palehawaiian
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Any comments appreciated. Stick around this will be a grow journal when I get done and pop some clones in here.
So it starts, I am on craigslist. I read " free computer does not work." Ok its one block from my house. I am bored so I go get it.
Its a regular PC thats got a fried Motherboard in it. I open it up and gut the insides out. Once I got it taken apart I smoked a joint. I think the weed made me decide I was gonna make a Stealth PC Case, and grow some herbs.
Ok So starting out I have stripped the case to frame.
After you get as much room cleaned up in the case what you should do is to start to cover the insides with reflectors. What I chose to use is a 3 dollar automotive visor that i got at Wal-mart and foil tape. I cut the visor to fit the cover of my computer case. Used the foil tape to hold it in.
Now this case had 6 Pc fans in it from small to large. They were dusty and old but they work. I powered them all up, they run great and I will aim for using them all.
These small ones are low profile and will work good to seal of the front. I had to demolish the cd drive to get the face of it and not the drive itself I need one more hole to fill up and its all set.
As you can see they should work good. I also have a large fan front and low and rear and high in the case.
I gutted the power supply. I wanted to supply my power via the original cord so I opened the power box up removed the boxes board and modified the power to come straight in. I bent the case of the power box over for more room and to clean the box up. It also opened up so i can use that fan. The black/white/green wires are input for my lights.
Smoke break is a given, and its back to work.
So now you have a reflective box. Its now gotta be sealed up and then we can start on how to set up the lights.
I used a visor section to cover all the holes on the back up. My stealth needs are kinda non existent so i am kinda in this for fun. If you need stealth you could salvage the plugs and glue them in so they look like a real computer.
I do it this way just to seal light leaks. I use the visor shiny side out and foil tape it tight over all the holes.
So it starts, I am on craigslist. I read " free computer does not work." Ok its one block from my house. I am bored so I go get it.
Its a regular PC thats got a fried Motherboard in it. I open it up and gut the insides out. Once I got it taken apart I smoked a joint. I think the weed made me decide I was gonna make a Stealth PC Case, and grow some herbs.
Ok So starting out I have stripped the case to frame.
After you get as much room cleaned up in the case what you should do is to start to cover the insides with reflectors. What I chose to use is a 3 dollar automotive visor that i got at Wal-mart and foil tape. I cut the visor to fit the cover of my computer case. Used the foil tape to hold it in.
Now this case had 6 Pc fans in it from small to large. They were dusty and old but they work. I powered them all up, they run great and I will aim for using them all.
These small ones are low profile and will work good to seal of the front. I had to demolish the cd drive to get the face of it and not the drive itself I need one more hole to fill up and its all set.
As you can see they should work good. I also have a large fan front and low and rear and high in the case.
I gutted the power supply. I wanted to supply my power via the original cord so I opened the power box up removed the boxes board and modified the power to come straight in. I bent the case of the power box over for more room and to clean the box up. It also opened up so i can use that fan. The black/white/green wires are input for my lights.
Smoke break is a given, and its back to work.
So now you have a reflective box. Its now gotta be sealed up and then we can start on how to set up the lights.
I used a visor section to cover all the holes on the back up. My stealth needs are kinda non existent so i am kinda in this for fun. If you need stealth you could salvage the plugs and glue them in so they look like a real computer.
I do it this way just to seal light leaks. I use the visor shiny side out and foil tape it tight over all the holes.
. That's probably a good thing though as you can always just move them to a bigger space like you said.