A Medicinal Refrigerator

hey daniels, very nice!

where did you get the black adapters for the 120 mm fan? do you know what diameter they are?

very nice looking though, did you end up taking the reflector out?

They were from Home Depot. Near the PVC stuff. They are for drainage I think. Near the sewer pipes says 5", but they fit in a 4" tube. they have round and square. About $2. I'm undecided on the reflector. I'm leaning to skinning 1/3rd of the top right on the Pyrex. I still have some work to do. I have to finish the carbon filter. I have to remount the power strip. I also have to put the Red LED on the door. Also the little Green one. Then the last hard part. I have to put the smooth white board on the inside of the doors. I'm guessing a few days till Pepe gets to see her new apartment.
Daniels

thanks daniels, thats MUCH cheaper than buying HVAC duct work to do it!

A dremel, aluminum duct tape, and a few coat hangers will solve many problems
jsgamber has a great one I saw those on. I got some other ideas from there. Thx jsgamber
https://www.rollitup.org/grow-room-design-setup/310497-new-cabinet-grow-9x4x18-complete.html

Daniels

Today's update
I got the Carbon Filter made today. I mounted a 4" X 6" vent to the 4" PVC hard 90. I made a 6" tube of 1/2 screen. I covered the far rough end with a layer of aluminum tape. I covered the end with 2 layers after the cap was on, then tightened it. It's 8" long and fits in just right. Think that will cover the smell? If it doesn't I'll add one to the other end I guess.
I might work on it some more tonight. I have to start testing the temps in the morning.
Daniels

Danielsgb said:

Today's update
I got the Carbon Filter made today. I mounted a 4" X 6" vent to the 4" PVC hard 90. I made a 6" tube of 1/2 screen. I covered the far rough end with a layer of aluminum tape. I covered the end with 2 layers after the cap was on, then tightened it. It's 8" long and fits in just right. Think that will cover the smell? If it doesn't I'll add one to the other end I guess.
I might work on it some more tonight. I have to start testing the temps in the morning.
Daniels

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So this is generally the best way to take care of smell? What is the actual filter made out of? Where do you get it?

BTW I've been watching since day one, and this thing is coming together very well. I aspire to making something very similar one day in the near future.

I felt like shit today so only did some temp testing.
Here's the temp run for today.
9-10 52 to 63
10-11 63 to 64
11-1 64-66.5
1-4:20 66.5-69
So in summary from 9am to 4:20 it went from 52 to 69. Basically it seems to take an hour to warm up then rises slowly. I'm thinking I'll need to vary the Cool Tube exhaust to get it in between 70 and 80. Then vary as the garage stays warmer into summer

drrasta47 said:

So this is generally the best way to take care of smell? What is the actual filter made out of? Where do you get it?

BTW I've been watching since day one, and this thing is coming together very well. I aspire to making something very similar one day in the near future.

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I haven't used the DIY carbon scrubber yet as my other grow is just about to flower some Ladies (check it out) I have a DIY ozone generator I built for my first grow (something like 7-8 yrs ago) that I may rebuild.
It's activated Carbon. What I have is a Honeywell enviracare Universal Replacement Pre-Filter. I got it at Walmart if I remember right I think it was about $6. It's a wide piece that I'll cut to fit.
As far as I know the best is the ozone generators. Glad to have you along drrasta47 (and you others) It should be a fun Grow Journal.
Daniels

sorry you felt like shit bro, but good to see your temps were right. what are ambient temps like in the garage? mines in the garage too, and have been up in the 90's, and my cab always stays a few degrees below, but never at optimum temps. i think all the material from my cooltube idea only absorbs and generates more heat. oh well

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sorry you felt like shit bro, but good to see your temps were right. what are ambient temps like in the garage? mines in the garage too, and have been up in the 90's, and my cab always stays a few degrees below, but never at optimum temps. i think all the material from my cooltube idea only absorbs and generates more heat. oh well

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Yea the weekly Sunday night shot I give myself for my MS wounds me some Monday mornings. My Grandparents are staying the night for some early Dr. appts. So I'll get a late start tomorrow. garage ambient temp seems to be 52 this morning, 49 and 55 the last few. As the weather warms it should too. It's been cold & rainy here in MT for the last week, so we'll see. I'm happy it hasn't been a 90 after a couple hrs issue. I'm thinking all the metal around mine absorbs heat that the airflow pulls out.
Daniels

ahh, MT=Montana=worry bout cold more than hot huh!

For the most part yeah, except in July and August, then we worry about heat just like everywhere else.

Nice to see another Montana grow though

Well the Grandparents took off for their DR. appts and I'm feeling better so I'm on my mission. I have to re-mount the Power Strip and re-wire both fans. I'll put them on separate power adapters so they can be on seperate timers. I have to Duct tape the back of the 4" tube. I also have to redo some caulking cause it moved when I zip-tied the 4". I need to wrap that Carbon filter. Then it's on to the LED's in the door.
Back with some new pics soon.

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For the most part yeah, except in July and August, then we worry about heat just like everywhere else.

