KGB’s EarthBox Grow

[KGB]

It's just cool to see someone think outside the box. Not many would consider doing this but your making it happen.

A cool video of it in action would be great once ya get setup.

Well it would be a first. I don’t recall anyone with a tent of less that 10 feet using anything like this and nothing in the last 5 years since LED arrays are affordable. But my theory says for the standard home grower that monthly utility bill matters. Bigger light equals more heat. More heat requires solutions both inside the tent and in the room outside the tent if not the entire house. If you are generating massive amounts of heat and then using your central AC to compensate you are paying more.

This doesn’t generate additional heat, I need the additional moisture during winter and I stay in my $25 a month window.

I am just looking at ways to steady the light when it comes to a stop now. I can’t do much about that as I need the real light to make that happen and am still using it.

 

[greenmobster440]

That's what makes this special. Nobody does this at this scale of a grow. You may have tapped into something cool and efficient for led grows.

 

[Hippie420]

A cool tube (remember those?) works great along with a small duct fan to dissipate the added heat.

I was going to try a light rail for my 600 watt MH/HPS but opted for a second light. I got a little nuts with the lighting last grow. Along with the two 600W lights, I put two double bulb T10 fluorescent fixtures with grolux tubes on either side to come on a half hour before the mains and go off a half hour later. Dawn and dusk, don't ya know.

 

[KGB]

That's what makes this special. Nobody does this at this scale of a grow. You may have tapped into something cool and efficient for led grows.

I remember when we installed systems that automatically insert the correct amount of plastic color chips at the correct time during jacketing. It was a huge deal and extremely profitable for the company.

But was it better for color?

No the method of premixing using a concrete blender provided more even color.

This is how I look at everything. To me every “only” solution also has an out of the box solution nobody looked for

 

[greenmobster440]

A cool tube (remember those?) works great along with a small duct fan to dissipate the added heat.

I was going to try a light rail for my 600 watt MH/HPS but opted for a second light. I got a little nuts with the lighting last grow. Along with the two 600W lights, I put two double bulb T10 fluorescent fixtures with grolux tubes on either side to come on a half hour before the mains and go off a half hour later. Dawn and dusk, don't ya know.

I remember those tubes.