Stelthy's 600W Hps Project! (New-Cab)

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I've come up with another way to further cool my Res. infact I dont know why I didnt think of it before.. and I dont know why I did it anyway lol....

My Rena air pump is currently housed in the top section of my cab... But! its in the mid section where the Carbon Filter is.. along with all the hot exhaust air...

If I was to move it either into the air cooled ballast section (if it will fit) or into the In-line fan section my Res temps should drop significantly.. I am going to see if I have enough cable and air hose and will get busy shortly :) - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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kevin murphy said:
very nice work as usual lad..
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Cheers Kevin Murphy :) I have moved the Air-Pump into the In-Line fan section on the left as there was too little room for it in the air-cooled ballast section. There is already noticeable difference in the Res Temps.. I hope they settle between 18 and 20 oC. I will be on the look out for some suitable thermal insulation to wrap around the outside of my DWC Res. tubs, this should help lower the Res temps too, and fingers crossed will save me the hassle of getting a Res Water Cooler :) - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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Ok, I just went to my local Hydro store, and told them of my faulty in-line fan, they were very helpful and sorted me out a new in-line fan, a couple of reducers and a speed controller :) I walked away with an 8" Systemair In-line fan (720 CFM) !!! :) :) :) and best of all cos I had no cash on me they let me have it now and have given me a couple of weeks or so to pay for it all :) happy days !!!.. I wont install it today, as my lights are about to come on, so I have turned my AC on full for tonight, then in the morning when the lights go off I'll get busy with the new installation, I dare say different bits and pieces will need modifying but thats to be expected lol :)



So I have decided to stick with my whole 6" setup, but have replaced my 6" 400 CFM Prima Clima in-line fan for an 8" 720 CFM Systemair in-line fan with enlargers/reducers, once its all installed I'll play around with the speed controller and configure it to say 3 different temp setting so I know how far to turn the dial in different weather situations etc...

I'll post some more pics once its installed, and let y'all know how well it works with the rest of my setup - STELTHY :leaf:
 
Psychedelic Breakfast

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Yeah sounds like a great place. Only the manager at the local hydrostore knows anything. The rest just work there and try to sell what they can. Bummer.

The girl looks nice, any activity with the others? :eyesmoke:
 
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Psychedelic Breakfast said:
Yeah sounds like a great place. Only the manager at the local hydrostore knows anything. The rest just work there and try to sell what they can. Bummer.

The girl looks nice, any activity with the others? :eyesmoke:
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Its one of the best Hydro-Stores I've been too.. The dude in charge had some amazing results with a single 600 and the smallest reflector I'd ever seen.. an 8ft Christmas tree, it was about 10 years ago and done 100% legally in a Dutch grow-centre using NFT tables, the others are also quite clued up, and do know what they're talking about..

I have been to other Hydro stores.. and they seem pretty dumb in comparison, I remember when I was after a new reflector a while back.. I was hunting for an air-cooled reflector that was rectangular and small, angled on all 4 sides and still had a 6" bore.. these other guys just didn't get it.. it took ages and the best they could offer me was a rip off of the Sun Systems XXXL at an even bigger rip off price, my Hydro Store mentioned Sun-Systems even though they didn't stock them.. I looked on-line and bought the SUN SYSTEMS - SUPER SUN 2 it was perfect for my needs..

I have bought so much equipment and nuits from them, they trust me and I am able to speak to them about all aspecs of growing on a simerlar level.. I mean as far as NFT tables go I know presisely squat lol.. but thats cos I am 100% happy with DWC and to be honest cant imagine growing any other way. However thats not to say I am not interested in different methods.. The one thing I have given up on is 'SOIL' lol I much much prefer Hydro, its a much simpler, cleaner easier way to grow, with fast quality results.

The Royale Haze is doing ok even though her leaves show signs of heat stress.. (couldn't be helped) she is now a mere 7" tall, I am about to start using Canna 'Vega A+B', I have been using just Canna 'Start' but am ready to add some extra food now :)

Unfortunatly not one of my other seeds have popped :( :( could be bad seeds..could be the weathers too hot.. dunno.... But I am going to sort that out this week, I've decided to buy a new pack of seeds, I dont care which ones... as long as they are the last ones to be delivered to my Hydro Store :) then I will move my heated Propagator into my loft.. where its nice and dark and cooler than the rest of the house.. I hope to see some results soon :)

I am going to attempt to install my new in-line fan now.. pics coming soon !!! - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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Finally got that thread up, like I said I enjoy following your grow cause I have a 'similar' set up. I'd really like to try hydro, especially seeing the difference in growth in your last grow. Only my first grow so I went with soil. I like working with soil a lot, but you're right it def looks cleaner :eyesmoke:
 
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Below is the top of my Cab. how it is at the moment minus the Carbon Filter! (Old pic, before paint job etc..)




Below is during the change :)




There was not enough room in the top of the cab to have a connector fitted between the reducer and the fan.. and I had to improvise and reduce the ducts even more :)





I've just installed it and my god it was effort! Trying to get everything to fit was a frikkin nightmare :( :) :) lol.. Had to jig-saw more height, hacksaw re-ducers to make them smaller/bigger etc.. do away with connectors and duct-taped heavily instead, then I cut myself..burnt my hand on a hot drill bit had a doob, forgot to eat.. and it took 6 hrs lol - epic! I am about to upload pics.. I'll post some shortly.. I am glad I managed to do it all whilst my plant was sleeping :) .. not long now till lights come back on so I am very happy I got it all done on time !! :)


After





It was a fuckin' tight fit but I modded the hell out of pretty much all the connection points :) ...



Something strange though, that shitty dimmer switch does make the fan buzz...however I plugged the in-line fan directly into the socket~ (minus the speed controller) and its quieter on full ?? than my 6" was up just half way.. lol the air flow is miles better so I am confused.. but hey... maybe I'll look around for an even more hardcore 8" in-line fan at a later date a new 8" Carbon Filter is defo on the cards though.

I look forward to settling my bill at the Hydro Store, :) I'll then get the new 8" RHINO Carbon Filter, more still to come... - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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I got my new Bilge Pump in the post today.. its a vast improvement on the hand held shitty small one I had last time, this will save time come Res Change :)




I bought some 1.5" Optic connectors and fitted them in each end of the Bilge Pump and secured them with superglue






Its my mission today to get some clear hose to attach to each end, and I want to mount the Bilge Pump on a box so I can both store my PH down etc in it and also have the pump at the same level as the Res tubs, whilst I am transferring the nuits etc...

I'll upload more pics of that later today :) - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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Psychedelic Breakfast said:
Finally got that thread up, like I said I enjoy following your grow cause I have a 'similar' set up. I'd really like to try hydro, especially seeing the difference in growth in your last grow. Only my first grow so I went with soil. I like working with soil a lot, but you're right it def looks cleaner :eyesmoke:
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Hi dude, I'll check you thread out shortly :) Soils ok just slow and well ... not as good as DWC/Hydro.. You should defo give Hydro a go next time man :) yeah its well cleaner... at most I have to wipe up a small water/nuit puddle...and thats it !! :) - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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Hers a couple of pics from my CCTV.. they aint very clear in the pics but in real life they are super clear - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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kevin murphy said:
nice reducing lad what size u reduced to
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I reduced on the blowing side of the 8" In-line Fan to a 6" Rhino Filter... its only temporary as I plan to get a new 8" Rhino Filter... later on in the year I may upgrade the 8" in-line fan for an even more powerful one :) but for now this is fine, and a vast improvement on the 6" fan I had to begin with - STELTHY :leaf:
 
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