Nice to see another Montana grow though

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Yea I'm thinking it'll have to be moved into the basement bout sept.
Daniels

I got the Power strip re-mounted and both fans wired to their own power adapters. One is on a 12v 1A, the other is on a 12V 833mA. I got the caulking done. The thermometer's remote sensor is mounted. The red LED is on the front of the freezer door and wired into the inside, then I hot glued it in. The filter is wrapped and ready for some stank.
Tomorrow I'll run it for 16hrs and see what the temps do. I want to see what 15 minutes off on the Cool Tube exhaust does to the temps.
I have to work on the inside of the doors too.
Daniels

that is a great design with the main chambers exhaust right beside the cool tube to pick up the heat transmitted through the cool tube material, and the cool tube is still on its own intake/exhaust system too. i think you will have good temps, and you may even withstand summer in the garage. i say leave the insulation in the doors and just cover with reflective material.

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that is a great design with the main chambers exhaust right beside the cool tube to pick up the heat transmitted through the cool tube material, and the cool tube is still on its own intake/exhaust system too. I think you will have good temps, and you may even withstand summer in the garage. i say leave the insulation in the doors and just cover with reflective material.

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Yea I plan on leaving it in there. It needs a solid piece on the lower part for sure. It's pretty weak. I just want to replace with a white panel board. Then I have to put the seal back on. I plan to cut the paneling, mark the holes, pre-drill, then fit it on with the rubber seal. It should keep the seal tight enough for no light leaks. I'm waiting to install the green LED bulb on the door till I make sure it'll work with my red. I'll work on the lower door today. It's a full test run today. Started at 50 degrees at 7:20 and now it's 8:20 and it's at 58.
I have some work to do again today on my main garden also. Clones need dirt work. I'm helping my caregiver (for some meds) with some clones, and 3 of my prize 6 are getting up-canned to their last pot today. Pepe for this fridge is going to her next pot. I'm thinking about putting #8 (from my sig link) in here too. I have a future mother that is either Lemon Skunk or Hash Plant X Haze that needs a bigger pot too. Wrong genetics or it'd go in here.
I'll throw some temp updates on this with an edit every few hours today.
Daniels
temps so far lwr. is the gauge on lower shelf.
7:20 temp 50
9:20 temp 58 lwr. 58
10:20 temp 60 lwr. 59
11:20 temp 61 lwr. 60
1:05 temp 61 lwr. 60 Cool Tube Exhaust off
1:20 temp 62 lwr. 62 Cool Tube Exhaust off still Now main therm. out for ambient garage temp on next update
2:20 temp 64.9 amb. 55.
6:20 temp 67.7 amb 58.8
8:20 temp 68 amb. 57
8:50 temp 68.4 amb. 58.5

Dude you are kicking ass and taking names!! Just plain outstanding work!

Past few days have been a mission for me too! I've got a plant that's ready to clone which means flowering isn't too far to think about. I've been working on the getting the other two chambers ready for plants and I have moved my Mothers and clones from the bottom area to the top. Doing and re-doing the first chamber and getting things worked out has made the other two chambers build out relatively quickly.

I've got pics but need to get them up. I'm so bad at keeping updated.

Keep it up bro!

so about 10 degrees off from ambient??? i get abot 12-14 degrees off from ambient, but in carolina humidity plays a role i think. montana is more dry is it not? ur frig may have to go to the basement during ur summer!! i dont know what im gonna do with mine, bare with it i guess. i do have an idea about a water cooled cpu cooler as an AC??? thoughts for the future...

Here's the Temp run and what I'm thinking. It seems to stay at 10 degrees over the ambient garage temps. I'll leave it going overnight to see what the lowest overnight drop is. At 7 am (or around there) I'll see where it's at then turn the exhaust off and get it to 85 then start on getting it to stay there. The Cool Tube exhaust system seems unnecessary till it warms up here. from gumball "i get abot 12-14 degrees off from ambient, but in carolina humidity plays a role i think. montana is more dry is it not? " my humidity stays around 20 to 30 in my indoor garden so far (on my first crop there) the garage seems to be around 25-30
So I put the big pots in there to see if 2 would fit. They will even on the very bottom. Here's the distance's to the light.
Big pots.
40" lowest
23" lowest shelf
Here's some pics of #7 & #8 from my main garden that I was planning on putting in here. I planned on a couple weeks before the flip to 12/12. They are stragglers that need an orphanage. After today's up-canning of 3 of the main 6 I'm thinking there's no way I can fit all 6 in my chamber for all 9 or 10 weeks. What a problem Now I'm thinking 2 of the best 6 will go in here. They are UB style 4 headed queens I topped 3 of the 6 and 1 added to these 3 will fill this area. I'll get an update on my grow journal with pics from today's dirt work. I'll take the 2 out there for a photo shoot in the morning.
Daniels

looks good so far. you happy with the temps right now?

Hey guys
Here the way it's working. I had the temps saved on the notepad, but all this got nixed in all this server changing. I've been letting it get to high 80's to 90-91 then seeing what it takes to get back to 70. Seems 15 min on 45 off on the main exhaust does it. I let the Cool Tube stay off for quite a while and it heated up enough to "not want leave your hand on it" too long. 15 on 45 off on it's exhaust seems to work. I'm definitely setting the timers to that and the ballast timer for a full run tomorrow.
Daniels