SewStoned
New Member
So I am still quite new, but I love to experiment (mess things up...).
This is my second grow, and the first just started. This project is just for fun and I have no expectations from it.
Build:
Garbage Can (found in alley down road from my house) $0
13x14x3/4" piece of plywood (scrap wood from old project) 0$
5x Lamp End Plugs (salvaged from an old bad reno job) 0$
Old Cheap Extension Cord (Got a whack in a drawer) 0$
6 Marrets for wiring (Got a drawer full from over the years) 0$
3x 23w 5500k CFL Bulbs (Leftover from last box we got for the house) 0$
1x 13w 5500k CFL Bulb (Leftover from the box before the last box we got for the house) 0$
1x 26w 2700k LED Bulb (Gift from my son in law) 0$
13"x14" Piece of Tinfoil (stole from the cupboard) 0$
Old Power Bar (From a drawer full of crap) 0$
Iphone Power Block & Cord (From a phone long since... dropped in a toilet?) 0$
Old computer fan (From an old computer protecting my floor from the falling dust) 0$
Timer for lights (Stolen from one of my daughters old lizard aquariums) 0$
2Gal Bucket, 500ml Container (Leftover from the garden this year) 0$
Random Bag Seed (From a can I've collected over 2 decades) 0$
TOTAL COST TO BUILD: 0$ (If my wife doesn't value my time, why should you?)
Currently @ 108w between all the bulbs
Medium: GoPro Organic Soil
Environment: Dry & Warm (It's a shop)
Nutrients: General Organics GoBox (Because I already have it)
Water: RO (PH'd to 5.8-6.2)
Light Cycle 18/6 Veg : 12/12 Flower (Will Replace the 5500 CFL's with 2700 CFL's at flower, cost of >$15)
Everything Else: Im Guessing
So to start... Cut the plywood to fit inside the lid under the rubber seal it has. 13"x14". I hollowed out the middle portion of the plywood with a router to better fit the depth of the lamp sockets.
Installed and Wired the lamp sockets.
Added light bulbs
Screwed in the plywood and glued rubber seal back onto lid, test fit:
Plug it in...
And add a plant...
How it will look sitting in my shop...
K, that's it for today. In the next couple days I will drill some holes in the back and wire in the fan, power bar and timer.
Cheers!
This is my second grow, and the first just started. This project is just for fun and I have no expectations from it.
Build:
Garbage Can (found in alley down road from my house) $0
13x14x3/4" piece of plywood (scrap wood from old project) 0$
5x Lamp End Plugs (salvaged from an old bad reno job) 0$
Old Cheap Extension Cord (Got a whack in a drawer) 0$
6 Marrets for wiring (Got a drawer full from over the years) 0$
3x 23w 5500k CFL Bulbs (Leftover from last box we got for the house) 0$
1x 13w 5500k CFL Bulb (Leftover from the box before the last box we got for the house) 0$
1x 26w 2700k LED Bulb (Gift from my son in law) 0$
13"x14" Piece of Tinfoil (stole from the cupboard) 0$
Old Power Bar (From a drawer full of crap) 0$
Iphone Power Block & Cord (From a phone long since... dropped in a toilet?) 0$
Old computer fan (From an old computer protecting my floor from the falling dust) 0$
Timer for lights (Stolen from one of my daughters old lizard aquariums) 0$
2Gal Bucket, 500ml Container (Leftover from the garden this year) 0$
Random Bag Seed (From a can I've collected over 2 decades) 0$
TOTAL COST TO BUILD: 0$ (If my wife doesn't value my time, why should you?)
Currently @ 108w between all the bulbs
Medium: GoPro Organic Soil
Environment: Dry & Warm (It's a shop)
Nutrients: General Organics GoBox (Because I already have it)
Water: RO (PH'd to 5.8-6.2)
Light Cycle 18/6 Veg : 12/12 Flower (Will Replace the 5500 CFL's with 2700 CFL's at flower, cost of >$15)
Everything Else: Im Guessing
So to start... Cut the plywood to fit inside the lid under the rubber seal it has. 13"x14". I hollowed out the middle portion of the plywood with a router to better fit the depth of the lamp sockets.
Installed and Wired the lamp sockets.
Added light bulbs
Screwed in the plywood and glued rubber seal back onto lid, test fit:
Plug it in...
And add a plant...
How it will look sitting in my shop...
K, that's it for today. In the next couple days I will drill some holes in the back and wire in the fan, power bar and timer.
Cheers!
The only other suggestion I would have is to try threaded mylar tape instead of that black duct tape. In my experience the tape becomes loose when exposed to prolonged heat..
cheers
