And here's a few pics with the fan and lights.
On the back wall you can see the air intake vent w/ grill.
The wires need to be hung properly, but that's for manana. I'm tired now and I'm going to go soak in a nice hot tub.
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And here's a few pics with the fan and lights.
On the back wall you can see the air intake vent w/ grill.
The wires need to be hung properly, but that's for manana. I'm tired now and I'm going to go soak in a nice hot tub.
I'm not going to go into a lot of detail about the electrical wiring. Either you know how to wire or you don't and if you don't then you have no business messing around with the electrical work. So if you don't know anything about electrical stuff, get an electrician to help you.
For the electric supply for this cabinet I tapped into my panel and installed 2- 20 amp circuits. I happened to have a Square D slimline 20 and some 12/3 Romex so I put in two circuits. One 15 - 20 amp would have been more than enough.
The electrical boxes inside the cabinet - the box on the right has four receptacles, all of which are hoo9ked to the timer. The box on the left has 3 receptacles that are always hot and one rec that is hooked to the timer but thru a rheostat to control the fan speed.
Outside I have the timer, rheostat and live receptacles. The orange power cord is for the ballasts. I also have a thermostat and hygrometer with remote probes that I'll mount in this general area.
Hey, Pharma. How're things? Hope they're good. Your cabinet is looking awesome. Didn't you say that this is just the veg cab, right? So, are those going to be MH cooltubes?
Anyway, cab looks great. Hope all those twists and turns won't hurt the fan's efficiency. Either way, looks like you oversized it anyway, so you should be ok. Let me know what the sound is like. :) Also interested on your opinion of those light hangers after you use them for a while.
Excellent work. :thumbsup: Technically, I think this thread should be in Growroom Setup but I'm glad u posted it here, cuz otherwise I wouldn't have seen it. :p Good log.
The Fog :rastasmoke:
Hey Fog - Thanks for the compliments.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheGreenFog
This will be a vegging cab so, yes, the cool tubes are for MH bulbs. However, I bought electronic ballasts and they are good for MH or HPS.
The fan is about 470 cfm, so I don't really care if it gets slowed down a little. I put a fan speed controller on it too. The cabinet is 82cu.ft., so the fan is way oversized, for the cabinet, not necessarily the lights. I'll just have to wait until I fire things up and see what happens.
I've used the fan a couple of times to get air circulating to help paint dry. The noise is so-so. I can hear a slight hum in the garage and in the laundry room (that's the room that's on the other side of the garage wall), but it's really just a minor humming and not at all noticeable outside the immediate vicinity of the cabinet. The fan is a 6" Vortex and it runs pretty darn quietly.
Yea, that's what I thought. Cool. NICE veg cab. That thing's gonna be poppin'. Looking forward to watching to room construction. So, you're going to cool the lights with the 470cfm fan and I see that you have left the opposite end open, so does that mean that you will be also pulling in the ambient air inside the cab thru the cool tubes? Where is your air intake? Is it that register-looking thing on the left side behind the ducting?? Sorry if you've already mentioned it.
PS...Did u see our friend left you a little note? :rolleyes: He said goodbye. :p
The Fog :rastasmoke:
Nice box, It should serve you well for many years; the only thing I can think of is maybe some heavy-duty locking casters, just in case you need to move it around; other than that, priceless piece of work man.
LOL - I ignored the little asshole - figured that would be the best way of displaying my disdain. I assume after that tyrade he got himself banned for good. I wish I knew what I said that made him hate me so much. I'd write it down and use it again! :smokin:Quote:
Originally Posted by TheGreenFog
That register-looking thing on the left side behind the ducting is my air intake. It's a wall vent that goes into my house, then my intake is air-conditioned air.
Wellllllll.... it's pretty tightly attached to the wall behind it. It's not going anywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by 4x5
Looking very good, Pharma.
It's amazing how quickly a large cab can get filled up with everything, and then you have to add the plants. :)
Dizzy - Love your avatar! Where was that nun when I was in catholic school?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dizzy1