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Mr. Sparkle
As for new build "The Bucket" here it is..
info about it, Well its a standard 5gal bucket, with use of a partially cut down 2gal bucket inside, a ring out of foam board was made to fit and seal it in there and its glued in place.
I still need to make a carbon filter and make a reservoir for it but its all wired out and ready for whatever container i decide to use.
Light specs i'm using 3 dismantled 8.5w Philips soft white LED bulbs mounted to some salvaged old GPU heatsinks, the fan is an old cut down Gelid Solutions Silent TC 92mm fan, i did that to save some height and it fit nicely, but I've had it for ages and has been used in a few other grows, the thermocouple is mounted to one of the heatsinks, which causes the fan to run at full when light are on and then it automatically slows down when the lights are off, which is a lot easier to deal with compared to my PWM fans in my PC cases.
Control wise i'm running an Arduino with relays for lights and water pump/valve, also mixed in is a RTC for accurate time events, and a LCD coupled to a two way momentary switch for basic control, we also have a soil moisture sensor for automatic watering, and a temperature and humidity senor for just displaying general stats on the LCD, but that is currently coming in mail as i didn't have any spares.
I will also be sharing the code of this project on github for those who are interested, but will add it later when i have a separate thread going.
Total Price around $30 USD including paint
Total wattage draw from the wall is around 28watts.
So with those number im gonna make my goal 30g, for 30watts, at 30 bucks.
The plan is to run one autoflower plant this round and see what we can do.
Haven't decided on a seed yet, but i have a bunch of Sweet Seeds genetics that i could use or some of my own crosses.
I'll make another thread and put a bit more details into it, and then we can get started with it, and ill do the few tweaks i still need to do shortly or when needed.
info about it, Well its a standard 5gal bucket, with use of a partially cut down 2gal bucket inside, a ring out of foam board was made to fit and seal it in there and its glued in place.
I still need to make a carbon filter and make a reservoir for it but its all wired out and ready for whatever container i decide to use.
Light specs i'm using 3 dismantled 8.5w Philips soft white LED bulbs mounted to some salvaged old GPU heatsinks, the fan is an old cut down Gelid Solutions Silent TC 92mm fan, i did that to save some height and it fit nicely, but I've had it for ages and has been used in a few other grows, the thermocouple is mounted to one of the heatsinks, which causes the fan to run at full when light are on and then it automatically slows down when the lights are off, which is a lot easier to deal with compared to my PWM fans in my PC cases.
Control wise i'm running an Arduino with relays for lights and water pump/valve, also mixed in is a RTC for accurate time events, and a LCD coupled to a two way momentary switch for basic control, we also have a soil moisture sensor for automatic watering, and a temperature and humidity senor for just displaying general stats on the LCD, but that is currently coming in mail as i didn't have any spares.
I will also be sharing the code of this project on github for those who are interested, but will add it later when i have a separate thread going.
Total Price around $30 USD including paint
Total wattage draw from the wall is around 28watts.
So with those number im gonna make my goal 30g, for 30watts, at 30 bucks.
The plan is to run one autoflower plant this round and see what we can do.
Haven't decided on a seed yet, but i have a bunch of Sweet Seeds genetics that i could use or some of my own crosses.
I'll make another thread and put a bit more details into it, and then we can get started with it, and ill do the few tweaks i still need to do shortly or when needed.
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