LoudBlunts
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its been almost 4 months and im still building mines!
Building a stealth Super Cabinet (at least im trying)
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its been almost 4 months and im still building mines!
BackyardHappyness
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i guess its hard to get high qual shit that grew up in a cardboard box...so it pays off to have a nice setup
LoudBlunts
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yea....and not only that...this damn hobby is fucking expensive!!!
BackyardHappyness
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pays off in the end. if you sell it, or even dont buy other peoples's weed
nickfury510
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fuckin a man......if you put it together right and make sure everything is running smooth it pays off so much...you know what a pain in the ass it is to add or chage shit in a cab full of plants...i do because i like to learn the hard way.
BackyardHappyness
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im just a kid with no 'real' job (by society's standards). i dont have the cash to make a sick grow room. im still inspired by people who can put this much effort into something.fuckin a man......if you put it together right and make sure everything is running smooth it pays off so much...you know what a pain in the ass it is to add or chage shit in a cab full of plants...i do because i like to learn the hard way.
nickfury510
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you gotta work with what you can.....start pricing shit out get your wish list going and start stacking parts...even most of us with good jobs cant just go out and buy all the shit we need to put these together....ive been planning a new area for about a month now and im just starting to get all the stuff i need...and i still will have another month or so untill im done building the area...then ive got to stuff it....it takes time bro......you just gotta decide to do and start doing....you gotta crawl before you walk
BackyardHappyness
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yeah thanks...i think its gonna be a long time before i get my own grow room. im still living with parents, so i gotta do all this shit outside.
one thing bout the air conditioner thou don't the backs of them get pretty warm sum times? just a thought well hope everything runs smoothly keep up the great work!!!
piFFstAr407
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ur setup is so badass bro.. i have sum questions for you in regards to mine to about carbon filters and fans.. i cant pm tho
SomeGuy
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Hey man! Great job on this cabinet. I am starting gathering the parts to do something similar. Do you have close ups of the exhaust? How are you keeping wind noise down from your exhaust? How loud is the cab using the fat mat as insulation. I was thinking of maybe regular insulation and then fatmat and panda paper. I want a super quiet cab. I don't plan on running co2, do you think that 250 cfm on the light and one on the exhaust with a filter is enough? Thanks for taking the time out to answer 
co2Meter
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Here's an inexpensive CO2 meter:
Indoor Air Quality Monitor
$179.95. Self-calibrating, includes wall plug. Also does humidity, temp.
Indoor Air Quality Monitor
$179.95. Self-calibrating, includes wall plug. Also does humidity, temp.
FullMetalJacket
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Looks like a cool little device. I like the chart that descibes C02 levels too. Unfortunately it is only a monitor and not a controller. I can see alot of people using this though to monitor their manual release of C02 that is timed.
Thanks
FullMetalJacket
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TY someguy. Man i thought those pics i posted covered the exhaust. The fatmat works great. May be overkill though for the entire cab, it was pricey at 260$ too. I would defintely do the doors and util chamber though if i did it again... The cab is silent with the fans running. The only noise it air noise. You can defintely hear the air noise if i run the light fan at 478 cfm. There is nothing i can do to avoid that. But i usually only run it at like 300 which is more than encough and it silents the air a bit. I am still experimenting with ways to silent the air outside the box. For example if i put a towel over the exhaust it floats in the air but disperses it and you can't hear it. Since im rocking those big 8" exhause im thinking of creating a in duct silencer. Even when I roll up a bath towel real tight and put it in the vent i cant hear it outside the room with the door open. It just sounds like i have a fan in the room when im in there. I will keep the thread updated when i finish in duct silencing.Hey man! Great job on this cabinet. I am starting gathering the parts to do something similar. Do you have close ups of the exhaust? How are you keeping wind noise down from your exhaust? How loud is the cab using the fat mat as insulation. I was thinking of maybe regular insulation and then fatmat and panda paper. I want a super quiet cab. I don't plan on running co2, do you think that 250 cfm on the light and one on the exhaust with a filter is enough? Thanks for taking the time out to answer
Yes 250 is def enough for a filter and probably for the light too if they are seperate. Depending on the model of fan you get i would always go as strong as a possible and just run it lower. If you are looking at the S&Ps the 200x is the same size as the 150 that pushes twice the cfm. You can get them for 130 on horticulturesource.com now during a blowout. This is all assuming you have a similar size area to ventalate.
