Our new stealth cabinet!

[E Man]

Hey guys,

If you're gonna start with CFLs, keep em close to the plants. I use 8 four foot fluorescent tubes in a closet and keep em between 1 and 2 inches from the tops of the plants. You'll have to raise them often but it'll keep your babies from getting stretched out, weak stems. That cab. will get em BIG so they're gonna need stem.

[TxRooster97]

We picked up some nice daylight cfl's with 2000 lumens and 6500K for vegging. We're going to get some more for extra lighting in the flowering chamber. I do have another question, though. We found a deal online for a refurbished 400W HPS complete system for $195.00. Should we take a chance on this? Also, it has a "wing" type reflector that has a mirrored finish. I thought I read somewhere that you didn't want to use a mirrored finish on reflectors, rather a flat finish...is this true?? Thanks a million for all the help y'all!

Peace! :stoned:

Tha Rooster

[Anathema2121]

Looks great man. Me and a friend just completed our first box too, not so stealth as the location doesn't require it, but about the same size i think 4x4x6 external dimensions. We're stuck at the same place too with the light, we have 8 cfls right now with little round reflectors hanging from chains above the plants, but I'm looking at a 400 watt hps. Check out http://insidesun.com/ has refurbished 400 watt hps systems for $100 even on sale right now. Dealing with this TX heat is a bitch though, it was right at 100 today round here.

[TxRooster97]

We were just looking at that same exact setup fom inside sun last night! Looks like a good deal. Now we're trying to figure out our ventilation setup. Thanks for the info!

Peace!

Tha Rooster

[Ithg]

nice contruction guys, good luck with the grow

[HK Slyone]

That is the shit man what are the measurments man for the whole deal so if I was doing to bulid one at least I know!

[TokeNAway]

(More pics of the cabinet)
Put the door seals on earlier in the week. Also painted the inside frame (only the 2x4s) of top compartment in prep for Mylar. We're going to try and just go with the Mylar on the inside of the plywood. Don't want to FK with having to wrap it around the 2x4s unless we absolutely have to.
Added hooks and eyelets to keep the doors closed.
Got the stain on today. Probably won't put a second coat on it. Rooster is calling it the "gun cabinet."

Thanks for all the complements! :dance: I'm pretty damn proud of my design and all the ideas I've come up with (while :stoned: ) for this thing.
The basic factors for the size were that we wanted 3-6 plants and needed to have the thing be portable (Rooster is expecting a move within the next year). So we needed to fit it through a door frame.
For the front (doors and the door frame) we went with an entire piece of 4'x8' 1/2" plywood. The sides of the cabinet are about 26" long and the outer edge of the plywood extends beyond the frame to give space for the doors on the back. It's about 6'4" tall. Just big enough for our needs and we can still get it around a corner and through a door.
The outside of the frame measures 6' x 4' x 2' and the way I decided to put it together. That gives us around 20" x 44" surface area for the shelves. The top compartment is a little over 4' high and the bottom is about 1.5'.
Next is the ventilation design, I think ... :stoned:

[TxRooster97]

Just ordered the 400W HPS from InsideSun. On sale right now for $100 bucks...not a bad deal.

Peace :stoned:

Tha Rooster

[TheHump]

Shit...my hat is off to you two. With that stain you would never think. wow.

[TxRooster97]

Oops! Sorry guys and gals, I found a better deal and decided against the 400W HPS. I found an air cooled cylinder with reflector for a decent price at the same store, so all we need to decide on is bulb size. This cylinder accomodates all HPS bulbs and most MH bulbs too. Now, we found fans for around $35-45 that will push a max of 500cfm and is only 2.5 somes (very little noise). This could possibly mean that we could use a 600W HPS bulb and STILL keep the temps down while keeping the light somewhat close to the canopy of the plants. If 256cfm is required for 1000W HPS we may could even try using this bulb and still be ok on the temps, not sure though, I am sure we will learn as time goes by. Anyway, thanks for the comments and info...keep 'em growin'!

Peace!

Tha Rooster :smokin: