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re: Cannafan's Perpetual Grow - Where Everything Changes - Autos - Photos - Seeds & More!
Okay, I've been busy today. (I need a personal assistant. LOL)
I have the new housing done for the Budmaster XG light panels. The old one was too small and the panels were too close together.
Now, instead of a couple inches max in between panels, I have about 4 1/2" . That will give me much better use of the light footprints by allowing it to spread out more instead of mixing with each other.
I used an old box fan for the frame. It was extremely easy to take apart and the fan can be hung anywhere I need it without even needing the housing. Yey! This fan had plastic grates instead of the metal ones, so that wasn't going to work with heat and weight.
I tried an old refrigerator grate, but it added too much weight to the overall unit.
I decided on the small cake cooling racks from the dollar store. I wired them together and then wired them to the frame. Cut out sections to place the light panels in and wired it all in place. It's good and secure.
For the fans and power units I had two small mini fridge racks from one that's heading for the dump. I wired those in place and secured them to the support bars in the frame that held the fan motor.
I'm going to add two more large computer fans this week when I can get out to pick them up. Then each panel will have it's own fan.
I found a roll of 4" light aluminum flashing in the garage, I might build a top for the unit. It won't add much weight at all. Right now I'm thinking I don't really need to.
Here's what I ended up with:
I also re-wired to eliminate one of the two power cords, I don't need two of them. Then I got brave and added an on/off toggle switch.
This should make full use of those lights now.
Okay, I've been busy today. (I need a personal assistant. LOL)
I have the new housing done for the Budmaster XG light panels. The old one was too small and the panels were too close together.
Now, instead of a couple inches max in between panels, I have about 4 1/2" . That will give me much better use of the light footprints by allowing it to spread out more instead of mixing with each other.
I used an old box fan for the frame. It was extremely easy to take apart and the fan can be hung anywhere I need it without even needing the housing. Yey! This fan had plastic grates instead of the metal ones, so that wasn't going to work with heat and weight.
I tried an old refrigerator grate, but it added too much weight to the overall unit.
I decided on the small cake cooling racks from the dollar store. I wired them together and then wired them to the frame. Cut out sections to place the light panels in and wired it all in place. It's good and secure.
For the fans and power units I had two small mini fridge racks from one that's heading for the dump. I wired those in place and secured them to the support bars in the frame that held the fan motor.
I'm going to add two more large computer fans this week when I can get out to pick them up. Then each panel will have it's own fan.
I found a roll of 4" light aluminum flashing in the garage, I might build a top for the unit. It won't add much weight at all. Right now I'm thinking I don't really need to.
Here's what I ended up with:
I also re-wired to eliminate one of the two power cords, I don't need two of them. Then I got brave and added an on/off toggle switch.
This should make full use of those lights now.
I guess this can be called a clone.
It's to bad you have to work for a living. Just think what you could do with 40 more hours in your garden. 
