grow tents

[mushaboom]

hey all,
im trying to be more stealthy instead of just plopping everything as is into a sliding closet. anyways, im looking in to getting some kind of grow tent. i was wondering what are the best ones. i know hydrohuts had some kind of recall or something, but are they ok now? i want something sturdy and quality built.
oh and if anyone has any opinions on good inline fans id be happy to hear them. i think im just going to spring for a vortex 6" though because of the 10 year warranty.

[grey1223]

I know someone who uses hydrohuts and likes them. I wasn't aware of a recall.

[stinkyattic]

There were a bunch sold in Cali that had poles from a source that was coating them with something that outgassed a chemical that was toxic to plants. This is no longer a problem, and was only an issue on certain tents.
I like the product very much and have personally helped erect a couple of them for friends- they are even sturdier than the pics in the advertisements make them look!
Expect to run a 600w switchable in there, as that was what they were designed for.

[mushaboom]

im trying to make everything super stealthy and so far i guess its going ok. i still have a few questions though. i bought a 6" vortex and made myself a carbon scrubber. is there any way to still use it in a hydrohut? i was reading that they only have 4" ducts preinstalled.

also, i intened on just putting this in a closet. is there any way to add an outlet on the inside of a closet or am i doomed to just keep the timer on the outside of the wall in plain sight. i realize i could use an extension cord, but that isnt that much better and doesnt seem as safe to me.

it seems fishy to me having a random electrical cord going inside a closet. someone as curious as me might open it up and wonder where it leads too so id like to avoid that if possible. thanks all

[AR15]

also, i intened on just putting this in a closet. is there any way to add an outlet on the inside of a closet or am i doomed to just keep the timer on the outside of the wall in plain sight.

You could install your own outlet in the closet. I've done that before in previous apartments, and have not said a word to the landlords. They've never noticed and I bet by the time they do it will have been years and they'll never know who did it.

Well it's easy if you know what you're doing, but if you don't know electrics, I would advise you learn it before you do this. If you attempt it, make damn sure you turn off the power to where you'll be drawing it from. Usually you'll have a circuit breaker somewhere in the building (house would for sure, and I've never been to an apartment w/o one so I'm assuming that's standard). When you turn it off at the circuit breaker, make sure you leave a note saying "DO NOT TURN ON POWER" as a safety precaution. Really, safety is the most important thing to consider here.

What I've always done is find a part of the wall where on the opposite side, whatever other room that is, there's an outlet there. Turn off the power and leave the note. I take a jigsaw and cut a rectangle in the wall where I know it's at least a couple inches away from the outlet (cut on the closet side of the wall, not the outlet side). Then I just take some wires and connect it from that outlet to the new one. Screw it in, and screw in the faceplate after that. If you don't really need the other outlet, you can just unscrew (unplug if it's the kind you stick the wires into the slots) the wires and screw them into the new outlet.

If you have a voltometer or one of those outlet checkers, you can check to see if you've done the job correctly after. See the pics.

[mushaboom]

so you're saying that behind an existing outlet there should be extra wires for hooking up another outlet? i hope thats what you mean because thatd be very nice and easy.

[AR15]

Sorry, I'm not saying that. There could be, but there's probably not.

You're going to need an outlet, a faceplate, and some wire. You can find those at Home Depot, Lowes, most any hardware store. They're not very expensive either.

Now, instead of buying wire, you could use the wire that runs to the existing outlet. What you'd need to do is turn off the power and put up that note. Unscrew the faceplate. Unscrew the outlet. Now you can pull the outlet a little bit away from the wall. You can see the wire that goes into it, and you can see whether it comes from, if there's extra, how it's wired etc.

The simplest way to get what you want is to disconnect those wire on the existing outlet, and connect them to the new outlet. Granted, the new outlet will work, but the old won't. If you're renting the place you might want to somehow remember to make the switch back to the old outlet so that works when you move out. But it would be best in all cases if you just had both working.

I got to go, hope I was thorough enough, I'll check back later or tomorrow.

[carinia]

Not extra wires, bt easy access to them. ;) Its really easy if you have a standard ceiling light in your closet, cuz then you can just get an adapter and viola, you have an outlet :)

[mushaboom]

the place i live is ancient so i dont have too many modern ammenities like a ceiling light in my closet :( thats what i thought though, it would be too good to be true to have an extra set of wires back there. it would be nice to have the outlet on the front working but maybe ill have to do without it. thanks for all the input though.

[carinia]

Mushaboom I just thought of something.
I used to live with a guy who was an expert at hiding wires, he would fish them thru attics or use pieces of molding to hide them against a baseboard. Maybe you could use some molding to hide the wires?

Sorry, i just love stealthy grows so Im always thinkin of weird ways to make it work. :)