Reddit reviews Cooler Master Rifle Bearing 80mm Silent Cooling Fan for Computer Cases and CPU Coolers

Think of these buckets as a template, every grower solves problems differently and that is why you won't find two identical setups. That creative freedom is part of the beauty of the space bucket experience :D

It is really a simple design, you can build one with little effort. I don't know what your budget is, but if you get a UFO LED light you just need to put it on a lid and add some PC fans on the side. If you go the CFL route you can get something like this 4-way adapter that is very easy to install and comes already wired with a plug (and a fuse actually). You'll need to do some benchmarking and debugging but those parts have been bucket-tested and will make your build easier.

Materials:

Three 5-gallon buckets and one lid (Ace Hardware has white ones for $4, if you don't want orange or blue from HD or Lowe's.) All three cost $12-13.

THESE LEDS from Amazon. $13.59

THIS POWER SUPPLY, the Supernight LED Charger. It is $20.99. You will also need a power cord for it, which I recommend just going to literally ANY thrift store and picking out a nice three-pronged power cord. I'm fairly certain that any three-pronged power cord will work, so if you have one you're not using at home, you can use that.

THIS LED GROW LIGHT, which is 300w and cost $50.99.

TWO of these PC fans. Total cost $10.04.

I bought one of this black duct tape, one of this foil tape (although I recommend buying two, as I ran out with my first roll and had to buy another from the store), and also some double-sided tape, because, if your LED strip is like mine, the adhesive backing is almost nonexistent and the tape becomes necessary.

Oh, and good-quality velcro adhesive patches!

You will also need a power drill and a sturdy box cutter.



I started by taping the entire interior of one bucket with the foil tape, save for the bottom portion where the soil goes. Then I covered the outside with the black tape. Next I drilled holes in the bottom for drainage.

Then I took two of the other buckets and used a ruler's width to mark a cut line right below the lip of each bucket to create spacers. The process of cutting the plastic buckets was definitely the worst part of the process, especially since I didn't have a great cutter, so if you're getting a new one, don't be too cheap. I got this one and it's blade locking function no longer works after this project, so be advised. I lined the spacers with foil tape.

Using the remains of one of the other buckets, I trimmed more of the bucket down so that it's now only the bottom and stands 5" tall. I found some random large screws in my toolbox and drilled them around the circumference, which allows the rest of the bucket to be easily lifted off of the drain pan.

I then drew a circle about 1 cm in from the lip of the lid and cut that out. The light fits perfectly on it. There is lots of light escape at the rim, but it looks pretty cool, so I don't mind it for now.

For the power supply, I cut off the female end of the three-pronged cord I got from Arc Thrift and stripped the wires down a bit. There were three wires inside, green (ground), white (neutral), and black (live), which I then connected to driver. I was certain to unplug during any wire-play and I hope everyone else is, too.

The sidelights were sort of a struggle. I used a scrap of the buckets, like maybe 4-5 inches of bucket from about half-way down to a quarter, so not much. I then lined the inside with the double-sided tape, cutting strips, in an effort to conserve tape, which feels very stable. I drilled a hole and fed the cable through, then determined the best spot to drill a hole on the exterior bucket. It's about at the center of the bucket, or in my case, 13 cm down from the lip. Finally, I fed the LED cable through the exterior hole and the lights were basically in place, where it would sit right above the soil.

I didn't want to have to extend any cords, so I found an ideal spot to place the driver on the exterior so that all cables (LED strip, both fans) could reach their appropriate ports. I fixed the velcro onto the bucket and the driver and tidied the wires with some more duct tape.

Finally, I sealed the edges of both fans, inside and outside, with their respective tapes.


I'm pretty sure that's everything I've done to this point, but if I think of anything else, I'll add it. I'm likely going to black-out the spacers to reduce light leak.

Please let me know if you have any advice, questions, comments!

Thank you /r/SpaceBuckets, for the inspiration and wisdom!

It seems like the easiest fix would be to pop some cheap computer fans in there.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002R9RBO0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_TaRSBbYA5F11Y

Most cases with come with atleast 2 fans, one on the front one on the back. Realisticly you're not going to notice a difference between fans unless you buy either really cheap or really expensive fans. You can get Cooler Master fans off Amazon for pretty cheap

Indirect light won't be an issue. You don't need to keep it completely dark like you have to for the dark cycle of your flowering.

Cardboard box would work. Lot's of people buy a warddrobe box from a moving store or self-storage place, or on Amazon like this one.

Get two small fans, one for bottom intake, one for top outtake. Such as this one here and power it with something like this, or you can use an old power supply, but that might eat a lot more energy than the simple adapter.

Or just bastardize fans you have, or cheap shit from your local store. They will all work fine.

Don't cheap out on your dry and cure. $25 spent will last you for a long long time...

Every grower needs at the least two places in their grow room: growing and drying/curing. Most have 4 setups, clone/seedling, veg, flower, dry/curing.

maybe add more https://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Bearing-Cooling-Computer/dp/B002R9RBO0

They will burn out fairly quickly.

This is what you want: https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NF-R8-80mm-Fan-CFM/dp/B000S95RWE


...too much?

There: https://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Bearing-Cooling-Computer/dp/B002R9RBO0/

I set up a perimeter of legos just smaller than my MBP a few bricks tall with enough holes in it to allow airflow but not so many that it was unstable. I then set up two old tower fans I had hooked up to a power supply next to the computer. It cooled the top (where the built in fan exhausts to normally) and the bottom quite well. Even after hours long playing sessions the MBP would feel cool to the touch. The increased height of the computer forced me to attach a keyboard and mouse, but that didn't bother me much. For Skyrim I needed a mouse anyway.

The fans were similar to [this] (https://smile.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Bearing-Cooling-Computer/dp/B002R9RBO0/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1475209505&sr=8-5&keywords=computer+fan), and the power supply similar to [this] (https://smile.amazon.com/Logisys-480W-4-pin-Power-Supply/dp/B000F0DUT8/ref=sr_1_16?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1475209620&sr=1-16&keywords=computer+power+supply), only I had them lying around from an old computer I tore apart.