stelthy
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Hey Past Times : At what height did you 'top' your P.C case girl? and @ what height did you put her into Flower ?? - STELTHY
STELTHY's P.C Mini Project (HPS) !!!
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stelthy
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Yeah, Cooling an HID Lamp in a confined space is defo the hardest part.. keeping it 'Stealth' with quiet fans is also deemed 'tasking', But I have faith - We can do this! Past Times has already done a sucessful grow with a 70W MH/HPS so it 'IS' do-able, 100W/150W could be a bit more of a challenge... "But where there's Bud at stake..... There's a way"
- STELTHY
stelthy
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Welcome aboard!
Its going to be a fairly slow-moving thread, but it will be packed with attention to detail & pic's too - STELTHY
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I did think of making a mini air-cooled hood mimicking the design of my 'Sun Systems - Super Sun 2' Reflector... only down sizing it.. But am un-settled with that idea ~ cos the Mini Cool-Tube will cool the lamp more efficiently in a small space with less noise from air-movement. I am going to cover the whole of the inside of the case with 'Orca' its by far the most reflective film, by far... and in such a small space with just a Pyrex Glass tube (mini Cool-Tube) I think reflectivity should by nigh on perfect...
I'll see what others thinks... But I gotta say a Custom Built Mini Air-Cooled Reflector would not only look great! .. But be fun to build also
!!! ...I could incorporate the Glass tube into a custom built reflector and do away with the reflectors mini glass door.. so light/lumens are not lost going through 2 lots of tempered glass!I will play around and sketch some ideas down on paper.. n see what I can come up with, cheers Virulient for bringing this up
Your right! It would be fun - STELTHY
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Toolage 87
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Full size arefull size desktop case. Server cases are made to hold more stuff and are usually better because some can house 2 to 4 CPU slots on the board and 4 ram slots per CPU and to top it off they are made to hold alot of Hard drives , disc drives and such. The newer server cases aren't like the older ones but I did a search and here's a case that is a full size.Whats the difference in size between a Server Case and a Full size case ?? which is bigger ?? - STELTHY
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6269869&csid=_21
stelthy
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Thats great Toolage 87
Food for thought I'll check out my Local P.C warehouse later today n see what deals I can stumble upon - STELTHY
Toolage 87
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If you can find one that is a perfect 1 square foot ground growing area the better if not you might be able to get away with buying 2 gutting them and putting them together to make a case that has almost a square foot ground area.Thats great Toolage 87
stelthy
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I see what ur saying & it both makes sense and sounds good...But its not uber stealth so I will settle for the largest server case I can find
- STELTHY 
stelthy
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Cheers Japonicus
.. I have a few bills to settle before I can buy any-more stuff.. but hope to at least gain a few more bits by sometime next week... stay tuned! - There's plenty still to come - STELTHY 
grizlbr
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$179 I better check stuff in my back room $40 sight unseen I recall it had wheels? Add another line to my never ending list!Thats great Toolage 87
0011StealTH
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hey man get alot of fans running in there since you will be using HPS
i run 1 cfl. 6500k
i run 1 cfl. 6500k
Toolage 87
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No I wasn't saying to spend that much but I was linking him to that for an idea on what kind of PC case to look for in measurements.
He is going to be running either a cool tube or air cooled hood so the light isn't leaking its heat right into the case.
unohu69
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well, I was going to start my own thread, not sure if I should or not. But Ill post a couple pics to gage interest.
I have a ceramic light socket here that was goin to be the basis for a 125wCFL, but I dont have a 125wCFL so instead....
I started with a donated 100wHPS, it was probably for a security light. in a fully weather tight enclosure.
I decided I wanted the ballast in the tower even tho I was concerned with the heat, but figured compared to the bulb its nothing...
Then I had this idea.. use the puter power supply housing for the ballast, and keep the fan to cool the ballast/transformer.
Now what to do with the socket ???
View attachment 1831836
Ahh and the dreaded heat... well, im poor, so no cooltube, or bake-a-round for me..
I had some sheet metal I planned on bending up a hood for my 175WMH, but was able to use some of it for a makeshift enclosure... i had to pretty much use the glass that came with the 100wHPS enclosure. So it is what it is...
In the end, it actually works very effectively.
I only had a little bit of foil tape left, so I need to pick up more to finish sealing off light leaks. And I need to devise a couple of light blocks for the rear fans.
So I basically got the thing functional, now I need a power supply for the fans, and Im thinkn bout runnin a small DWC system, or I may toss a 1mnth old in there and flower her.
I also want to play around crossing a couple strains, but I need to create Some male flowers on a couple select girls...And I dont really have a clue where to start with that yet.
Sorry Stelthy, didnt mean to jack ur shit here, just bustin into the convo with what im doing.....
EDIT: I swear, I never seen this thrread b4---https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/164898-pc-scrog-6-week-flower.html
I have a ceramic light socket here that was goin to be the basis for a 125wCFL, but I dont have a 125wCFL so instead....
I started with a donated 100wHPS, it was probably for a security light. in a fully weather tight enclosure.
I decided I wanted the ballast in the tower even tho I was concerned with the heat, but figured compared to the bulb its nothing...
Then I had this idea.. use the puter power supply housing for the ballast, and keep the fan to cool the ballast/transformer.
Now what to do with the socket ???
View attachment 1831836
Ahh and the dreaded heat... well, im poor, so no cooltube, or bake-a-round for me..
I had some sheet metal I planned on bending up a hood for my 175WMH, but was able to use some of it for a makeshift enclosure... i had to pretty much use the glass that came with the 100wHPS enclosure. So it is what it is...
In the end, it actually works very effectively.
I only had a little bit of foil tape left, so I need to pick up more to finish sealing off light leaks. And I need to devise a couple of light blocks for the rear fans.
So I basically got the thing functional, now I need a power supply for the fans, and Im thinkn bout runnin a small DWC system, or I may toss a 1mnth old in there and flower her.
I also want to play around crossing a couple strains, but I need to create Some male flowers on a couple select girls...And I dont really have a clue where to start with that yet.
Sorry Stelthy, didnt mean to jack ur shit here, just bustin into the convo with what im doing.....
EDIT: I swear, I never seen this thrread b4---https://www.rollitup.org/grow-journals/164898-pc-scrog-6-week-flower.html
stelthy
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No worries man glad to have you aboard
I think if its in a P.C case its ok to post it here as long as its all relivent I'am happy to share this thread, that way we can help each other and share our ideas etc.. so its a win - win situation for all Micro/PC-Growers I am in a bit of a rush this morning but will read your post propperly a bit later today Ps/ +REP! for the pics you added - STELTHY