PC-case stealth microgrow experiment with lowrider

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Hello everyone!

Basically this experiment began with a debate with my friend about possibilities of pc-case stealth grow. My friend said it's a waste of time, I disagreed. So now I kind of have to show him otherwise.

Aim is to grow 1 lowrider and yield at least 20g. Dont know if thats possible, but we'll see. I'm going to build a bubbler into 5l container and use 4-5 20W cfl's at 2700K for lighting. Lowriders take about 8-9 weeks from seed to harvest, so if this works I can basically cover my ~10g/month smoking habit.

Today I went to buy the largest second hand pc-case I could find and came up with this bad boy (picture). Dimensions: W24cm H67cm D53cm. I teared all the computer stuff out of it, and put some mylar in. Now I have a nice empty case.

A lot of stuff still to figure out, for example I have no idea at this point how I'm going to set up the ventilation. Theres going to be a lot of learning with this grow. I have no earlier experience with lowriders so it's going to be interesting.

Hope you all tune in!

4-5 cfl's no ventilation?

PC fans!!!! There's your answer!

:thumbsup:

i may need to make one of these soon so i am interested in how it works for ya
~MG

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Originally Posted by MonkeyBone

PC fans!!!! There's your answer!

:thumbsup:

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ROFLMAO! :S2:

I'm thinking, I've seen computer case grow boxes for sale, and ventilation is a cinch. :D

So Johnny, find a few computer case fans. re-install those back in the case. On the fan's hub should be a sticker with all the info you'll need to buy a transformer. You'll need the voltage and amperage and wattage. Take those to Radio shack and tell them you want to run the number of fans you have on one transformer. Then wire them up yourself. Those little suckers can move a LOT of air too!

I use them for many things, Light cooling on my aquarium, Smoke removal on my solder station, cooling my computer.;)

Good luck, and looks great so far.

Gl johnny! ill be following this thread :! if you can pull it off i might just give it a shot to :jointsmile:

First of all, it's nice to see that this thread is getting some interest :) I've been browsing some other pc-case grow logs and found only few systems that really worked. It seems to be quite a difficult task.

My first thought for the ventilation was pc fans, but it would have needed at least three of them and then the carbon filter would have been almost impossible to build. So now I mounted this 14W fan that's built for bathroom ventilation and it moves air 99m3/h, so thats plenty enough. The pc case of course is made of metal, not wood as my earlier grow closets and it makes the modifying bit difficult in home circumstances.

what are you gonna line the inside with? and how are you gonna hide the filter??
just lil questions..
and how stealth is this gonna be?

~MG a.k.a. le Maine développé

Hey Johnny, where did you get that fan from?

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Originally Posted by mainegrown

what are you gonna line the inside with? and how are you gonna hide the filter??
just lil questions..
and how stealth is this gonna be?

~MG a.k.a. le Maine développé

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Well, it's obvious now it's not gonna be 100% stealth, but the case is going to be in a place where you cant see the back of the case unless you crawl under the table to take a look. The filter is going to be under the fan, connected with ventilation hose.

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Hey Johnny, where did you get that fan from?

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Biltema :thumbsup: