Well its been awhile since this project was started and it has been through many phases of development but now it is nearing completion so I decided to post some pics.


The Unit:

This is the enclosure it is 4’x8’x7’ with a small 2’x2’x4’ add on.
It was constructed using 2”x4” top and bottom caps & corners, with 2”x2” studs. Press Board was then used as a ridged shell for the outside. The Inside walls ceiling and floor of the enclosure is 1” Foam Insulation that has been completely sealed via lots of white duct tape.

The First Layout/Crop:
These two pictures are taken from the doorway (left) leaning into the doorway (center) leaning in to the left but higher (right) looking straight into the doorway

The original layout of the room was one large area built with the intention of purchasing clones and going straight to flower with them. In the center picture you can see the indoor AC used to moderate the temperature (it gets hot here).

Need more room?:

After a few issues acquiring new clones the decision was made that more room was needed to become self sufficient. To accommodate this need the area was split in half and then tiered to ecentaly provide three spaces. It was at this point that the 2’x2’x4’ addition was added to accommodate the AC.
More shots of the space in the configuration:

^Looking in the dividing door down on the second tier under construction.

^CFL lighting for propagation.

^Some baby’s vegin out under the MH.

^Waiting for work

^Working.

Almost there:
After a few runs with this configuration I have some words of advice “Don’t put the access to your veg & clone room in your flower room” I’ll leave it at that.

^Here the tier in the left side has been removed to make way for flowering and you can kinda make out the shelf that was added to the new veg & clone side.

^This is the configuration now an additional tier has been added to the veg & clone side to accommodate the new Aero Cloning system =).

MORE POWER:
^With rising demand for power and a sever lack of on the circuit it had been run on things got expensive.

^Here is the board that was mostly assembled outside the running room.

^A new 40Amps 240Volt circuit was added to the houses main panel it runs to this sub panel in the garage that has 4 20Amp 120Volt breakers.

^A few regular sockets were added to the garage as well as two 30Amp 125Volt Twist Lock sockets. In the picture you can see the two 10guage 3wire cables exiting the roof that plug into the two twist lock sockets for easy removal.

Air Conditioning & Ventilation:
With summer in full swing and an aging unit it was due time for some maintenance.

^This is the Intake, 24”x14”x1” normal house A/C filter holder makes changing the intake filter a breeze.

^The old floor standing A/C was replaced with this much better window unit that was then 6”ducted over to the flowering side and 4” ducted out of the intake box resulting in much better temperatures throughout the rooms.

^The A/C is mounted on the back side of the add on section. The heat exchanger fan on the A/C actually draws air from the bottom of the garage past the intake and then blows its heat up into the attic area.

^As well a squirrel cage was installed in the garage as the heat from the window A/C couldn’t be ducted out as the previous inside-type AC could.

The new table:

^Isn’t she pretty. The room has never been specifically designed for a table and I don’t think it could have been a tighter fit; it was the smallest available at the local shop.

So this is where it’s at:

^Just cloned mums on top clones in propagator on bottom.

^Clones now Babes and in the tray, Mums on the side regenerating.

^Babes are done vegging and moved over to the flowering side, Mums almost ready to do their final deed.

Things on the veg & clone are all good,

Now to finish up the flower.

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A man on a mission... good looking deal there!

This Summer, 2008, was a hot one here in central California. With the old floor standing A/C it was getting to warm, high 80s, after the window A/C I can keep it too cold, low 60s. It is now well regulated at 72.

I keep my total room circulation around one exchange every 5-10 min. This is a slow enough rate that the lights are more than sufficient to warm the room in the cold months.

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YAY Finally out of the dark ages =)

1,000 watt DIGITAL AIR COOLABLE 6" GROW LIGHT 1000w HPS - eBay (item 180152667067 end time Sep-17-08 13:33:34 PDT)

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Got the new 1000w installed today. Still have to put in a shelf for when the hydro tray goes in. Pics to come.

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Nice...

So the window A/C just sits in that box and is passively vented out that large grill? No extra fan for cooling? I ask because I am thinking about taking my A/C out of the window and putting it directly in my grow room similar to your setup. Not having to buy more ducting and another fan would be great.

The large vent is actually the intake. I use a small <150CFM fan for the exhaust, as well as a temp controlled high flow exhaust on the flower side.

The unit is a 8000BTU and works GREAT even when the temp in the garage got up to 115-120 Fahrenheit the unit was set at 70 and kept the room around mid 70s. Now that its cooling down I kicked on the energy save and the room is always nice.

With the 1000watt HPS I just got I was able to get the hood down to 1.5ft from the canopy while maintaining a 80 degree leaf temp. At 2ft temps were par with the room at mid to low 70s.

Also worth noting is that I previously used a 400watt HPS with an open hood and the temp controlled fan used to turn on quite often to flush the heat. The new 1000watt has a closed hood that was installed properly, sucking air from outside room and venting it back out, and the high flow exhaust hardly ever turns on.

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Wow, that's a great setup. Very efficient use of space. Can't wait to see the final product!

Updated Pics

^ Clones have already done their time in the EZ-Clone and are starting their Rockwool rooting period. On the far right is the two clones chosen for new mums, the orange container is sealed and just in the tray to be under the light.


^ Here is one of the old mums hangin around till the new two take, as well as the two new ones.

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O ya and I found a link with a little info on my strain Purple Kush

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