my new stealth box with cfl's

heres my new box:
2- 30 gal rubbermaids
2- 29 watt 6500k cfl
2- 23 watt 2700k cfl
2- 24 watt 5500k cfl
1- 4" pc fan for exhaust
2- 3" dryer ducts for intake
1- roll mylar
1- roll duct tape
1- roll aluminum tape
3- light splitters
1- porcelain light socket
1- 9' 14 guage extension chord
grow setup:
1- 2 port sun leaves air pump
2- 2 gal buckets
2- 6" net pots
1- 10l hydroton
air line
2- 6" airstones

pics attached
please comment or give advice

Try spray painting the outside of the boxes black.

Those light leaks are definitely not stealthy.

its in my room and i live on my own so it doesn't have to be superstealth. when people come over, i can just throw a blanket over it. temps never break 85 when covered with a blanket. when the lights are off, it just looks like some storage boxes.

did you just cut out the lid of the bottom one than connect it to the bottom of the top one?

pumbooris said:

did you just cut out the lid of the bottom one than connect it to the bottom of the top one?

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i glued the lid of the bottom container to the bottom of the top container. when they dried i cut out the bottom of the top container and the lid at the same time. so it looks like 2 containers but is actually one big one now.

i would change the lights, cfls should be right above the plants and not really bunched up in the center.

that was just temp until i got a chance to go to home depot for mor sockets. i know have 2 on the sides, 2 in the middle and 2 on top. each plant has 4 cfls surrounding it and 1 over it. temps are at 84F in the box and its fucking hot out today.

new light and ventilation setup:
lights:
right side: 1- 65 wat 2100k
3- 24 watt 2100k
1- 45 watt 5500k

left side: 2- 29 watt 5500k
1-45 watt 5500k
1 32 watt 5500k
1- 24 watt 2100k

exhaust: 180mm pc fan with external light trap

intake: 90mm pc fan mounted in side a shoe box blowing cold air through
2 -3" dryer ducts. shoe box acts as intake manifold so 1 fan feeds
2 intake ducts.