I can't imagine more close-ups but ill post some pics of it... They are from throught out the design build process so some are missing fatmat, panda etc. Not in any order.
3 8 inch holes an 1 4 inch hole in fan chamber.
This is the 4 inch td-100 to exhaust the veg/mother through smaller can filter carbon filter.
See how the fatmat looks a little loose, there is 4lb cu ft poly foam under the fatmat in "pillows" that i built in to the fan chamber.
Top of box before the vents tips of exhaust were painted and cut to 1/4 inch protruding. That cord isn there either, i was just testing. (also wiped off that dry rease marker)
Break away...
Ok another reason i did my exhaust like this was for extra odor protection and silence in case i ever need it. I can remove the ducting from the filter exhaust and just exhaust into that top chamber box. I can then place a small ozone generator and there and since the air is bouncing around in that box it will mix with the O3 real good definitely getting all the smell. I could do the same for the light ducting too. So the 8" holes on top would just be "passive exhausts holes" for the air forced into that chamber. I tested it without the ducting and the sair flow noise is greatly reduced too. Leaving my options open.... Actually just using the vents at this point because they look cool..lol. They prbably wont stay. I defintely recommend this set-up if you can pull it have the space. Be mindful that since the hot air from the light is exiting in the same room as the cab though you need a room with low ambient temps or good ventatlition.
Hope these help man. I basically didn't want to waste any flower height so i connected the top half of my right cabinet to the left flower area and completely sealed it.
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SomeGuy
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Right on man, thanks alot. I am actually going to use some cheaper plastic chambers. 2 - 72'H x 30"W x 20"D. I will be keeping them completely separate for ease of moving. I figure I can get away with just intake and exhaust with the flower chamber as Ive had great success in my closet with this and my light is not air cooled. It will only have a 400W hps for 8 med plants. The veg chamber I want to have a cloning area and a mother area. I am working in vectorworks on a little sketch design. Ill post when I get the first draft done.
nickfury510
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full.....where did you get the scrubber from...
FullMetalJacket
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I order both carbon filters from alternative garden supply. Probably not the cheapest, but they had some deals on ther stuff i wanted... Watch for some companies because they inflate shipping, dont include prefilters etc. I ordered flanges from here as well, but im not using my flange for the 33. The 8 inch fan fits inside perfectly.
Alternative Garden Supply - Hydroponics & Indoor Gardening Super Store
nickfury510
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right on full....this spot was cheaper than anything else i could find...i just got the 33 for my new room im putting together
are you running your vent on a timer or thermo....im sure youve stated this somewhere in here
are you running your vent on a timer or thermo....im sure youve stated this somewhere in here
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FullMetalJacket
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Running the fan for cooltube off the same timer as my light. The fan for the filter is plugged into my chhc-1 eviro control and only kicks off when my humidy hits 60 or temp hits 92 and the CHHC-1 doesn't release the CO2 while its exhausting. So it hasnt kicked off yet ..lol. Im sure it will later in flower when my plants transpire more...
If i run without CO2 i would just run it all the time during flower to keep fresh air in there and humidity down. I would cycle during veg so i dont get rid off two much of the humidity... but that is just what i have done in past closet/bedroom grows.
What fan you using fury?
If i run without CO2 i would just run it all the time during flower to keep fresh air in there and humidity down. I would cycle during veg so i dont get rid off two much of the humidity... but that is just what i have done in past closet/bedroom grows.
What fan you using fury?