Did a little “make it look less like crap” work today. Didn’t have much time with all the errands and shit today.
Stone/sandy texture paint, splattered with chrome paint. I shoulda used a bristle brush instead of a sponge to splatter, but looks cool enough.
Overall. Gonna add some stickers/labels once everything is all wired in.
Edit: Also used wood filler and sanded the surface before I painted it. not really needed either, just the little details lol.
So I got my power panel done.
Features include what I listed above. I have 6 app controllable outlets,
2 are “constant” as long as the sonoff pow is on. (I use the sonoff pow like the main breaker for the panel)
Made a power supply cord, twist lock connector. A little ass backwards as far as power cords go, but I don’t care lol.
Here’s the front of the finished panel.
The top row of outlets go like this.
Channel 1 - Channel 2 - Channel 3 - Channel 4
The bottom row:
First two are always on - TH16 1 - TH16 2
Here’s my rats nest of wires. I opted to use ACTUAL lever lock wago’s, as they give me piece of mind they are actually making a good connection.
Wouldn’t ya know, the devices show up in alphabetical order… Well, Gonna have to rename the “Sonoff POW” to “Breaker Monitor” so it’s first in the list.
A view of the sensor attached to TH16 1 giving me real time data.
F’in amazing this technology. Thanks again @anon58740919 without you I wouldn’t have gotten any of this automation gear.
Once I install it i’ll give everyone my thoughts on the functionality 
Jelly
Grats on beating the kraken! Looks good to boot!
Manual like override brother to the most. Glad I could do my bit to repay you. Even though you repaid me. Well my Mrs PayPal. Either way there’s a lot of love between us to say we never met. and this has cheered me up massively. I think you will have it dialled in in no time at all. I’m pretty excited to see how the pow does. I did a whole lot of looking at them but my ammeter is like a signature now lol
That reminds me, I switched my network SSID and password when I got my new modem. I need to reconnect all of mine. 
Got the panel installed where I want it 
This is the power draw of
My little 3” circulation fan,
Cloud line t4
Zomodo wifi camera
And this is with my light on!
Still only using about 4a with everything on. Woot!
Edit: The 4ch pro r2 does not allow for loop timer functions so I guess it’s a good thing I have two of the TH16 switches, they will allow me to run my pump in as low as 1 minute increments. I will find out how long I need to run the pump to flood the tray sometime soon then decide on a schedule for flooding frequency.
Got most my settings figured out (as much as I can right now anyways)
@ReikoX you’ll have to delete all your devices from the app and re-add them 
Yeah, I was able to do the cameras easily. But the Bluefish and Sonoff I will need physical access. Unfortunately that means removing the top of my workbench (PITA).
So Lots to report, doesn’t look like much but it was a lot of “little things” that added up to a full night of work.
I caulked and painted around the edges.
As you can see, I installed the Sonoff’s Temp and Humidity sensor. That’s the little black thing screwed to the wall of the cab!
Some interior cable management. (Did this with the camera’s power cord too)
Lots and lots of zip ties to “bundle” the wiring on my power panel together. As you can kind of see, I also took care of most the under the cab wires (light, ventilation, the only one not “managed” is the little 3" circulation fan)
So, Kinda hard to see, got the holes drilled for the reservoir, tubing cut, wired, plumbed, basically res is hooked up and working as intended. Takes roughly 3 minutes to fill up enough that the overflow tube drains back into the reservoir.
Things left to do before i’m RTR again:
Thanks for hanging out with me while I ranted and raved, cut and drilled, cursed and well, ya’ll get the point.
I miss the days when people actually talked in my thread haha.
Jelly
shhhh we don’t talk out here anymore 
definitely build a door for it though 
Awww… you would say that.
My plastidoor works… it’s not elegant but it does work lol. I guess I do need somewhere to put stickers though.
I gotta say I’m loving the design and handiwork, this is exactly the type of setup I’d like to have someday, and that’s not even including the automation which is just icing on the cake.
But I think it’d look alot better with something growing in it
@Lucy247420 If you don’t count the sockets, the twist lock supply cord and socket, or any of the electrical boxes, I have less than 100$ in sonoff gear. Automation doesn’t have to be expensive!
I may have missed it but what size pump will you be using and what sort of flood/drain cycle, etc…?
You didn’t miss it, I didn’t say yet.
396L per hour pump (100gallon an hour)
Preliminary testing cycle will be 4 minutes on every 2 hours until I get a feel for the chipped coco. A wise man told me if I was using 1 Gal pots that 30 min run time once a day would be plenty, and I trust his judgement.
Res is 15 gallon (approx 50L for you metric fans)
What type of pots? Fabric? Straight coco chips? Give us the details! 
So, Laugh if you must, I misjudged the size and ordered 4" square plastic pots…Should have gotten 6" or 8" (that’s what she said) But that’s what i’m gonna run. I love a challenge.
As far as media: Straight Coco “Croutons” (Fancy name for chipped coco tbh)
(amazon link: Grow!t Coco-Can Croutons)
Still gonna use MegaCrop until I run out in 2025 or don’t like the results i’m getting.
Any other questions bro? 
It might only take 2 after you displace the water with pots and media.
I’d try to keep the veg time as short as possible in those little pots. They get root bound in a hurry. They’ll tip over easily if you don’t have support also. If anyone can do it successfully, it’s you jelly 
Really amazed at all of your handy work. I’m late to the party, but trying earnestly to catch up. Really cool stuffs
Nice job Jelly
I’d like to whole heartedly thank you for being one of limited folks who makes my wiring look good. Cheers bro. I hope you get on well with the sonoff stuff. Still need to setup a th16a and 4ch pro myself in the new area. Just being super lazy. Got a pH and EC meter coming today and some citric acid as ph down. I’m scared to see what they look like today
