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11-30-2006, 10:38 PM #11Senior Member
Apartment dwelling and Stealth Cab Questions?
hahahah deffinatly did for me, good luck with your setup :thumbsup:
\" knowledge is not power, knowledge is potential power\"
\"those who follow the herd step in SHIT\"
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11-30-2006, 10:43 PM #12Senior Member
Apartment dwelling and Stealth Cab Questions?
all this info is great- im in an apartment and i always worry about unexpected visits from the apartment manager or repair people. all those ideas are great.
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12-03-2006, 10:06 AM #13Member
Apartment dwelling and Stealth Cab Questions?
The Vortex is as loud as a high-performance gaming computer with an open case. I can't hear my cabinet outside the room unless I press my ear to the door, but it's not something you'd want next to your bed nor would you want it running when the super visits unless covered by 80 decibels of Van Halen.
Test runs with the fan unconnected and cushioned during cabinet construction indicated that replacement of the corrugated dryer duct with smooth-sided flexible tubing would dampen the sound considerably, but it still wouldn't be quiet enough to avoid attracting the attention of nearby people. Instead I've made my flowering time 7PM to 7AM so I can switch to the backup fan during business hours without burning the plants.
Twelve 23-watt lights mounted on a single giant FrankenFixture shouldn't present an electrical hazard if wired correctly. I have 4 85-watt CFLs, the Vortex and a 400-watt HPS plugged into one super-duty surge protector, and it works fine. I'd check cords, the strip and the fixture for heat buildup after a 24 hour test run just to be safe.
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12-03-2006, 06:49 PM #14Senior Member
Apartment dwelling and Stealth Cab Questions?
Hey sunnyvale
Heres what vortex said about the 4" & 6" fans.4" is 172 cfms,0.65 amps,80 watts,weight 6.8lbs,RPMS 2500,dBA49 .The 6" fan is 449 cfms,0.80amp, 100watts,weight 11.3lbs,RPMS 2600, dBA 49.You can also get a speed controler
and slow down the fan too. Slower fan speed the less dBA{ noise}.Put a20" box fan in the same room on 2 setting and you wont here it at all.I would put one of those talking gagits on the door of the cab that when you step close to the cab it would start makeing noise,Like that BILLY BASS thing looks like a fish singing.How many times do want to here that annoying dam fish sing.
A fan a singing fish no detection.
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12-03-2006, 08:07 PM #15Member
Apartment dwelling and Stealth Cab Questions?
The box fan struck me as an interesting idea, so for the sake of science I tested it.
Experimental Result: I had to run the fan on its highest setting, but from the other side of the room it was impossible to detect the cabinet. I mean the cabinet noise, of course; the cabinet was still visible. From 3 feet away I could clearly tell a second fan was running, however, and that the noise came from within the cab.
Conclusion: Crazywill, I think the idea will work if he can keep the Super 10+ feet from the cabinet and the fan doesn't stand out as oddly placed (assuming Sunnyvale's not home).
The fish is hilarious, but I think he'd need a stronger deterrent - like, say, a car alarm.
'STEP AWAY FROM THE NUGZ ... *siren* ... YOU ARE TOO CLOSE TO THE CANNABIS ... *siren* .... PLEASE MOVE AWAY FROM THE GANJA ...
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