Okay, this
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Next is the axial fan, this thing rocks!
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Next pic is my home made carbon filter. About an hour's time and less than $50 to put together.
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Net you see the whole system. I'm drawing air in through the filter which is attached to the fan. The fan pushes air through my cooltube and out of the hut.
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I'm using a 6 bucket Ebb n Flow system utilizing a control bucket which I built myself. I'm running the whole thing off of two 18 gallon Rubbermaid containers which are stacked and using a float valve in the lower res. I have 6 inch circular air stones in both reservoirs to keep things oxygenated between cycles.
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It's important to keep wiring off the floor, so I made a little control board for my HydroHut which consists of a MDF board attached to the outside of the tent with screws drilled through the inside to attach my power strip and thermometer. Nothing special.
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Here you see the cloning/seed propagation chamber. I've got an agricultural heat mat under there with a decent humidity dome.
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Lastly, this is my mother/makeshift veg chamber. It's not very big, but will become useful later on after I really get things cranking.
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That's pretty much the nuts and bolts of the operation. I'm using a 600w Eye Hortilux bulb, and a magnetic ballast. Next upgrade will be to a digital ballast to save $$ on the electric bill and reduce the amount of heat in the actual grow space.
With the door closed to the closet and the tent closed, it's virtually impossible to hear anything out of the ordinary. I reckon I'll probably have to leave the closet door open to facilitate maximum airflow and keep temps down, but it won't be so bad. Before I invested in a quality fan, I had to keep the tent open in order to keep internal temps down, which kinda sucked since this closet is in my bedroom. It's tough to sleep 600 watts of HPS light blazing into the room.
Anyway, that's it for now. More to come as I complete final assembly of the Ebb n Flow system, and of course as soon as my beans get in, I'll update.
