Trunk5's 400watt stealth grow cab. Lots of Pics..

Trunk5

Trunk5

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Dynamoehumm said:
Sweet. Really sweet. Have heat:evil: issues been a problem for you? Looks like your doing it right. I tried a 400 watt MH but couldn't control he heat. Ended up with a 250 mh and T5's .

Good luck on your grow!
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Thank you, yeah heat is my main concern right now. but once i pick up my blower im sure that problem will be solved. i need to replace my cfl's up top with t5's but all this must wait till payday so im stuck biteing my nails for about a week. btw i love your cab wish i was a member to sams club.. lol
 
Trunk5

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im in a 12 flat on the 3rd floor i cant cut holes into anything so i have to build everything so it dosent conflict with my lease.
 
bricktown73

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Trunk5 said:
im in a 12 flat on the 3rd floor i cant cut holes into anything so i have to build everything so it dosent conflict with my lease.
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Hey trunk, I cannot tell from your pics which fans are sucking in or out, or blowing in or out, but if you keep this circulation practice in mind, it is the best way to controll heat.

If you can, try to suck air THRU your lights and exaughst the hot air at the TOP of your grow shed, shack, room. If you can, try to SUCK air IN at the bottom of your shed, shack, room and let it just dump into the room. This way the cool air will stay at ground level and raise thru your plants as is converges with the warmer air up top before exiting thru your lights and out the top.

My first circulation configuration was way off, and when I corrected it the way I explained it lowerd the overall temp 13 degree. Well worth the time and little money to make it right.

I am not sure if that is how yours is setup, but if it isn't maybe try this out, you won't be sorry thats for sure.
 
Trunk5

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bricktown73 said:
Hey trunk, I cannot tell from your pics which fans are sucking in or out, or blowing in or out, but if you keep this circulation practice in mind, it is the best way to controll heat.

If you can, try to suck air THRU your lights and exaughst the hot air at the TOP of your grow shed, shack, room. If you can, try to SUCK air IN at the bottom of your shed, shack, room and let it just dump into the room. This way the cool air will stay at ground level and raise thru your plants as is converges with the warmer air up top before exiting thru your lights and out the top.

My first circulation configuration was way off, and when I corrected it the way I explained it lowerd the overall temp 13 degree. Well worth the time and little money to make it right.

I am not sure if that is how yours is setup, but if it isn't maybe try this out, you won't be sorry thats for sure.
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yeah i have my intake at the bottom and my exhaust at the top. im just not pushing enough cfm. im not to worried about it anymore, the end of the week ill have my 2000cfm blower and ill be all set. thank you tho. for now i have gottin the temp to stay at 87-88 with everything closed up. this should tie me over untill friday.
 
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PCBurns

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Hey Trunk5, I read your replacing your cfl's. What's the reason? Are they not giving off enough Lumens? I was planning on buying some cfl's for my cabinet from stealthhydro.com to help save on the heating issues. Do you think these will work? (I will probably only be growing about 3 plants in a stealthhydro kit)

Multi Spectrum 315 Watt CFL Light Bank
Dual Spectrum II High Output Fluorescent Light Kit

Not sure if I could get away with just one light system or if I should get both. Also, I can get the 315 Watt CFL's in the following configurations. Do you know which config would b best. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

MULTI SPECTRUM CONFIGURATION
Includes one 30K Spiral, one 41K Spiral and one 50K Tube style bulb. A multi-purpose variety of light spectrums. Can be used for both flowering and vegetative applications.

VEGETATIVE CONFIGURATION
Includes Two 65K Spirals and one 50K Tube style bulb. Best for pure vegetative purposes.

FLOWERING CONFIGURATION
Includes Two 30K Spirals and one 50K Tube style bulb. Best for purely flowering purposes.
 
Trunk5

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PCBurns said:
Hey Trunk5, I read your replacing your cfl's. What's the reason? Are they not giving off enough Lumens? I was planning on buying some cfl's for my cabinet from stealthhydro.com to help save on the heating issues. Do you think these will work? (I will probably only be growing about 3 plants in a stealthhydro kit)

ok the reason being they are 13 watt bulbs and give off more light for the flowering spectrum. they did do there job and sprout 6 seedlings out of 7 germed seeds but i broke a tap root and yea it would of been 7... anyway off topic i do know thoes lights will work for you. as for me i found a few daylight bulbs for my cfl lamps that im going to test out. altho i am saveing to get a nice 2 foot 4 or 6 bulb T5.

PCBurns said:
Not sure if I could get away with just one light system or if I should get both. Also, I can get the 315 Watt CFL's in the following configurations. Do you know which config would b best. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

all depends on how you want your set up. is it going to be only one room or two? if its just one room then go with the multi spectrum so you get bolth red/orange and blue light. yes i know most shun apon ebay stores and companys but what evever ive never had a problem once. here are the T5's i want to pick up. the 2 foot ones i dont know if im going with the 4 bulb lamp or 6 bulb lamp yet. ill let you guys know. http://stores.ebay.com/High-Tech-Garden-Supply_T-5-FLUORESCENT-Grow-Lights_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ8QQftidZ2QQtZkm
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Trunk5

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wtf bluepoles said:
Really sweet grow cab. I'm hopefully starting my own grow soon and I'm getting a lot of ideas from your setup!
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thank you, and good luck with everything.

well guys/girls, tomorrow i should be picking up my blower if everything goes right, its one of thoes stanley 3speed blowers but im going to pick up 2 of them and probebly end up moding one of them heavily. but if the cfm rateing is close to accurate then the low speed should be fine for me. ill post more when i get them.
 
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alrighty yesterday i picked up the blower thanks to my girl friend and installed it into my cab, its working great and i dont evan have it on its high setting, low is good enough but i put it on medium just incase.
here is a pic. its one of thoes stanley blower fans. i got mine at walmart for 45 bucks.
 

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reprieve said:
i am probably going to do the same thing what type of board did you use

aka list of supplies...
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i used 5/8ths particle board, 1 1/2 inch drywall screws, wood glue, cheep dollar store mylar gift wrap, duck tape and foil tape, 6 inch dryer venting, old pc power supply and 120mm fans altho now with this blower i dont think ill need them soon, stanely 1200cfm - 2400cfm blower, 4 2gal pots, 4 2x1 spill trays, 1 humidome, a 400watt mh/hps light kit, 2 18inch cfls soon to be replaced by a 2foot 4 bulb HO T5, light timer, and thermo hygro meter. i used fox far ocen forrest soil mixed with fox farm light warrior, the nutes are advanced nutrient 2 part sensi grow and sensi bloom, and im picking up big bud and bud blood this week. hope this helps.
 
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PeteyG

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Dude, that's sick! I wanna get into growing pretty soon and your setup gave me a TON of ideas. Thanks so much I think I might go the same route as you and build it all from scratch. thanks again
 
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