LED Dresser Stealth Build

[GrowFOUR]

TEASER
Dimensions: 36"X18"X52"
Baltic Birch Plywood - stained and sealed

[LEDG]

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[unkle_psycho]

Nice!

Do you have some plans for treating the wood against moisture?

[GrowFOUR]

The wood was stained with walnut gel stain. Then protected with Varathane 1200 flat matte clear finish varnish

Nice!
Do you have some plans for treating the wood against moisture?

[GrowFOUR]

What's inside? Part 1
VEG chamber
Dimensions: 8"x12"x16"
5 x Bridgelux EB Gen.2 5000K 1' strips powered by GE Lighting 700mA CC driver - each strip is pulling 18.5V - 14.42VA total draw measured with Fluke meter.
80mm DC fan with speed controller for air circulation

[GrowFOUR]

What's inside Part 2:
LED setup in Flowering Chamber

6 x Samsung F-Series Gen.3 3000k 2' LED strips (LT-F562B w/ LM561C diodes)= 432 LED's total.
Mounted on custom adjustable aluminum frame suspended with aircraft cable adjustable height.
Mean Well HLG-185H-24B Dimmed using 100K ohm linear potentiometer - Max output 4.8A with this setup
Voltmeter and ammeter displays DC output to LED's.

[TacticGuy]

Very cool setup! looking forward to more pics!

[unkle_psycho]

So it has two sections, one small section for veg and a larger one for flower?

Is the idea for the switches and dimmer that you can decide which side is lit, and dim while vegging?

[GrowFOUR]

Yes there are TWO chambers inside the growbox, completely isolated from each other to avoid light leaks.
Since I can only grow FOUR plants at a time my plan is to have TWO in flower and TWO in veg and rotate. I would like to have a mother plant constantly in veg but then I would only be able to flower ONE at a time and I can get a quicker turn around with this schedule

So it has two sections, one small section for veg and a larger one for flower?

Is the idea for the switches and dimmer that you can decide which side is lit, and dim while vegging?

[GrowFOUR]

ESP8266 NodeMCU ESP-12E
Using phone app to control:
-ON/OFF + timer for veg and flower LEDs
-Unlocks front dresser door
-Flower LEDs light height adjust up/down
-Turn off air pumps (because the pump and bubbles are the loudest part of the system I can turn them off temporarily from my phone if need be)

Also in the picture there is a temperature switch, currently measuring water temperature but not hooked up to switch anything. Under the microcontroller there is a 12V fan speed controller for one of the flower chamber fans.

Future microcontroller add-ons for remote monitoring and control:
Temperature readings and logging for air humidity and temperature (using BME280 sensor module) as well as water temperature
Live feed camera in flower chamber
LED light height to plants (using VL53L0X Laser Ranging Sensor GY-530 Time-of-Flight (ToF) Ranging Module)
PWM for 12v fan speed control
PWM or 0-10v dimming for Mean Well driver
+ many more projects