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Valley Forge: Project Paperinik  #8 (The Enclosure Completed)

gam3t3ch
gam3t3ch
3 Jan 2021

So I decided I would add to the front panel it worked pretty good it's all sealed up on the inside and I just used some green tape to seal the front doors up.  So we should be good and sealed up now.  I will however shortly here have to get some more air circulation going on in the unit but that shouldn't take too long.

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Yup it's most certainly time to cut that glow down a bit.

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Yup that should do the trick.  I will be adding another panel to the side there and also get the other side dealt with but I need to have access to the side so I can install a few more things and run lines into the enclosure. When it comes down to it we don't really need to see inside the case and we can always monitor it through the live stream as far as opening and closing the unit we can do so once and a while to make sure all water lines and other visual inspections are done at an optimal time of day when the indoor temp and enclosure temp are some what more even.  Causing less stress on the plants.

 

I will say this the lighting is great but after a week everything in the office starts to glow that colour so its nice to get the actual colour of everything back without having it being touched by the grow lights.

 

I will update with a few final pictures to the enclosure here once I get the final 2 panels on hopefully should be soon.  But I might revisit the front door on the unit there was quite a few bends in the cardboard causing the doors to not completely align. hence the extra precautions with the tape around the seam of the doors.

Thinking about it I should also print some pressure caps for the parts that are showing which would then add some more strength to the enclosure pressing the panels in just a bit more. I had one design on my thingiverse page so maybe I will give that one a print and see how it looks on the unit.

 

All 3d printed parts can be found here:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4644039

 

Blog #1: https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/2020/11/04/welcome-to-valley-forge-project-paperinik-1

Blog #2: https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/2020/11/07/valley-forge-project-paperinik-2-the-design

Blog #3: https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/2020/11/23/valley-forge-project-paperinik-3-the-enclosure

blog #4:  https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/2021/01/03/valley-forge-project-paperinik-4-the-electronics

Blog #5: https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/2021/01/03/valley-forge-project-paperinik-5-the-software

Blog #6: https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/2021/01/03/valley-forge-project-paperinik-6-working-the-bugs-out

Blog #7: https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/2021/01/03/valley-forge-project-paperinik-7-the-growing-process

Blog #8: https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/2021/01/03/valley-forge-project-paperinik-8-the-enclosure-completed

Blog #9: https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/2021/01/05/valley-forge-project-paperinik-9-finding-alternatives

Blog #10: https://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/1-meter-of-pi/blog/2021/01/05/valley-forge-project-paperinik-10-the-outcome

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