budlydoright
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Ok, Here's my latest creation. It's a 12' x 4' x 5' sealed box, broken into a 4 x 4 veg and a 4 x 8 flower chamber. I would like to say I spared no expense putting this together, but really I built as much myself and put the scratch into the lighting.
It is built out of 2 x 3's and 1/4" 0sb. Every seam and joint is completely sealed and the doors will be weatherstripped as well.
This is the heart of any water cooled system. This is a 60+ gallon insulated rez, with a homebuilt 6000btu chiller on top. It is built specifically for this space. The room this box is in is large enough to absorb the heat this thing generates. It will be filled with RO water ph'd to 8.0. For more info on the chiller ck my sig.
This is the water filter and plumbing that feed the Fresca Sol fixtures as well as the water chilled air conditioner. It is 3/4" send and 1" return. Each fixture has a valve that can regulate the flow from the 1200GPH pump. The pump also utilizes a UV sterilization lamp that should keep this a chlorine free rez.
All three doors off. Each door is 4' wide 5" tall and is completely removed to gain access.
The 2 doors on the flower chamber.
The Fresca Sols are plumbed up and ready ro roll.
both Frescas will have the magnum reflectors on them. They will both be running 1000 watt sodiums. I have an Eye in one and just received a ushio for the other. Total lighting power is close to 65 watts per square foot.
some of the goodies that have come in. I have decided to go with the galaxy select a watt. I can fire a 400, 600 or 1000 watt bulb with it. Or I can dim a 1000 watt down.
Here's the water chiller air conditioner I am hoping will keep things cool in there. If it doesn't cut it I'll throw a window unit in there. It is a 6" icebox, 8" vortex fan and soon a carbon scrubber. If it works, I'll do an 8" icebox for the flower and use the 6" for the veg side. This in theory will give me 2 completely seperate environments. I plan on using those thermostats with a fan speen control on them.
I have yet to get the wiring in. I utilize an electrical distribution system that will be moved from my old system soon. It is 50amp 220 plug, 6 guage 4 conductor cable going to a prototype automation system i purchased last year. It basically gives me 8 relay switched 15 amp outlets that can be switched by time, temp, humidity, co2 or any of 8 external on off switches.
The temp and humidity sensors weren't accurate enough and it was really hard to program so I asked for my money back, got a refund and got to keep the unit as well. Makes a great distro and an awsome timer. I have a water cooled Co2 generator but will be going with bottled this round. Wanted to try it, seems like this small of a space, completley sealed shouldn't have fire in it! So each chamber will have it's own co2 controller and bottle.
Next step is to test the air conditioner. I'm filling the chiller over the next couple of days. I'm going to fire a bare 1k in there which should bring the temps over 100 fairly quickly, then fire up the AC and see if it can contain it. If all works as planned, I should be up and running next week. I have 20 blueberry clones that just went under a 600 watt solarmax MH.
It is built out of 2 x 3's and 1/4" 0sb. Every seam and joint is completely sealed and the doors will be weatherstripped as well.
This is the heart of any water cooled system. This is a 60+ gallon insulated rez, with a homebuilt 6000btu chiller on top. It is built specifically for this space. The room this box is in is large enough to absorb the heat this thing generates. It will be filled with RO water ph'd to 8.0. For more info on the chiller ck my sig.
This is the water filter and plumbing that feed the Fresca Sol fixtures as well as the water chilled air conditioner. It is 3/4" send and 1" return. Each fixture has a valve that can regulate the flow from the 1200GPH pump. The pump also utilizes a UV sterilization lamp that should keep this a chlorine free rez.
All three doors off. Each door is 4' wide 5" tall and is completely removed to gain access.
The 2 doors on the flower chamber.
The Fresca Sols are plumbed up and ready ro roll.
both Frescas will have the magnum reflectors on them. They will both be running 1000 watt sodiums. I have an Eye in one and just received a ushio for the other. Total lighting power is close to 65 watts per square foot.
some of the goodies that have come in. I have decided to go with the galaxy select a watt. I can fire a 400, 600 or 1000 watt bulb with it. Or I can dim a 1000 watt down.
Here's the water chiller air conditioner I am hoping will keep things cool in there. If it doesn't cut it I'll throw a window unit in there. It is a 6" icebox, 8" vortex fan and soon a carbon scrubber. If it works, I'll do an 8" icebox for the flower and use the 6" for the veg side. This in theory will give me 2 completely seperate environments. I plan on using those thermostats with a fan speen control on them.
I have yet to get the wiring in. I utilize an electrical distribution system that will be moved from my old system soon. It is 50amp 220 plug, 6 guage 4 conductor cable going to a prototype automation system i purchased last year. It basically gives me 8 relay switched 15 amp outlets that can be switched by time, temp, humidity, co2 or any of 8 external on off switches.
The temp and humidity sensors weren't accurate enough and it was really hard to program so I asked for my money back, got a refund and got to keep the unit as well. Makes a great distro and an awsome timer. I have a water cooled Co2 generator but will be going with bottled this round. Wanted to try it, seems like this small of a space, completley sealed shouldn't have fire in it! So each chamber will have it's own co2 controller and bottle.
Next step is to test the air conditioner. I'm filling the chiller over the next couple of days. I'm going to fire a bare 1k in there which should bring the temps over 100 fairly quickly, then fire up the AC and see if it can contain it. If all works as planned, I should be up and running next week. I have 20 blueberry clones that just went under a 600 watt solarmax MH.