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Duggy's Super Stealth Desk
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mushupork5
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looking good, like the documentation
duggy
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actually, pothead82, that's the last thing that'll go in. can't get 'em here in japan, so i'll pick one up when i go back home to visit the folks in a couple of weeks. i'll pick up one of those home security lights and bust it apart. Yee haw!
just got back from shopping. ended up getting one more of those CFL desk lamps, so 3x27Watts will put the veg chamber at--er, let's see. Mm--a whopping 81Watts!
duggy
just got back from shopping. ended up getting one more of those CFL desk lamps, so 3x27Watts will put the veg chamber at--er, let's see. Mm--a whopping 81Watts!
duggy
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nice.
if you ever struggle with heat problems, you'll definately be able to remove one of them CFL's.
cool white i hope
ok, so waht's happening with the fans/ventilation story now..?
if you ever struggle with heat problems, you'll definately be able to remove one of them CFL's.
cool white i hope
ok, so waht's happening with the fans/ventilation story now..?
duggy
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okay, fans and ventilation.
the four items on the right will come together as a carbon scrubber and vent directly out the back. it's a real bitch to get the stuff together--you can see i'm cutting out and customizing rubber grommets. Little fan on the right will exhaust out of the utility cabinet. the veg chamber vents into the utility, so this little fan will be for the veg chamber as well as the ballasts in the utility chamber. think one's enough? i got two holes and could put in another, but i thought i'd plug the other hole up. hmm.
here's the inside now with the new hole cut and the first coat of paint.
i find that i get best results if i put on Pavement's Wowee Zowee on repeat. try it.
luv,
duggy
the four items on the right will come together as a carbon scrubber and vent directly out the back. it's a real bitch to get the stuff together--you can see i'm cutting out and customizing rubber grommets. Little fan on the right will exhaust out of the utility cabinet. the veg chamber vents into the utility, so this little fan will be for the veg chamber as well as the ballasts in the utility chamber. think one's enough? i got two holes and could put in another, but i thought i'd plug the other hole up. hmm.
here's the inside now with the new hole cut and the first coat of paint.
i find that i get best results if i put on Pavement's Wowee Zowee on repeat. try it.
luv,
duggy
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duggy
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getting the veg chamber light hood ready.
three of these
(sorry--it's laying down. . .)
got ripped apart to get this stuff
the left overs is this stuff (the neighbors wonder about my garbage, yo)
the goosenecks could be useful somewhere. the switches that i'll save, too.
remember, if yr human,
come on, you humans! ideas!
luv,
duggy
three of these
(sorry--it's laying down. . .)
got ripped apart to get this stuff
the left overs is this stuff (the neighbors wonder about my garbage, yo)
the goosenecks could be useful somewhere. the switches that i'll save, too.
remember, if yr human,
come on, you humans! ideas!
luv,
duggy
very, very nice indeed.
no carbon scrubber in the utility/veg exhaust?
no carbon scrubber in the utility/veg exhaust?
duggy
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I will put a carbon scrubber in the utility box as well, though not quite as heavy duty. the vegging northern lights don't smell too much, but a good scrubber should allow me to grow stinky stuff, too. 
I've realized that a 12cm muffin fan will fit into the utility, and so i'll do it. this makes perfect stealth sense, as a big fan at slow speed will be quieter than a little fucker humming away for the same air exchange rate. here you can see i've made the hole big enough. . . .
you can see from the pic that paint don't take to caulk. i was a little surprised and disapointed. had i known i'da gone white caulk. gr.
duggy
I've realized that a 12cm muffin fan will fit into the utility, and so i'll do it. this makes perfect stealth sense, as a big fan at slow speed will be quieter than a little fucker humming away for the same air exchange rate. here you can see i've made the hole big enough. . . .
you can see from the pic that paint don't take to caulk. i was a little surprised and disapointed. had i known i'da gone white caulk. gr.
duggy
duggy, you have an interesting thread here. really informative and lots of nice pics to illustrate! had you used a paintable caulk or silicone it would have covered, hey, at least you caulked it. lol keep it up D!
cool..
good man - 120mm is the shit
might still find temp. problems in the flowering box though! what is the ambient temp. of the room in summer and winter?
where will the HPS ballast go? on the inside (as close to a fan as possible) or could you possibly do it on the outside some where..?
what happened to the right side of the desk?
peace
good man - 120mm is the shit
might still find temp. problems in the flowering box though! what is the ambient temp. of the room in summer and winter?
where will the HPS ballast go? on the inside (as close to a fan as possible) or could you possibly do it on the outside some where..?
what happened to the right side of the desk?
peace
duggy
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It can get up to 30 degrees in the summer. i've over built all ventilation that i could. i've got voltage regulaters to turn it down, but as she sits, full throtle wide open = one 120mm going out of each chamber seperately. in the winter i will be more than okay. in the summer, i might have to knock out one of the CFLs. flower chamber cant really be easily reduced. i could put in the 70W, but that would be a major PITA.
i'm sleepy. it' not even dinner time yet.
duggy
i'm sleepy. it' not even dinner time yet.
duggy
cool, cool..
well if it gets too hot in summer (does it really get 30'C in the room..? or are you talking about outside temperature..), you can always make the majority of the light period in the night time, when it's cooler.
nice work on the CFL
when are you starting the plants?
well if it gets too hot in summer (does it really get 30'C in the room..? or are you talking about outside temperature..), you can always make the majority of the light period in the night time, when it's cooler.
nice work on the CFL
when are you starting the plants?
duggy
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m'kay, 30 degrees is probably worst case, but inside it's not unrealistic.
here's my light bafflles. throw these guys down on the chamber floor and no light should get out the bottom. 2cm tolerance on every side. it's my major bottle neck for air flow. temps get too high and i'll drill more holes in this guy, and/or put pvc elbows on the bottom of the desk.
yaar, baby. yaar.
duggy
ps i'm now getting best results listening to Walt Mink's Miss Happiness.
here's my light bafflles. throw these guys down on the chamber floor and no light should get out the bottom. 2cm tolerance on every side. it's my major bottle neck for air flow. temps get too high and i'll drill more holes in this guy, and/or put pvc elbows on the bottom of the desk.
yaar, baby. yaar.
duggy
ps i'm now getting best results listening to Walt Mink's Miss Happiness.
hey i would go black on th ebottom of the desk, under the false floor. flat black otherwise you may get some glow from the wood finish. this is really turning out nice, you should be proud!
yarr, very clever
where is your lady while you're doing all this work?
when are you starting the plants?
where is your lady while you're doing all this work?
when are you starting the plants?
