 Let’s talk grow Cabinets.
Well I’ve been a finish carpenter for 15 yrs and I am somewhat embarrassed of my grow cab. But, I live in an apartment, so I can’t fire up a saw or a nail gun…that might attract some attention. It’s almost a year old and has been remodeled a couple of times. Its 18” deep 34” wide 5’ tall. On casters. One big door on a piano hinge. Made out of a hard plastic like coated pressboard, very heavy. I have a low profile cheap air filter unit ducted in with cardboard and tape at the bottom back. Hot air goes out the upper left. Up by the light, the cab had a 6’opening from the top of the cab down to the top of the backing, the whole width of the cab. Took plastic and bent it around it and made a “manifold” of sorts that ideally helps gather the heat and I push it out with a fan, plus the air blowing in. The problem is, of course, that 400 HPS creates some heat. Not a huge issue till the plants get up there. So I got some Plexiglas, but I’m going to have to cut the flange to the light and screw it back together, lapping the pieces thus pushing the up higher to clear the Plexiglas that I want to attach to the bottom of the reflector. That flange is about 14 gauge steel, I’m going to try and cut it with snips, since I can’t fire up the grinder. Maybe drill a line of holes and snip it. Once I get the plexi in…going to try to find some computer fans to run with batteries and mount them on the door side of the reflector, to blow air to the back, across the bulb to be exhaust
Then this little air filter I found…I can make a replica replacement filter…filled with activated carbon…to take that lovely smell out of the air. And I have another, bigger, one in the room with the cab that does not run all the time.
I need to do these things soon but for the long term, this is just a prototype grow cab, there is a new grow cab in my future for sure.
Happy Growing!
Peace.
Last edited by freetolive; 11-18-2008 at 08:01 PM.
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