ByteChanger
Active Member
Hi everyone.
What a great forum! I've learned lots here and would appreciate some input on a cab I'm trying to convert. I purchased a storage cabinet, complete with discreet locks built into the doors. Here is a picture (attached) of what I hope to accomplish. I'll add one of the actual cabinet when I find it again.
The cabinet's dimensions are 6' 3" high, 3" wide and about 20" deep. The top shelf is about 1' 6", so there is about 4' 9" below the self... approx... 2 doors side by side, running top to bottom. Also, there are 4 adjustable shelves for the lower portion of the cabinet. I'm only using one of them in these plans. I intend to use another shelf later, for curing and drying, but will see how things go in the first phases.
I tried to get the cool air from the bottom to flow up or at least past the bulbs and then up and out through an exhaust (6" hole + DIY Scrubber + Stanely Fan) on the top shelf.
Intake vents and the 6" exhaust are cut into the cardboard backing of the cabinet. Air Exchange between Vegetation & Flower chamber is two vents 2" X 1" (side by side) toward the front and along the top of the Vegetation chamber..
I think if my holes at the bottom (x3) are about 2" X 1" and the vent hole halfway up (x1) used to help cool the florescent is about 1" X 1". That should give me 7 square inches of air intake, to pull through a 6" exhust. I'm hoping that is a sufficient amount? Do you think I should make the holes a little larger?
I plan on using square holes throughout and mount duct vents on both sides of the board. I will also be stuffing in some carbon filter to help trap the light and keep nasties from crawling or getting sucked in...
The extension cord will drop into my 'work area', and from there a lead to a power bar into the flower chamber and a lead to another power bar in the vegetation chamber. I think I need about 8 outlets. I have to calculate the amperage still, but I think it will be low.
Chemicals and electric ballasts will go up on the top shelf.
I plan on upgrading to a security 150 hps (thanks to the DIY) eventually and might use a cool tube down the road if necessary.
Anyway, I don't have anything yet, and probably won't for quite a while, but would like to set one up in case circumstances change in the future.
I'd like to keep it as stealthy as possible. I'd also like to keep my cutting down to a minimum. So far, I will only have to make two cuts into the actual wood. One for the 6" out take in the top shelf, and another for the air exchange between the two chambers in the lower partition. I guess there will be a few little notches for the electrical cabling here and there.
Thanks everyone in advance for your input.
Lemme know what you think?
What a great forum! I've learned lots here and would appreciate some input on a cab I'm trying to convert. I purchased a storage cabinet, complete with discreet locks built into the doors. Here is a picture (attached) of what I hope to accomplish. I'll add one of the actual cabinet when I find it again.
The cabinet's dimensions are 6' 3" high, 3" wide and about 20" deep. The top shelf is about 1' 6", so there is about 4' 9" below the self... approx... 2 doors side by side, running top to bottom. Also, there are 4 adjustable shelves for the lower portion of the cabinet. I'm only using one of them in these plans. I intend to use another shelf later, for curing and drying, but will see how things go in the first phases.
I tried to get the cool air from the bottom to flow up or at least past the bulbs and then up and out through an exhaust (6" hole + DIY Scrubber + Stanely Fan) on the top shelf.
Intake vents and the 6" exhaust are cut into the cardboard backing of the cabinet. Air Exchange between Vegetation & Flower chamber is two vents 2" X 1" (side by side) toward the front and along the top of the Vegetation chamber..
I think if my holes at the bottom (x3) are about 2" X 1" and the vent hole halfway up (x1) used to help cool the florescent is about 1" X 1". That should give me 7 square inches of air intake, to pull through a 6" exhust. I'm hoping that is a sufficient amount? Do you think I should make the holes a little larger?
I plan on using square holes throughout and mount duct vents on both sides of the board. I will also be stuffing in some carbon filter to help trap the light and keep nasties from crawling or getting sucked in...
The extension cord will drop into my 'work area', and from there a lead to a power bar into the flower chamber and a lead to another power bar in the vegetation chamber. I think I need about 8 outlets. I have to calculate the amperage still, but I think it will be low.
Chemicals and electric ballasts will go up on the top shelf.
I plan on upgrading to a security 150 hps (thanks to the DIY) eventually and might use a cool tube down the road if necessary.
Anyway, I don't have anything yet, and probably won't for quite a while, but would like to set one up in case circumstances change in the future.
I'd like to keep it as stealthy as possible. I'd also like to keep my cutting down to a minimum. So far, I will only have to make two cuts into the actual wood. One for the 6" out take in the top shelf, and another for the air exchange between the two chambers in the lower partition. I guess there will be a few little notches for the electrical cabling here and there.
Thanks everyone in advance for your input.
Lemme know what you think?
