general stealth dresser setup ?'s

[s1dth3k1d]

So this is my first time growing and being a college student i've decided to just do 2 maybe 3 plants under a 150 watt hps. i've done a shit ton of reading and still have a few questions about ventilation and general set-up. i'll be doing a stealth grow in a small-medium sized dresser growing 1 Great White Shark auto and a Nirvana Bubbilicious, maybe a Barney's Farm Vanilla Kush also. I already have the seeds. So anyways my questions are mainly about ventilation. I don't really understand the whole ventilation thing, maybe somebody could explain it to me a little better? Also, how to install it.. Totally lost on ventilation. It's only gonna be 2-3 plants in one small-med sized dresser so think small and affordable.

 

[kevinT0911]

First step would be to drill 4" hole on the back corner, drill straight through the wood and wiggle the bit enough to a drywall saw in there. Take the metal bracket off the bottom on the fan and slide your exhaust through the hole. Mount your bracket on the back of the dresser and then seal it up using duct. Another way is to mount the fan on top but still requires you to cut a hole. If you do this you have to make it look like storage in some way.

 

[Malevolence]

Check out this guy's grow... https://www.rollitup.org/stealth-micro-cab-growing/532936-crazytrains-stealth-150w-hps-dresser.html

He has a good ventilation setup. You want to make an exhaust port wherever you want to vent the air, install a fan and ducting to your light in a cooltube, then some more ducting to a carbon filter... and an intake port somewhere that would make good airflow while being stealth (usually back/bottom). Air gets sucked into your dresser from the intake port and flows around your plants, then through the carbon filter, then through your light, then exhausted out the back.

 

[DeeTee]

Ventilation is to give your plant constant air flow, plants need constant fresh air to survive, also it helps to exhust any heat due to the lights. As stated above you will have to cut holes to mount the fans.

 

[sine143]

may I recomend a cidly apollo 4 LED fixture? 140 actual watt draw for 180-200. can use pc fans no problem to cool your dresser.

 

[s1dth3k1d]

Just looked up the cidly and it looks awesome but where can you buy it and how much? The 150 watt hps was gonna be around 130 and its by apollo also

 

[s1dth3k1d]

Also, was looking at the led 45 grow panel by sun systems on amazon. Am debating on that or the 150 watt hps now. The led would def be easier on my wallet and more safe as it doesnt run too hot but if im gonna get a substantially higher yield from the hps then I'll go with that... Any ideas?

 

[Slipon]

I belive a nice PC or a good bathroom ventilation .. or two might work ..

placed at the top/back of the dresser and some passiv intake holes at the bottom near the floor for fresh/cool air/co2 ..

and some more expensiv once is also next to silent .. in my "walmart" the bathroom ventilations cost from 8$ up to 120$ .. the more expensiv once is pretty silent .. and effectiv .. and in a dresser they wont make mouch noise ..

of course depense on your klimat ... and and temps in your dorm .. but a 150W dont make that mouch heat .. if you can keep your room around 72F I belive you can keep the dresser around 82 with good air flow ..

also a nice littel clip on fan in ther .. pointet at the HPS .. bloweing the hot air away from the plants .. up .. at the out take vents ..




also .. just a idea .. if your allowed to keep fish ? you could get a cheap fish tank and plants it on top .. to distract Ppl. from noticing your dresser and the sounds .. wires etc .. could even use the fish pump for DWG ..

good luck .. and remember to post pics

 

[s1dth3k1d]

So the intake would just be a hole at the bottom? Also could you elaborate on the fan and cooltube? Sorry im like supernoob at this stuff

 

[Slipon]

p.s

for flowering/when they begin to stink ..

you can buy them cheap replacement filters .. for cooker ventilations at "walmart" aswell ... around 10-20$ .. full of activ carbon .. make a DIY filter for your outtake vents to prevent smell escapeing ..

 

[s1dth3k1d]

Thanks bro.. Appreciate all the advice

 

[Slipon]

So the intake would just be a hole at the bottom? Also could you elaborate on the fan and cooltube? Sorry im like supernoob at this stuff

yes .. just a passiv intake (normaly 2-3 times the size as the out take ventilation)

its pure physic .. as your out take ventilations pull hot/old air out from the top (hot air travels up) it will automaticly pull air in wher it can to replace it ..

also .. need to keep a slight under presure .. so you know all air that escape is going out the ventilation/carbon filter .. so smell dont escape cracks ..


and yes .. if you get a cool tube (I would advice it if you want to spend the littel more money)

you could get a small 4" axis/chanal ventilation for that (they fit in a tube and is cheap and effectiv)




let it sug air through the cool tube with a carbon filter on the other end (once they begin to stink) and let it pull it out through the tube to the back of the dresser ..

 

[Slipon]

might find it usefull ?

 

[s1dth3k1d]

Awesome.. Thanks a lot guys. So im just gonna do a quick run through of what im gonna do. Hang the lights from the top, put in some mylar on the walls, install a 4' duct fan at the top of the cabinet for exhaust, make 2 intake holes at the bottom.. Good enough?

 

[sine143]

Just looked up the cidly and it looks awesome but where can you buy it and how much? The 150 watt hps was gonna be around 130 and its by apollo also

Its direct from factory in china. cidly apollo is not related to apollo HID systems I dont think.

 

[Malevolence]

Here is one way to set up ventilation in a dresser. The exhaust fan inside the air duct sucks air through the carbon filter and through the cool tube, then out the back. Fresh air flows through your passive intake ports to replace the old air getting sucked out through the air duct.