Stealth Cabinet Blueprint

Great set up. I bought the same cabinet and was looking for the best way to arrange everything. Is that one of the cabinet shelves that you've mounted the lights onto? If so, how did you get the shelf to stay suspended above your plants? +REP

pretty nice.

But where's the blueprint? all I see is pics

BigBudBalls said:

pretty nice.

But where's the blueprint? all I see is pics

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picky picky picky...

I have the same cabinet set up but I'm having trouble keeping the temp down. Any suggestions?

hmm... my temps run pretty high. CO2 helps under high heat. I could be wrong but when i was running DIY CO2 (yeast/sugar/water) i recall it dropping my temps like 5 degrees. also i have a false back, just the thin cardboard backing with the reflective material. having the false back lets air creep in and out at its own leisure.

i also had an idea the other day. if your cabinet is really similar to mine, the floor of the cabinet interior is actually raised a few inches above the ground and there is nothing but open space on the bottom. i've considered 3 1-1 1/2" inch holes (using a hole saw) for passive air intake, and possibly extra holes at the top on the back for more air-out. also PC fans in the bottom (same spots where the three passive holes would have been) combined a bigger central fan up top.

just think about air and how to get it in and out. hot air rises so to bring in cooler air, more holes at the bottom, and less at the top to create more of a suction effect for the warmer air escaping.

ohhh AND!! if you end up using a light shelf like i did for your hood don't forget holes in the shelf to get that hot air up and away from the lights.

i think everything i've said is right. think about it, give it a go. and let me know what you end up doing.

hope this is helpful!!!


Shack

PS i recently pulled the plug on the grow running in this cabinet. going to rethink things, and start over with two soil pots. might configure a shelf as a screen to SCRoG this puppy!!

Whats your cab look like from the outside with the lights on? Got a pic?

hey where did you get a cabinet like that?

BudBag said:

Whats your cab look like from the outside with the lights on? Got a pic?

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I have one somewhere, i'll put it up for you later. the grow that was going in there. pulled the plug. got out of control, rethinking things a bit and re-purposing it for a small soil grow.

big jeffrey said:

hey where did you get a cabinet like that?

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picked mine up at target, you can find them at lowes and home depot as well i'm sure. usually pretty cheap!!


Shack

looks like it could fit in a closet so im considering that, how much are they and whats the dimensions?

big jeffrey said:

looks like it could fit in a closet so im considering that, how much are they and whats the dimensions?

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$29.99 12 x 24 x 31.5"


Shack

searching targets website now and cant find it :-/

it was listed as 2-door storage i think? search 2 door storage.

other than that don't know what to tell you.


Shack

I have a cabinet just like it and I found it in Target for $25 now because of the back-to-school sales.

I sort of followed your advice and drilled about 27 .25" holes in the bottom of the cabinet for passive air intake. I also have the 4" fan at the top of the cabinet for active exhaust. I got the temp down to 86 but I still have to leave the doors cracked open. I'm using 8 26W CFLs.

Rock80 said:

I sort of followed your advice and drilled about 27 .25" holes in the bottom of the cabinet for passive air intake. I also have the 4" fan at the top of the cabinet for active exhaust. I got the temp down to 86 but I still have to leave the doors cracked open. I'm using 8 26W CFLs.

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what is your lighting rig? do you have a journal i could check out? i'm thinking you need to do something for your air intake. maybe a PC fan? that would probably do you the best. get a PC fan pulling in the air, and big fan up top sucking it all out.

reason i asked about the lighting rig.
if you're doing a shelf setup like i did here, you need to have holes in the shelf to get air past the light shelf. the shelf sort of seals it like its own separate cabinet or box. you dig?


Shack

No journal yet. I'll get some pics and start one tomorrow. I originally used the shelf but then switched to hanging 2 power strips from the roof of the box by chains.

Hey shack, Im currently growing 2 plants (check out my grow). The 2 plants are bagseed so we have no idea when the smell will hit, but we are growing at my friends house with out his parents knowing (they never come anywhere near his room tho, they stay downstairs) so we just need odor control enough to not smell up anything but his room. We already have a nice expensive negative ionizer (Ionic breeze GP pro), but it doesn't work very well. I was wondering what your opinion would be on sticking 1 or 2 of those carbon scrubber pre filters on the box fan thats blowing air onto the plants (would it help at all)? I know carbon scrubbers are meant for exhaust but that fan is all we have. Also a carbon scrubber wouldn't remove any co2 or essentials for the plant would it? would it slowdown the intake of the fan? do you think that because the whole fan wouldn't have the pre filters, the air would just move around the filters instead of through and around?

IMO scrubbers are pointless for anything other than exhaust fan. Its that air you're pulling away from the plants that is the concern.

Also i'm no expert on odor control. Still a new grower myself.

Others that post here might have some words for you!


Shack

Shackleford.R said:

IMO scrubbers are pointless for anything other than exhaust fan. Its that air you're pulling away from the plants that is the concern.

Also i'm no expert on odor control. Still a new grower myself.

Others that post here might have some words for you!


Shack

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oh word. Its not really an intake fan tho, its just a fan blowing into the closet. The door to the room is also always closed so the air around the room just kinda rotates. Does this change your opinion? (still wanna hear it even tho ur a newbie)

so the temps nearly cooked my seedling.. working on a fan mod today.. will post pics/guide later today (hopefully!!!)


Shack