hi all, cool forum! ive started my first cabinet build, its going to be placed in a farmhouse outbuilding (which will get cold over winter but has power and is very discreet) its only a small cab, 5 drawer bedroom type cabinet, about 28"w x 14"d x 3ft h similar in type to... Buy Napoli 5 Drawer Chest - White at Argos.co.uk - Your Online Shop for Chest of drawers. plan on starting with 2 auto lowryders, using CFL , in soil. the flimsy backing material has been replaced by solid wood sheet. The 5 drawers are now attatched together, backs/bottoms are removed and it has been hinged to the cabinet. so it still looks like 5 drawers. 10mm x 10mm wood frame added around opening for mounting draught excluding foam tape for air seal and light leaks. if light leaks can add mylar + velcro etc getting some left over house insulation(like kingspan) tomorow from a friend to line inside of the cab. i can drill holes into the bottom section of the frame insert to get air in passively, or vent from the side if i need an intake also i could place dehumidifier here? boxed maybe? as humidity has been an issue in the outbuilding as a meter ive left in there for 1 week shows room humidity being lowest/highest at 85-99%, whilst temps have been very low 5C/12C . i believe humidity will lower once a bit of warmth gets in the box from the lights??? id like advice on should i go with...... one big 125w/150w dual Cfl ?? or 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 x 23W / 30W of mixed red / blue ?? both about same price, which is best? will measure temps / humidity after light bought and fitted. will then look at extraction + filtering
box is now built and is currently housing 2 trial run babies from bagseed. box is insulated, wired, and light + fans running fine so far. temps and humidity are ranging massively, as temperatures are dropping low here locally. ive ordered a digital temperature controller and am thinking of adding a ceramic heat bulb to warm the cab automatically when needed this winter, with maybe extra outtake fans wired to lower temps. any advise on my options in heating a cabinet via digital temperature controller would be appreciated.
i have a 1ft heat tube in there now running off a digital temperatre controller. seems to be working fine.
Hey I've been looking at getting a Willhi temp controller, what you pay for that pic2 ..wiring looks confusing even pic3 lot of work for one plant
About £13/£14 for controller same for heat tube. Wiring is easy il knock up a diagram later if u want,got indian takeaway couchlock atm!!! Mmmmmm Trial run was bagseed , went wrong due to extreme low temps. Then fitted heat tube & controller, and ordered 4 seeds, started 2 seeds 1st january , one didnt sprout, this 1 did. Have kicked off another seed 2days ago, so hopefully get a staggered grow and learn as i go. First attempt at this, still learning.