@Wollkopf
Here's the new build "The Bucket" , it will get its own thread with more details once i things are going a bit..
but some info about it, Well its a standard 5gal bucket, with use of a partially cut down 2gal bucket inside, a ring was made out of foam board to fit and seal it in there and is glued in place.
I still need to make a carbon filter and make a reservoir for it but its all wired out and ready for whatever container i decide to use.
For lights i'm using 3 dismantled 8.5w Philips soft white LED bulbs mounted to some salvaged old GPU heatsinks, the fan is an old cut down Gelid Solutions Silent TC 92mm fan, which i cut down to save some height and it fit nicely, but I've had this fan for ages and has been used in a few other past grows, the thermocouple is mounted to one of the heatsinks, which causes the fan to run at full when light are on and then it automatically slows down when the lights are off, which is a lot easier to deal with compared to my PWM fans that i use in my PC cases.
Control wise i'm running an Arduino with relays for lights and water pump/valve, also mixed in is a RTC for accurate time events, and a LCD coupled to a two way momentary switch for basic control, we also have a soil moisture sensor for automatic watering, and a temperature and humidity senor for just displaying general stats on the LCD, but that is currently coming in mail as i didn't have any spares.
I will also be sharing the code of this project on github for those who are interested, but will add it later when i have a separate thread going.
Total Price was around $30 USD including paint, but ill get a more accurate list later on so it probably gonna be a few dollars more
Total wattage draw from the wall is around 26-30watts, my blueplanet power meter pegs it at 27-28watts, but measures 0.24-0.25a at 120-122v, but i cant verify with multimeter as i pretty sure i blew the fuse it it awhile ago and rarely use it for amperage readings anyways.
So with those number lets make the goal 30g, for a 1g/1w/1$ ratio
The plan will be to run one autoflower plant this round and see what we can do.
Haven't decided on a seed yet, but i listed what i have and could run two posts above.
Anyways I'll make another thread and put a bit more details into it once we get started with it, and ill do the few tweaks i still need to do in the mean time.
