i have a feeling that may work, and work well. i am curious of the power usage though with the door open, even in the closed environment. but your paying the bill, so I'll deal with it
but running the air over the cooler somehow before it goes into the cabinet may be more efficient like you said above. if you cool your air enough you may be able to manage the rez temps more effectively also. let us know your results buddy 
Check this out.
YES! So now I've set the fridge down to MIN just to see how low I can go. I'm going to put a reservoir of water in the chamber and see what this does for water temps! Who knows this may be my grand solution!
Check this out.
I solved the heat issue with the back of the fridge with some clever ducting. I also isolated the heat side from the cool side as well as turned off the intake fans to the chamber so as not to exhaust out the cooled air. After making these changes I had the chamber down to 82* with the mini fridge set to MAX. Not bad at all considering that before setting this up, the chamber was at 94*.
Just for the hell of it I turned the fridge down to MED and went to bed. This morning temperatures are down to 75*!
No matter how good this looks I'm going to reserve judgement.
It appears I can't have continuous air intake in the chamber because all this does is flush out whatever air I get cooled! So it looks like I either need to put my exhaust fans on a cycle timer so I can cycle in fresh air every 30 minutes or so (more research) or start looking at CO2?
So the final design? First separate the fridge box from the coils and compressor. Next, mount the setup on the outside wall of the cabinet and route the cooling pan into the chamber. Then all I need to do is aim a fan at the cooling pan (just like my experiment) and that should do it!
What am I missing this time?
Through the inspiration of the RIU brain trust! Us DIY guys aren't doing our job if we don't take other people's ideas and expand on them!That is a neat solution to your problem..How did you come to think this up? STELTHY
You know what? Those clones were the first time I ever tried to grow pot for real (other than the times you throw seeds in the garden and none of them ever start). But here's the cool thing. It's a 'bucket list' thing for me because for the last 25 years I've always thought of what it would be like if I could grow my own weed and have it anytime I want it. I'm a cheapskate and a chicken-shit (?)
for not wanting to go to downtown Santa Ana to score weed on the street. So I'd get an eighth from my real bro each of the two or three times a year we'd see each other and nurse that for 5 weeks! it is a bit different. In many ways I have the means to buy from a dispensary. But there is something spiritual about growing my own medicine! And again there is that damn bucket list thing.
Oh yes, the joys of having children grow up to be teenagers
Good to hear. I mention clones and you can get a great selection in Cali. Excited to hear what you pick. You can always start a bean or two after you're perpetual.LOL. I'm sitting here with the TV on and that Geico commercial came on. "...do you know what makes me sad? YOU DO you jackwagon. Let's get on over to mamby-pamby land and get some self-confidence in you, you crybaby!
Okay after talking about teenagers, and realizing I have girls, and I hate boys, so why the fuck am I going to go through all of the trouble of trying to keep boys away from girls, and then think I'm going to grow from seed? WTF was I thinking????
Stay tuned people because I have set out a goal that I will be in flower by Wednesday if not sooner!
I'm going on a shopping trip so I'll be back.
I've smoked that Blue Dream and loved it. Wish I got more than a 1/4. Wonder what he'll pick.
