White Rhino PC Case Grow & More - Page 3

joesalamon · #21 03-10-2008, 12:24 PM

Day 6 (3/10): Damn temperatures! I made a mistake that I wont do again and it got really hot in the case 90!!! Ooops

The 4th Rhino is being slow and still is not completely going yet, but the other three are going strong and green

I watered all the plants around 75ml. I had not really watered them yet besides some misting every time I check. I also gave the clone a water since its soil was dry too.

With the clone its tips are starting to look a little yellow, anyone think its a deficiency or it all looks good?

Anyways, heres some pictures for today

Pictures: All the Rhinos are always in order, so Rhino 1 will always be the first picture of the Rhino 1 unless I otherwise say so. Rhino 2 is always the second Rhino, and so on

Conoclast · #22 03-10-2008, 01:40 PM

Why don't you make your own air filter and hook the fans to a dimmer switch, like that you'll be able to lower the fan so it becomes quiet.

joesalamon · #23 03-10-2008, 03:11 PM

Yeah I was thinking of making a carbon filter but now that I thought abut it I am going to have to change that one just as often as I would need to these cartridges. So I just figured why not.

Unless you really think for the price that it is in fact not worth it...

I also have a dimmer switch that I tried to hook up to my fans but I couldn't figure out how to do that with the control speed. Every time I tried to change the speed nothing would happen. Any ideas for me how to wire it?

Conoclast · #24 03-10-2008, 03:38 PM

I used pc muffin fans and my old laptop transformer to power them, and they only worked in one way. If I connected the wires the other way round they wouldn't even work. But if you connected the dimmer and the fans didn't respond to it and just kept on going at full speed it may be that you wired them in a parallel circuit and put the dimmer in the last place, dimmer should be first so all the power would be adjusted accordingly.

joesalamon · #25 03-10-2008, 04:15 PM

This is how I wired it:

Random DC Adapter spliced. Connected to Dimmer cords which were also connected to the fan cords. There was also that ground wire, but I had no idea what to do with that.

So where did I go wrong so that i dont parallel circuit it? Not quite sure how to wire that right.

Conoclast · #26 03-10-2008, 05:20 PM

See the attached picture for reference. If you have any problems with it you can tell me how much fans you're planning to connect and I'll draw you a simple diagram tomorrow

fan wiring.JPG

joesalamon · #27 03-10-2008, 06:45 PM

I will have to get another pc fan to try that out, I dont want to undo all my heat shrink wrap that I did to wire the fans. I THINK I understand how to wire it now. I dont really know what I did wrong, but I might know the simple solution for how it your little chart shows.

Thanks for your help

Conoclast · #28 03-11-2008, 07:51 AM

No problem mate, tell me how it turns out ^^

joesalamon · #29 03-11-2008, 10:25 AM

Day 7 (3/11): Well just another nothing update. New growth on the plants can be seen in the pictures, but nothing really new besides that. Ill get a side shot of the Rhinos next to a lighter on my next picture so that you can see how tall they are, I don't much stretching occurred.

Oh and Conoclast, I will try doing that at the end of this week or something, need to pickup another fan. I thought I had some lying around, but I guess i have them used for stuff.

willRavage · #30 03-11-2008, 01:02 PM

Is there any chance I can see a side shot of your sprouts, I wanna compare height of yours and mine (so i know where i'll be in a few days)