Crispis' Recent Growroom Mods .

[xcrispi]

Whats up everybody ,
We've been redoing quite a few things in our room since our last grow finished in hopes of bettering the use of light , control of temps. , and lovering the "God Awful" electric bill .

1- We got rid of 1- 630 cfm blower that was running through our cooltubes = 1260 cfm through the pair was way overkill .

2- Got rid of 1- 449 cfm blower and carbon scrubber in favor of a new space / energy saving VaporTek 4000 that "Bluebear" posted about ages ago .

3- Added a much much larger 950 gph suleaves airpump to feed the 4 DWC airstones . = 240 gph air through each stone verses 40 gph last grow . Using backflow valves for safteys sake now too . Better a lil restriction than die from electricution .

4- Changed the style of airstones in favor of the type "Deftdrummer" uses too .

5- Added 6in. of insulation , 2 layers of 4mil. plastic sheeting , and shower surround material to the ceiling . 3.5 in. of insulation , 2 layers of 4mil. sheeting , 1/2 drywall and flat white paint . Venting through the walls is trick = darkroom vents outside / soffit vents inside , w/ steel collars joining them in the wall so no moisture etc... can ever get to the insulation . Part of which was "PharmaCans" idea .

Both ballasts are ceiling mounted outside the room so less possibility of interior room heat issues .

A wall mounted therm. / rheostat that can measure interior / exterior hum. and temps w/o ever opening the door . It'll also tell you the highest / lowest recorded temps and hum. in the last 24 hrs .= badass for $11.00 .

All air passing through the cooltubes is prefiltered via. a pleated furnace filter seen in the corner above the res. - cleaning the insides of dusty cooltubes is a p.i.t.a .

The room has it's own Heat / Cent. A/C run .

Exhaust is 250 cfm inductor booster fan w/ 0 restriction because they're weak by nature to begin w/ . Intake air is passive through the lower vent sys. = 9 - 4in dia vents - I'm to baked -n- tired to figure out sq. in. of passive vent space for you . 4in. / 3.1416 x 9 maybe ???????? "Rhizome" !!!!! . LOL :stoned:

The dehum. is plumbed through the wall and into a 5 gal. bucket w/ drain fitting and hose run to a floordrain . No emptying the dehum. and also eases res. changes by pumping it out right into the 5 gal. bucket right next to the res.

Huge adaptive improvements as far as ability to run the sys. myself - After a lil bit of brainstorming w/ "Rhizome" about a fellow growers op. who is also wheelchair confined . I went to work on my own sys. I can now do just about anything but raise -n- lower the lights myself . = Less fear of the "HOOK" hauling off the loved ones too .:thumbsup:

Now to get some form of life in here !!
"Smoke Funk - Don't buy Junk - Grow It Yourself"
Peace all
Crispi :jointsmile:

xcrispi Reviewed by xcrispi on 10-01-2007. Crispis' Recent Growroom Mods . Whats up everybody , We've been redoing quite a few things in our room since our last grow finished in hopes of bettering the use of light , control of temps. , and lovering the "God Awful" electric bill . :) 1- We got rid of 1- 630 cfm blower that was running through our cooltubes = 1260 cfm through the pair was way overkill . 2- Got rid of 1- 449 cfm blower and carbon scrubber in favor of a new space / energy saving VaporTek 4000 that "Bluebear" posted about ages ago . 3- Rating: 5

[Markass]

been waiting for a while now to see what it looks like...looks great :thumbsup: :stoned:

[socialistpete]

You gonna start a new log with this room?

[Weedhound]

Omg....that's beautiful. I hope you fucking realize that room is nicer than most of my house.....cleaner.....better built.... :wtf:

Damn nice work X-C. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Delta9Haze420]

:rambohead: "ITS BEAUTIFUL, MAN!!!!!!" - Cadet Captain David Shawn

/Taps

There will be a day, a time will come, and I shall set forth to construct a room which I can only hope is half that nice. Crispi - this is a thing of absolute beauty - I hope it serves well! Very nice job and congrats on the rework!!! :jointsmile: I think it is time to burn one in dedication to this masterful work! :smokin::smokin::smokin:

[ProGroWannabe]

Props xcrispi! Looks awesome! Now get some plants in there for all of us to see!---lol

[xcrispi]

Props xcrispi! Looks awesome! Now get some plants in there for all of us to see!---lol

Look close at the bottom left corner of the 2nd pic. P.G.W
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh .

Thanx for all the kind words folks .
More pics. of the system itself once Im happy w/ it too = still making mods to it , doesnt recirculte fast enough for my liking yet . I see 3/4 in. drain lines in the very near future and possibly a res. chiller maybe .

Socialistpete - Log in the future ? I honestly doubt any sort of indepth log , maybe just spuratic pics. of things as they progress . Lifes a lil fast paced right now .

Peace all
Crispi :jointsmile:

[PharmaCan]

Nice looking work, Crispi! :thumbsup:

I can't see in your photos, how did you attach the filter to your vent system? You're right about cool tubes being a pita to take down and clean.

PC :smokin:

[turtle420]

xCrispi,

Very nice!
Very cool...

When we make gardening's chores easier, we have more time to play around.
Definitely a ++ to have more time.

Best Crispi and all,

-turtle420
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[xcrispi]

Nice looking work, Crispi! :thumbsup:

I can't see in your photos, how did you attach the filter to your vent system? You're right about cool tubes being a pita to take down and clean.

PC :smokin:

Sup PharmaCan ,
Click the pic containing the filter to enlarge it . Then move the arrow off the pic. and then back on it= the arrow turns into a mag/glass or crosshairs - put cross hairs on filter way over in top left corner and click = giant view .

I used 2 pieces of aluminum channel w/ badass industrial velcro type material holding them to the wall , we can slide the filter in and out and flip it too = I get 4 dif. uses out of the 1 filter - look at the dirty 6in. ring on it already just from playing w/ the system checking temps etc...

I took your advice w/ actual increased R values w/ drywall / greenboard verses the shower surround material , atleast on the inside walls - not the ceiling though .

If I can get 4 lbs. or better out of the next cycle and can afford somemore down time were gonna sheet the exterior cinderblock walls - frame them , insulate em , sheet em again , and hang drywall/greenboard on them too to help w/ temp control like you said .

I feed off all you guys , try to use the site like I used to O/G = like a big ass "Think Tank" :thumbsup:

Theres a little bit of Stinky , Weedhound , and Latewood going on inside here too if ya dig around a lil bit . Major props. to Latewood though for ingenious use of the "Pampered Chef" turkey baster for nutes - A major step towards my independence in doing the upkeep / maint. myself .
"Therapy" :thumbsup:
Peace
Crispi :jointsmile: