Show Me Your DIY Grow Cab

I thought we could have a standard format for posting up cabs

**[**Scratch built, or Repurposed ]
**[**Dimensions ]
This can be either interior (actual grow area) or exterior, If exterior please post actual grow area
**[**Ventilation ]
**[**Lighting ]
**[**Growing Method ]
**[**Things you’d do different (As helping others to not make the same mistakes) ]

[Scratch built/ Repurposed ]
Mine is a little of both. I owned and operated a vape shop, and had a lot of fixtures left over when I shut it down. This was a 8ft long sampling bar, I cut down to a more suitable size.

[Dimensions ]
3’ wide x 3.5’ish tall, Just under 2’ Deep.

[Ventilation ]
Originaly I was going to go with two 120mm pc fans, decided this wasn’t going to be enough in the long run so I settled on a 4" Cloudline T4
Some quick specs

Designed to quietly ventilate grow tents, transfer heating/cooling to rooms, circulate fresh air, and cool AV closets.
Intelligent controller with thermostat programming, speed control, alarm warnings, and backup memory.
Mixed flow design combined with a PWM-controlled DC-motor for a truly quiet and energy efficient performance.
Kit also includes thermal probe, AC power adapter, two duct clamps, and all necessary mounting hardware.
Duct Size: 4” | Dimensions: 6.9 x 11.9 x 7.4 in. | Airflow: 152 CFM | Noise: 28 dBA | Bearings: Dual Ball

Intake: 8x 1.25" PVC elbow painted flat black inside on the floor of the cab.

[Lighting ]
I’m going to be using 10 SolStrips and SolSinks made by our very own @Baudelaire
Color: 3500k
Possible Wattage range: 0-480w
Goal Wattage to run at: 250-350w
I’ll post pics of this part when I get it built, waiting on parts to arrive.
frame: 1" x 1/16th Aluminum angle. 30"x18" with lights as evenly spaced in the frame as I can manage. (OCD)

[Growing Method ]
For now, I’m going with COCO DTW. I’ll eventually automate this using an arduino grow controller i’m developing (Original credit goes to Mr Sparkles Micro Adventures)
[Things you’d do different (As helping others to not make the same mistakes) ]
If I were doing it all over again… (phew) The only thing i’d probably change right now is not having to fill in 40+ 3/4" holes on the top, because right now i’m just going to hvac tape them up and ignore them since I can’t see them lol.

And now for the pics!




Let me know if ya’ll have any questions!
EDIT:
It occurred to me we should also answer the following question:
WHY DIY vs Tents etc

For me, A tent would get destroyed by my cats. They never got broke from the scratching on everything. A solid walled stilted growing area is perfect for me. I also have another Growing space, out in the shed but with harsh winters (COLD mostly) I don’t feel like heating another space and having to walk outside just to check on plants. I don’t need much supply per month so I figured indoors was the way to go.

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