait on seeds to arrive 
i previously had it set up with 2 intakes at the bottom with the third fan you now see at the bottom placed at the top where the ducting is exhausting from the lid. the pc fan worked terrible as an exhaust as evident from my temps reaching 95* once i had it trying to push through the carbon setup you see there as well (picture that ducting going straight from the lid to the filter).
after moving the third fan to an additional intake i crafted together that box fan, or home made inline duct fan i like to call it, to deal with my exhaust. it pushes the air getting sucked out of the lid of my setup through the carbon filter (and AWESOMELY as compared to my other pc fan..) for those who are interested, i removed the grates on each side of the fan before attaching the cardboard covers and duct taping all leaks. just requires unscrewing a few screws. easy enough. i used a razor blade to cut those holes in the card board after i was done sealing it.
i am going to add a 4th intake fan at the bottom next to the clear one you see in the back. with only 3 intakes right now my temps are running steady at 83* (with the exhaust fan on the lowest setting, mind you). with another intake down at the bottom i hope it will drop to around 80*. this is all while being pushed through the filter as well.
the light you see hanging in the first picture is a 4 foot fluoro setup with 2x 40watt cool white tubes (6500k daylight spectrum). i am going to use this to veg my autoflowers when they arrive. (gnomo ryders feminized and diesel ryders feminized)
after they show hairs i am going to move them into the rubbermaid conservatory.
my lighting in the tub is all CFL and all 2700k spectrum:
1x 42 watt
4x 23 watt
5x 26 watt
[ the 26w are 1570 lumens/each, the 23 are 1500 lumens/each and the i forget how many lumens the the 42w puts out but it is a big boy bulb. i am in the 13,000-15,000 total lumen output range i would say. shit makes it look like a goddamn UFO is landing in my closet anytime the door is open with all of it running ]
THAT IS FOR A TOTAL OF 264 WATTS in the container. that being said, i am happy to currently see my temps at 83* since ive seen many other threads on here pertaining to rubbermaid grows that have huge heat and exhaust issues in the 95*-105* range. i have learned from a lot of what i read and i hope this helps someone with only a box fan lying around to use as an exhaust. these box fans possess some serious horsepower. the 4" dryer duct was like $6 at wally world.
the home made inline fan has 3 speed settings as standard box fans do. all three push air perfectly fine through the filter. i blew smoke into the intakes and put my nose over the carbon filter and smelled NOTHING- bingo.
oh, and the container holding my carbon is tacked through the container to my wall using like 6 thumb tacks. i only have a couple of inches of carbon over the exhaust opening (which is covered with pantyhose so none falls through) so it isnt very heavy sitting like that even though it probably looks weird.
i also still plan on adding more foil behind the bulbs and around the top chamber. the bottom chamber is a nice cool temperature and always has been through all of my experimentation.
i previously had it set up with 2 intakes at the bottom with the third fan you now see at the bottom placed at the top where the ducting is exhausting from the lid. the pc fan worked terrible as an exhaust as evident from my temps reaching 95* once i had it trying to push through the carbon setup you see there as well (picture that ducting going straight from the lid to the filter).
after moving the third fan to an additional intake i crafted together that box fan, or home made inline duct fan i like to call it, to deal with my exhaust. it pushes the air getting sucked out of the lid of my setup through the carbon filter (and AWESOMELY as compared to my other pc fan..) for those who are interested, i removed the grates on each side of the fan before attaching the cardboard covers and duct taping all leaks. just requires unscrewing a few screws. easy enough. i used a razor blade to cut those holes in the card board after i was done sealing it.
i am going to add a 4th intake fan at the bottom next to the clear one you see in the back. with only 3 intakes right now my temps are running steady at 83* (with the exhaust fan on the lowest setting, mind you). with another intake down at the bottom i hope it will drop to around 80*. this is all while being pushed through the filter as well.
the light you see hanging in the first picture is a 4 foot fluoro setup with 2x 40watt cool white tubes (6500k daylight spectrum). i am going to use this to veg my autoflowers when they arrive. (gnomo ryders feminized and diesel ryders feminized)
after they show hairs i am going to move them into the rubbermaid conservatory.
my lighting in the tub is all CFL and all 2700k spectrum:
1x 42 watt
4x 23 watt
5x 26 watt
[ the 26w are 1570 lumens/each, the 23 are 1500 lumens/each and the i forget how many lumens the the 42w puts out but it is a big boy bulb. i am in the 13,000-15,000 total lumen output range i would say. shit makes it look like a goddamn UFO is landing in my closet anytime the door is open with all of it running ]
THAT IS FOR A TOTAL OF 264 WATTS in the container. that being said, i am happy to currently see my temps at 83* since ive seen many other threads on here pertaining to rubbermaid grows that have huge heat and exhaust issues in the 95*-105* range. i have learned from a lot of what i read and i hope this helps someone with only a box fan lying around to use as an exhaust. these box fans possess some serious horsepower. the 4" dryer duct was like $6 at wally world.
the home made inline fan has 3 speed settings as standard box fans do. all three push air perfectly fine through the filter. i blew smoke into the intakes and put my nose over the carbon filter and smelled NOTHING- bingo.
oh, and the container holding my carbon is tacked through the container to my wall using like 6 thumb tacks. i only have a couple of inches of carbon over the exhaust opening (which is covered with pantyhose so none falls through) so it isnt very heavy sitting like that even though it probably looks weird.
i also still plan on adding more foil behind the bulbs and around the top chamber. the bottom chamber is a nice cool temperature and always has been through all of my experimentation.
