help for a wicked noobie

you could build a false wall inside the closet

it doesn't sound like you want do a lot of carpentry but all you have to do is buy a sheet of dry wall cut to the dimensions you want and make something simple to support it

it would solve your problem of cutting into the door for venting and when you sell your house you just throw the piece of dry wall away and no damage is left also if your kids don't know the closet dimensions just throw some clothes or boxes in front of it

Also if you have an attic you can vent into there it will still create a hole unless you have a light fixture in there if you do just take the fixture out and you have a hole to the attic

it would depend how your closet is set up but it would be relatively easy and might solve a few of your problems.

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Originally Posted by JohnHerer

I went to Home Depot the other day and saw some Clamp lights(good since you can hang it on something and make light shine on your plant)

CFLs - cool white = red light, daylight = blue.

It says either daylight or cool white on the package, so its not hard to find. Just ask where are the light bulbs.

Clamp lights and cfls are cheap, really good for beginners.

Picture of a clamp light if you don't know what it is.
http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/416C59KBG3L.gif

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Oh I have one of those lights in my cellar already! The guy who owned the place before me left it here. For one plant can I just use that or should I get a couple of them? I'd say the closet is about 3 ft wide, 3 ft deep and I dunno maybe 7 feet tall. That's all a rough estimate.

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Originally Posted by revolutionary

you could build a false wall inside the closet

it doesn't sound like you want do a lot of carpentry but all you have to do is buy a sheet of dry wall cut to the dimensions you want and make something simple to support it

it would solve your problem of cutting into the door for venting and when you sell your house you just throw the piece of dry wall away and no damage is left also if your kids don't know the closet dimensions just throw some clothes or boxes in front of it

Also if you have an attic you can vent into there it will still create a hole unless you have a light fixture in there if you do just take the fixture out and you have a hole to the attic

it would depend how your closet is set up but it would be relatively easy and might solve a few of your problems.

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So what you're saying is kind of build a closet within a closet by putting a wall up, right? Hmmmm.......I'll have to think about that one. I would have to get two peices I guess...one for the side and one for the top.

the ceiling doesn't go to the attic since I'm talking about a basement closet. I think if I vented out the ceiling I'd be cutting into my bathroom above. lol. Gawd this is so confusing.

I'm gonna go do some laundry and get a better look at things. :)

hmmm........ok here's my options:

plan a) suck it up and cut two holes in closet, one for getting air in and one for blowin' it out. I found this fan online

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/d...ineductfan.jpg

and I wouldn't feel bad if the hole was covered with the vent cover that this kit has:

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/d...65/ductkit.jpg

This is one of the two closets that I'm considering:

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/d...5/IMG_0063.jpg

and this is the other:

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/d...5/IMG_0070.jpg

the first closet has an electrical outlet in it so it's kind of my favorite choice BUT the second closet has a lock on it. There is an outlet outside of the closet but that doesn't help me any unless I drill yet another hole in that one's wall to thread the wires through.

plan b) build a grow cabinet and put it in the first closet and install a lock in that closet since the cabinet does not lock.

here's the cabinet when closed

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/d...5/IMG_0066.jpg

and when open:

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/d...5/IMG_0067.jpg

and the back of it:

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/d...5/IMG_0073.jpg

I was trying to avoid using the cabinet 'cause the shelves that are in there are stuck with something. I don't see any nails so I guess I'd have to saw them off or something since they just don't budge at all. Why anyone would make shelves in a cabinet permanent like that is beyond me. :(


So that's the basics. Once I figure out what I am going to use I basically kinda sorta know what to do except the intake/outake is still confusing me especially how to position the carbon/kitty litter filter into that inline fan. That one has me stumped since one end of the filter has a cap on it so ain't no air getting through there. lol. I soooo wish I took shop instead of home ec!!!! I can however blow you all away in the kitchen!! lol.

I have tons of flowering pots, all different sizes that again the old owners left me.

as far as a carbon filter (which i havnt used yet) you can just attach it to a fan and leave it in the closet to remove odors. with a standard 4-6-8 in" filter a fan will come in those sizes too. your room will still need to be ventilated in some way, a door open during lights on or a small fan or passive ventilation(a place where air can come in the bottom and a hole near the top to exhaust hot air)
topping is really easy. if you just want to pinch off the very top set of leaves you can, or if you go a little lower and take off some growth you may be able to clone the top.(use scissors or razor blade for this) just find the right place on the stem to cut it. this is as simple as i can get.

Tell your daughters that you are just keeping the laundry fresh!

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Originally Posted by twoguysupnorth

as far as a carbon filter (which i havnt used yet) you can just attach it to a fan and leave it in the closet to remove odors. with a standard 4-6-8 in" filter a fan will come in those sizes too. your room will still need to be ventilated in some way, a door open during lights on or a small fan or passive ventilation(a place where air can come in the bottom and a hole near the top to exhaust hot air)
topping is really easy. if you just want to pinch off the very top set of leaves you can, or if you go a little lower and take off some growth you may be able to clone the top.(use scissors or razor blade for this) just find the right place on the stem to cut it. this is as simple as i can get.

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Thanks!!! I have two stupid fan questions:

1) I hear so much about how important it is to let NO light in at all during the lights off period...........so if I have these fans sticking out of the closet or cabinet...won't light shine through at some point?

2) I'm leaning towards doing the cabinet inside the closet (which I guess just solved #1 for me since it'll be dark in the closet lol) and so in that case I'd probably go with a pc fan since they're smaller. Here's my dumbass question...............all the pc fans that I see have these little holes in them on the thingie that you'd normally call a plug, instead of a plug that you'd plug into a power strip. What the heck do I do with all those holes? I don't get how I plug a pc fan into a power strip. Do I need a computer? I have an extra one that I was going to give my sister but I'm mad at her 'cause I KNOW she smokes but she isn't giving me any OR telling me who her dealer is. :mad: So if I need a computer to plug the pc fan in I have one. Just need to know how to do it.

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Originally Posted by RetiredFF

Tell your daughters that you are just keeping the laundry fresh!

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hahahaha. I actually told them today, since I kept going down there, that we have tons of spiders downstairs so now they're both petrified of going downstairs!!!:thumbsup:

I think computer fans are standard 110v. If this is the case, you can just cut off the end and connect a standard plug. If the fans are transformed to 12v, you could do the same thing but would need a 12v transformer.

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Originally Posted by RetiredFF

I think computer fans are standard 110v. If this is the case, you can just cut off the end and connect a standard plug. If the fans are transformed to 12v, you could do the same thing but would need a 12v transformer.

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How do you cut off the end and connect a standard plug?

Does anyone have a link with pictures that a kindergardner could follow? :D If all else fails I guess I could ask the guys at Radio Shack to help me.

Computer fans are 12v. Once you have an adapter to bring 110v down to 12v cut the ends off both then positive to positive and negative to negative.

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