I finally am just about finished w/ my new cab. Its finished enough that I can show you guys some pics, and it won't be a total yawner.
I've been growing in soil in a C13 cab w/ 450 watts HPS.
this will be 300 watts HPS and hydro
I didn't quite know what forum to put this in, as its sort of a show and tell, and sort of a how-to on cabinet construction, and sort of a DIY article that covers quite a few details. ...so I stuck it in the "general" growing forum
anyway I took about a month to build it...just in my spare time, and got most materials at home-depot and walmart. (I'll itemize the monetary setback in the thread a bit later)
I took lots of pics, especially on things that confused me at first.
This is a lot like the NGB box, w/ some modifications and different dimensions, and I used lots of ideas from peeps on here who have already done similar cabs. I'll try to give credit to the ideas that I borrowed.
I don't know how well I'll explain myself on this thing the first go around, but if anyone has questions on it as far as specifics go ...just ask and I'll elaborate as best I can...at first It'll proabbly be a lot of pics, and a bit of explanation.
The one thing about this cab is that it comes entirely apart
...thats right I built each panel seperate, before putting it all together, and if I wanna move it all I have to do is whip out a screwdriver, cut the caulk and all the panels will seperate and be able to be re-assembled VERY EASILY somewhere else. ....this will be more clear once you see the pics.
Only things I have left to do are:
-seal the doors (they actually seal really well already w/ no weatherstrip)
-install my reflectors for the HPS
-finish carbon scrubber
-install locks and door hardware
-finish SWC res.
-finish scrog screen
some details:
-(2) 150 watt HPS lamps (300 watts total) flower room (dual cooltubes)
-(4) 15 watt floros (60) watts total) mom/clone area
-Dayton 160cfm shaded pole blower
-Flower area is a bit over 3 sq' feet and is 3 feet tall
-mom/cloner area is just under 1 foot wide and 2 feet deep and is 2 feet tall
Ok some pics:
this is the finished unit w/out the locks and door hardware
just before the honeynut stain/sealer
here you can see both cooltubes
inside the mom/clone chamber
I went crazy w/ ventilation since that was one of the biggest complaints I heard peeps having w/ these cabs...I was actually going for overkill on ventilation on purpose, so I could cap some off if necessary, but it's not necessary. I have negative pressure throughout tha cab w/out capping anything, and temps are barely above ambient room temp. after 12 hrs on w/ both 150's running.
here you can see the light-traps in the floor when the shelf is slid out...they are under the mom/clone floor like this too.
here is the underside
I hope you guys like it so far. The next post you'll see the seperate panels, so you can see how it all went together (and comes apart)
one person can move this thing alone into an apartment if they wanted, using just a small car, and set it back up in an hour or two. It'll set up inside a closet real easy too.
I've been growing in soil in a C13 cab w/ 450 watts HPS.
this will be 300 watts HPS and hydro
I didn't quite know what forum to put this in, as its sort of a show and tell, and sort of a how-to on cabinet construction, and sort of a DIY article that covers quite a few details. ...so I stuck it in the "general" growing forum
anyway I took about a month to build it...just in my spare time, and got most materials at home-depot and walmart. (I'll itemize the monetary setback in the thread a bit later)
I took lots of pics, especially on things that confused me at first.
This is a lot like the NGB box, w/ some modifications and different dimensions, and I used lots of ideas from peeps on here who have already done similar cabs. I'll try to give credit to the ideas that I borrowed.
I don't know how well I'll explain myself on this thing the first go around, but if anyone has questions on it as far as specifics go ...just ask and I'll elaborate as best I can...at first It'll proabbly be a lot of pics, and a bit of explanation.
The one thing about this cab is that it comes entirely apart
...thats right I built each panel seperate, before putting it all together, and if I wanna move it all I have to do is whip out a screwdriver, cut the caulk and all the panels will seperate and be able to be re-assembled VERY EASILY somewhere else. ....this will be more clear once you see the pics.
Only things I have left to do are:
-seal the doors (they actually seal really well already w/ no weatherstrip)
-install my reflectors for the HPS
-finish carbon scrubber
-install locks and door hardware
-finish SWC res.
-finish scrog screen
some details:
-(2) 150 watt HPS lamps (300 watts total) flower room (dual cooltubes)
-(4) 15 watt floros (60) watts total) mom/clone area
-Dayton 160cfm shaded pole blower
-Flower area is a bit over 3 sq' feet and is 3 feet tall
-mom/cloner area is just under 1 foot wide and 2 feet deep and is 2 feet tall
Ok some pics:
this is the finished unit w/out the locks and door hardware
just before the honeynut stain/sealer
here you can see both cooltubes
inside the mom/clone chamber
I went crazy w/ ventilation since that was one of the biggest complaints I heard peeps having w/ these cabs...I was actually going for overkill on ventilation on purpose, so I could cap some off if necessary, but it's not necessary. I have negative pressure throughout tha cab w/out capping anything, and temps are barely above ambient room temp. after 12 hrs on w/ both 150's running.
here you can see the light-traps in the floor when the shelf is slid out...they are under the mom/clone floor like this too.
here is the underside
I hope you guys like it so far. The next post you'll see the seperate panels, so you can see how it all went together (and comes apart)
one person can move this thing alone into an apartment if they wanted, using just a small car, and set it back up in an hour or two. It'll set up inside a closet real easy too.
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