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An ordinary looking refrigerator on the outside, but a REFRIGINATOR on the inside...
The World's first Refrigerated Grow Cell Combines an Operating Refrigerator with High Intensity Grow Lights, Fans and CO2...
The ultimate indoor growing environment!
Now you can have your own private garden,
with temperature and humidity control,
intense light and simplified co2 injection!
Refrigerator on the outside...
SECRET GARDEN on the inside!
Some of the benefits of a REFRIGINATOR include:
A Sealed, Stable Environment-
Combine the perfect temperature range (68-72F), the perfect humidity averaging 30%, intense light and co2 enrichment and you create the perfect growing environment.
The Refriginator is a sealed, self-contained environment. Heat from the lights is contained within a "cool tube" reflector and removed from the cell with the help of a 230 cfm axial fan. This allows the plants keep more of their fragrance and resin because they aren’t constantly being buffeted by the fans. The lights evaporate off less of the plant's essential resins because the bulbs are kept cool. The average operating temperature can be adjusted with the use of an appliance timer.
Cooler temperatures are known to produce large, dense and richly aromatic flowers. CO2 is injected daily, and oxygen is replaced every time the door is opened. The plants also produce oxygen. There are no "waste gasses" produced, so outside venting of the main cabinet isn't necessary.
Any residual heat the lights produce is dissipated across the heat sink, located in the freezer compartment. Plants transpire large amounts of moisture. Humidity collects and drains out through the heat sink. Any frost that may accumulate on the refrigeration coil while the lights are on melts and drains out during the lights off period.
Two banks of cabinet fans keep air moving within the grow cell. Continuous air movement means mold and mildew are not a problem! A sealed environment also means there is no need to filter incoming air, and there are no leaks of suspicious odors! Light doesn't leak out either!!
CO2 Enrichment-
A hose is run from a co2 cylinder into the back of the REFRIGINATOR (through the hole in the back for the ice maker water line). Opening the valve on the cylinder a quarter turn for one second it will charge the grow cell with co2. Since the cell is nearly air-tight, a co2 gas charge lasts until the door is opened.
Expensive CO2 metering equipment isn’t needed!
Remote Temperature Monitering-
Temperature is monitored via an inexpensive remote-sensor thermometer, reducing the need to open the door.
Pest Control-
The sealed environment reduces the chances of unwanted pests invading the garden. The CO2 enrichment controls most garden variety pests. Resistant "super spider mites" may require treatment with a miticide.
Security-
From the outside, a REFRIGINATOR looks like any average fridge, so it can be placed in a garage, a carport, in the basement or next to the house. It doesn’t make any more noise than a normal fridge. A fridge in the garage looks perfectly normal. The 2 small padlocks on the doors keep the curious at bay, and don’t look suspicious- especially if the fridge is outside the house.
And because the unit is airtight, odors is not a problem!
Intense Light-
Plants love bright, intense light. The Refriginator has been redesigned as a Conversion Setup, offering Metal Halide, High Pressure Sodium as well as Compact Flourescent lamp choices (thanks to the cool tube). Use a 125 watt cfl to clone and sprout seedlings (8900 lumens). A HPS bulb can then be used for the remainder of the veg cycle. Currently I use a 400 watt MH bulb that produces nearly 50,000 lumens. For flowering, I use a 250 watt HPS that produces 38,000 lumens. The MH can be used the last 2 weeks to maximize resin productiopn.
Based on an a growing area of 3.8 sq. ft., that's over 13,000 lumens per square foot in Veg and 10,000 lumens per square foot in Flowering!!
Optional Aluminum Reflector and Siding will maximize every lumen!
Combine Intense Light with co2, the right nutrients, a cool growing environment and your REFRIGINATOR will pump out fat, beautiful flowers.
We offer Conversion DVD's and Online Technical Support. The tech support is available even if you don't purchase a DVD, for about a dollar a day! Although the project does require some experience using certain hand and power tools, it's actually quite easy, and can be completed in a weekend. A parts and tools list can be downloaded from this site.
For DIY conversions, you'll need to have the refrigerator (with freezer on top and hole in back for the ice maker’s water line). Make sure the fridge has a clean and intact seal around both doors. The freezer must be able to cool down to less than 30F, with an ideal temp of 15-25F.
I built my first unit from a fridge my neighbor left on the curb. All it needed was a working thermostat (which I got from another throwaway fridge). Doing this resulted in one less appliance in the landfill! The glass and metal shelves from inside the fridge are recycled to be used in the conversion.
Once the unit is up and running, it requires about 5 minutes a day to maintain!
So, what are you waiting for? Build your own REFRIGINATOR today!
Questions/comments…
jj@refriginator.com
To order Conversion DVD, send $25 Money Order with payable section left blank to
JJ
P.O. Box 1089
Puunene, HI 96784
Site updated Feb. 17, 2009
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